2007–08 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Explained

Competition:Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season:2007–08
Dates:11 August 2007 – 22 May 2008
Fifa Affiliation:Confederation of African Football
Winners:Club Africain
Relegated:Stade Gabésien and Espérance Sportive de Zarzis
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Club Africain
Étoile du Sahel
Continentalcup2:Confederation Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Stade Tunisien
El-Gawafel Sportives de Gafsa
Club Sportif Sfaxien
League Topscorer:Wissem Ben Yahia (10)
Biggest Away Win:Stade Tunisien 0–4 ES Tunis
Highest Scoring:OB 5–2 SG
Matches:182
Total Goals:374
Prevseason:2006–07
Nextseason:2008–09

The 2007–08 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 82nd season of top-tier football in Tunisia. It saw Club Africain crowned as champions. Stade Gabésien and Espérance Sportive de Zarzis were relegated to Ligue Professionnelle 2.

It was played in a traditional league format, with 14 teams playing 26 rounds, two matches against every opposing team.

Club Sportif Sfaxien had two points deducted from their end of season total due to walking off field before completion of their round 15 game against Espérance Sportive de Tunis.[1]

Club directory and team locations

Club Location Founded Stadium Capacity
Étoile Sportive du SahelSousse1925Stade Olympique de Sousse25,000
Club AfricainTunis1920Stade Olympique d'El Menzah-Tunis45,000
Espérance Sportive de TunisTunis1919Stade Olympique d'El Menzah-Tunis45,000
Stade TunisienTunis1948Stade Chadly Zouiten18,000
Avenir Sportif de La MarsaLa Marsa1939Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui6,000
Union Sportive MonastirMonastir1923Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet25,000
Club Sportif SfaxienSfax1928Stade Taïeb Mhiri18,000
El-Gawafel Sportives de GafsaGafsa1967Stade du 7 Novembre12,000
Olympique de BéjaBéja1929Stade Olympique8,000
Club Sportif de Hammam-LifHammam-Lif1944Stade Bou Kornine8,000
Espérance Sportive de ZarzisZarzis1934Stade Jlidi7,000
Bizerte Athletic F.C.Bizerte1928Stade du 15 Octobre16,000
Jendouba SportJendouba1922Stade Municipal de Jendouba4,000
Stade GabésienGabès1957Stade du Zrig15,000

Results

Result table

Leaders

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CSS points deduction . 9 October 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100330084014/http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/tun08.html . 30 March 2010 .