Championnat de Tunisie

Championnat de Tunisie
Full name	Ligue Professionelle 1
Association	Fédération Tunisienne de Football
hierarchy	1st League
Teams	16
master	Espérance Tunis (2018/19)
Record champions	Espérance Tunis (29 titles)
Record scorer	Ezzedine Chakroun (116)
Website	http://www.ftf.org.tn
Qualification for	CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
↓ Ligue 2

The 16 clubs in Tunisia's top soccer division , currently called Ligue Professionelle 1 , play for the Championnat de Tunisie (German: Tunisian Championship) . The league is managed by the Tunisian Football Association . There are a total of 30 game days (home and return games).

history

The beginnings of football in Tunisia were strongly influenced by the French. The first championship tournaments took place with practically no local Tunisian players.

In 1907 the first championship was played in the form of a tournament. Three clubs ( Racing Club de Tunis , Football Club de Bizerte and Sporting de Ferry-Ville ) and two school teams (Vom Lycée Carnot and Collège Sadiki ) took part. Championship tournaments were held regularly from 1910 under the care of the French sports association, the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA) .

Two years after the founding of the French football association Fédération Française de Football (FTF) , a Tunisian football association, the Ligue de Tunisie de Football Association (LTFA) was created in 1921. This association organized the Tunisian championship from then on, in which more local teams took part. Many of the most popular teams were founded at this time: Espérance Tunis (1919), Club Africain and Sfax Railways Sports (1920), Étoile Sportive du Sahel (1925), Club Athlétique Bizertin and Club Sportif Sfaxien (1928).

With the independence of Tunisia, the current independent Tunisian Football Association (FTF) was founded. One year later (1957) the FTF dissolved the LTFA as the organizer of the Tunisian championship.

Championship before the independence of Tunisia

USFSA

1909-10: Racing Club Tunis 1910–11: Racing Club Tunis 1911-12: Sporting de Ferryville 1912-13: Sporting de Ferryville

1913-14: Racing Club Tunis 1919–20: Racing Club Tunis 1920–21: Racing Club Tunis

LTFA

1921–22: Racing Club Tunis 1922–23: Stade gaulois Tunis 1923–24: Stade gaulois Tunis 1924-25: Racing Club Tunis 1925-26: Sporting Club Tunis 1926-27: Stade gaulois Tunis 1927-28: Sporting Club Tunis 1928–29: Avant-garde de Tunis 1929–30: Union sportive tunisienne

1930–31: Union sportive tunisienne 1931–32: Italia de Tunis 1932–33: Union sportive tunisienne 1933-34: Sfax Railways Sports 1934-35: Italia de Tunis 1935–36: Italia de Tunis 1936–37: Italia de Tunis 1937–38: Savoia de La Goulette 1938–39: Club sportif gabésien

1939–40: not held 1940–41: not held 1941–42: Espérance Tunis 1942–43: not held 1943–44: not held 1944–45: Club Athlétique Bizertin 1945–46: Club Athlétique Bizertin 1946-47: Club Africain 1947-48: Club Africain

1948–49: Club Athlétique Bizertin 1949–50: Étoile Sportive du Sahel 1950-51: CS Hammam-Lif 1951–52: not held 1952–53: Sfax Railways Sports 1953-54: CS Hammam-Lif 1954-55: CS Hammam-Lif 1955-56: CS Hammam-Lif 1956–57: Stade Tunisien

Championships after Tunisian independence (1956)

AGV

1957/58: Étoile Sportive du Sahel 1958/59: Espérance Tunis 1959/60: Espérance Tunis 1960/61: Stade Tunisien 1961/62: Stade Tunisien 1962/63: Étoile Sportive du Sahel 1963/64: Club Africain Tunis 1964/65: Stade Tunisien 1965/66: Étoile Sportive du Sahel 1966/67: Club Africain Tunis 1967/68: Sfax Railways Sports 1968/69: Club Sportif Sfaxien 1969/70: Espérance Tunis 1970/71: Club Sportif Sfaxien 1971/72: Étoile Sportive du Sahel 1972/73: Club Africain Tunis 1973/74: Club Africain Tunis 1974/75: Espérance Tunis 1975/76: Espérance Tunis 1976/77: Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise 1977/78: Club Sportif Sfaxien 1978/79: Club Africain Tunis 1979/80: Club Africain Tunis

1980/81: Club Sportif Sfaxien 1981/82: Espérance Tunis 1982/83: Club Sportif Sfaxien 1983/84: Club Athlétique Bizertin 1984/85: Espérance Tunis 1985/86: Étoile Sportive du Sahel 1986/87: Étoile Sportive du Sahel 1987/88: Espérance Tunis 1988/89: Espérance Tunis 1989/90: Club Africain Tunis 1990/91: Espérance Tunis 1991/92: Club Africain Tunis 1992/93: Espérance Tunis 1993/94: Espérance Tunis 1994/95: Club Sportif Sfaxien 1995/96: Club Africain Tunis 1996/97: Étoile Sportive du Sahel 1997/98: Espérance Tunis 1998/99: Espérance Tunis 1999/00: Espérance Tunis 2000/01: Espérance Tunis 2001/02: Espérance Tunis 2002/03: Espérance Tunis

2003/04: Espérance Tunis 2004/05: Club Sportif Sfaxien 2005/06: Espérance Tunis 2006/07: Étoile Sportive du Sahel 2007/08: Club Africain Tunis 2008/09: Espérance Tunis 2009/10: Espérance Tunis 2010/11: Espérance Tunis 2011/12: Espérance Tunis 2012/13: Club Sportif Sfaxien 2013/14: Espérance Tunis 2014/15: Club Africain 2015/16: Étoile Sportive du Sahel 2016/17: Espérance Tunis 2017/18: Espérance Tunis 2018/19: Espérance Tunis

Championship title by club

Club	city	title	season
Espérance Tunis	Tunis	29	1942, 1959, 1960, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
Club Africain	Tunis	13	1947, 1948, 1964, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2015
Étoile Sportive du Sahel	Sousse	10	1950, 1958, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2007, 2016
Club Sportif Sfaxien	Sfax	8th	1969, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1995, 2005, 2013
Club Athlétique Bizertin	Bizerte	4th	1945, 1946, 1949, 1984
Stade Tunisia	Tunis	4th	1957, 1961, 1962, 1965
CS Hammam-Lif	Hammam Lif	4th	1951, 1954, 1955, 1956
Sfax Railways Sports	Sfax	3	1934, 1953, 1968
Italia Tunis	Tunis	3	1935, 1936, 1937
Union Sportive Tunisienne	Tunis	3	1930, 1931, 1933
Stade Gaulois	Tunis	3	1923, 1924, 1927
Sporting Club	Tunis	2	1926, 1928
Racing Club	Tunis	2	1922, 1925
Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise	Kairouan	1	1977
Club Sportif Gabésien	There was	1	1939
Savoia de La Goulette	La Goulette	1	1938
Avant garde	Tunis	1	1929

Top scorer since 1990

The record scorer is Ezzedine Chakroun, who scored 116 goals (in 262 games) for Sfax Railways Sports .

The best goalscorer within a season is Abdelmajid Tlemçani , who scored 32 goals for Espérance Tunis in 1958/59 . His son Zied Tlemçani was top scorer himself in 1997/98, but with 15 goals scored less than half the title.

season player Gates 1989/90 Faouzi Rouissi 18th 1990/91 Othman Chehaibi 15th 1991/92 Cupid Ben Tahar 14th Hechmi Sassi 14th 1992/93 Abdelkader Belhassen 18th Kenneth Malitoli 18th 1993/94 Kenneth Malitoli 14th 1994/95 Leave Aloui 18th 1995/96 Sami Touati 17th 1996/97 Sami Laaroussi 14th 1997/98 Abdelkader Belhassen 15th Zied Tlemçani 15th 1998/99 Francileudo Silva dos Santos 14th 1999/2000 Ali Zitouni 19th 2000/01 Oussama Sellami 12 2001/02 Hadda Abdeljalil 8th 2002/03 Mohamed Selliti 12 2003/04 Haykel Gmamdia 10 2004/05 Haykel Gmamdia 12

season player Gates 2005/06 Amin Ltaïef 16 2006/07 Tarak Ziadi 16 2007/08 Know Ben Yahia 13 2008/09 Michael Eneramo 18th 2009/10 Michael Eneramo 12 2010/11 Ahmed Akaïchi 14th 2011/12 Youssef Msakni 17th 2012/13 Abdelmoumene Djabou 8th Haythem Jouini 8th 2013/14 Baghdad Bounedjah 14th 2014/15 Saber Khelifa 15th 2015/16 Ali Maaloul 16 2016/17 Taha Yassine Khenissi 14th 2017/18 Saber Khelifa 9 Alaeddine Marzouki 9 Zied Ounelli 9 Lassaad Jaziri 9 2018/19 Taha Yassine Khenissi 10

See also

• List of the highest national soccer divisions

Web links

• List of Tunisian Masters (rsssf.com)
• List of top scorer (rsssf.com)