2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 92nd season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The season calendar was drawn on July 24.[1] The competition started on August 15.[2]

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2017–18
ChampionsEspérance de Tunis
RelegatedES Zarzis
CO Médenine
Champions LeagueEspérance de Tunis
Club Africain
Confederation CupÉtoile du Sahel
CS Sfaxien
Matches played182
Goals scored387 (2.13 per match)
Biggest home winASG 5–1 ESM
CA 5–1 ESM
Biggest away winCOM 0–5 CSS
Highest scoringASG 5–1 ESM
ST 4–2 ESM
CA 5–1 ESM
Longest winning run7 games (CA)
Longest unbeaten run18 games (EST)
Longest winless run14 games (ESZ)
Longest losing run10 games (USBG)

Teams

A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 11 sides from the 2016–17 season and three promoted from the 2016–17 Ligue 2. US Monastir and Stade Tunisien obtained promotion after winning their punultimate game of the season, while CO Médenine won the promotion playoff against AS Marsa. The three teams replaced the five teams that were relegated to 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue 2 in order to reduce the number of teams from 16 to 14.

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2017–18 Ligue 1 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2016–17 season
AS Gabès Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 8th in Ligue 1
Club Africain Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 3rd in Ligue 1
CA Bizertin Bizerte Stade 15 Octobre 20,000 9th in Ligue 1
CO Médenine Médenine Ligue 2
CS Sfaxien Sfax Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000 4th in Ligue 1
Espérance de Tunis Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 Ligue 1 Champions
ES Zarzis Zarzis Stade Jlidi 7,000 11th in Ligue 1
ES Métlaoui Métlaoui Stade Municipal de Métlaoui 5,000 5th in Ligue 1
Étoile du Sahel Sousse Stade Olympique de Sousse 25,000 2nd in Ligue 1
JS Kairouan Kairouan Stade Ali Zouaoui 15,000 10th in Ligue 1
Stade Gabèsien Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 7th in Ligue 1
Stade Tunisien Le Bardo Stade Chedli Zouiten 20,000 Ligue 2
US Ben Guerdane Ben Guerdane Stade du 7 Mars 10,000 6th in Ligue 1
US Monastir Monastir Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet 20,000 Ligue 2

Results

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Espérance de Tunis 26 17 7 2 45 19 +26 58 Qualification for Champions League
2 Club Africain 26 14 5 7 36 21 +15 47[lower-alpha 1]
3 Étoile du Sahel 26 14 5 7 38 17 +21 47 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 CS Sfaxien 26 13 7 6 37 18 +19 46
5 CA Bizertin 26 14 1 11 40 32 +8 37[lower-alpha 2]
6 US Monastir 26 9 9 8 25 21 +4 36
7 ES Métlaoui 26 9 7 10 30 35 −5 34
8 JS Kairouan 26 9 5 12 20 32 −12 32
9 Stade Tunisien 26 8 7 11 29 36 −7 31
10 AS Gabès 26 7 8 11 25 32 −7 29
11 Stade Gabèsien 26 6 10 10 15 21 −6 28
12 US Ben Guerdane 26 7 5 14 22 34 −12 26
13 ES Zarzis 26 5 11 10 13 26 −13 26 Relegation to Ligue 2
14 CO Médenine 26 4 5 17 12 43 −31 17
Source: Ligue 1
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.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head: Club Africain are ahead on head-to-head record: Club Africain 1–0 Étoile du Sahel (week 8), Étoile du Sahel 0–1 Club Africain (week 21)
  2. CA Bizertin were deducted 6 points by FIFA for not paying a former player.[3]

Result table
Home \ Away ASG CA CAB COM CSS EST ESZ ESM ESS JSK SG ST USBG USM
AS Gabès — 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 5–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 0–2
Club Africain 2–1 — 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 5–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 4–1
CA Bizertin 3–2 3–1 — 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0
CO Médenine 0–0 0–1 1–2 — 0–5 0–2 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–2
CS Sfaxien 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 — 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 0–0
Espérance de Tunis 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 — 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–1
ES Zarzis 0–0 0–0 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 0–0 1–0 — 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–0
ES Métlaoui 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1
Étoile du Sahel 3–0 0–1 3–2 4–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 3–0 — 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0
JS Kairouan 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 — 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1
Stade Gabèsien 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 — 2–0 1–0 0–0
Stade Tunisien 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 — 1–0 2–2
US Ben Guerdane 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 — 0–1
US Monastir 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2[lower-alpha 2] 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2018. Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:
  1. Match forfeited, 0–2.[4] The original score was 1–0 for ES Zarzis.
  2. Match forfeited, 0–2.[5] The original score was 0–1 for Espérance de Tunis.

Leaders
Espérance de TunisÉtoile du SahelEspérance de Tunis

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Lassaad Jaziri US Ben Guerdane 10
2 Alaeddine Marzouki CS Sfaxien 9
Zied Ounelli CA Bizertin
Saber Khalifa Club Africain
5 Taha Yassine Khenissi Espérance de Tunis 8
Jacques Bessan Stade Tunisien
7 Firas Chawat CS Sfaxien 7
Firas Belarbi CA Bizertin
Hamza Jlassi CA Bizertin
Slim Mezlini AS Gabès
Imed Meniaoui ES Métlaoui

Updated to games played on 10 May 2018.[6]

Relegation playoff

This game was played between the 12th of Ligue 1 and the 3rd of Ligue 2.

US Ben Guerdane1–1EGS Gafsa
Jaziri  48' (pen.)  49' Dhifallah

Match stopped after 62 minutes because EGS Gafsa players left the pitch as a protest against the referee who was "clearly against them" and declared that they "couldn't play a football match in such conditions".[7]

See also

References
  1. http://www.kawarji.com/actu-39459-ligue_1_la_lnfp_communique_la_date_du_tirage_au_sort_du_calendrier.html
  2. http://www.kawarji.com/actu-39815-ligue_1_programme_de_la_premiere_journee.html
  3. http://www.webdo.tn/2018/02/27/ligue-1-sanctionne-fifa-ca-bizertin-ampute-de-6-points/
  4. https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=tunisia-ligue-1-2000000055/matches/match=es-zarzis-ca-bizertin-300410948/index.html
  5. https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=tunisia-ligue-1-2000000055/matches/match=us-monastir-esperance-s-de-tunis-300422899/index.html
  6. http://www.kawarji.com/buteurs-ligue1-tunisie.html
  7. http://www.kawarji.com/actu-45544-barrages_l_egs_gafsa_se_retire_de_son_match_face_a_l_us_ben_guerdene.html
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