2008–09 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2008–09 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 83rd season of top-tier football in Tunisia. It began on 8 August 2008 and concluded on 13 May 2009. The competition saw the return of two previous participants, Avenir Sportif de Kasserine and Espoir Sportif de Hammam-Sousse from Ligue Professionnelle 2. Espérance de Tunis won the championship while previous year's winnersClub Africain finished in second place.

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2008–09
ChampionsEspérance de Tunis
PromotedAS Kasserine
ES H.Sousse
RelegatedAvenir Sportif de La Marsa
Jendouba Sport
Champions LeagueEspérance de Tunis
Club Africain
Confederation CupÉtoile du Sahel
CS Sfaxien
Matches played182
Goals scored359 (1.97 per match)
Top goalscorerMichael Eneramo (18 goals)
Biggest home winESS 7–0 CSHL
Biggest away winCAB 0–5 ESS
Highest scoringESS 7–0 CSHL

Clubs and venues
Locations of teams in the 2008–09 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
ClubsVenueCapacity
Avenir Sportif de KasserineKassernie stadium8.000
Avenir Sportif de La MarsaAbdelaziz Chtioui's stadium6.000
Club AfricainEl-Menzah stadium45.000
Bizerte Athletic F.C.October 15th stadium20.000
Club Sportif de Hammam-LifBou Kornine stadium8.000
Club Sportif SfaxienTaïeb Mhiri's stadium22.000
El-Gawafel Sportives de GafsaGafsa's 7 November stadium12.000
Espoir Sportif de Hammam-SousseBouAli Lahouar stadium6.000
Étoile Sportive du SahelSousse's Olympic stadium28.000
Espérance Sportive de TunisStade 7 November60.000
Jendouba SportJendouba's municipal stadium8.000
Olympique de BéjaBoujemaa El-Kemiti stadium8.000
Stade TunisienChedli Zouiten's stadium20.000
Union Sportive MonastirMustapha Ben Jannet stadium20.000

Results

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Espérance de Tunis (C) 26 18 6 2 50 21 +29 60 2010 CAF Champions League
2 Club Africain 26 16 9 1 39 14 +25 57
3 Étoile du Sahel 26 15 8 3 48 17 +31 53 2010 CAF Confederation Cup
4 CS Sfaxien 26 11 10 5 33 24 +9 43
5 US Monastir 26 9 8 9 23 24 −1 35
6 Stade Tunisien 26 9 7 10 30 31 −1 34
7 CS Hammam-Lif 26 8 6 12 29 43 −14 30
8 ES Hammam-Sousse 26 4 14 8 20 26 −6 26
9 CA Bizertin 26 5 11 10 15 25 −10 26
10 Olympique Béja 26 6 7 13 13 24 −11 25
11 EGS Gafsa 26 4 13 9 18 33 −15 25
12 AS Kasserine 26 5 9 12 16 26 −10 24
13 AS Marsa (R) 26 4 10 12 14 24 −10 22 Relegation to the 2009–10 CLP-2
14 Jendouba Sport (R) 26 3 12 11 11 26 −15 21
Updated to match(es) played on May 13, 2009 - Competition concluded.. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Result table
Home \ Away ASK ASM CA CAB CSHL CSS EGSG ESHS ESS EST JS OB ST USM
AS Kasserine — 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
AS Marsa 1–0 — 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2
Club Africain 1–0 2–0 — 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 3–2 1–0
CA Bizertin 1–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–5 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1
CS Hammam-Lif 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 — 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–4 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–1
CS Sfaxien 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–3 — 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1
EGS Gafsa 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 — 2–2 1–4 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
ES Hammam-Sousse 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 — 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–2
Étoile du Sahel 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 7–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 — 0–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 0–0
Espérance de Tunis 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 6–0 4–2 4–1 — 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–2
Jendouba Sport 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 — 1–0 0–1 0–0
Olympique Béja 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 — 0–1 0–1
Stade Tunisien 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 — 3–0
US Monastir 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 4–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on May 13, 2009. Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leaders
Espérance de TunisClub AfricainEspérance de TunisEspérance de Tunis
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