2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

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The 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 91st season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition started on 8 September 2016.[1] The defending champions from the previous season were Étoile du Sahel.

Esperance de Tunis
, the champions, drew the highest average home attendance of all clubs in the league with 11,000.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the

Avenir de Kasserine and Stade Tunisien who were relegated to 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue 2.
The teams were drawn in two groups of 8 each. At the end of the first part of the season, the first 3 qualified to the Championship Group, the 4th to 7th contested the Relegation Group and the 8th of each group were relegated to the Ligue 2.[2] Étoile du Sahel were the defending champions from the 2015–16 season
.

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2016–17 Ligue 1 teams
Group A
Group B
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2015–16 season
Avenir de Gabès
 Gabès
Stade Municipal de Gabès
 10,000 Ligue 2
Avenir de Marsa
 Tunis
Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui
 6,000 10th in Ligue 1
Club Africain Tunis
Stade Olympique de Radès
 60,000 6th in Ligue 1
Club Bizertin Bizerte
Stade 15 Octobre
 20,000 5th in Ligue 1
Club de Hammam-Lif
 Tunis
Stade Bou Kornine
 8,000 8th in Ligue 1
Club Sfaxien
 Sfax
Stade Taïeb Mhiri
 22,000 3rd in Ligue 1
Espérance de Tunis Tunis
Stade Olympique de Radès
 60,000 2nd in Ligue 1
Espérance de Zarzis Zarzis
Stade Jlidi
 7,000 13th in Ligue 1
Olympique Sidi Bouzid Sidi Bouzid Stade du 17 Décembre 1,000 7th in Ligue 1
Étoile de Métlaoui Métlaoui Stade Municipal de Métlaoui 5,000 4th in Ligue 1
Étoile du Sahel Sousse Stade Olympique de Sousse 28,000 Ligue 1 Champions
Jeunesse Kairouanaise
 Kairouan Stade Ali Zouaoui 15,000 9th in Ligue 1
Olympique Béja Béja Stade de Béja 15,000 Ligue 2
Stade Gabèsien Gabès
Stade Municipal de Gabès
 10,000 12th in Ligue 1
Union de Ben Guerdane
 Ben Guerdane
Stade du 7 Mars
 10,000 11th in Ligue 1
Union de Tataouine
 Tataouine Stade Nejib Khattab 5,000 Ligue 2

First round

Group A

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Club Sfaxien
 14 9 3 2 18 5 +13 30 Qualification to the championship group
2 Étoile du Sahel 14 8 2 4 24 13 +11 26
3
Union de Ben Guerdane
 14 6 6 2 11 6 +5 24
4 Club Bizertin 14 6 4 4 13 12 +1 22 Qualification to the relegation group
5 Espérance de Zarzis 14 3 6 5 9 14 −5 15
6
Jeunesse Kairouanaise
 14 3 3 8 10 18 −8 12
7
Union de Tataouine
 14 2 6 6 13 15 −2 12
8 Olympique Sidi Bouzid (R) 14 3 2 9 8 23 −15 11 Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away CAB
CSS
 ESS ESZ
JSK
 OSB
USBG
UST
Club Bizertin 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1
Club Sfaxien
 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–0
Étoile du Sahel 5–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–2 1–0 2–1
Espérance de Zarzis 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Jeunesse Kairouanaise
 0–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Olympique Sidi Bouzid 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2
Union de Ben Guerdane
 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Union de Tataouine
 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 0–0
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Leaders

Club Sportif SfaxienÉtoile Sportive du Sahel

Group B

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Espérance de Tunis 14 8 5 1 19 6 +13 29 Qualification to the championship group
2 Club Africain 14 8 3 3 21 10 +11 27
3 Étoile de Métlaoui 14 6 4 4 15 16 −1 22
4 Stade Gabèsien 14 4 6 4 14 14 0 18 Qualification to the relegation group
5
Avenir de Gabès
 14 3 8 3 21 18 +3 17
6
Avenir de Marsa
 14 3 5 6 11 15 −4 14
7
Club de Hammam-Lif
 14 2 6 6 14 25 −11 12
8 Olympique Béja (R) 14 1 5 8 14 25 −11 8 Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away
ASG
ASM
 CA
CSHL
 ESM EST OB SG
Avenir de Gabès
 0–0 1–1 5–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2
Avenir de Marsa
 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 0–0
Club Africain 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–1
Club de Hammam-Lif
 1–3 1–1 1–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0
Étoile de Métlaoui 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0
Espérance de Tunis 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–1
Olympique Béja 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–3
Stade Gabèsien 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–0
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Leaders

Espérance Sportive de TunisClub AfricainEspérance Sportive de TunisClub Africain

Playoffs

Championship Group

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Espérance de Tunis (C) 10 8 2 0 18 2 +16 26 2018 CAF Champions League
2 Étoile du Sahel 10 7 1 2 16 9 +7 22
3 Club Africain 10 5 1 4 17 11 +6 16 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
4
Club Sfaxien
 10 3 3 4 11 10 +1 12
5 Étoile de Métlaoui 10 3 0 7 8 18 −10 9
6
Union de Ben Guerdane
 10 0 1 9 0 20 −20 1 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away CA
CSS
 ESM ESS EST
USBG
Club Africain 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 6–0
Club Sfaxien
 1–1 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–0
Étoile de Métlaoui 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–2 2–0
Étoile du Sahel 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–0
Espérance de Tunis 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0
Union de Ben Guerdane
 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Leaders

Espérance Sportive de Tunis

Relegation Group

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Stade Gabèsien 14 6 5 3 12 7 +5 23
2
Avenir de Gabès
 14 5 7 2 12 7 +5 22
3 Club Bizertin 14 4 7 3 12 10 +2 19
4
Jeunesse Kairouanaise
 14 4 6 4 8 7 +1 18
5 Espérance de Zarzis 14 5 3 6 10 14 −4 18
6
Avenir de Marsa
 14 4 6 4 13 11 +2 18 Qualification to the Relegation Playoff
7
Club de Hammam-Lif
(R) 		14 4 4 6 12 13 −1 16 Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2
8
Union de Tataouine
(R) 		14 2 6 6 9 19 −10 12
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away
ASG
ASM
 CAB
CSHL
 ESZ
JSK
 SG
UST
Avenir de Gabès
 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–0
Avenir de Marsa
 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0
Club Bizertin 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0
Club de Hammam-Lif
 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2
Espérance de Zarzis 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0
Jeunesse Kairouanaise
 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Stade Gabèsien 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Union de Tataouine
 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–2
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Leaders

Stade GabèsienEspérance Sportive de Zarzis

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Tunisia Taha Yassine Khenissi Espérance de Tunis 14
2 Algeria Ibrahim Chenihi Club Africain 9
Tunisia Hamza Lahmar Étoile du Sahel

[3]

Relegation playoff

This game was played between the 6th of the Relegation Group and the 3rd of Ligue 2.

Olympique Médenine

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ligue 1 : La FTF communique la date du coup d'envoi de la saison 2016-2017".
  2. ^ "Ligue 1 2016-2017 : La FTF choisit un championnat ? Deux poules, voici leur composition".
  3. ^ "Meilleurs buteurs Tunisie Ligue 1".

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