2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 96th season of top-tier football in Tunisia.

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2021–22
Dates16 October 2021 – 26 June 2022
ChampionsEspérance de Tunis (32nd title)
RelegatedEspérance de Zarzis
Club de Hammam-Lif[note 1]
Champions LeagueEspérance de Tunis
Union Monastirienne
Confederation CupClub Sfaxien
Club Africain[note 2]
Matches played156
Goals scored265 (1.7 per match)
Top goalscorerMohamed Ali Ben Hammouda
(10 goals)
Biggest home winEspérance de Tunis 4–0 Club Bizertin
(9 March 2022)
Biggest away winUnion de Ben Guerdane 1–5 Étoile du Sahel
(29 April 2022)
Highest scoringUnion de Tataouine 5–3 Avenir de Rejiche
(15 May 2022)
Longest winning runEspérance de Tunis
(4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runÉtoile du Sahel
(11 matches)
Longest winless runUnion de Ben Guerdane
(14 matches)
Longest losing runUnion de Ben Guerdane
(6 matches)

Espérance de Tunis were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, winning their record-extending 6th consecutive title and 32nd title overall.

The VAR was used in the playoff.

Teams

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A total of 16 teams contested the league.[1]

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2021–22 Ligue 1 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Avenir de Rejiche Mahdia Stade Ahmed Khouaja 3,000
Avenir de Soliman Soliman Stade Municipal de Soliman 3,000
Club Africain Tunis (Bab Jedid) Stade Hammadi Agrebi 60,000
Club Bizertin Bizerte Stade 15 Octobre 20,000
Croissant Chebbien Chebba Stade de Chebba 3,000
Club de Hammam-Lif Tunis (Hammam-Lif) Stade Bou Kornine 15,000
Club Sfaxien Sfax Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000
Espoir de Hammam Sousse Hammam Sousse Stade Bou Ali Lahouar 6,500
Étoile de 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
Olympique Béja Béja Boujemaa Kmiti Stadium 15,500
Union de Ben Guerdane Ben Guerdane Stade du 7 Mars 10,000
Union Monastirienne Monastir Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet 20,000
Union de Tataouine Tataouine Stade Municipal Bir Lahmar 5,000

Return of Croissant Chebbien

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On 11 September 2021, Croissant Chebbien returned to the league following a vote by the Ordinary General Assembly of the Tunisian Football Federation.

Competition

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First round

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Group A

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Table
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Espérance de Tunis 14 8 3 3 20 7 +13 27 Advance to Playoff
2 Club Sfaxien 14 6 3 5 12 10 +2 21
3 Union de Ben Guerdane 14 5 6 3 10 8 +2 21
4 Union de Tataouine 14 6 3 5 13 15 −2 21 Qualification for Ranking games
5 Club Bizertin 14 6 1 7 13 15 −2 19
6 Étoile de Métlaoui 14 4 5 5 11 15 −4 17 Qualification for Playout
7 Espoir de Hammam Sousse 14 3 7 4 11 11 0 16
8 Club de Hammam-Lif (R) 14 2 4 8 9 18 −9 10 Relegation to Ligue 2
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(R) Relegated
Results
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Home \ Away CAB CSHL CSS ESHS ESM EST USBG UST
Club Bizertin 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1
Club de Hammam-Lif 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2
Club Sfaxien 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0
Espoir de Hammam Sousse 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–1
Étoile de Métlaoui 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0
Espérance de Tunis 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–0
Union de Ben Guerdane 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Union de Tataouine 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
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.
Clubs season-progress
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Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Group B

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The Club Africain v Croissant Chebbien match case
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On 18 April 2022, the match of the last round was held between Club Africain and Croissant Chebbien at Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis and ended with a 1–0 win for the hosts, a result that made Croissant Chebbien relegated to the Ligue 2, but Croissant Chebbien protested the presence of Club Africain president, Youssef Elmi, on the bench despite his suspension from punishment by the Football Federation, and demanded that they would be given a penal victory, and they decided to take the case to CAS.

On 29 September, the CAS decided to reintegrate Croissant Chebbien in the Ligue 1, which forced the federation to add a 16th team for 2022–23 season so that the number of teams would be even, and the identity of this team was determined by two playoff matches, the first between Club de Hammam-Lif and Espérance de Zarzis, and the second between the winner of the first match and Étoile de Métlaoui.

On 27 March 2023, the CAS decided to give Croissant Chebbien a 2–0 penal victory. Since this decision affects the arrangement of the table in the first round and the added points for the coronation playoff and playout, and since this decision came late and after the start of the new season, the effect of this result in the second round was not calculated.

Table before CAS decision
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Africain 14 7 4 3 11 6 +5 25 Advance to Playoff
2 Union Monastirienne 14 6 5 3 8 5 +3 23
3 Étoile du Sahel 14 5 7 2 14 8 +6 22
4 Avenir de Rejiche 14 5 5 4 10 10 0 20 Qualification for Ranking games
5 Avenir de Soliman 14 4 5 5 7 9 −2 17
6 Olympique Béja 14 4 4 6 9 10 −1 16 Qualification for Playout
7 Espérance de Zarzis 14 3 4 7 6 13 −7 13
8 Croissant Chebbien (R) 14 3 4 7 6 10 −4 13 Relegation to Ligue 2
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(R) Relegated
Table after CAS decision
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Union Monastirienne 14 6 5 3 8 5 +3 23 Advance to Playoff
2 Étoile du Sahel 14 5 7 2 14 8 +6 22
3 Club Africain 14 6 4 4 10 8 +2 22
4 Avenir de Rejiche 14 5 5 4 10 10 0 20 Qualification for Ranking games
5 Avenir de Soliman 14 4 5 5 7 9 −2 17
6 Croissant Chebbien 14 4 4 6 8 9 −1 16 Qualification for Playout
7 Olympique Béja 14 4 4 6 9 10 −1 16
8 Espérance de Zarzis 14 3 4 7 6 13 −7 13 Relegation to Ligue 2
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
Results
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Home \ Away ASR ASS CA CSCH ESS ESZ OB USM
Avenir de Rejiche 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–1
Avenir de Soliman 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0
Club Africain 1–1 1–0 0–2[a] 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Croissant Chebbien 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Étoile du Sahel 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0
Espérance de Zarzis 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 0–1
Olympique Béja 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0
Union Monastirienne 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
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. ^ Awarded
Clubs season-progress
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Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Goals scored per round

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This graph represents the number of goals scored during each round:

Playoff

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Espérance de Tunis (C) 10 6 3 1 16 8 +8 24[a] Qualification for Champions League
2 Union Monastirienne 10 6 2 2 16 9 +7 22[b]
3 Club Sfaxien 10 3 5 2 10 7 +3 16[b] Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 Club Africain 10 3 3 4 6 10 −4 15[a]
5 Étoile du Sahel 10 3 3 4 13 11 +2 13[c]
6 Union de Ben Guerdane 10 0 2 8 3 19 −16 3[c]
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Club Africain and Espérance de Tunis were added 3 points (1st of the groups in the first round).
  2. ^ a b Club Sfaxien and Union Monastirienne were added 2 points (2nd of the groups in the first round).
  3. ^ a b Étoile du Sahel and Union de Ben Guerdane were added 1 point (3rd of the groups in the first round).

Results

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Home \ Away CA CSS ESS EST USBG USM
Club Africain 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1
Club Sfaxien 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2
Étoile du Sahel 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–4
Espérance de Tunis 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Union de Ben Guerdane 0–1 0–1 1–5 0–3 0–2
Union Monastirienne 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–0
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
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.

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round12345678910
Club Africain4234543444
Club Sfaxien5553454333
Étoile du Sahel3345335555
Espérance de Tunis1111111111
Union de Ben Guerdane6666666666
Union Monastirienne2422222222
Leader
2022–23 CAF Champions League
2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup
Source: Tunisian Football Federation

Clubs season-progress

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Team ╲ Round12345678910
Club AfricainLWDLLWWLDD
Club SfaxienLDDWLDWWDD
Étoile du SahelWDLLWWLLDD
Espérance de TunisWWDWWDLWDW
Union de Ben GuerdaneLLDDLLLLLL
Union MonastirienneWLWDWLWWWD
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Goals scored per round

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This graph represented the number of goals scored during each round:

Playout

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Espoir de Hammam Sousse 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9
2 Olympique Béja 6 2 2 2 5 2 +3 9[a]
3 Étoile de Métlaoui 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 9[a] Relegation to Ligue 2
4 Espérance de Zarzis (R) 6 1 3 2 4 7 −3 6
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Étoile de Métlaoui and Olympique Béja were added 1 point (6th of the groups in the first round).

Results

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Home \ Away ESHS ESM ESZ OB
Espoir de Hammam Sousse 2–1 1–1 1–0
Étoile de Métlaoui 2–1 1–0 0–0
Espérance de Zarzis 1–1 1–1 1–0
Olympique Béja 0–0 2–0 3–0
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
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.

Clubs season-progress

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Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Ranking games

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The ranking games round were played between the 4th and the 5th from each group from the first round.

Seventh place match

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Union de Tataouine5–3Avenir de Rejiche
Report

Ninth place match

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Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda ASS then EST 10
2   Aymen Harzi CSS 6
  Hazem Mastouri ESM
  Walid Karoui CSS
5   Lassaad Jaziri USBG 5
  Yassine Amri ESS
  Youssef Ben Souda ESHS
  Youssef Abdelli USM
9   Zied Ben Salem CSHL 4
  Yassine Chamakhi CA
  Houssem Louati UST
  Alkhaly Bangoura CAB
  Moumen Rahmani UST
  Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane EST
  Zied Aloui USM
  Fakhreddine Ouji USBG
17   Boling Dembélé CAB 3
  Amine Khaloufi ESHS
  Vinny Bongonga Kombe ESS
  Omar Sammari ASR
  Oussama Bouguerra OB
  Farouk Mimouni EST
  Iheb Msakni ESS
  Nader Ghandri CA
  Mohamed Amine Tougai EST
  Fousseny Coulibaly EST
  Hamdou Elhouni EST
  Youssouf Oumarou USM
  Roger Aholou USM

Final ranking

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Rank Team
1 Espérance de Tunis
2 Union Monastirienne
3 Club Sfaxien
4 Club Africain
5 Étoile du Sahel
6 Union de Ben Guerdane
7 Union de Tataouine
8 Avenir de Rejiche
9 Club Bizertin
10 Avenir de Soliman
11 Espoir de Hammam Sousse
12 Olympique Béja
13 Étoile de Métlaoui
14 Espérance de Zarzis
15 Croissant Chebbien
16 Club de Hammam-Lif

Number of teams by Governorate

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Position Governorate Number Teams
1 Tunis 2 Club Africain, Espérance de Tunis
Sousse Espoir de Hammam Sousse, Étoile du Sahel
Medenine Espérance de Zarzis, Union de Ben Guerdane
Mahdia Avenir de Rejiche, Croissant Chebbien
2 Sfax 1 Club Sfaxien
Nabeul Avenir de Soliman
Ben Arous Club de Hammam-Lif
Bizerte Club Bizertin
Monastir Union Monastirienne
Gafsa Étoile de Métlaoui
Béja Olympique Béja
Tataouine Union de Tataouine

Awards

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Each month, Internet users voted for the player of the month sponsored by Foot24 and Coca-Cola.

Month Player of the Month
Player Club
October   Bilel Ifa Club Africain
March   Nader Ghandri Club Africain
April   Larry Azouni Club Africain
May   Ghailene Chaalali Espérance de Tunis

Media coverage

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Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Country Television Channel
  Tunisia Hannibal
Attessia
Home teams YouTube Channels
  Qatar Al-Kass Sports Channel

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ See The Club Africain v Croissant Chebbien match case.
  2. ^ Since the 2021–22 Tunisian Cup did not end before the lists of clubs participating in the African competitions were handed over to the CAF, Club Africain qualified for the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.

References

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