2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

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The 2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 68th season of top-tier football in Tunisia.

Season2022–23
Dates7 October 2022 – 30 June 2023
ChampionsÉtoile du Sahel (11th title)
RelegatedOlympique Sidi Bouzid
Espoir de Hammam Sousse
Croissant Chebbien
Avenir de Rejiche
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2022–23
Dates7 October 2022 – 30 June 2023
ChampionsÉtoile du Sahel (11th title)
RelegatedOlympique Sidi Bouzid
Espoir de Hammam Sousse
Croissant Chebbien
Avenir de Rejiche
Champions LeagueÉtoile du Sahel
Espérance de Tunis
Confederation CupClub Africain
Olympique Béja
Matches198
Goals408 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorerRafik Kamergi
(14 goals)
Biggest home winUnion de Ben Guerdane 5–0 Union de Tataouine
(11 June 2023)
Étoile du Sahel 5–0 Olympique Béja
(30 June 2023)
Biggest away winEspoir de Hammam Sousse 0–5 Étoile du Sahel
(13 October 2022)
Union de Tataouine 1–6 Espérance de Tunis
(30 June 2023)
Highest scoringOlympique Sidi Bouzid 3–4 Étoile de Métlaoui
(8 February 2023)
Union de Tataouine 1–6 Espérance de Tunis
(30 June 2023)
Longest winning runOlympique Béja
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runEspérance de Tunis
(13 matches)
Longest winless runUnion de Tataouine
(16 matches)
Longest losing runAvenir de Rejiche
(8 matches)
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Étoile du Sahel were the champions for the first time since the 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, ending Espérance de Tunis run of six consecutive titles.

Exceptionally, no match was played between 15 November and 10 December due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which was held in the same period in Qatar.

Teams

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

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2022–23 Ligue 1 teams
More information Team, Location ...
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Avenir de Rejiche Rejiche 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 Sfaxien Sfax Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000
Espoir de Hammam Sousse 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
Olympique Béja Béja Stade Boujemaa Kmiti 15,000
Olympique Sidi Bouzid Sidi Bouzid Stade du 17 Décembre 1,000
Stade Tunisien Tunis (Le Bardo) Stade Hédi Enneifer 11,000
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 Nejib Khattab 5,000
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Union Monastirienne Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti Departure for Libya Al Ahly Benghazi 28 June 2022[2] Serbia Darko Novic 15 July 2022[3]
Club Africain Tunisia Adel Sellimi Sacked 5 July 2022 France Bertrand Marchand 13 July 2022[4]
Club Bizertin Tunisia Karim Touati Resignation 26 October 2022[5] Tunisia Sofiene Hidoussi 26 October 2022[6]
Tunisia Sofiene Hidoussi 28 October 2022 Tunisia Khaled Ben Yahia 4 November 2022[7]
Croissant Chebbien Tunisia Kais Yâakoubi 2 November 2022[8] Tunisia Lotfi Rhim 3 November[9]
Club Africain France Bertrand Marchand 8 November 2022 Tunisia Said Saibi 19 November 2022[10]
Club Sfaxien Tunisia Karim Dalhoum Sacked 29 November 2022[11] Italy Maurizio Jacobacci 9 December 2022[12]
Croissant Chebbien Tunisia Lotfi Rhim Resignation 14 December 2022[13] Morocco Badou Zaki 25 December 2022[14]
Morocco Badou Zaki 27 January 2023 Tunisia Skander Kasri 30 January 2023
Club Sfaxien Italy Maurizio Jacobacci Sacked 2 February 2023 Tunisia Anis Boujelbene (Interim) 2 February 2023
Club Bizertin Tunisia Khaled Ben Yahia Mutual consent 5 February 2023 Tunisia Sofiene Hidoussi 6 February 2023
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia Mohamed Mkacher Resignation 14 February 2023 Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti 28 February 2023
Olympique Béja Tunisia Tarek Jarraya Departure for Libya Al Ahly Tripoli 27 February 2023 Tunisia Jamel Khcharem 5 March 2023
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia Nabil Maâloul Resignation 13 May 2023 Tunisia Mouin Chaâbani 22 May 2023
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Competition

First round

Group A

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Espérance de Tunis 14 9 4 1 25 8 +17 31 Advance to Playoff
2 Étoile du Sahel 14 9 2 3 23 11 +12 29
3 Union de Tataouine 14 4 6 4 13 15 −2 18
4 Club Sfaxien 14 3 7 4 9 10 −1 16[a]
5 Stade Tunisien 14 4 4 6 14 17 −3 16[a] Qualification for Playout
6 Club Bizertin 14 4 4 6 12 17 −5 16[a]
7 Espoir de Hammam Sousse 14 3 5 6 9 18 −9 14
8 Croissant Chebbien (R) 14 3 2 9 8 17 −9 11 Relegation to Ligue 2
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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]
    Teams ranked on goal difference: Club Sfaxien –1, Stade Tunisien −3, Club Bizertin −5
Results
More information Home \ Away, CAB ...
Home \ Away CAB CSCH CSS ESHS ESS EST ST UST
Club Bizertin 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1
Croissant Chebbien 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1
Club Sfaxien 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Espoir de Hammam Sousse 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–5 0–0 2–1 0–0
Étoile du Sahel 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1
Espérance de Tunis 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0
Stade Tunisien 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–2[a] 2–1 2–1
Union de Tataouine 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–1
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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. [a]
    Étoile du Sahel were awarded a 2–0 win after the match was stopped in the 70th minute, with the visitors leading 1–0, due to riots by the Stade Tunisien fans.
Clubs season-progress
More information Team ╲ Round, Club Bizertin ...
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Club BizertinLDDLLWLWDWDLLW
Croissant ChebbienWLLDLLWLLLWLDL
Club SfaxienDDLWDDLDWLDLDW
Espoir de Hammam SousseLLDDWDDWLLLWDL
Étoile du SahelWWWLDWWWWWLWDL
Espérance de TunisDWLWWWDDWWWWDW
Stade TunisienWDWDDLDLLLLLWW
Union de TataouineLDWDDLDLDWWWDL
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Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Group B

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Union Monastirienne 14 9 2 3 17 5 +12 29 Advance to Playoff
2 Union de Ben Guerdane 14 8 3 3 14 8 +6 27
3 Olympique Béja 14 7 3 4 21 14 +7 24[a]
4 Club Africain 14 7 3 4 16 13 +3 24[a]
5 Étoile de Métlaoui 14 5 4 5 14 17 −3 19 Qualification for Playout
6 Avenir de Soliman 14 4 5 5 11 14 −3 17
7 Olympique Sidi Bouzid 14 2 3 9 9 19 −10 9
8 Avenir de Rejiche (R) 14 1 3 10 5 17 −12 6 Relegation to Ligue 2
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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]
    Teams ranked on goal difference: Olympique Béja +7, Club Africain +3
Results
More information Home \ Away, ASR ...
Home \ Away ASR ASS CA ESM OB OSB USBG USM
Avenir de Rejiche 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–4 0–1 1–0 0–2
Avenir de Soliman 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2
Club Africain 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–3
Étoile de Métlaoui 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2
Olympique Béja 1–0 3–2 2–3 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–0
Olympique Sidi Bouzid 1–0 2–2 0–1 3–4 0–2 0–1 0–0
Union de Ben Guerdane 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Union Monastirienne 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1
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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
More information Team ╲ Round, Avenir de Rejiche ...
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Avenir de RejicheDLWDLDLLLLLLLL
Avenir de SolimanDWLLDDWWLLLDWD
Club AfricainDLWWLDLWLWWDWW
Étoile de MétlaouiDLLDDLWLWLWDWW
Olympique BéjaDLDLWWWWWWDWLL
Olympique Sidi BouzidLWDLLDLLWLLDLL
Union de Ben GuerdaneWWLWWWLWLWDDWD
Union MonastirienneDWWWWLWLWWWDLW
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Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Goals scored per round

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

Playoff

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Étoile du Sahel (C) 14 9 4 1 19 3 +16 34[a] Qualification for the Champions League
2 Espérance de Tunis 14 7 3 4 20 10 +10 28[b]
3 Club Africain 14 7 5 2 17 9 +8 27[c] Qualification for the Confederation Cup
4 Union Monastirienne 14 6 4 4 23 14 +9 26[b]
5 Union de Ben Guerdane 14 5 3 6 18 16 +2 21[a]
6 Club Sfaxien 14 4 5 5 12 10 +2 18[c]
7 Olympique Béja 14 4 2 8 9 20 −11 16[d] Qualification for the Confederation Cup[e]
8 Union de Tataouine 14 0 2 12 6 42 −36 4[d]
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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]
    Étoile du Sahel and Union de Ben Guerdane were added 3 points (2nds of the groups in the first round).
  2. [b]
    Espérance de Tunis and Union Monastirienne were added 4 points (1sts of the groups in the first round).
  3. [c]
    Club Africain and Club Sfaxien were added 1 point (4ths of the groups in the first round).
  4. [d]
    Olympique Béja and Union de Tataouine were added 2 points (3rds of the groups in the first round).
  5. [e]
    As Tunisian Cup winners

Results

More information Home \ Away, CA ...
Home \ Away CA CSS ESS EST OB USBG USM UST
Club Africain 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–1
Club Sfaxien 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–0
Étoile du Sahel 2–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 2–0 2–1 3–0
Espérance de Tunis 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0
Olympique Béja 0–2[a] 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–0
Union de Ben Guerdane 1–1 2–0[b] 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 5–0
Union Monastirienne 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 1–0
Union de Tataouine 2–2 0–4 0–1 1–6 1–2 1–1 0–4
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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. [a]
    Club Africain were awarded a 2–0 win after the match was stopped in first half, with a 0–0 draw, because of an attack by Olympique Béja fans on Said Saibi, the manager of Club Africain.
  2. [b]
    Union de Ben Guerdane were awarded a 2–0 win after Club Sfaxien involved 5 foreign players on the pitch at the same time. The match originally ended 2–1 for Club Sfaxien.

Clubs season-progress

More information Team ╲ Round, Club Africain ...
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Club AfricainWDWWLWDWWDDLDW
Club SfaxienLDLDWWDDLWLLWD
Étoile du SahelWWWLWWDDWWDWDW
Espérance de TunisWDLWLLWWLWDWDW
Olympique BéjaLLWDWLDLLLWWLL
Union de Ben GuerdaneLWWDWLDLWLWLDL
Union MonastirienneWDLLLWDWWLDWWD
Union de TataouineLLLDLLLLLDLLLL
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Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Club Africain ...
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Club Africain45323222222343
Club Sfaxien86777666666766
Étoile du Sahel31111111111111
Espérance de Tunis12534533433232
Olympique Béja67665777777677
Union de Ben Guerdane54242345554555
Union Monastirienne23456454345424
Union de Tataouine78888888888888
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Leader
2023–24 CAF Champions League
2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup
Source: Tunisian Football Federation

Goals scored per round

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

Playout

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Stade Tunisien 10 5 3 2 13 7 +6 22[a]
2 Club Bizertin 10 5 2 3 12 5 +7 19[b]
3 Avenir de Soliman 10 4 2 4 8 12 −4 16[b]
4 Étoile de Métlaoui 10 2 4 4 7 13 −6 14[a]
5 Olympique Sidi Bouzid (R) 10 3 3 4 12 12 0 12 Relegation to Ligue 2
6 Espoir de Hammam Sousse (R) 10 3 2 5 12 15 −3 11
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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]
    Étoile de Métlaoui and Stade Tunisien were added 4 points (5ths of the groups in the first round).
  2. [b]
    Avenir de Soliman and Club Bizertin were added 2 points (6ths of the groups in the first round).

Results

More information Home \ Away, ASS ...
Home \ Away ASS CAB ESHS ESM OSB ST
Avenir de Soliman 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–3
Club Bizertin 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 0–0
Espoir de Hammam Sousse 5–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–2
Étoile de Métlaoui 0–0 0–2[a] 1–2 2–1 2–1
Olympique Sidi Bouzid 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–1
Stade Tunisien 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0
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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. [a]
    Club Bizertin were awarded a 2–0 win after Étoile de Métlaoui involved 5 foreign players on the pitch at the same time. The match originally ended 0–0.

Clubs season-progress

More information Team ╲ Round, Avenir de Soliman ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910
Avenir de SolimanLDLLDWWWWL
Club BizertinWLWWDWDWLL
Espoir de Hammam SousseDLWLDWLLLW
Étoile de MétlaouiDDLWDLLLDW
Olympique Sidi BouzidLWDLDLWLDW
Stade TunisienWWDWDLDWWL
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Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top scorers

More information Rank, Goalscorer ...
Rank Goalscorer Club Goals
1 Tunisia Rafik Kamergi USBG 14
2 Tunisia Oussama Bouguerra OB 10
Tunisia Haythem Jouini ST
Tunisia Anice Badri EST
5 Tunisia Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane EST 9
Niger Youssouf Oumarou USM
Tunisia Oussama Abid ESS
8 Tunisia Hamdi Labidi CA 8
Tunisia Haykeul Chikhaoui USM
Tunisia Achref Habbassi CSS
11 Republic of the Congo Mouala Chance ESM 6
Nigeria David Akpan Ankeye ESHS
Senegal Bernard Babacar Faye ASS
Tunisia Amine Haboubi OB then CSS
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Final ranking

More information Rank, Team ...
Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Étoile du Sahel (C) 28 18 6 4 42 14 +28 60
2 Espérance de Tunis 28 16 7 5 45 18 +27 55
3 Club Africain 28 14 8 6 33 22 +11 50
4 Union Monastirienne 28 15 6 7 40 19 +21 51
5 Union de Ben Guerdane 28 13 6 9 32 24 +8 45
6 Club Sfaxien 28 7 12 9 21 20 +1 33
7 Olympique Béja 28 11 5 12 30 34 –4 38
8 Union de Tataouine 28 4 8 16 19 57 –39 20
9 Stade Tunisien 24 9 7 8 27 24 +3 34
10 Club Bizertin 24 9 6 9 24 22 +2 33
11 Avenir de Soliman 24 8 7 9 19 26 −7 31
12 Étoile de Métlaoui 24 7 8 9 21 30 −9 29
13 Olympique Sidi Bouzid (R) 24 5 6 13 21 31 −10 21
14 Espoir de Hammam Sousse (R) 24 6 7 11 21 33 −12 25
15 Croissant Chebbien (R) 14 3 2 9 8 17 −9 11
16 Avenir de Rejiche (R) 14 1 3 10 5 17 −12 6
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Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
Player For Against Result Date
Tunisia Anice Badri Espérence de Tunis Club Bizertin 4–0 (H) 2 February 2023
Tunisia Yassine Meriah Union de Tataouine 6–1 (A) 30 June 2023
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Scoring

Number of teams by Governorate

More information Position, Governorate ...
Position Governorate Number Teams
1 Tunis3Club Africain, Espérance de Tunis, Stade Tunisien
2 Sousse2Espoir de Hammam Sousse, Étoile du Sahel
MahdiaAvenir de Rejiche, Croissant Chebbien
4 Sfax1Club Sfaxien
NabeulAvenir de Soliman
BizerteClub Bizertin
MonastirUnion Monastirienne
MedenineUnion de Ben Guerdane
Sidi BouzidOlympique Sidi Bouzid
BéjaOlympique Béja
TataouineUnion de Tataouine
GafsaÉtoile de Métlaoui
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Awards

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

More information Month, Player of the Month ...
Month Player of the Month
Player Club
February Tunisia Hamdi Labidi Club Africain
March Tunisia Oussama Abid Étoile du Sahel
April Tunisia Mohamed Ali Amri Club Africain
May Tunisia Hamdi Labidi Club Africain
June Tunisia Zied Boughattas Étoile du Sahel
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Media coverage

More information Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage, Television Channel ...
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Television Channel Internet
Qatar Al-Kass Sports Channel Tunisia Diwan FM
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See also

References

External links

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