2011–12 Ligue 1 (Senegal)
The 2012 Ligue 1 season was the 49th of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal and the fifth professional season. The tournament was organized by the Senegalese Football Federation.[1] The season began slightly later on 24 December 2011 and finished on 2 September 2012. It was the fourth season labelled as a "League" ("Ligue" in French). Casa Sport won their first and only title, and a year later would compete in the 2013 CAF Champions League. ASC HLM (participated in Ligue 2 during the season) the winner of the 2012 Senegalese Cup participated in the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup the following season.
| Season | 2012 |
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| Champions | US Ouakam |
| Promoted | Diambars FC ASC Yeggo |
| Relegated | ASC Yakaar Dahra FC |
| Matches played | 120 |
| Goals scored | 194 (1.62 per match) |
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The season would have feature 16 clubs, this time into two groups A and B and the final phase or the title pool would be used. The first two of each group succeeds into the final phase and the club with the highest number of points wins the title. Both the group system and the final phase would appear for the last time in Senegalese top level division. The season scored a total of 194, of which 176 were in groups A (97 goals) and B (79 goals) and 18 in the final phase. Diambars and Ouakam scored the most goals sharing the club total of 18, five clubs scored under ten goals, Yakaar and Dahra scored only a total of four goals, the lowest in several years. The season had a total of 120 matches, 112 in groups A and B. The goal totals were 40% less than the previous season.
US Ouakam again was the defending team of the title.
Participating clubs
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Overview
The league was contested by 16 teams, of which 8 clubs were in each of the two groups.[1]
League standings
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Diambars FC | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 26 |
| 2 | US Ouakam | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 25 |
| 3 | Dakar Université Club | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 24 |
| 4 | Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 21 |
| 5 | ASC Linguère | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Guédiawaye FC | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 15 |
| 7 | US Gorée | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | ASC Yakaar | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 6 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | NGB ASC Niarry Tally | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 28 |
| 2 | Casa Sports | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 25 |
| 3 | ASC Jaraaf | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 25 |
| 4 | AS Pikine | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 22 |
| 5 | AS Douanes | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 6 | ASC Touré Kunda[lower-alpha 1] | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | ASC Yeggo | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
| 8 | Dahra FC | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 8 |
| Qualification into the second phase | |
| Relegation to Ligue 2 |
Second and final phase
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| Qualification into the 2013 CAF Champions League |
| Ligue 1 2011-12 Champions |
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| Casa Sport 1st title |
Notes
- Sometimes as Touré Kanda