2007 Division 1 (Senegal)

Division 1

Season	2007
Champions	AS Douanes (4th title)
Promoted	Thiès FC ASC Renaissance de Dakar
Relegated	none
Matches played	274
Goals scored	244 (0.89 per match)
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The 2007 Division 1 season was the 42nd 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 13 January and finished on 16 September. It was the last year they played at an amateur level, the following would be at a professional level. AS Douanes won their fourth title, the next club to win two consecutive titles. AS Douanes along with Saloum would compete in the 2008 CAF Champions League the following season. ASC Linguère (participated in Division 2) who won the 2007 Senegalese Cup participated in the 2008 CAF Confederation Cup, along with Casa Sport, third in the final phase. Under an undecided reason, not a single club was relegated as the number of clubs risen to twenty in the following season.

The season would feature 18 clubs. 305 matches (255 in the first phase and 60 in the second phase) were played and 289 goals were scored (229 in the first phase and 60 in the second phase), more than last season, the average goal of the first phase was one goal per match or less, only two clubs from each group scored more than an average of a goal. It was the second time that feature the first and second phases, the first phase featured the group system with a total of 127 matches for each group, the second or final phase would consist of four clubs with a larger total of 50 matches, each club played a total of ten matches and the highest number of points would decide the season's champion. This would be last season to do so, the playoff system would be restored in the following season. The average goal was higher than last season and scored roughly the same as last season, Douanes scored an average of two goals, a total of three clubs scored more than average, the other three scored below. 1/5 of the total goals scored were in the final phase.

AS Douanes was the defending team of the title.

Participating clubs

ASC Renaissance de Dakar ASC Port Autonome AS Douanes ASC Jeanne d'Arc ASC Saloum US Gorée Casa Sport ASC Yakaar ASC Xam Xam

ASC HLM ASC Diaraf ASC Thiès Dakar Univertsité Club ASC SUNEOR[2] 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	10	4	2	23	7	+16	36
2	US Ouakam	16	7	4	4	14	13	+1	25
3	ASC Xam Xam	16	6	5	5	18	16	+2	23
4	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	16	5	5	6	18	21	-3	20
5	ASC SUNEOR	16	4	6	4	9	7	+2	18
6	ASC Thiès	15	4	5	6	18	20	-2	17
7	ASEC Ndiambour	16	3	8	5	11	16	-5	17
8	ASC Port Autonome	16	5	2	9	10	17	-7	17
9	ASC HLM	16	2	7	7	8	16	-8	13

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stade de Mbour	16	8	6	2	20	10	+10	30
2	ASC Saloum	16	8	5	3	14	9	+5	29
3	Casa Sport	16	7	7	2	17	9	+8	28
4	Guédiawaye FC	16	4	7	5	11	10	+1	19
5	ASC Diaraf	16	5	3	8	10	18	-8	18
6	US Gorée	16	4	4	8	12	17	-5	16
7	Dakar Université Club	16	2	4	10	6	20	-14	10
8	ASC Renaissance de Dakar	16	3	4	10	5	19	-14	10
9	ASC Yakaar	16	2	4	10	5	20	-15	10

Qualification into the second phase

Second and final phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 AS Douanes 10 7 2 1 20 5 +15 23 2 ASC Saloum 10 4 3 3 11 7 +4 15 3 Casa Sport 10 3 4 3 8 7 +1 13 4 ASC Xam Xam 10 4 1 5 11 18 -7 13 5 Stade de Mbour 10 3 2 5 5 11 -6 11 6 US Ouakam 10 1 4 5 5 12 -7 7

2008 CAF Champions League 2008 CAF Confederation Cup

Winner AS Douanes 4th title

References

1. 2006/07 Senegalese Premier Division season at RSSSF
2. On January 1, 2007, the company SONACOS, proprietor of the club changed its name