2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Explained

Competition:Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season:2021–22
Winners:Espérance de Tunis (32nd title)
Relegated:Espérance de Zarzis
Club de Hammam-Lif
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Espérance de Tunis
Union Monastirienne
Continentalcup2:Confederation Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Club Sfaxien
Club Africain
League Topscorer:Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda
(10 goals)
Longest Wins:Espérance de Tunis
(4 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:Étoile du Sahel
(11 matches)
Longest Winless:Union de Ben Guerdane
(14 matches)
Longest Losses:Union de Ben Guerdane
(6 matches)
Matches:156
Total Goals:265
Prevseason:2020–21
Nextseason:2022–23

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

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

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

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Avenir de RejicheMahdiaStade Ahmed Khouaja3,000
Avenir de SolimanSolimanStade Municipal de Soliman3,000
Club AfricainTunis (Bab Jedid)Stade Hammadi Agrebi60,000
Club BizertinBizerteStade 15 Octobre20,000
Croissant ChebbienChebbaStade de Chebba3,000
Club de Hammam-LifTunis (Hammam-Lif)Stade Bou Kornine15,000
Club SfaxienSfaxStade Taïeb Mhiri22,000
Espoir de Hammam SousseHammam SousseStade Bou Ali Lahouar6,500
Étoile de MétlaouiMétlaouiStade Municipal de Métlaoui6,000
Étoile du SahelSousseStade Olympique de Sousse42,000
Espérance de TunisTunis (Bab Souika)Stade Hammadi Agrebi60,000
Espérance de ZarzisZarzisStade Abdessalam Kazouz7,000
Olympique BéjaBéjaBoujemaa Kmiti Stadium15,500
Union de Ben GuerdaneBen GuerdaneStade du 7 Mars10,000
Union MonastirienneMonastirStade Mustapha Ben Jannet20,000
Union de TataouineTataouineStade Municipal Bir Lahmar5,000

Return of Croissant Chebbien

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

Competition

First round

Group A

Table

Clubs season-progress

Group B

The Club Africain v Croissant Chebbien match case

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

Table after CAS decision

Clubs season-progress

Goals scored per round

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

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Playoff

Table

Positions by round

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.

Goals scored per round

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

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Playout

Table

Clubs season-progress

Ranking games

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

Ninth place match

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mohamed Ali Ben HammoudaASS then EST10
2 Aymen HarziCSS6
Hazem MastouriESM
Walid KarouiCSS
5 Lassaad JaziriUSBG5
Yassine AmriESS
Youssef Ben SoudaESHS
Youssef AbdelliUSM
9 Zied Ben SalemCSHL4
Yassine ChamakhiCA
Houssem LouatiUST
Alkhaly BangouraCAB
Moumen RahmaniUST
Mohamed Ali Ben RomdhaneEST
Zied AlouiUSM
Fakhreddine OujiUSBG
17 Boling DembéléCAB3
Amine KhaloufiESHS
Vinny Bongonga KombeESS
Omar SammariASR
Oussama BouguerraOB
Farouk MimouniEST
Iheb MsakniESS
Nader GhandriCA
Mohamed Amine TougaiEST
Fousseny CoulibalyEST
Hamdou ElhouniEST
Youssouf OumarouUSM
Roger AholouUSM

Final ranking

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Number of teams by Governorate

PositionGovernorateNumberTeams
align=center rowspan="4"1Tunisalign=center rowspan="4"2Club Africain, Espérance de Tunis
SousseEspoir de Hammam Sousse, Étoile du Sahel
MedenineEspérance de Zarzis, Union de Ben Guerdane
MahdiaAvenir de Rejiche, Croissant Chebbien
align=center rowspan="8"2Sfaxalign=center rowspan="8"1Club Sfaxien
NabeulAvenir de Soliman
Ben ArousClub de Hammam-Lif
BizerteClub Bizertin
MonastirUnion Monastirienne
GafsaÉtoile de Métlaoui
BéjaOlympique Béja
TataouineUnion de Tataouine

Awards

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

MonthPlayer of the Month
PlayerClub
October Bilel IfaClub Africain
March Nader GhandriClub Africain
April Larry AzouniClub Africain
May Ghailene ChaalaliEspérance de Tunis

Media coverage

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
CountryTelevision Channel
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align=CenterHome teams YouTube Channels
align=Centeralign=CenterAl-Kass Sports Channel

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.facebook.com/335934949770619/posts/4541953012502104/ Tunisian Football Federation