| 2023 Nationale 1 season | |
| League: | Nationale 1 |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Prevseason Year: | 2022 |
| Duration: | 21 January – 17 September 2023 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 |
| Mvp: | Samba Daly Fall (AS Douanes) |
| Relegate To: | N2 |
| Relegate: | ASFA UCAD |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Champ: | AS Douanes (11th title) |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Jeanne d'Arc |
| Finals Mvp: | Samba Daly Fall (AS Douanes) |
| Prevseason Link: | 2022 Nationale 1 season |
| Nextseason Link: | 2024 Nationale 1 season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2024 |
The 2023 Nationale 1 season was the 56th season of the Nationale 1 (NM1), the top-tier basketball league in Senegal. The season began on 21 January and ended on 17 September 2023.[1]
AS Douanes won its record-setting 11th national title, after defeating Jeanne d'Arc in the finals, overtaking the record that was jointly held with ASFA.[2] The Douanes' forward Samba Daly Fall was named both MVP and Finals MVP of the season.[3]
| Team | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| AS Douanes | Dakar | |
| ASCC Bopp | Dakar | |
| ASC Thiès | Thiès | |
| ASC Ville de Dakar | Dakar | |
| ASFA | Dakar | |
| DUC Dakar | Dakar | |
| Jeanne d'Arc | Dakar | |
| Larry Diouf | Ziguinchor | |
| Louga | Louga | |
| Mermoz | Dakar | |
| SIBAC | Dakar (Sicap-Liberté) | |
| UCAD | Dakar | |
| UGB | Saint-Louis | |
| US Rail | Thiès | |
| US Ouakam | Dakar (Ouakam) |
In the play-down round, all eight teams played each other team once. ASFA and UCAD, as the 7th- and 8th-ranked teams, were relegated to the Division 2.[4]
| 2023 N1 Play-down standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | ASCC Bopp | 22 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 1336 | 1394 | –58 | |
| 2 | Mermoz | 22 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 1287 | 1335 | –48 | |
| 3 | SIBAC | 22 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 1260 | 1356 | –96 | |
| 4 | USCT Port | 22 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 1384 | 1494 | –110 | |
| 5 | ASC Thiès | 22 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 1336 | 1473 | –137 | |
| 6 | US Rail | 22 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 1393 | 1511 | –118 | |
| 7 | ASFA | 22 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 1281 | 1429 | –148 | |
| 8 | UCAD | 22 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 1344 | 1552 | –208 | |