2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Football league season

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1Season| 2018–19

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Dates| 18 August 2018 – 15 June 2019
Champions| Espérance de Tunis (29th title)
Relegated| Stade Gabèsien
Avenir de Gabès
Champions League| Espérance de Tunis
Étoile du Sahel
Confederation Cup| Club Sfaxien
Union de Ben Guerdane
Matches played| 182
Goals scored| 377 (2.07 per match)
Top goalscorer| Taha Yassine Khenissi
Firas Chaouat
(10 goals each)
Biggest home win| USM 4–0 UST
EST 4–0 JSK
Biggest away win| CA 1–4 ST
Highest scoring| ESS 5–3 USM
Longest winning run| 6 games (CSS, EST)
Longest unbeaten run| 19 games (EST)
Longest winless run| 11 games (USM)
Longest losing run| 7 games (CAB)

← 2017–18

2019–20 →

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

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A total of 14 teams contested the league.

### Stadiums and locations

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ASG

CAB

CSHL

CSS

ESM

ESS

EST

JSK

USBG

USM

UST

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Locations of the 2018–19 Ligue 1 teams

Team  | Location  | Stadium  | Capacity  | 2017–18 season

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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

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Pos | Team

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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[a]
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[b]
7  | Union Monastirienne | 26  | 8  | 7  | 11  | 30  | 30  | 0  | 31[c]
8  | Union de Tataouine | 26  | 7  | 10  | 9  | 30  | 39  | −9  | 31[c]
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[d] | 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. ^ a b Head-to-head: Union Monastirienne: 4 points; Union de Tataouine: 1 point.
4. ^ Stade Gabèsien were deducted 3 points.

## Results

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Home \ Away  | ASG | CA | CAB | CSHL | CSS | ESM | ESS | EST | JSK | SG | ST | USBG | USM | UST

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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[a] | 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[b] | 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

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## Season statistics

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### Top scorers

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Rank | Goalscorer  | Club  | Goals

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

## See also

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* 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
* 2018–19 Tunisian Cup
* 2019 Tunisian Super Cup

## References

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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.

## External links

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* 2018–19 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com
* Fédération Tunisienne de Football

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