2006 Division 1 (Senegal)

Division 1

Season	2006
Champions	AS Douanes
Promoted	ASC Yakaar ASC Xam Xam
Relegated	Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise US Rail
Matches played	274
Goals scored	244 (0.89 per match)
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The 2006 Division 1 season was the 41st of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal. The tournament was organized by the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football (Senegalese Football Federation).^[1] The season began on 5 January and finished on 15 July. AS Douanes won their third title. AS Douanes along with Port Autonome would compete in the 2007 CAF Champions League the following season. US Ouakam who won the 2006 Senegalese Cup participated in the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup, along with US Gorée. Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise, last place of Group A relegated to the second division with 14 points as they had a penalty that cost them three points by an undetermined reason, US Rail, last place of Group B was relegated with only 9 points.

The season would feature 18 clubs. 274 matches (256 in the first phase and 18 in the second phase) were played and 244 goals were scored, slightly less than half less than last season, the average goal of the first phase was one goal per match or less. Yet again since the 1990s, the season would feature the first and second phases, the first phase featured the group system with a total of 128 matches for each group, the second or final phase would consist of four clubs (instead of a playoff as did in the 1990s) with a total of 18 matches, each club played a total of six matches and the highest number of points would decide the season's champion.

ASC Port Autonome was the defending team of the title.

Participating clubs

Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise (Senegalese Sugar Company) ASC Port Autonome AS Douanes ASC Jeanne d'Arc ASC Saloum US Gorée Casa Sport ASC Yakaar ASC Xam Xam

ASC HLM ASC Diaraf US Rail Dakar Univertsité Club SONACOS ASEC Ndiambour Stade de Mbour US Ouakam Guédiawaye FC

Overview

The league was contested by 18 teams and two groups, the first phase consisted of 9 clubs in each of the two groups and the second and final phase consisted of only four clubs.^[1]

League standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AS Douanes	16	7	7	2	16	8	+8	28
2	ASC Diaraf	16	5	9	2	13	10	+3	24
3	Guédiawaye FC	16	4	8	4	10	11	-1	20
4	Stade de Mbour	16	4	8	4	9	10	-1	20
5	SONACOS	16	3	10	3	7	10	-3	19
6	ASC Yakaar	16	3	9	4	10	9	+1	18
7	Dakar Université Club	16	2	10	4	11	12	-1	17
8	ASEC Ndiambour	16	2	9	5	4	8	-4	15
9	Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise -3	16	3	8	5	11	13	-2	14

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ASC HLM	16	9	5	2	20	10	+10	32
2	US Gorée	16	6	9	1	21	12	+9	27
3	ASC Port Autonome	16	6	8	2	15	10	+5	26
4	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	16	7	5	4	14	13	+1	26
5	ASC Xam Xam	16	5	5	6	12	10	+2	20
6	Casa Sport	16	5	4	7	13	15	-2	19
7	ASC Saloum	16	4	5	7	10	15	-5	17
8	US Ouakam	16	4	4	8	10	16	-6	16
9	US Rail	16	2	3	11	8	22	-14	9

	Qualification into the second phase
	2007 CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to Division 2

Second and final phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 AS Douanes 6 4 2 0 12 4 +8 14 2 ASC Diaraf 6 1 4 1 8 8 0 7 3 US Gorée 6 1 3 2 6 11 -5 6 4 ASC HLM 6 0 3 # 4 5 -3 3

Club Dou Dia Gor HLM AS Douanes 1-0 2-0 3-2 ASC Diaraf 2-2 2-2 2-1 US Gorée 0-4 2-2 0-0 ASC HLM 0-0 0-0 1-2

2007 CAF Champions League 2007 CAF Confederation Cup

Winner AS Douanes 3rd title

References

1. 2005/06 Senegalese Premier Division season at RSSSF