1996–97 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
| Season | 1996–97 | 
|---|---|
| Champions | Étoile du Sahel | 
| Relegated | 
OC Kerkennah Stade Soussien  | 
| Champions League | Étoile du Sahel | 
| Cup Winners' Cup | Espérance de Tunis | 
| CAF Cup | CS Sfaxien | 
| Matches played | 182 | 
| Goals scored | 402 (2.21 per match) | 
| Top goalscorer | Sami Lâaroussi (14 goals) | 
| Biggest home win | EST 6–0 OK | 
| Biggest away win | COT 1–5 EST | 
| Highest scoring | 
CA 4–3 Stade Soussien Stade Soussien 3–4 ST  | 
| 
 ← 1995–96  1997–98 →   | |
The 1996–97 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 season was the 71st season of top-tier football in Tunisia.
Results
League table
| Pos | 
Team | 
Pld | 
W | 
D | 
L | 
GF | 
GA | 
GD | 
Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Étoile du Sahel | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 16 | +29 | 64 | Qualification to the 1998 CAF Champions League | 
| 2 | Espérance de Tunis | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 15 | +38 | 61 | Qualification to the 1998 African Cup Winners' Cup | 
| 3 | CS Sfaxien | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 45 | Qualification to the 1998 CAF Cup | 
| 4 | CA Bizertin | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 43 | |
| 5 | Club Africain | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 41 | |
| 6 | Olympique Béja | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 37 | |
| 7 | AS Marsa | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 37 | |
| 8 | Stade Tunisien | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 34 | |
| 9 | JS Kairouan | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 31 | |
| 10 | Olympique du Kef | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 28 | |
| 11 | ES Zarzis | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 26 | |
| 12 | CO Transports | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 20 | |
| 13 | Océano Club de Kerkennah | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 37 | −24 | 14 | Relegation to the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 | 
| 14 | Stade Soussien | 26 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 11 | 
Updated to games played on 25 May 1997.
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. 
Only applicable when the season is not finished: 
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Result table
| Home \ Away[1] | ASM | CA | CAB | COT | CSS | EST | ESZ | ESS | JSK | OCK | OB | OK | SS | ST | 
| ASM | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| CA | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–1 | |
| CAB | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| COT | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| CSS | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| EST | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| ESZ | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| ESS | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | |
| JSK | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| OCK | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
| OB | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| OK | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Stade Soussien | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–4 | |
| ST | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 
Updated to games played on 25 May 1997.
Source: Ligue 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Leaders

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