2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2

The 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 61st season since Tunisia's independence.

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
Season2015–16
PromotedAS Gabès
Olympique Béja
US Tataouine
RelegatedUS Sbeitla
El Makarem de Mahdia
Stir Sportive Zarzouna
Matches played211
Goals scored468 (2.22 per match)
Biggest home winASG 4–0 OB
OB 4–0SRS
Biggest away winEMM 1–5 CSM
Highest scoringUSM 5–2 OK
SSS 5–2 USSB

Teams
Locations of the 2015–16 Ligue 2 teams
Group A
Group B

The 20 teams will be drawn into two groups of 10 teams each. The first three of each group will qualify to the promotion playoff, while the last of each group will be relegated to Ligue 3. The two teams that finish the regular season in the 9th position will play a relegation playoff, a single match to determine who is maintained in Ligue 2 and who is relegated to Ligue 3. US Monastir, AS Gabès and AS Djerba were the three relegated teams at the end of the 2014-15 Ligue 1 season. On the other hand, STIR Zarzouna, US Siliana and US Tataouine were the three promoted teams at the end of the 2014–15 Ligue 3 season.

Group A

Group B

Results

Group A table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 US Monastir 18 11 1 6 31 20 +11 34 Qualification for Promotion Playoffs
2 FC Hammamet 18 9 6 3 22 13 +9 33
3 Jendouba Sport 18 8 7 3 25 16 +9 31
4 Grombalia Sports 18 8 6 4 23 16 +7 30
5 Stade Sportif Sfaxien 18 6 4 8 20 22 −2 22
6 CS Korba 18 5 7 6 16 18 −2 22
7 Olympique du Kef 18 5 5 8 20 28 −8 20
8 AS Djerba 18 4 6 8 16 23 −7 18[lower-alpha 1]
9 Stir Sportive Zarzouna 18 4 6 8 14 20 −6 18[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Relegation Playoff
10 US Sbeitla 18 4 4 10 20 31 −11 16 Relegation to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 3
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2016. Source: LIGUE 2 Group A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. AS Djerba ahead on head-to-head record: AS Djerba 1–0 Stir Sportive Zarzouna, Stir Sportive Zarzouna 1–1 AS Djerba

Group A result table
Home \ Away ASD CSK FCH GS JS OK SSS SSZ USM USSB
AS Djerba — 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1
CS Korba 2–2 — 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1
FC Hammamet 2–0 0–0 — 0–3 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0
Grombalia Sports 2–0 1–0 0–1 — 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–1
Jendouba Sport 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 — 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1
Olympique du Kef 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 — 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1
Stade Sportif Sfaxien 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 0–2 5–2
Stir Sportive Zarzouna 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 — 2–1 1–0
US Monastir 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 5–2 3–1 3–0 — 2–1
US Sbeitla 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2016. Source: Ligue 2 Group A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympique Béja 18 8 6 4 25 18 +7 30 Qualification for Promotion Playoffs
2 US Tataouine 18 7 8 3 20 14 +6 29
3 AS Gabès 18 6 9 3 21 13 +8 27
4 CS M'saken 18 5 9 4 19 15 +4 24
5 Sporting Ben Arous 18 5 8 5 17 17 0 23
6 AS Ariana 18 6 5 7 23 24 −1 23
7 ES Hammam-Sousse 18 5 7 6 16 16 0 22
8 US Siliana 18 5 7 6 17 18 −1 22
9 Sfax Railways Sports 18 5 4 9 15 27 −12 19 Qualification for Relegation Playoff
10 El Makarem de Mahdia 18 3 7 8 18 29 −11 16 Relegation to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 3
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2016. Source: LIGUE 2 Group B
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B result table
Home \ Away ASA ASG CSM EMM ESHS OB SRS SBA USS UST
AS Ariana — 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1
AS Gabès 2–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2
CS M'saken 0–0 0–1 — 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1
El Makarem de Mahdia 2–2 1–1 1–5 — 1–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
ES Hammam-Sousse 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 — 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1
Olympique Béja 0–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 2–0 — 4–0 3–2 1–1 1–0
Sfax Railways Sports 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 — 1–1 2–1 1–0
Sporting Ben Arous 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 — 1–0 2–0
US Siliana 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 — 1–1
US Tataouine 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2016. Source: Ligue 2 Group B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Awarded 0–2 (in both matches) because SC Ben Arous fielded an ineligible player against EM Mahdia and Olympique Béja. The original score was 2–1 in both matches.[1]

Playoffs

Promotion Playoffs table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 AS Gabès 10 5 3 2 13 7 +6 18 Promotion to 2016–17 Ligue 1
2 US Tataouine 10 5 1 4 10 12 −2 16[lower-alpha 1]
3 Olympique Béja 10 4 4 2 15 11 +4 16[lower-alpha 1]
4 FC Hammamet 10 4 4 2 12 10 +2 16[lower-alpha 1]
5 US Monastir 10 3 2 5 9 12 −3 11
6 Jendouba Sport 10 2 0 8 8 15 −7 6
Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2016. Source: Ligue 2 Promotion Playoffs
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. In the games between these three teams, US Tataouine got 7 points, Olympique Béja 5 and FC Hammamet 3. See the Result table below for more details.

Promotion Playoffs result table
Home \ Away ASG FCH JS OB USM UST
AS Gabès — 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0
FC Hammamet 1–0 — 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–0
Jendouba Sport 0–1 3–2 — 0–1 0–2 4–1
Olympique Béja 2–2 0–0 3–0 — 2–0 1–2
US Monastir 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 — 1–3
US Tataouine 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2016. Source: Ligue 2 Promotion Playoffs
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The game was stopped shortly after the beginning of the second half when the score was 1–1 due to the US Tataouine fan number that was more than what the Tunisian Football Federation allowed.

Relegation Playoff
Sfax Railways Sports2–1Stir Sportive Zarzouna
Chedy Amri  37'
Chamseddine Dhifallah  88'		  58' Mohamed Ali Jomaa
Stade de Korba, Korba

Relegated teams

See also

References
  1. http://www.kawarji.com/actu-28467-ligue_2_gr_b_le_sc_ben_arous_perd_six_points_sur_tapis_vert.html
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