2014–15 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season	2014–15
Dates	13 August 2014 – 2 June 2015
Champions	Club Africain (13th title)
Relegated	Union Monastirienne; Avenir de Gabès; Association de Djerba
Champions League	Club Africain; Étoile du Sahel
Confederation Cup	Espérance de Tunis; Stade Gabèsien
Matches played	240
Goals scored	498 (2.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Khalifa (15 goals)
Biggest home win	EST 7–1 ASG
Biggest away win	EGSG 0–4 CA; ST 0–4 CA
Highest scoring	EST 7–1 ASG
Longest winning run	6 games (CA, ESS)
Longest unbeaten run	15 games (CSS)
Longest winless run	16 games (USM)
Longest losing run	10 games (ASG)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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

ASM
CA
CSHL
EST
ST

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^[a]	Qualification to the 2016 CAF Champions League
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^[b]
7	Stade Tunisien	30	12	7	11	29	32	−3	43^[b]
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 point was deducted from Étoile du Sahel for refusing to play the Round 20 game against Club de Hammam-Lif.^[1]^[2]
^ ^a ^b 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^[a]	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:

^ 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

Goalscorers

Top goalscorers

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

All goalscorers

15 goals

Saber Khalifa

11 goals

10 goals

Ahmed Akaïchi

9 goals

Chaker Rguii

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

Mohamed Ali Moncer
Alaeddine Abbès
Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda
Zied Boughattas
Karim Aouadhi
Didier Lebri
Edem Rjaïbi
Mohamed Aouichi
Ahmed Hosni
Saad Bguir
Salema Kasdaoui
Haythem Jouini
Amir Omrani

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Yassin Mikari
Hamza Agrebi
Stéphane Nater
Bilel Ifa
Nidhal Said
Imed Louati
Seifallah Hosni
Saïf Ghezal
Nabil Missaoui
Hamza Zakar
Laamari Bargougui
Ghazi Chellouf
Omar Zekri
Zied Ziadi
Baligh El Echi
Kaddour Beldjilali
Mohamed Yakouba
Franck Kom
Ernest Thierry Anang
Onuoha Ogbonna
Ibrahima Touré
Youssoupha Mbengue
Fousseny Coulibaly
Magno Cruz
Alex Somian
Abdul Moustapha Ouédraogo
Chedly Ghrab
Hachem Abbes
Achref Ben Dhiaf
Hamdi Rouid
Haythem Baghdadi
Tarek Chaabouni
Amir Ben Mchala
Mehdi Ressaïssi
Houssine Ben Yahia
Mahmoud Dridi
Malek Bhar
Mohamed Ayed
Zied Derbali
Mohamed Jemaa Khlif
Mahmoud Khemiri
Naoufel Youssfi
Mohamed Habib Yaken
Hamdi Abdi
Fedi Hmizi
Hocine Ragued
Houssem Taboubi
Chakib Lachkham
Zied Machmoum
Heythem Doula
Mortadha Baadeche
Youssef Khemiri
Marouane Tej
Marouane Atoui
Aymen Derouiche
Abdelkader Dhaou
Mohamed Houssem Slimène
Slimène Kchok
Mohamed Ali Ragoubi
Yassine Salhi
Mohamed Ali Slema
Iheb Mbarki
Houssem Bnina
Mohamed Ali Jouini
Rami Bouchniba
Omar Saddi
Mehdi Ouertani
Alaeddine Bouslimi
Seifeddine Jerbi
Maher Abidi
Mohamed Amine Naffati
Hamdi Nagguez
Wissem Bousnina
Mohamed Ali Korbi
Houcine Messaadi
Anis Farhat
Mahmoud Laadhibi
Firas Aissaoui
Hamza Lahmar

Own goals

Hicham Belkaroui (Club Africain) against Association de Djerba on 31 August 2014
Mohamed Amine Naffati (Club de Hammam-Lif) against Stade Tunisien on 31 August 2014
Khalil Hnid (Avenir de Marsa) against Club Africain on 3 October 2014
Alex Somian (Stade Tunisien) against Club Sfaxien on 28 December 2014
Mohamed Ben Ali (Stade Tunisien) against Club Africain on 18 February 2015
Mehdi Ben Nsib (Association de Djerba) against Club Sfaxien on 18 February 2015
Houssem Bnina (Jeunesse Kairounaise) against Espérance de Zarzis on 28 February 2015

References

^ "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.
^ "La FTF d?cide de retirer un point ? l'Etoile Sportive du Sahel".
^ "Affaire CSHL-ESS : le CNAS décide la défaite de l'ESS". 2015-04-24. Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
^ "Les News : News Tunisie, News Sport, music - Shems FM - 1". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-04-24.

External links

2014–15 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com

[table_hth_ESS0.31735679242637-3] 1 point was deducted from Étoile du Sahel for refusing to play the Round 20 game against Club de Hammam-Lif.^[1]^[2]

[table_hth_ASM0.31735679242637-4] 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.

[table_note_1_CSHL_ESS0.98841360816193-7] 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]

[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".

[5] "Affaire CSHL-ESS : le CNAS décide la défaite de l'ESS". 2015-04-24. Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-04-24.

[6] "Les News : News Tunisie, News Sport, music - Shems FM - 1". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-04-24.

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