2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season	2015–16
Dates	12 September 2015 – 12 June 2016
Champions	Étoile du Sahel (11th title)
Relegated	El Gawafel de Gafsa; Avenir de Kasserine; Stade Tunisien
Champions League	Étoile du Sahel; Espérance de Tunis
Confederation Cup	Club Sfaxien; Club Africain
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 were Club Africain.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2014–15 season and three promoted from the 2014–15 Ligue 2. Union de Ben Guerdane was the first to obtain promotion, followed by Avenir de Kasserine and finally Olympique Sidi Bouzid. The three teams replaced Union Monastirienne, Avenir de Gabès and Association de Djerba who were relegated to 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue 2. Club Africain were the defending champions from the 2014–15 season.

Stadiums and locations

Avenir de Marsa
CA
CSHL
EST
ST

Locations of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2014–15 season
Avenir de Kasserine	Kasserine	Stade de Kasserine	8,000	Ligue 2
Avenir de Marsa	Tunis	Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui	6,000	6th in Ligue 1
Club Africain	Tunis	Stade Olympique de Radès	60,000	Ligue 1 Champions
Club Bizertin	Bizerte	Stade 15 Octobre	20,000	8th in Ligue 1
Club de Hammam-Lif	Tunis	Stade Bou Kornine	8,000	11th in Ligue 1
Club Sfaxien	Sfax	Stade Taïeb Mhiri	22,000	4th in Ligue 1
El Gawafel de Gafsa	Gafsa	Stade de Gafsa	7,000	13th in Ligue 1
Étoile de Métlaoui	Métlaoui	Stade Municipal de Métlaoui	5,000	12th in Ligue 1
Étoile du Sahel	Sousse	Stade Olympique de Sousse	25,000	2nd in Ligue 1
Espérance de Tunis	Tunis	Stade Olympique de Radès	60,000	3rd in Ligue 1
Espérance de Zarzis	Zarzis	Stade Jlidi	7,000	5th in Ligue 1
Jeunesse Kairouanaise	Kairouan	Stade Ali Zouaoui	15,000	9th in Ligue 1
Olympique Sidi Bouzid	Sidi Bouzid	Stade du 17 Décembre	1,000	Ligue 2
Stade Gabèsien	Gabès	Stade Municipal de Gabès	10,000	10th in Ligue 1
Stade Tunisien	Tunis	Stade Chedly Zouiten	20,000	7th in Ligue 1
Union de Ben Guerdane	Ben Guerdane	Stade du 7 Mars	10,000	Ligue 2

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Étoile du Sahel (C)	30	24	5	1	57	17	+40	77	2017 CAF Champions League
2	Espérance de Tunis	30	23	3	4	60	21	+39	72	2017 CAF Champions League and 2016–17 Arab Club Championship
3	Club Sfaxien	30	23	3	4	57	21	+36	72	2017 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Étoile de Métlaoui	30	15	4	11	36	26	+10	49
5	Club Bizertin	30	11	8	11	21	21	0	41
6	Club Africain	30	11	6	13	42	38	+4	39	2017 CAF Confederation Cup
7	Olympique Sidi Bouzid	30	11	4	15	25	38	−13	37
8	Club de Hammam-Lif	30	10	6	14	27	32	−5	36
9	Jeunesse Kairouanaise	30	10	6	14	27	37	−10	36
10	Avenir de Marsa	30	9	7	14	25	35	−10	34
11	Stade Gabèsien	30	8	9	13	28	35	−7	33
12	Espérance de Zarzis	30	8	9	13	30	39	−9	33
13	Union de Ben Guerdane	30	8	9	13	21	30	−9	33
14	El Gawafel de Gafsa (R)	30	6	12	12	31	41	−10	30	2016–17 Ligue 2
15	Avenir de Kasserine (R)	30	5	8	17	17	49	−32	23
16	Stade Tunisien (R)	30	4	9	17	17	41	−24	18^[a]

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Stade Tunisien was docked 3 points for refusing to play the last 3 games against Étoile de Métlaoui,^[2] Union de Ben Guerdane,^[3] and Club de Hammam-Lif

Result table

Home \ Away	ASK	ASM	CA	CAB	CSHL	CSS	EGSG	ESM	ESS	EST	ESZ	JSK	OSB	SG	ST	USBG
Avenir de Kasserine		0–2^[a]	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–4	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–0
Avenir de Marsa	2–0		2–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–3	3–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0
Club Africain	2–0	1–0		0–1	3–1	2–3	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	5–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–1
CA Bizertin	1–0	1–0	0–0		3–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0^[b]	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Club de Hammam-Lif	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0		2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0^[c]	2–0
Club Sfaxien	6–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–1		3–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–0
El Gawafel de Gafsa	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–4		2–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0
Étoile de Métlaoui	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0		2–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–0^[d]	0–1
Étoile du Sahel	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0		3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	5–2	4–1	4–0
Espérance de Tunis	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2		1–2	2–1	5–1	2–0	4–1	2–1
Espérance de Zarzis	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–2		0–2^[e]	0–2	3–3	3–1	2–1
Jeunesse Kairouanaise	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–4	1–0		1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0
Olympique Sidi Bouzid	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–4	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–2		0–3	0–0	1–0
Stade Gabèsien	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0		1–0	2–1
Stade Tunisien	0–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1		0–2^[f]
Union de Ben Guerdane	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	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.
Notes:

^ Awarded 0–2 because Avenir de Kasserine fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 3–1.
^ Awarded 2–0 because Jeunesse Kairouanaise fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 1–1.
^ Awarded 2–0 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.
^ Awarded 2–0 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.
^ Awarded 0–2 because Espérance de Zarzis fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 0–0.
^ Awarded 0–2 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.

Leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ali Maâloul	Club Sfaxien	16
2	Hamza Lahmar	Étoile du Sahel	12
	Taha Yassine Khenissi	Espérance de Tunis
	Jacques Bessan	El Gawafel de Gafsa
	Saad Bguir	Espérance de Tunis
6	Junior Ajayi	Club Sfaxien	10
7	Borhène Ghannèm	El Gawafel de Gafsa	9
	Ezechiel N'Douassel	Club Sfaxien
	Alaya Brigui	Étoile du Sahel
	Diogo Acosta	Étoile du Sahel
11	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef	Espérance de Tunis	8
	Hamza Messaadi	Espérance de Zarzis
	Ahmed Akaïchi	Étoile du Sahel

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References

External links

[table_hth_ST0.74494841729521-4] Stade Tunisien was docked 3 points for refusing to play the last 3 games against Étoile de Métlaoui,^[2] Union de Ben Guerdane,^[3] and Club de Hammam-Lif

[table_note_1_ASK_ASM0.73336448927101-5] Awarded 0–2 because Avenir de Kasserine fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 3–1.

[table_note_1_CAB_JSK0.73336448927101-6] Awarded 2–0 because Jeunesse Kairouanaise fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 1–1.

[table_note_1_CSHL_ST0.73336448927101-7] Awarded 2–0 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.

[table_note_1_ESM_ST0.73336448927101-8] Awarded 2–0 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.

[table_note_1_ESZ_JSK0.73336448927101-9] Awarded 0–2 because Espérance de Zarzis fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 0–0.

[table_note_1_ST_USBG0.73336448927101-10] Awarded 0–2 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.

[1] "Calendrier Général des Compétitions 2015/2016 - Fédération Tunisienne de Football".

[2] "LNFP : Le Stade Tunisien perd un point au classement général".

[3] "LNFP : Un nouveau point d?duit du total du Stade Tunisien".

[11] "Meilleurs buteurs Tunisie Ligue 1".

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