1956–57 Tunisian National Championship Explained

Competition:	Tunisian National Championship
Badge Size:	200px
Season:	1956–57
Winners:	Stade Tunisien
Relegated:	No relegations
League Topscorer:	Miled Ben Messaoud "Farzit" (20 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	EST 7–1 OT
Biggest Away Win:	CT 1–10 US Ferryville
Highest Scoring:	CT 1–10 US Ferryville
Matches:	132
Total Goals:	453
Prevseason:	1955–56
Nextseason:	1957–58

The 1956–57 Tunisian National Championship was the 31st season of football in Tunisia, and the first to start after the country's independence in March 1956.

Participating clubs

• Stade Tunisien (ST)
• Espérance de Tunis (EST)
• Étoile du Sahel (ESS)
• Club Africain (CA)
• Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne (JSM)
• Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif (CSHL)
• Union Sportive de Ferryville (USF)^[1]
• Club Athlétique Bizertin (CAB)
• Olympique Tunisien (OT)^[2]
• Club Tunisien (CT)^[3]
• Patriote Football Club de Bizerte (PFCB)
• Sfax Railways Sports (SRS)

Results

Result table

Movements

• Releguated :
  • None
• Promoted :
  • Stade Populaire (SP)
  • Stade Soussien (SS)
  • Union Sportive Tunisienne (UST)

Top scorers

• 20 goals :
  • Farzit (Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne)
• 19 goals :
  • Noureddine Diwa (Stade Tunisien)
  • Saad Karmous (Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif)
• 17 goals :
  • Habib Mougou (Étoile du Sahel)
• 14 goals :
  • Abdelkader Ben Ezzeddine (Espérance de Tunis)
• 13 goals :
  • Kemais Gériani (Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne)
• 11 goals :
  • Hédi Feddou (Espérance de Tunis)
  • Hédi Hammoudia (Club Africain)
  • Laaroussi (Olympique Tunisien)

Champion

• Stade Tunisien (ST)
  • Line-up : Russo, Khaldi, Mahmoud, Chérif, Lakhal, Braiek, Abdelbaki, Noureddine Diwa, Barbéche, Miloud, Shabani, Naija, Laaroussi, Nahali, Rachid
  • Coach : R. Turki

Notes and references

1. futur Union sportive musulmane Menzel Bourguiba (USMMB)
2. soon to be Union Sportive Musulmane Olympique
3. futur Club Sportif Sfaxien

External links

• 1956–57 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com