2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 93rd season of top-tier football in Tunisia.
The defending champions from the previous season are Espérance de Tunis. The competition began on 18 August.^[1]

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Season	2018–19
Dates	18 August 2018 – 15 June 2019
Champions League	Espérance de Tunis Étoile du Sahel
Confederation Cup	CS Sfaxien US Ben Guerdane
Matches played	182
Goals scored	377 (2.07 per match)
Biggest home win	USM 4–0 UST EST 4–0 JSK
Biggest away win	CA 1–4 ST
Highest scoring	ESS 5–3 USM
Longest winning run	6 games (CSS, EST)
Longest unbeaten run	19 games (EST)
Longest winless run	11 games (USM)
Longest losing run	7 games (CAB)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Teams

A total of 14 teams will contest the league.

Stadiums and locations

 

 

ASG

 

CA

 

CA Bizertin

 

CSHL

 

CS Sfaxien

 

EST

 

ES Métlaoui

 

ESS

 

JS Kairouan

 

SG

 

ST

 

USBG

 

US Monastir

 

US Tataouine

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Locations of the 2018–19 Ligue 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2017–18 season
AS Gabès	Gabès	Stade Municipal de Gabès	10,000	10th in Ligue 1
Club Africain	Tunis	Stade Olympique de Radès	60,000^[2]	2nd in Ligue 1
CA Bizertin	Bizerte	Stade 15 Octobre	20,000	5th in Ligue 1
CS Hammam-Lif	Hammam-Lif	Stade Bou Kornine	8,000	Ligue 2
CS Sfaxien	Sfax	Stade Taïeb Mhiri	22,000	4th in Ligue 1
Espérance de Tunis	Tunis	Stade Olympique de Radès	60,000	Ligue 1 Champions
ES Métlaoui	Métlaoui	Stade Municipal de Métlaoui	5,000	7th in Ligue 1
Étoile du Sahel	Sousse	Stade Olympique de Sousse	25,000	3rd in Ligue 1
JS Kairouan	Kairouan	Stade Ali Zouaoui	15,000	8th in Ligue 1
Stade Gabèsien	Gabès	Stade Municipal de Gabès	10,000	11th in Ligue 1
Stade Tunisien	Le Bardo	Stade Chedli Zouiten	20,000	9th in Ligue 1
US Ben Guerdane	Ben Guerdane	Stade du 7 Mars	10,000	12th in Ligue 1
US Monastir	Monastir	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet	20,000	6th in Ligue 1
US Tataouine	Tataouine	Stade Nejib Khattab	5,000	Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Espérance de Tunis	26	17	5	4	37	15	+22	56	Qualification for Champions League
2	Étoile du Sahel	26	15	9	2	40	17	+23	54
3	CS Sfaxien	26	14	10	2	34	15	+19	52	Qualification for Confederation Cup^[a]
4	US Ben Guerdane	26	10	8	8	22	21	+1	38
5	Club Africain	26	11	4	11	22	24	−2	37
6	CA Bizertin	26	10	8	8	31	27	+4	35^[b]
7	US Monastir	26	8	7	11	30	30	0	31^[c]
8	US Tataouine	26	7	10	9	30	39	−9	31^[c]
9	ES Métlaoui	26	7	9	10	22	26	−4	30
10	Stade Tunisien	26	7	7	12	27	36	−9	28
11	JS Kairouan	26	6	8	12	20	32	−12	26
12	CS Hammam-Lif	26	5	10	11	17	23	−6	25
13	Stade Gabèsien	26	6	8	12	22	30	−8	23^[d]	Relegation to Ligue 2
14	AS Gabès	26	4	7	15	23	42	−19	19

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
Notes:

1. Étoile du Sahel and CS Sfaxien are Tunisian Cup finalists.
2. CA Bizertin were deducted 3 points.
3. Head-to-head: US Monastir: 4 points; US Tataouine: 1 point.
4. Stade Gabèsien were deducted 3 points.

Results

Home \ Away	ASG	CA	CAB	CSHL	CSS	EST	ESM	ESS	JSK	SG	ST	USBG	USM	UST
ASG	—	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1
CA	2–1	—	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–0	2–0
CAB	1–0	1–2	—	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–2
CSHL	1–1	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–2
CSS	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	—	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–3	2–1
EST	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	—	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0
ESM	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	—	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–1
ESS	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	—	3–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	5–3	3–1
JSK	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1
SG	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	—	2–1	0–2	0–0	4–3
ST	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1^[a]	1–2	1–0	—	0–3	0–2	0–0
USBG	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–1	2–2
USM	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–2^[b]	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	—	4–0
UST	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	—

Source: Ligue 1
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. Match stopped after 42 minutes. The score was 0–1 for Étoile du Sahel.
2. Match abandoned after 45 minutes. The original score was 0–1 for ES Métlaoui.

Leaders

See also

• 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
• 2018–19 Tunisian Cup
• 2020 Tunisian Super Cup

References

1. "Résultats et classement Tunisie Ligue 1 2018/2019".
2. . Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-24.

External links

• 2018–19 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com
• Fédération Tunisienne de Football