2020–21 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 6 December 2020 – 19 May 2021 |
Champions | Espérance de Tunis (31st title) |
Relegated | Stade Tunisien JS Kairouan |
Champions League | Espérance de Tunis Étoile du Sahel |
Confederation Cup | US Ben Guerdane CS Sfaxien (as Tunisian Cup winners) |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 376 (2.07 per match) |
Top goalscorer | (9 goals) |
Biggest home win | Étoile du Sahel 5–1 JS Kairouan (7 April 2021) |
Biggest away win | JS Kairouan 0–4 Stade Tunisien (20 December 2020) JS Kairouan 0–4 CS Sfaxien (3 February 2021) |
Highest scoring | Étoile du Sahel 4–4 Olympique Béja (19 May 2021) |
Longest winning run | Espérance de Tunis (9 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Club Africain (14 matches) |
Longest winless run | JS Kairouan (26 matches) |
Longest losing run | JS Kairouan (9 matches) |
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 27 June 2021. |
The 2020–21 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 95th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. Espérance Tunis were the champions, winning the title for the fifth consecutive season and the 31st time in their history (a national record).
Teams[]
A total of 14 teams contested the league.[1]
Stadiums and locations[]
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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AS Rejiche | Rejiche | Stade municipal de Rejiche | 3,000 |
AS Soliman | Soliman | Stade municipal de Soliman | 3,000 |
Club Africain | Tunis | Stade Olympique de Radès | 65,000 |
CA Bizertin | Bizerte | Stade 15 Octobre | 20,000 |
CS Sfaxien | Sfax | Stade Taïeb Mhiri | 22,000 |
ES Métlaoui | Métlaoui | Stade Municipal de Métlaoui | 6,000 |
Étoile Sportive du Sahel | Sousse | Stade Olympique de Sousse | 28,000 |
Espérance Sportive de Tunis | Tunis | Stade Olympique de Radès | 65,000 |
JS Kairouan | Kairouan | Stade Ali Zouaoui | 15,000 |
Olympique Béja | Béja | Boujemaa Kmiti Stadium | 10,000 |
Stade Tunisien | Le Bardo | Stade Chedli Zouiten | 20,000 |
US Ben Guerdane | Ben Guerdane | Stade du 7 Mars | 10,000 |
US Monastir | Monastir | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet | 25,000 |
US Tataouine | Tataouine | Stade Nejib Khattab | 5,000 |
Personnel and kits[]
Teams | Managers | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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AS Rejiche | Saïd Saïbi | Kampio | Booga, Vitalait | |
AS Soliman | Yamen Zelfani | Rached Arfaoui | New Balance | Délice |
CA Bizerte | Larbi Zouaoui | Halim Darragi | Uhlsport | Délice |
Club Africain | Montassar Louichi | Wissem Yahia | Umbro | Qatar Airways, ZEN , Ooredoo |
CS Sfaxien | José Murcia | Aymen Dahmen | Macron | Tunisie Cables |
ES Sahel | Lassad Dridi | Yassine Chikhaoui | Macron | Warda |
ES Métlaoui | Kaïs Yaâkoubi | Sportiga | ||
ES Tunis | Moïne Chaâbani | Khalil Chemmam | Umbro | Délice, Tunisie Télécom |
Olympique Béja | Chaker Meftah | Uhlsport | Boga, Délic Danone, Ooredoo | |
JS Kairouan | Mourad Okbi | New Balance | Boga, Sabrine | |
Stade tunisien | Ali Jemal | Legea | Sabrine | |
US Ben Guerdene | Hassen Gabsi | Yassine Boufalgha | Kampio | Coca-Cola |
US Monastir | Afouène Gharbi | Zied Machmoum | Hummel | Saida, BIAT |
US Tataouine | Hammadi Daou | Legea | Coca-Cola, Hayet |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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CS Sfaxien | Faouzi Benzarti | club changing | 15 November 2020 | Pre-season | Anis Boujelbene | 15 November 2020 |
CA Bizerte | sacked | 23 December 2020 | 14th | Larbi Zouaoui | 23 December 2020 | |
Club Africain | Lassaad Dridi | resignation | 3 January 2021 | 11th | Kais Yâakoubi | 1 February 2021 |
Stade tunisien | Anis Boussaïdi | sacked | 4 January 2021 | 7th | 4 January 2021 | |
ES Sahel | Jorvan Vieira | 11 January 2021 | 6th | Lassaad Dridi | 11 January 2021 | |
AS Soliman | Sami Gafsi | 14 January 2021 | 7th | Yemen Zelfani | 11 January 2021 | |
Olympique Béja | Chaker Meftah | 26 January 2021 | 9th | Khaled Ben Yahia | 27 January 2021 | |
Club Africain | Kais Yaâkoub | resignation | 14 February 2021 | 13th | Montasser Louhichi | 12 February 2021 |
CS Sfaxien | Anis Boujelbene | 4 March 2021 | 3rd | José Murcia | 4 March 2021 | |
Olympique Béja | Khaled Ben Yahia | sacked | 14 March 2021 | 10th | Chiheb Ellili | 15 March 2021 |
US Monastir | Lassaad Chabbi | resignation | 4 April 2021 | 7th | Afouène Gharbi | 6 April 2021 |
Foreign players[]
Nationality | Number of Players |
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Algeria | 20 |
Ivory Coast | 8 |
Libya | |
Guinea | 5 |
Mali | 4 |
Ghana | |
Cameroon | 3 |
Nigeria | |
Brazil | 2 |
RD Congo | |
Bénin | |
France | |
Morocco | |
Senegal | |
Niger | 1 |
Mauritania | |
Sweden | |
Switzerland | |
Venezuela |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Espérance Sportive de Tunis | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 60 | Qualification for Champions League |
2 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 50 | |
3 | US Ben Guerdane | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 41 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
4 | AS Soliman | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 40 | |
5 | CS Sfaxien | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 40 | Qualification for Confederation Cup as Tunisian Cup winners |
6 | AS Rejiche | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 36 | |
7 | Club Africain | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 33 | |
8 | US Tataouine | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 33 | |
9 | ES Métlaoui | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 32 | |
10 | US Monastir | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 31 | |
11 | CA Bizertin | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 31 | |
12 | Olympique Béja | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 31 | |
13 | Stade Tunisien | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 29 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
14 | JS Kairouan | 26 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 60 | −46 | 3 |
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2021. Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
Results[]
Positions by round[]
Leader | |
2021–22 CAF Champions League | |
2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup | |
Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 2021-22 |
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2021. Source: besoccer.com
Clubs season-progress[]
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2021. Source:[citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose
Season statistics[]
Goals scored per round[]
This graph represents the number of goals scored during each round:
Top scorers[]
Rank | Goalscorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | ESS | 9 | |
2 | Alia Sylla | UST | 8 |
Souleymane Coulibaly | ESS | ||
4 | Idriss Mhirsi | USM | 7 |
ASR | |||
Firas Chaouat | CSS | ||
Tayeb Meziani | ESS | ||
Aboubacar Diarra | ASR | ||
Jacques Bessan | OB | ||
Taha Yassine Khenissi | EST |
Updated to games played on 19 May 2021 soccerway.com
Number of teams by Governorate[]
Position | Governorate | Number | Teams |
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1 | Tunis | 3 | ES Tunis, Club africain, Stade tunisien |
2 | Sousse | 1 | ES Sahel |
Sfax | CS Sfax | ||
Bizerte | CA Bizerte | ||
Monastir | US Monastir | ||
Mahdia | AS Rejiche | ||
Nabeul | AS Soliman | ||
Tataouine | US Tataouine | ||
Medenine | US Ben Guerdane | ||
Kairouan | JS Kairouan | ||
Béja | Olympique Béja | ||
Gafsa | ES Métlaoui |
Awards[]
Each month Internet users vote for the player of the month sponsored by Foot24 and Coca-Cola.
Monthly[]
Month | Player of the Month | |
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Player | Club | |
December | Hamdou Elhouni | ES Tunis |
January | Souleymane Coulibaly | ES Sahel |
February | Mohammed Soulah | CS Sfaxien |
March | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | ES Tunis |
April | Hamza Agrebi | Club Africain |
May | Saber Khalifa | Club Africain |
Media coverage[]
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage | ||
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Country | Television Channel | Matches |
Tunisia | El Wataniya 1 El Wataniya 2 |
From 2 to 5 Matches per round |
Qatar | Al-Kass Sports Channel | Main Matches |
Saudi Arabia | ART | From 2 to 5 Matches per round |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Regular Season". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 seasons
- 2020–21 in African association football leagues
- 2020–21 in Tunisian football