Ligue 1 (Senegal)
Football league
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Ligue 1 is the top division of the Senegal Football Association, it was founded in 1960. The league also hosts a domestic cup, the Coupe de la Ligue. Football clubs from the Senegal Premier League also compete for the Senegal FA Cup. In the 2023-24 Ligue 1 season, a total of 182,915 paying visitors attended the clubs.[1]
| Founded | 1960 |
|---|---|
| Country | Senegal |
| Confederation | CAF |
| Number of clubs | 16 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Ligue 2 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Senegal FA Cup Coupe de la Ligue |
| International cup(s) | Champions League Confederation Cup |
| Current champions | ASC Jaraaf
(13th title) (2024–25) |
| Most championships | ASC Jaraaf (13) |
| Current: 2025–26 | |
Previous winners
- 1960 : ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
- 1961–63 : unknown champion
- 1964 : Olympique Thiès
- 1965 : unknown champion
- 1966 : Olympique Thiès
- 1967 : Espoir de Saint-Louis
- 1968 : Foyer France (Dakar)
- 1969 : ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
- 1970 : ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
- 1971 : ASFA Dakar
- 1972 : ASFA Dakar
- 1973 : ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
- 1974 : ASFA Dakar
- 1975 : ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
- 1976 : ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
- 1977 : ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
- 1978 : US Gorée (Dakar)
- 1979 : AS Police (Dakar)
- 1980 : SEIB (Diourbel)
- 1981 : US Gorée (Dakar)
- 1982 : ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
- 1983 : SEIB (Diourbel)
- 1984 : US Gorée (Dakar)
- 1985 : ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
- 1986 : ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
- 1987 : SEIB (Diourbel)
- 1988 : ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
- 1988–89 : ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
- 1990 : UCST Port Autonome (Dakar)
- 1990–91 : UCST Port Autonome (Dakar)
- 1991–92 : ASEC Ndiambour (Louga)
- 1992–93 : AS Douanes (Dakar)
- 1993–94 : ASEC Ndiambour (Louga)
- 1995 : ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
- 1996 : SONACOS (Diourbel)
- 1997 : AS Douanes (Dakar)
- 1998 : ASEC Ndiambour (Louga)
- 1999 : ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
- 2000 : ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
- 2000–01 : ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
- 2001–02 : ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
- 2002–03 : ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
- 2003–04 : ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
- 2005 : UCST Port Autonome (Dakar)
- 2006 : AS Douanes (Dakar)
- 2006–07 : AS Douanes (Dakar)
- 2008 : AS Douanes (Dakar)
- 2009 : ASC Linguère (Saint-Louis)
- 2010 : ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
- 2010–11 : US Ouakam (Dakar)
- 2011–12 : Casa Sports (Ziguinchor)
- 2013 : Diambars FC (Saly)
- 2013–14 : AS Pikine (Pikine)
- 2014–15 : AS Douanes (Dakar)
- 2015–16 : US Gorée (Dakar)
- 2016–17 : Génération Foot (Rufisque)
- 2017–18 : ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
- 2018–19 : Génération Foot (Rufisque)
- 2019–20 : Abandoned [2]
- 2020–21 : Teungueth FC (Rufisque)
- 2021–22 : Casa Sports (Ziguinchor)[3]
- 2022–23 : Génération Foot (Rufisque)
- 2023–24 : Teungueth FC (Rufisque)
- 2024–25 : ASC Jaraaf (Dakar)
Total number of wins
| Club | Titles |
|---|---|
| ASC Jaraaf (Dakar) [includes Foyer France] | 13 |
| ASC Jeanne d'Arc | 10 |
| AS Douanes | 6 |
| ASC SUNEOR (Diourbel) [includes SEIB & SONACOS] | 4 |
| US Gorée | 4 |
| ASFA Dakar | 3 |
| ASEC Ndiambour | 3 |
| UCST Port Autonome | 3 |
| Teungueth | 2 |
| Olympique Thiès | 2 |
| Génération Foot | 2 |
| Casa-Sports FC | 2 |
| AS Police | 1 |
| Espoir de Saint-Louis | 1 |
| ASC Linguère | 1 |
| US Ouakam | 1 |
| Diambars FC | 1 |
| AS Pikine | 1 |
Qualification for CAF competitions
Association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF club season
The association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF Champions League and the 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2020–21 to the 2024–25 season.
- Legend
- CL: CAF Champions League
- CC: CAF Confederation Cup
- ≥: Associations points might increase on basis of its clubs performance in 2024–25 CAF club competitions
- Associations ranked 1–12 are eligible to enter two teams in each CAF club competition.
| Rank | Association | 2020–21 (× 1) | 2021–22 (× 2) | 2022–23 (× 3) | 2023–24 (× 4) | 2024–25 (× 5) | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | Mvt | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | ||
| 1 | 1 |  — |  Egypt |
8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2.5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 190.5 |
| 2 | 2 | — |  Morocco |
4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 142 |
| 3 | 4 |  +1 |  South Africa |
8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1.5 | 9 | 3 | 131 |
| 4 | 3 |  -1 |  Algeria |
6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 130 |
| 5 | 6 | +1 |  Tanzania |
3 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 82.5 |
| 6 | 5 | -1 |  Tunisia |
4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 82.5 |
| 7 | 8 | +1 |  Angola |
1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 55 |
| 8 | 7 | -1 |  DR Congo |
4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 |
| 9 | 9 | — |  Sudan |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 |
| 10 | 11 | +1 |  Ivory Coast |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 38 |
| 11 | 10 | -1 |  Libya |
0 | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | 12 | — |  Nigeria |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | 15 | +2 |  Mali |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 18.5 |
| 14 | 14 | — |  Ghana |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | 13 | -2 |  Guinea |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | 19 | +3 |  Botswana |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 17 | 21 | +4 |  Senegal |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 18 | 17 | -1 |  Mauritania |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | 18 | -1 |  Congo |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 20 | 16 | -4 |  Cameroon |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 21 | 22 | +1 |  Togo |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | 22 | — |  Uganda |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | - | new |  Mozambique |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 24 | 20 | -4 |  Zambia |
0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 25 | 24 | -1 |  Eswatini |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | 24 | -1 |  Niger |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | 26 | -1 |  Burkina Faso |
0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
Top goalscorers
| Season | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | Kamine Sarr | ASC Diaraf | 13 |
| Moussa Diop | SOTRAC | ||
| 2000 | Makhète N'Diaye | Richard-Toll | |
| 2000–01 | Cheikh Tidiane N'Diaye | US Gorée | 11 |
| 2002–03 | Lamine Diarra | Dakar UC | 9 |
| 2003–04 | Pape Cire Dia | ASC Diaraf | 16 |
| 2005 | Babacar Thiam | US Rail | |
| Mbaye Babacar Bâ | ASC Saloum | ||
| 2013–14 | Ibrahima Diop | ASC Diaraf | 16 |
| 2015–16 | Pape Ibnou Ba | ASC Linguère | 17 |
| 2016–17 | Ibrahima Niane | Génération Foot | 19 |
| 2017–18 | Amadou Dia N'Diaye | Génération Foot | 16 |
| 2018–19 |  Omar Jobe | ASEC Ndiambour | 12 |
| 2022–23 | Abdoulie Hassama |
Casa Sports | 12 |
| 2023–24 | Mbaye Jacques Ndiaye |
Teungueth | 8 |
Multiple hat-tricks
| Rank | Country | Player | Hat-tricks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Cheick N'Diaye | 1 |
Top assists
| Season | Player | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Souleymane Cissé | Linguerè Saint Louis | 7 |