Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2014–15
Dates13 August 2014 – 2 June 2015
ChampionsClub Africain (13th title)
RelegatedUnion Monastirienne
Avenir de Gabès
Association de Djerba
Champions LeagueClub Africain
Étoile du Sahel
Confederation CupEspérance de Tunis
Stade Gabèsien
Matches played240
Goals scored498 (2.08 per match)
Top goalscorerKhalifa (15 goals)
Biggest home winEST 7–1 ASG
Biggest away winEGSG 0–4 CA
ST 0–4 CA
Highest scoringEST 7–1 ASG
Longest winning run6 games (CA, ESS)
Longest unbeaten run15 games (CSS)
Longest winless run16 games (USM)
Longest losing run10 games (ASG)

The 2014–15 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 89th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition began on 13 August 2014 and ended on 2 June 2015. The defending champions from the previous season were Espérance de Tunis.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2. Association de Djerba was the first to obtain promotion, followed by Avenir de Gabès and finally Espérance de Zarzis one game before the end of the promotion group league. The three teams made their comeback to the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after finishing in the 3 first places of the six-team promotion group. On the other hand, Olympique Béja, Palme de Tozeur and Grombalia Sports were the 3 last teams of the 2013–14 season and played in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 during the 2014–15 season. Espérance de Tunis were the defending champions from the 2013–14 season.

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2014–15 Ligue 1 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2013–14 season
Association de Djerba Djerba Stade de Houmt Souk 6,000 Ligue 2
Avenir de Gabès Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 Ligue 2
Avenir de Marsa Tunis Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui 6,000 5th in Ligue 1
Club Africain Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 4th in Ligue 1
Club Bizertin Bizerte Stade 15 Octobre 20,000 6th 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 2nd in Ligue 1
El Gawafel de Gafsa Gafsa Stade Olympique de Gafsa 7,000 12th in Ligue 1
Étoile de Métlaoui Métlaoui Stade Municipal de Métlaoui 5,000 9th 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
Espérance de Zarzis Zarzis Stade Jlidi 7,000 Ligue 2
Jeunesse Kairouanaise Kairouan Stade Ali Zouaoui 15,000 8th in Ligue 1
Stade Gabèsien Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 7th in Ligue 1
Stade Tunisien Tunis Stade Chedly Zouiten 20,000 13th in Ligue 1
Union Monastirienne Monastir Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet 20,000 10th in Ligue 1

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Africain (C) 30 20 5 5 50 18 +32 65 Qualification to the 2016 CAF Champions League
2 Étoile du Sahel 30 19 7 4 47 17 +30 63[lower-alpha 1]
3 Espérance de Tunis 30 17 9 4 52 21 +31 60 Qualification to the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
4 Club Sfaxien 30 11 14 5 35 21 +14 47
5 Espérance de Zarzis 30 11 12 7 35 25 +10 45
6 Avenir de Marsa 30 10 13 7 33 37 −4 43[lower-alpha 2]
7 Stade Tunisien 30 12 7 11 29 32 −3 43[lower-alpha 2]
8 Club Bizertin 30 9 14 7 21 21 0 41
9 Jeunesse Kairouanaise 30 9 11 10 32 33 −1 38
10 Stade Gabèsien 30 9 10 11 20 28 −8 37 Qualification to the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
11 Club de Hammam-Lif 30 9 9 12 30 35 −5 36
12 Étoile de Métlaoui 30 8 8 14 24 40 −16 32
13 El Gawafel de Gafsa 30 6 12 12 26 39 −13 30
14 Union Monastirienne (R) 30 3 16 11 20 31 −11 25 Relegation to the 2015–16 Ligue 2
15 Avenir de Gabès (R) 30 5 4 21 21 44 −23 19
16 Association de Djerba (R) 30 4 5 21 23 56 −33 17
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1 point was deducted from Étoile du Sahel for refusing to play the Round 20 game against Club de Hammam-Lif.[1][2]
  2. 1 2 Avenir de Marsa ahead on head-to-head record: Stade Tunisien 0–0 Avenir de Marsa (week 12), Avenir de Marsa 2–1 Stade Tunisien (week 27)
    Stade Gabèsien qualified to 2016 CAF Confederation Cup after reaching the 2014–15 Tunisian Cup final against Étoile du Sahel, regardless of the outcome of the game since the latter has already qualified to 2016 CAF Champions League.

Result table

Home \ Away ASD ASG ASM CA CAB CSHL CSS EGSG ESM ESS EST ESZ JSK SG ST USM
Association de Djerba 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2
Avenir de Gabès 0–0 4–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–3 2–0
Avenir de Marsa 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–2 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1
Club Africain 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1
Club Bizertin 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–3 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
CS Hammam-Lif 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1
Club Sfaxien 5–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1
El Gawafel de Gafsa 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–4 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0
Étoile de Métlaoui 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–4 2–0 1–0 1–0
Étoile du Sahel 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0
Espérance de Tunis 5–0 7–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 6–1 4–1 0–0
Espérance de Zarzis 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 0–0
Jeunesse Kairouanaise 3–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1
Stade Gabèsien 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0
Stade Tunisien 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–0
Union Monastirienne 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–0
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:
  1. ↑ Club de Hammam-Lif was awarded a 2–0 win (Round 20) after Étoile du Sahel refused to play the game as a protest following what happened during the Round 19 game against El Gawafel de Gafsa and the goal refused by the referee.[3][4]

Leaders

Club AfricainÉtoile Sportive du SahelClub AfricainÉtoile Sportive du SahelClub Sportif SfaxienEspérance Sportive de ZarzisAvenir Sportif de Gabès

Goalscorers

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Tunisia Saber Khalifa Club Africain 15
2 Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Étoile du Sahel 11
Tunisia Youssef Mouihbi Étoile du Sahel
4 Tunisia Ahmed Akaïchi Espérance de Tunis 10
5 Tunisia Chaker Rguii Espérance de Zarzis 9
6 Algeria Abdelmoumene Djabou Club Africain 8
Tunisia Tijani Belaïd Club Africain
8 Tunisia Slim Mezlini Jeunesse Kairouanaise 7
Nigeria Samuel Eduok Espérance de Tunis

All goalscorers

15 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Koora.com | Ligue 1: Le BF retire un point à l'ESS .. nouveau classement". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  2. ↑ "La FTF d?cide de retirer un point ? l'Etoile Sportive du Sahel".
  3. ↑ http://mosaiquefm.net/fr/index/a/ActuDetail/Element/51210-affaire-cshl-ess-le-cnas-decide-la-defaite-de-l-ess
  4. ↑ "Les News : News Tunisie, News Sport, music - Shems FM - 1".
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