Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2018–19
Dates18 August 2018 – 15 June 2019
ChampionsEspérance de Tunis (29th title)
RelegatedStade Gabèsien
Avenir de Gabès
Champions LeagueEspérance de Tunis
Étoile du Sahel
Confederation CupClub Sfaxien
Union de Ben Guerdane
Matches played182
Goals scored377 (2.07 per match)
Top goalscorerTaha Yassine Khenissi
Firas Chaouat
(10 goals each)
Biggest home winUSM 4–0 UST
EST 4–0 JSK
Biggest away winCA 1–4 ST
Highest scoringESS 5–3 USM
Longest winning run6 games (CSS, EST)
Longest unbeaten run19 games (EST)
Longest winless run11 games (USM)
Longest losing run7 games (CAB)

The 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 93rd season of top-tier football in Tunisia.
The defending champions from the previous season are Espérance de Tunis. The competition began on 18 August.[1]

Teams

A total of 14 teams contested the league.

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2018–19 Ligue 1 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2017–18 season
Avenir de Gabès Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 10th in Ligue 1
Club Africain Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000[2] 2nd 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 Ligue 2
Club Sfaxien Sfax Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000 4th in Ligue 1
Étoile de Métlaoui Métlaoui Stade Municipal de Métlaoui 5,000 7th in Ligue 1
Étoile du Sahel Sousse Stade Olympique de Sousse 25,000 3rd in Ligue 1
Espérance de Tunis Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 Ligue 1 Champions
Jeunesse Kairouanaise Kairouan Stade Ali Zouaoui 15,000 8th in Ligue 1
Stade Gabèsien Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 11th in Ligue 1
Stade Tunisien Tunis Stade Chedly Zouiten 20,000 9th in Ligue 1
Union de Ben Guerdane Ben Guerdane Stade du 7 Mars 10,000 12th in Ligue 1
Union Monastirienne Monastir Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet 20,000 6th in Ligue 1
Union de Tataouine Tataouine Stade Nejib Khattab 5,000 Ligue 2

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Espérance de Tunis (C) 26 17 5 4 37 15 +22 56 Qualification for Champions League
2 Étoile du Sahel 26 15 9 2 40 17 +23 54
3 Club Sfaxien 26 14 10 2 34 15 +19 52 Qualification for Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 1]
4 Union de Ben Guerdane 26 10 8 8 22 21 +1 38
5 Club Africain 26 11 4 11 22 24 −2 37
6 Club Bizertin 26 10 8 8 31 27 +4 35[lower-alpha 2]
7 Union Monastirienne 26 8 7 11 30 30 0 31[lower-alpha 3]
8 Union de Tataouine 26 7 10 9 30 39 −9 31[lower-alpha 3]
9 Étoile de Métlaoui 26 7 9 10 22 26 −4 30
10 Stade Tunisien 26 7 7 12 27 36 −9 28
11 Jeunesse Kairouanaise 26 6 8 12 20 32 −12 26
12 Club de Hammam-Lif 26 5 10 11 17 23 −6 25
13 Stade Gabèsien (R) 26 6 8 12 22 30 −8 23[lower-alpha 4] Relegation to Ligue 2
14 Avenir de Gabès (R) 26 4 7 15 23 42 −19 19
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Étoile du Sahel and CS Sfaxien are Tunisian Cup finalists.
  2. ↑ Club Bizertin were deducted 3 points.
  3. 1 2 Head-to-head: Union Monastirienne: 4 points; Union de Tataouine: 1 point.
  4. ↑ Stade Gabèsien were deducted 3 points.

Results

Home \ Away ASG CA CAB CSHL CSS ESM ESS EST JSK SG ST USBG USM UST
Avenir de Gabès — 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 3–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1
Club Africain 2–1 — 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–0 2–0
Club Bizertin 1–0 1–2 — 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–2
Club de Hammam-Lif 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–2
Club Sfaxien 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 — 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–3 2–1
Étoile de Métlaoui 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 — 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1
Étoile du Sahel 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 — 0–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 5–3 3–1
Espérance de Tunis 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 — 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
Jeunesse Kairouanaise 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 — 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1
Stade Gabèsien 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 — 2–1 0–2 0–0 4–3
Stade Tunisien 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 1–2 1–0 — 0–3 0–2 0–0
Union de Ben Guerdane 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 — 1–1 2–2
Union Monastirienne 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–2[lower-alpha 2] 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 — 4–0
Union de Tataouine 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 —
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:
  1. ↑ Match stopped after 42 minutes. The score was 1–0 for Étoile du Sahel.
  2. ↑ Match abandoned after 45 minutes. The original score was 1–0 for Étoile de Métlaoui.

Leaders

Espérance Sportive de TunisCA BizertinClub Sportif SfaxienÉtoile Sportive du SahelEspérance Sportive de TunisÉtoile Sportive du Sahel

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Goalscorer Club Goals
1 Tunisia Taha Yassine Khenissi Espérance de Tunis 10
Tunisia Firas Chaouat Club Sfaxien
3 Tunisia Yassine Chamakhi Club Africain 9
Mauritania Ismaël Diakité Union de Tataouine
5 Tunisia Rafik Kabou Union Monastirienne 7

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Tunisia Elyes Jelassi Union Monastirienne 7
2 Algeria Youcef Belaïli Espérance de Tunis 6
Tunisia Firas Ben Larbi Étoile du Sahel
4 Ivory Coast Ibrahim Ouattara Club Bizertin 5
Tunisia Mohamed Habib Yeken Club Bizertin

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Résultats et classement Tunisie Ligue 1 2018/2019".
  2. ↑ "CNS : Cité Natinale Sportive". Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
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