1996–97 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season	1996–97
Champions	Étoile du Sahel
Relegated	OC Kerkennah; Stade Soussien
Champions League	Étoile du Sahel
Cup Winners' Cup	Espérance de Tunis
CAF Cup	CS Sfaxien
Matches played	182
Goals scored	402 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sami Lâaroussi (14 goals)
Biggest home win	EST 6–0 OK
Biggest away win	COT 1–5 EST
Highest scoring	CA 4–3 Stade Soussien; Stade Soussien 3–4 ST
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 season was the 71st season of top-tier football in Tunisia.

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Étoile du Sahel	26	20	4	2	45	16	+29	64	Qualification to the 1998 CAF Champions League
2	Espérance de Tunis	26	18	7	1	53	15	+38	61	Qualification to the 1998 African Cup Winners' Cup
3	CS Sfaxien	26	13	6	7	27	19	+8	45	Qualification to the 1998 CAF Cup
4	CA Bizertin	26	11	10	5	25	16	+9	43
5	Club Africain	26	11	8	7	34	27	+7	41
6	Olympique Béja	26	10	7	9	38	30	+8	37
7	AS Marsa	26	10	7	9	28	23	+5	37
8	Stade Tunisien	26	8	10	8	28	30	−2	34
9	JS Kairouan	26	7	10	9	22	26	−4	31
10	Olympique du Kef	26	6	10	10	25	39	−14	28
11	ES Zarzis	26	6	8	12	17	26	−9	26
12	CO Transports	26	4	8	14	23	49	−26	20
13	Océano Club de Kerkennah	26	3	5	18	13	37	−24	14	Relegation to the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
14	Stade Soussien	26	1	8	17	24	49	−25	11	Relegation to the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 1997. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	ASM	CA	CAB	COT	CSS	EST	ESZ	ESS	JSK	OCK	OB	OK	SS	ST
AS Marsa	—	4–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0
Club Africain	1–0	—	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–3	4–1
CA Bizertin	2–0	0–1	—	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–0
CO Transports	0–1	1–1	2–2	—	2–1	1–5	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0
CS Sfaxien	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0
Espérance de Tunis	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	—	2–0	0–3	4–1	4–0	2–0	6–0	3–0	2–1
ES Zarzis	0–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1
Étoile du Sahel	3–2	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	—	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	4–2
JS Kairouan	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	—	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1
Océano Club de Kerkennah	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0
Olympique Béja	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	3–3	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	—	1–0	3–1	1–2
Olympique du Kef	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–1	—	1–0	1–1
Stade Soussien	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–1	5–1	1–4	2–2	—	3–4
Stade Tunisien	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 1997. Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

v t e 1997 in African football (CAF)
« 1996 1998 »
Domestic leagues	Algeria 96–97 97–98 Angola 97 Cameroon 1997 Cape Verde 97 Egypt 96–97 97–98 Libya 96–97 97–98 Senegal 1997 South Africa 96–97 97–98 Tunisia 96–97 97–98 Uganda 97
Domestic cups	Algeria 96–97 97–98 Angola 97 Uganda 97
CAF competitions	CAF Champions League final African Cup Winners' Cup CAF Cup Super Cup

v t e Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Ligue Nationale de Football Professionnel
Seasons post-independence	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 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 2024–25
2024–25 clubs	AS Gabès AS Soliman Club Africain CA Bizertin CS Sfaxien EGS Gafsa ES Métlaoui Étoile du Sahel Espérance de Tunis Espérance de Zarzis JS El Omrane Olympique Béja Stade Tunisien US Ben Guerdane US Monastir US Tataouine
Competition	Teams Players foreign Managers (Winners) Stadiums Broadcasters
Statistics	All-time Table Top scorers by season Champions
Associated competitions	Tunisian Cup Tunisian Super Cup CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
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