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Tunisian Professional League 1
Organising bodyLNFP (FTF)
Founded9 June 1907; 117 years ago (1907-06-09)[1]
1994 (current format)
Country Tunisia
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Number of clubs16
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toLigue Professionnelle 2
Domestic cup(s)Tunisian Cup
Tunisian Super Cup
League cup(s)Tunisian League Cup
International cup(s)CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
African Football League
Current championsEspérance de Tunis (33rd title)
(2023–24)
Most championshipsEspérance de Tunis (33 titles)
TV partnersERTT
Al-Kass Sports
WebsiteOfficial Website
Current: 2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The Tunisian Professional League 1 (French: Championnat de la Ligue Professionnelle 1; Arabic: الرابطة المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم), previously called the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994, is the top division football tournament in Tunisia under the organization of the Tunisian Football Federation. The first edition was held during the French protectorate of Tunisia, the 1907 season, under the auspices of the Federation of Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, and it was played in a knockout system, and the first official match was played on 9 June 1907.

At that time, Tunisian teams with a French character and management participated in it, including Racing Club de Tunis, Sporting Club de Tunis, Club Italia de Tunis, Savoy La Goulette, Union sportive tunisienne, Stade gaulois and many other teams. In 1921, the Tunisian Football Association League was established, which is the Tunisian branch of the French Football Federation, which was relied upon until the declaration of independence in 1956.

On 29 March 1957, the Tunisian Football Federation, the official federation organizing football tournaments in Tunisia, was established. The Tunisian championship has been professional since 1994 after the founding of the Ligue Nationale de Football Professionnel. Espérance de Tunis is the most crowned Tunisian club with 33 titles, the last of which was the 2023–24 season.

The first and second places in the standings automatically qualify for the CAF Champions League, and the third place automatically qualifies for the CAF Confederation Cup, along with the Tunisian Cup winner, while the Tunisian Football Federation chooses those who qualifies for the Arab Club Champions Cup. The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 occupies the first place in the Arab and African countries and 15th in the world, according to the ranking of the International Federation of Football History & Statistics for the year 2019.

Faouzi Benzarti has won the tournament on a record ten occasions with Espérance de Tunis (5), Étoile du Sahel (4) and Club Africain (1).

History

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Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques

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Racing Club de Tunis the first football team based in Tunisia in 1904.
A meeting of Ligue de Tunisie de Football Association, which has organized competitions in that period.

Football was born in Tunisia in 1904 with the unofficial creation of the Racing Club de Tunis, formalized in 1905 but which had to wait for the creation of other clubs in Tunis and Bizerte to participate in an official competition. Then the government is obliged to take an active interest in it. It distributed a few grants, though very small. A committee of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, responsible for the management of all sports in Tunisia, was then created.

In 1910, a first series championship was organized with the participation of the Racing Club, Sporting Club de Tunis, Lycée Carnot de Tunis, the Colonial School of Agriculture, the Football Club of Tunis and the Red Star Club de l'Ariana, and a second series made up of the second teams of Racing Club de Tunis, Sporting and Gallia Club. The national title is awarded after a final between Racing and Stade maritime de Bizerte (champion of the Mediterranean squadrons) with a score of 2–0.

There are then very few Tunisian player. But, surprisingly, La Dépêche tunisienne published on 12 June 1910 the list of players of the Khereddine Club team, called to play against the Ariana Club and who are all Tunisians. It is the first fully Tunisian team but which we have not heard from later and which precedes the Comète Club team, created in 1914 but which did not survive the First World War. The Racing Club won the championship in 1910, 1911 and 1914, then in 1920 and 1921, while Sporting de Ferryville was crowned in 1912 and 1913.

Ligue de Tunisie de Football Association

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The championship became official with the creation of the Tunisian Football Association League in 1921 was established, which is the Tunisian branch of the French Football Federation. Until 1939, the title of champion was awarded following play-offs between regional champions. From 1946 to 1947, a championship of "excellence" (national division) is created and is contested at the national level. In 1944–1945, 1945–1946 and 1952–1953, the championship was not contested and replaced by a criterium (a sort of group tournament where participation was not compulsory). These years saw the creation of the Stade Tunisien (1948).

Media coverage

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Football match between Espérance de Tunis and Club de Hammam-Lif in 2008–09 season.

On 31 July 2015, the Tunisian Football Federation announced the sale of the TV rights of the championship to the company B4 Production for three seasons, starting from the 2015–16 season. The latter obtains the exclusivity of these rights concerning the Gulf and Maghreb countries, while maintaining the rights of the Al-Kass Sports Channel for the 2015–16 season and without questioning the rights of the El Watania 1, El Watania 2 and Hannibal TV channels in 2023, Diwan FM started broadcasting games on a new sports channel named Diwan Sport. to also broadcast the matches of the Championship and the Tunisian Cup.

The federation and national television seal on 6 October 2016 an agreement on television rights for three seasons. Under the agreement, worth 13 million dinars, or 4.5 million per season, national television will be able to broadcast live four matches of each day of the championship. This agreement concerns the 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons and makes national television the exclusive broadcaster in Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1matches and the only television authorized to film all the matches of the week.

Broadcasting rights

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Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Country Television Channel Matches
 Qatar Al-Kass Sports Channel Playoff Matches
 Tunisia El Watania 1 Main Matches
 Tunisia Diwan Sport Main Matches

Qualification for African competitions

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Historic ranking

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Rank (Points)
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
1 (98) 1 (97) 1 (100) 1 (85) 1 (106) 1 (105) 1 (100) 2 (76) 1 (116) 1 (154) 3 (140) 3 (131) 4 (113) 5 (≥101)

Association ranking for 2022–23 CAF competitions

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Main article: CAF 5-year ranking

The association ranking for the 2023–24 CAF Champions League and the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2018–19 to the 2022–23 season. The standings below are as of 13 June 2023.

Legend
  • CL: CAF Champions League
  • CC: CAF Confederation Cup
  • ≥: Associations points might increase on basis of its clubs performance in 2022-23 CAF club competitions
  •   Associations ranked 1–12 are eligible to enter two teams in each CAF club competition.
Rank Association 2018–19
(× 1)		 2019–20
(× 2)		 2020–21
(× 3)		 2021–22
(× 4)		 2022-23
(× 5)		 Total
2023 2022 Mvt CL CC CL CC CL CC CL CC CL CC
1 1 - —  Morocco 5 7 8 8 4 6 9 5 8 2 180
2 2 - —  Egypt 4 5 11 6 8 3 7 4 8 2.5 172.5
3 3 - —  Algeria 5 1 3 1 6 5 7 1 6 5 134
4 5 +1 +1  South Africa 6 0 3 0.5 8 2 5 4 4 3 114
5 4 -1 -1  Tunisia 8 6 6 0 4 3 5 1 4 2 101
6 11 +5 +5  Tanzania 3 0 0 0 3 0.5 0 2 3 4 56.5
7 6 -1 -1  DR Congo 5 0 4 1 4 0 0 3 1 2 54
8 7 -1 -1  Angola 0 0.5 4 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 41.5
9 8 -1 -1  Sudan 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 39
10 10 0 —  Guinea 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 29
11 9 -2 -2  Libya 0 0 0 2 0 0.5 0 5 0 0.5 28
12 12 0 —  Nigeria 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 25
13 16 +3 +3  Ivory Coast 1 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 1 0 3 21
14 14 0 —  Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.5 1 0 16
15 13 -2 -2  Zambia 0 2.5 1 2 0 1.5 0 0.5 0 0 15
16 17 +1 +1  Congo 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9.5
17 15 -2 -2  Senegal 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 9
18 21 +3 +3  Mali 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
19 30 +11 +11  Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
19 26 +7 +7  Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
21 18 -3 -3  Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
22 19 -3 -3  Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
23 19 -4 -4  Kenya 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
23 21 -2 -2  Eswatini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 2
23 23 - —  Burkina Faso 0 0.5 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 2
23 24 +1 +1  Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 2
27 24 -3 -3  Ghana 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
27 27 - —  Mauritania 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
27 27 - —  Benin 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Current season

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2024–25 season participating Clubs

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Main article: 2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
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Locations of the 2024–25 Ligue 1 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
AS Gabès Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000
AS Soliman Soliman Stade Municipal de Soliman 3,000
Club Africain Tunis (Bab Jedid) Stade Hammadi Agrebi 60,000
CA Bizertin Bizerte Stade du 15 Octobre 20,000
CS Sfaxien Sfax Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000
EGS Gafsa Gafsa Stade Olympique de Gafsa 7,000
ES Métlaoui Métlaoui Stade Municipal de Métlaoui 6,000
Étoile du Sahel Sousse Stade Olympique de Sousse 42,000
Espérance de Tunis Tunis (Bab Souika) Stade Hammadi Agrebi 60,000
Espérance de Zarzis Zarzis Stade Abdessalam Kazouz 7,000
JS El Omrane Tunis (El Omrane) Complexe Tayeb Ben Ammar 2,000
Olympique Béja Béja Stade Boujemaa Kmiti 15,000
Stade Tunisien Tunis (Le Bardo) Hédi Enneifer Stadium 11,000
US Ben Guerdane Ben Guerdane Stade du 7 Mars 10,000
US Monastir Monastir Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet 20,000
US Tataouine Tataouine Stade Nejib Khattab 5,000

Champions

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Main article: List of Tunisian football champions

By club

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Rank Club Winners Seasons
1 Espérance de Tunis 33 1941–42, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
2 Club Africain 13 1946–47, 1947–48, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96, 2007–08, 2014–15
3 Étoile du Sahel 11 1949–50, 1957–58, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1971–72, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1996–97, 2006–07, 2015–16, 2022–23
5 Racing Club de Tunis 9 1907, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1913–14, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1924–25
4 CS Sfaxien 8 1968–69, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1994–95, 2004–05, 2012–13
6 CS Hammam-Lif 4 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56
Stade Tunisien 4 1956–57, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1964–65
CA Bizertin 4 1944–45, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1983–84
Italia de Tunis 4 1931–32, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37
10 Sfax Railways Sports 3 1933–34, 1952–53, 1967–68
US Tunisienne 3 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33
Stade Gaulois de Tunis 3 1922–23, 1923–24, 1926–27
13 Sporting de Ferryville 2 1911–12, 1912–13
Sporting Club de Tunis 2 1925–26, 1927–28
15 JS Kairouan 1 1976–77
Savoia de la Goulette 1 1937–38
CS Gabésien 1 1938–39
Avant Garde de Tunis 1 1928–29

By region

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Region Winners Club(s)
Tunis 73 Espérance de Tunis (33), Club Africain (13), Racing Club de Tunis (9), Stade Tunisien (4), Italia de Tunis (4), US Tunisienne (3), Stade Gaulois de Tunis (3), Sporting de Tunis (2), Savoia de la Goulette (1), Avant Garde de Tunis (1).
Sfax 11 CS Sfaxien (8), Sfax Railways Sports (3)
Sousse 11 Étoile du Sahel (11)
Bizerte 6 CA Bizertin (4) Sporting de Ferryville (2)
Ben Arous 4 CS Hammam-Lif (4)
Kairouan 1 JS Kairouan (1)
Gabès 1 CS Gabésien (1)
  • Teams in Italic are Defunct.

Performance comparison since 2010

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Performance comparison of top teams since 2010.

Teams 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Espérance de Tunis 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Étoile du Sahel 3 2 4 3 3 2 1 2 3 2 4 2 5 1 5
CS Sfaxien 6 3 3 1 2 4 3 4 4 3 2 5 3 6 3
Club Africain 2 4 6 4 4 1 6 3 2 5 5 7 4 3 6
  League champions
  Champions League
  Confederation Cup

Records and statistics

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Most titled players

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Player Titles Club Winning Years
Tunisia Khalil Chemmam 12 Espérance de Tunis 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Tunisia Moez Ben Cherifia 11 Espérance de Tunis 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
Tunisia Chokri El Ouaer 10 Espérance de Tunis 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02
Tunisia Tarek Thabet Espérance de Tunis 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
Tunisia Sameh Derbali 8 Espérance de Tunis 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Tunisia Nabil Maâloul Espérance de Tunis, Club Africain 1975–76, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96
Tunisia Khaled Badra Espérance de Tunis 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09
Tunisia Khaled Ben Yahia Espérance de Tunis 1981–82, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94
Tunisia Mouin Chaâbani 6 Espérance de Tunis 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06
Tunisia Ali Zitouni Espérance de Tunis 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
Tunisia Sirajeddine Chihi Espérance de Tunis 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01
Tunisia Taoufik Hicheri Espérance de Tunis 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1997–98, 1998–99
Tunisia Radhi Jaïdi Espérance de Tunis 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03
Tunisia Tarak Dhiab Espérance de Tunis 1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89
Tunisia Walid Azaiez 5 Espérance de Tunis 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03
Tunisia Sadok Sassi Club Africain 1963–64, 1966–67, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79
Tunisia Mejdi Traoui Étoile du Sahel, Espérance de Tunis 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
Tunisia Wassim Naouara Espérance de Tunis 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
Tunisia Mohamed Ben Mansour Espérance de Tunis 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14

Most titled Managers

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Main article: List of Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 winning managers

Faouzi Benzarti has won the tournament on a record ten occasions with Espérance de Tunis (5), Étoile du Sahel (4) and Club Africain (1).

Youssef Zouaoui have won the title on five occasions

Name Titles Club(s) Winning Years
Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti 10 Espérance de Tunis, Étoile du Sahel, Club Africain 1986–87, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2022–23
Tunisia Youssef Zouaoui 5 CA Bizertin, Espérance de Tunis 1983–84, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01
Algeria Habib Draoua 3 Stade Tunisien, Espérance de Tunis 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61
Tunisia Ahmed Dhib Espérance de Tunis, Étoile du Sahel 1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82
Tunisia Mouin Chaâbani Espérance de Tunis 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Tunisia Nabil Maâloul Espérance de Tunis 2010–11, 2011–12, 2021–22
Switzerland Michel Decastel 2 Espérance de Tunis, CS Sfaxien 2001–02, 2004–05
Netherlands Ruud Krol CS Sfaxien, Espérance de Tunis 2012–13, 2013–14
Tunisia Khaled Ben Yahia Espérance de Tunis 2005–06, 2017–18

League participation

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Club Sfaxien, participated in all seasons since independence.
Espérance de Tunis, the most successful team in the competition.

As of 2020, 53 clubs have participated. Note: The tallies since independence in 1956 until the end of the 2019–20 season.[2]

Top scorers

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Main article: List of Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 top scorers
Ali Maâloul is the top scorer in the 2015–16 season with 16 goals with Club Sfaxien.
Haythem Jouini is the top scorer in the 2012–13 season with 8 goals with Espérance de Tunis.

The day after Tunisia's independence in 1956, the newspaper Le Petit Matin took charge of establishing the classification of the top scorer in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

The newspaper Al Amal took over in 1961 then it was L'Action Tunisienne which formalized the classification and endowed it with a price from 1967, in parallel with the weekly Le Sport. Then, with the development of the media and the coverage of Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 matches, this ranking becomes more known.[3]

All-time top scorers

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Rank Players Goals Clubs
1 Tunisia Ezzedine Chakroun 116 Sfax Railways Sports
2 Tunisia Hédi Bayari 110 Club Africain
3 Tunisia Tarak Dhiab 107 Espérance de Tunis
4 Tunisia Habib Mougou 99 Étoile du Sahel
5 Tunisia Mohamed Salah Jedidi 98 Club Africain
6 Tunisia Adel Sellimi 90 Club Africain
7 Tunisia Abdelkader Ben Hassen 89 Olympique des Transports (44), Espérance de Tunis (12), Club Bizertin (33)
8 Tunisia Abdelmajid Tlemçani 88 Espérance de Tunis
9 Tunisia Abdelhamid Hergal 85 Stade Tunisien
10 Tunisia Nabil Bechaouch 82 Olympique Béja (71), Stade Tunisien (8), Club Sfaxien (3)
11 Tunisia Moncef Khouini 81 Club Africain
Tunisia Sami Touati 81 Club Africain (80), Stade Tunisien (1)
12 Tunisia Mongi Dalhoum 80 Club Sfaxien
13 Tunisia Abderraouf Ben Aziza 79 Étoile du Sahel (70), Club de Hammam-Lif (9)
14 Tunisia Faouzi Rouissi 78 Club Africain
Tunisia Noureddine Diwa 78 Stade Tunisien (75), Espérance de Tunis (3)
Tunisia Abdesselem Chemam 78 Avenir de Marsa
15 Tunisia Mohamed Akid 77 Club Sfaxien
16 Tunisia Hamadi Agrebi 75 Club Sfaxien
Tunisia Mohieddine Habita 75 Olympique des Transports
17 Tunisia Saâd Karmous 74 Club de Hammam-Lif (72), US Tunis (2)
18 Tunisia Moncef Chérif 71 Stade Tunisien
Tunisia Moncef Ouada 71 Jeunesse Kairouanaise
19 Tunisia Jameleddine Limam 70 Stade Tunisien (49), Club Africain (21)

Top scorers by season

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This is the list of top scorers by season.[4]

  • 1955–56 : Tunisia Habib Mougou (ESS) (25)
  • 1956–57 : Tunisia Brahim Ben Miled (JS Métouienne) (20)
  • 1957–58 : Tunisia Habib Mougou (ESS)
Tunisia Boubaker Haddad (CAB) (28)
  • 1958–59 : Tunisia Abdelmajid Tlemçani (EST) (32)
  • 1959–60 : Tunisia Abdelmajid Tlemçani (EST) (22)
  • 1960–61 : Tunisia Ammar Merrichkou (ASM) (18)
  • 1961–62 : Tunisia Chedly Laaouini (EST) (16)
  • 1962–63 : Tunisia Mokhtar Chelbi (ASM) (16)
  • 1963–64 : Tunisia Mongi Dalhoum (CSS) (15)
  • 1964–65 : Tunisia Mohamed Salah Jedidi (CA) (17)
  • 1965–66 : Tunisia Mongi Dalhoum (CSS) (18)
  • 1966–67 : Tunisia Abdelwahab Lahmar (ST) (14)
  • 1967–68 : Tunisia Kamel Henia (CSHL) (10)
  • 1968–69 : Tunisia Mohamed Salah Jedidi (CA) (17)
  • 1969–70 : Tunisia Othman Jenayah (ESS) (15)
  • 1970–71 : Tunisia Abdesselam Adhouma (ESS) (17)
  • 1971–72 : Tunisia Moncef Khouini (CA) (12)
  • 1972–73 : Tunisia Ezzedine Chakroun (SRS) (23)
  • 1973–74 : Tunisia Abdesselam Adhouma (ESS) (16)
  • 1974–75 : Tunisia Zoubeir Ghenia (EST) (24)
  • 1975–76 : Tunisia Abderraouf Ben Aziza (ESS) (20)
  • 1976–77 : Tunisia Moncef Ouada (JSK) (16)
  • 1977–78 : Tunisia Abderraouf Ben Aziza (ESS) (20)
  • 1978–79 : Tunisia Mahmoud Tebourski (OK) (13)
  • 1979–80 : Tunisia Hédi Bayari (CA) (14)
  • 1980–81 : Tunisia Habib Gasmi (CA) (16)
  • 1981–82 : Tunisia Riadh El Fahem (EST) (13)
Tunisia Amor Ben Tahar (OCK) (14)
Zambia Kenneth Malitoli (EST) (18)
Tunisia Ziad Tlemçani (EST) (15)
Tunisia Haykel Guemamdia (CSS)
Mali Tenema N'Diaye (CSS) (9)
Tunisia Lassaad Jaziri (USBG) (10)
Tunisia Firas Chaouat (CSS) (10)
Tunisia Taieb Ben Zitoun (CAB)
Brazil Rodrigo Rodrigues (EST) (10)

All-time table (1956–2020)

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General classification

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Main article: All-time Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 table

The classification of the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 table all seasons combined is a classification which aims to determine which team in the history of the Tunisian football championship has had the most success, not by the number of titles but by the number of points.

This ranking combines all the points and goals of each team that has played in the Tunisian championship since independence in 1956 until the end of the 2019–20 season.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Rank Club Seasons Pld Wins Draws Loses Points
1 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 64 1630 926 449 255 3227
2 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 63 1590 831 454 305 2947
3 Club Africain 65 1636 805 515 316 2924
4 CS Sfaxien 65 1636 681 524 431 2567
5 Stade Tunisien 64 1606 601 493 512 2293
6 CA Bizertin 63 1586 590 512 538 2109
7 CS Hammam Lif 57 1462 437 445 590 1756
8 AS Marsa 53 1362 434 431 497 1733
9 US Monastir 45 1130 294 402 434 1284
10 JS Kairouan 34 1014 310 310 394 1249
11 Sfax railway sport 34 854 257 287 310 1058
12 CO Transports 28 708 205 226 277 841
13 Olympique Béja 29 690 190 216 284 792
14 ES Zarzis 22 560 136 180 244 588
15 Stade Gabèsien 15 384 90 111 183 378
16 EGS Gafsa 12 316 82 104 130 350
17 Océano Club de Kerkennah 13 338 73 113 152 332
18 Olympique du Kef 13 327 72 91 164 307
19 Stade Soussien 12 282 74 80 128 302
20 US Tunis 10 236 75 69 92 294
21 El Makarem de Mahdia 9 222 48 75 99 219
22 CS Cheminots 9 228 47 71 110 212
23 AS Gabès 9 218 45 60 113 195
24 AS Kasserine 7 186 46 49 91 187
25 ES Métlaoui 5 130 45 34 53 169
26 US Ben Guerdane 5 130 39 39 54 156
27 US Maghrébine 7 172 37 44 91 155
28 Stade Sportif Sfaxien 7 182 33 48 101 147
29 ES Hammam-Sousse 5 148 31 51 66 144
30 Stade Africain Menzel Bourguiba 5 124 35 22 67 127
31 JS Metouia 4 100 26 36 38 114
32 Stade populaire 4 98 26 29 43 107
33 ES Beni-Khalled 5 132 21 34 77 97
34 CO Médenine 4 76 20 26 60 84
35 US Tataouine 4 80 17 32 31 83
36 EO La Goulette et Kram 3 78 17 28 33 79
37 El Ahly Mateur 4 88 19 15 54 72
38 Jendouba Sport 3 78 14 30 34 72
39 Patrie Football Club bizertin 3 72 14 14 44 56
40 AS Djerba 3 74 14 12 48 54
41 EO Sidi Bouzid 2 58 14 6 38 48
42 AS Oued Ellil 2 52 12 11 29 47
43 AS Megrine 2 52 9 16 27 43
44 Grombalia Sports 2 56 8 14 34 38
45 CS Chebba 2 26 7 9 10 30
46 LPS Tozeur 1 30 6 11 13 29
47 AS Soliman 2 26 8 4 14 28
48 Patriote de Sousse 2 48 4 11 33 23
49 CS Menzel Bouzelfa 1 26 3 13 10 22
50 STIA Sousse 1 26 5 7 14 22
51 AS Ariana 1 26 5 6 15 21
52 CS Korba 1 26 3 6 17 15
53 FC Jerissa 1 24 3 5 16 14
54 AS Rejiche 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 3
Tunisian Ligue Amateur 4
Excluded teams
Defunct teams

African and international competitions

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Best finish in African and international competitions by club

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Tunisian teams are among the best African teams with a total of 24 titles. 12 Tunisian team in total played in African competitions. Étoile du Sahel is the Tunisian club that has won the most African Cups with 9 titles, followed by Espérance de Tunis with 8 titles.

Tunisian clubs also have a share in the FIFA Club World Cup with four participations, three for Espérance de Tunis in 2011, 2018 and 2019 thanks to the African Champions League title in 2011, 2018 and 2018–19 and the only participation of Etoile du Sahel in 2007, which was then ranked fourth as the best result for Tunisian teams in the FIFA Club World Cup.

Espérance Sportive de Tunis, CAF Champions League Champions in 2018.

In the CAF Champions League, Tunisian clubs occupy a huge position in the competition. Espérance de Tunis has the most Tunisian clubs participating in the competition with 25 times. It reached the final 8 times and was crowned four times in 1994, 2011, 2018 and 2018–19. As for the Étoile Sportive du Sahel, he participated 13 times and reached the final 3 times and was crowned once in 2007, and finally Club Africain participated 10 times and crowned it in its first final in 1991, and Club Sfaxien was satisfied with second place in 2006 with four participations.

In the CAF Confederation Cup, Tunisian clubs are the most crowned champions in the history of this competition with 5 championships. Club Sfaxien is the most crowned team with three titles in 2007, 2008 and 2013, followed by Étoile du Sahel with two titles crowned in 2006 and 2015.

But misfortune always follows the Tunisian teams in the CAF Super Cup, as they participated 13 times and were crowned only 3 times. Etoile du Sahel won it in 1998 and 2008 and was satisfied with the runner-up in 2004, 2007 and 2016. As for Espérance de Tunis, it participated 5 times and won it once in 1995, and was satisfied with the runner-up in 1999, 2012, 2019 and 2020. As for Club Sfaxien, it participated three times in 2007, 2008 and 2014, one of which was against Etoile du Sahel in 2008.

Club CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup CAF Super Cup CAF Cup African Cup Winners' Cup Afro-Asian Club Championship FIFA Club World Cup
Étoile du Sahel Winner
2007 		Winner (2)
2006, 2015 		Winner (2)
1998, 2008 		Winner (2)
1995, 1999 		Winner (2)
1997, 2003 		— Fourth place
2007
Espérance de Tunis Winner (4)
1994, 2011, 2018, 2018–19 		Group stage
2015 		Winner
1995 		Winner
1997 		Winner
1998 		Winner
1995 		Fifth place
2018, 2019
Club Sfaxien Runners-up
2006 		Winner (3)
2007, 2008, 2013 		Runners-up (3)
2007, 2008, 2014 		Winner
1998 		— — —
Club Africain Winner
1991 		Runners-up
2011 		— Semi-finalist
2003 		Runners-up (2)
1990, 1999 		Winner
1992 		—
Club Bizertin — Semi-finalist
2013 		— Semi-finalist
1992 		Winner
1988 		— —
Club de Hammam-Lif — — — — Semi-finalist
1986 		— —
Olympique Béja — First Round
2011, 2023-24 		— — Quarter-finalist
1994 		— —
Avenir de Marsa — Group stage
2005 		— — Quarter-finalist
1995 		— —
Stade Tunisien — Second Round
2004 		— — Quarter-finalist
1993 		— —
Jeunesse Kairouanaise — First Round
2005 		— Quarter-finalist
1994 		— — —
Stade Gabèsien — Play-off Round
2016 		— — — — —
Espérance de Tunis — First Round
2006 		— — — — —
Union de Ben Guerdane — Second Round
2021–22 		— — — — —
Union Monastirienne — Quarter-finalist
2022–23 		— — — — —

Best finish in Arab competitions by club

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Tunisian clubs are the second most titled Arab clubs with 11 championships (after Saudi clubs who won 12 championships). Espérance de Tunis is the most titled Tunisian club in the Arab championships with 4 championships, followed by Club Sfaxien and Stade Tunisien with two championships each.

Tunisian teams won the most prestigious Arab championships, Arab Club Champions Cup 7 times, 3 of which were for the Tunisian Espérance de Tunis, which has the record for the number of trophies in 1993, 2008–09 and 2017, two championships for the Club Sfaxien in the 2000 and 2003–04 editions, and one championship for Étoile du Sahel in 2018–19 and the same for Club Africain in 1997. As for the runners-up, the Tunisian teams took second place five times, twice for Espérance de Tunis in 1986 and 1995, twice also for Club Africain in 1988 and 2002, and Club Sfaxien in 2004–05.

Tunisian clubs have won the Arab Cup Winners' Cup three times. Stade Tunisien is the most titled Tunisian club in the championship with 2 titles in 1989 and 2001, followed by Club Africain, which won the championship only once in 1995. As for Étoile du Sahel, it was satisfied with the runner-up position in 1995 in the match that brought it together with Club Africain.

Club Arab Club Champions Cup Arab Cup Winners' Cup Arab Super Cup
Espérance de Tunis Winner (3)
1993, 2008–09, 2017 		— Winner
1996
Club Sfaxien Winner (2)
2000, 2003–04 		— Fourth place
2001
Club Africain Winner
1997 		Winner
1995 		Runners-up
1998
Stade Tunisien Fourth place
2002 		Winner (2)
1989, 2001 		—
Étoile du Sahel Winner
2018–19 		Runners-up
1995 		—
Club Bizertin Semi-finalist
1994 		— —
Avenir de Marsa — Semi-finalist (2)
1992, 1994 		—
Olympique Béja Group stage
1999 		— —
Union Monastirienne Quarter-finalist
2008–09 		— —

See also

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References

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