2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season	2015–16
Matches played	192
Goals scored	409 (2.13 per match)
Biggest home win	CA 5–0 JSK EST 5–0 ASK
Biggest away win	ASK 0–4 EST
Highest scoring	ESS 5–2 SG
Longest winning run	11 games (CSS)
Longest unbeaten run	23 games (ESS)
Longest winless run	14 games (ASK)
Longest losing run	5 games (EGSG)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season is the 90th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition began on 12 September 2015 and will end on 12 June 2016.^[1] The defending champions from the previous season are Club Africain.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 13 sides from the 2014–15 season and three promoted from the 2014–15 Ligue 2. US Ben Guerdane was the first to obtain promotion, followed by AS Kasserine and finally EO Sidi Bouzid. The three teams replaced US Monastir, AS Gabès and AS Djerba who were relegated to 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue 2. Club Africain are the defending champions from the 2014–15 season.

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2014–15 season
AS Kasserine	Kasserine	Stade de Kasserine	8,000	Ligue 2
AS Marsa	La Marsa	Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui	6,000	6th in Ligue 1
Club Africain	Tunis	Stade Olympique de Radès	60,000	Ligue 1 Champions
CA Bizertin	Bizerte	Stade 15 Octobre	20,000	8th in Ligue 1
CS Hammam-Lif	Hammam-Lif	Stade Bou Kornine	8,000	11th in Ligue 1
CS Sfaxien	Sfax	Stade Taïeb Mhiri	22,000	4th in Ligue 1
EGS Gafsa	Gafsa	Stade de Gafsa	7,000	13th in Ligue 1
Espérance de Tunis	Tunis	Stade Olympique de Radès	60,000	3rd in Ligue 1
ES Zarzis	Zarzis	Stade Jlidi	7,000	5th in Ligue 1
EO Sidi Bouzid	Sidi Bouzid			Ligue 2
ES Métlaoui	Métlaoui	Stade Municipal de Métlaoui	5,000	12th Ligue 1
Étoile du Sahel	Sousse	Stade Olympique de Sousse	25,000	2nd in Ligue 1
JS Kairouan	Kairouan	Stade Ali Zouaoui	15,000	9th in Ligue 1
Stade Gabèsien	Gabès	Stade Municipal de Gabès	10,000	10th in Ligue 1
Stade Tunisien	Le Bardo	Stade Chedli Zouiten	20,000	7th in Ligue 1
US Ben Guerdane	Ben Guerdane	Stade de Ben Guerdane	6,500	Ligue 2

Results

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Étoile du Sahel	24	21	2	1	47	12	+35	65	Qualification to the 2017 CAF Champions League
2	CS Sfaxien	24	20	2	2	45	15	+30	62	Qualification to the 2017 CAF Champions League
3	Espérance de Tunis	24	20	1	3	50	17	+33	61	Qualification to the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
4	ES Métlaoui	24	11	4	9	23	20	+3	37
5	Club Africain	24	9	5	10	34	30	+4	32
6	CA Bizertin	24	8	7	9	13	16	−3	31
7	ES Zarzis	24	7	8	9	26	31	−5	29
8	AS Marsa	24	7	6	11	20	27	−7	27
9	EO Sidi Bouzid	24	8	3	13	20	31	−11	27
10	US Ben Guerdane	24	6	8	10	17	24	−7	26
11	JS Kairouan	24	7	5	12	19	29	−10	26
12	Stade Gabèsien	24	6	6	12	23	30	−7	24
13	CS Hammam-Lif	24	6	6	12	18	25	−7	24
14	EGS Gafsa	24	4	10	10	24	35	−11	22	Relegation to the 2016–17 Ligue 2
15	Stade Tunisien	24	4	8	12	16	31	−15	20
16	AS Kasserine	24	4	7	13	14	36	−22	19

Updated to games played on 1 May 2016.
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]	ASK	ASM	CA	CAB	CSHL	CSS	EGSG	EST	ESZ	EOSB	ESM	ESS	JSK	SG	ST	USBG
ASK				0–2	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–0
ASM	2–0		2–3		1–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	2–0		0–0		0–2	0–2	1–0	1–0
CA	2–0	1–0					2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0		1–2	5–0	1–1	4–0	2–1
CAB	1–0	1–0	0–0			0–1		1–3	1–1	0–1		0–2	2–0*	1–0	1–0	0–0
CSHL		1–1	2–2	0–0			2–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1
CSS		3–0	3–1	1–0	2–1		3–1		2–0	3–1	3–1		1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0
EGSG	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–4			2–3	2–1	2–2	1–1			2–0	0–0
EST	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0		1–2	5–1	1–0		2–1		4–1	2–1
ESZ	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1		1–1			0–2	1–3	0–1		3–3	3–1	2–1
EOSB	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1		0–2				1–2	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–0
ESM		1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–1		2–0		1–0		0–1
ESS	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1		3–0		1–0	1–0		2–1	5–2	4–1	4–0
JSK	1–2		2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3			0–1	0–0
SG	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–1			0–0		0–1		1–0	2–1
ST	0–0		4–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1
USBG	2–2	0–0			2–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0		2–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0

Updated to games played on 1 May 2016.
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.

*Awarded 2–0 because JS Kairouan fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 1–1.

Leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ali Maâloul	CS Sfaxien	15
2	Taha Yassine Khenissi	Espérance de Tunis	10
2	Hamza Lahmar	Étoile du Sahel	10
4	Ezechiel N'Douassel	CS Sfaxien	8
	Junior Ajayi	CS Sfaxien
	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef	Espérance de Tunis
	Borhène Ghannèm	EGS Gafsa
	Saad Bguir	Espérance de Tunis
	Alaya Brigui	Étoile du Sahel
	Jacques Bessan	CA Bizertin
	Hamza Messaadi	ES Zarzis

Updated to games played on 1 May 2016.

References

↑ http://www.ftf.org.tn/fr/calendrier-general-des-competitions-20152016/

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