2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season | 2015–16 |
---|---|
Champions | Étoile du Sahel |
Relegated |
EGS Gafsa AS Kasserine Stade Tunisien |
Champions League |
Étoile du Sahel Espérance de Tunis |
Confederation Cup | CS Sfaxien |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 521 (2.17 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Maâloul (16 goals) |
Biggest home win | CSS 6–0 ASK |
Biggest away win |
ASK 0–4 EST JSK 0–4 EST |
Highest scoring | ESS 5–2 SG |
Longest winning run | 11 games (CSS) |
Longest unbeaten run | 29 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 was the 90th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition began on 12 September 2015 and ended 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

Results
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Étoile du Sahel | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 17 | +40 | 77 | Qualification to the 2017 CAF Champions League |
2 | Espérance de Tunis | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 21 | +39 | 72 | Qualification to the 2017 CAF Champions League and the 2016–17 Arab Club Championship |
3 | CS Sfaxien | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 72 | Qualification to the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup |
4 | ES Métlaoui | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 49 | |
5 | CA Bizertin | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 41 | |
6 | Club Africain | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 39 | Qualification to the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup |
7 | EO Sidi Bouzid | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 37 | |
8 | CS Hammam-Lif | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 36 | |
9 | JS Kairouan | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 36 | |
10 | AS Marsa | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 34 | |
11 | Stade Gabèsien | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 33 | |
12 | ES Zarzis | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 33 | |
13 | US Ben Guerdane | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 33 | |
14 | EGS Gafsa | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 30 | Relegation to the 2016–17 Ligue 2 |
15 | AS Kasserine | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 49 | −32 | 23 | |
16 | Stade Tunisien | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 181 |
Updated to games played on 12 June 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.
- Notes
- ^1 – Stade Tunisien was docked 3 points for refusing to play the last 3 games against ES Métlaoui,[2] US Ben Guerdane.[3] and CS Hammam-Lif
Result table
Home \ Away[1] | ASK | ASM | CA | CAB | CSHL | CSS | EGSG | EST | ESZ | EOSB | ESM | ESS | JSK | SG | ST | USBG |
ASK | 0–23 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
ASM | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
CA | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
CAB | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–01 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
CSHL | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–06 | 2–0 | |
CSS | 6–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
EGSG | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 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 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
ESZ | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–22 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
EOSB | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
ESM | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–04 | 0–1 | |
ESS | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
JSK | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
SG | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
ST | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–25 | |
USBG | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on 12 June 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.
- Notes
- ^1 – Awarded 2–0 because JS Kairouan fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 1–1.
- ^2 – Awarded 0–2 because ES Zarzis fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 0–0.
- ^3 – Awarded 0–2 because AS Kasserine fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 3–1.
- ^4 – Awarded 2–0 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.
- ^5 – Awarded 0–2 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.
- ^6 – Awarded 2–0 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.
Leaders

Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
CS Sfaxien | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Étoile du Sahel | 12 |
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Espérance de Tunis | ||
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EGS Gafsa | ||
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Espérance de Tunis | ||
6 | ![]() |
CS Sfaxien | 10 |
7 | ![]() |
EGS Gafsa | 9 |
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CS Sfaxien | ||
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Étoile du Sahel | ||
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Étoile du Sahel | ||
11 | ![]() |
Espérance de Tunis | 8 |
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ES Zarzis | ||
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Étoile du Sahel |
Updated to games played on 12 June 2016.[4]
See also
- 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
- 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 3
- 2015–16 Tunisian Cup
References
- ↑ http://www.ftf.org.tn/fr/calendrier-general-des-competitions-20152016/
- ↑ http://www.kawarji.com/actu-31780-lnfp_le_stade_tunisien_perd_un_point_au_classement_general.html
- ↑ http://www.kawarji.com/actu-31915-lnfp_un_nouveau_point_deduit_du_total_du_stade_tunisien.html
- ↑ http://www.kawarji.com/buteurs-ligue1-tunisie.html
External links
- 2015–16 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com
- Fédération Tunisienne de Football
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 on TheGoalden