1998–99 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
| Season | 1998–99 | 
|---|---|
| Champions | Espérance de Tunis | 
| Relegated | 
Olympique du Kef CS Hammam-Lif CO Médenine ES Beni-Khalled  | 
| Champions League | Espérance de Tunis | 
| Cup Winners' Cup | Club Africain | 
| CAF Cup | 
CA Bizertin Étoile du Sahel  | 
| Matches played | 224 | 
| Goals scored | 512 (2.29 per match) | 
| Top goalscorer | Santos (14 goals) | 
| Biggest home win | OB 6–0 CO Médenine | 
| Biggest away win | CO Médenine 1–7 CAB | 
| Highest scoring | CO Médenine 1–7 CAB | 
| 
 ← 1997–98   | |
The 1998–99 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 season was the 73rd season of top-tier football in Tunisia.
Results
Group A
Group A table
| Pos | 
Team | 
Pld | 
W | 
D | 
L | 
GF | 
GA | 
GD | 
Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 30 | Qualification to the Championship Playoffs | 
| 2 | CA Bizertin | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 23 | |
| 3 | US Monastir | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 22 | |
| 4 | Étoile du Sahel | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 20 | |
| 5 | CO Transports | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 17 | Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs | 
| 6 | Olympique Béja | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 17 | |
| 7 | Stade Tunisien | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 14 | |
| 8 | CO Médenine | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 35 | −25 | 5 | 
Updated to games played on 27 December 1998.
Source: Ligue 1 Group A
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.
Group A result table
| Home \ Away[1] | CAB | COM | COT | EST | ESS | OB | ST | USM | 
| CAB | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| CO Médenine | 1–7 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
| COT | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| EST | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| ESS | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
| OB | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| ST | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| USM | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 
Updated to games played on 27 December 1998.
Source: Ligue 1 Group A
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group A leaders

Group B
Group B table
| Pos | 
Team | 
Pld | 
W | 
D | 
L | 
GF | 
GA | 
GD | 
Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club Africain | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 33 | Qualification to the Championship Playoffs | 
| 2 | CS Sfaxien | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 30 | |
| 3 | AS Marsa | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 23 | |
| 4 | ES Zarzis | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 19 | |
| 5 | CS Hammam-Lif | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 18 | Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs | 
| 6 | ES Beni-Khalled | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 16 | |
| 7 | JS Kairouan | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 7 | |
| 8 | Olympique du Kef | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 6 | 
Updated to games played on 27 December 1998.
Source: Ligue 1 Group B
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.
Group B result table
| Home \ Away[1] | ASM | CA | CSHL | CSS | ESZ | ESBK | JSK | OK | 
| ASM | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| CA | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| CSHL | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| CSS | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
| ESZ | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| ESBK | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| JSK | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| OK | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 
Updated to games played on 27 December 1998.
Source: Ligue 1 Group B
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group B leaders

Championship Playoffs
League table
Group winners (Espérance de Tunis and Club Africain) obtained 2 bonus points each and group runners-up (CA Bizertin and CS Sfaxien) obtained 1 bonus point each.
| Pos | 
Team | 
Pld | 
W | 
D | 
L | 
GF | 
GA | 
GD | 
Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 38 | Qualification for 2000 CAF Champions League | 
| 2 | CA Bizertin | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 25 | Qualification for 2000 CAF Cup | 
| 3 | CS Sfaxien | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 24 | |
| 4 | Étoile du Sahel | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 20 | Qualification for 2000 CAF Cup | 
| 5 | AS Marsa | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 18 | |
| 6 | Club Africain | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 17 | Qualification for 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup | 
| 7 | US Monastir | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 10 | |
| 8 | ES Zarzis | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 7 | 
Updated to games played on 28 May 1999.
Source: Ligue 1 Championship Playoffs
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 | CSS | EST | ESZ | ESS | USM | 
| ASM | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| CA | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | |
| CAB | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
| CSS | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| EST | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| ESZ | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| ESS | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
| USM | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 
Updated to games played on 28 May 1999.
Source: Ligue 1 Championship Playoffs
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Leaders

Relegation Playoffs
Relegation playoffs table
Teams that finished the regular season in the 5th place of each group (CO Transports and CS Hammam-Lif) obtained 2 bonus points each and those that finished in the 6th place of each group (Olympique Béja and ES Beni-Khalled) obtained 1 bonus point each.
| Pos | 
Team | 
Pld | 
W | 
D | 
L | 
GF | 
GA | 
GD | 
Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olympique Béja | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 28 | |
| 2 | JS Kairouan | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 27 | |
| 3 | CO Transports | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 26 | |
| 4 | Stade Tunisien | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 24 | |
| 5 | Olympique du Kef | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 24 | Relegation to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 | 
| 6 | CS Hammam-Lif | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 21 | |
| 7 | CO Médenine | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | −19 | 11 | |
| 8 | ES Beni-Khalled | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 30 | −22 | 5 | 
Updated to games played on 30 May 1999.
Source: Ligue 1 Relegation Playoffs
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.
Relegation playoffs result table
| Home \ Away[1] | COM | COT | CSHL | ESBK | JSK | OB | OK | ST | 
| CO Médenine | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–5 | |
| COT | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| CSHL | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| ESBK | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| JSK | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| OB | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| OK | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| ST | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 
Updated to games played on 30 May 1999.
Source: Ligue 1 Championship Playoffs
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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