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2020–21 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

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Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2020–21
Dates6 December 2020 – 19 May 2021
ChampionsEspérance de Tunis (31st title)
RelegatedStade Tunisien
Jeunesse Kairouanaise
Champions LeagueEspérance de Tunis
Étoile du Sahel
Confederation CupUnion de Ben Guerdane
Club Sfaxien (as Tunisian Cup winners)
Matches played182
Goals scored376 (2.07 per match)
Top goalscorerAymen Sfaxi
(9 goals)
Biggest home winÉtoile du Sahel 5–1 Jeunesse Kairouanaise
(7 April 2021)
Biggest away winJeunesse Kairouanaise 0–4 Stade Tunisien
(20 December 2020)
Jeunesse Kairouanaise 0–4 Club Sfaxien
(3 February 2021)
Highest scoringÉtoile du Sahel 4–4 Olympique Béja
(19 May 2021)
Longest winning runEspérance de Tunis
(9 matches)
Longest unbeaten runClub Africain
(14 matches)
Longest winless runJeunesse Kairouanaise
(26 matches)
Longest losing runJeunesse Kairouanaise
(9 matches)

The 2020–21 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 95th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. Espérance de Tunis were the champions, winning the title for the fifth consecutive season and the 31st time in their history (a national record).

Teams

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A total of 14 teams contested the league.[1]

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2020–21 Ligue 1 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Avenir de Rejiche Rejiche Stade Municipal de Rejiche 3,000
Avenir de Soliman Soliman Stade Municipal de Soliman 3,000
Club Africain Tunis Stade Hammadi Agrebi 65,000
Club Bizertin Bizerte Stade 15 Octobre 20,000
Club Sfaxien Sfax Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000
Étoile de Métlaoui Métlaoui Stade Municipal de Métlaoui 6,000
Étoile du Sahel Sousse Stade Bou Ali Lahouar 6,500
Espérance de Tunis Tunis Stade Hammadi Agrebi 65,000
Jeunesse Kairouanaise Kairouan Stade Ali Zouaoui 15,000
Olympique Béja Béja Stade Boujemaa Kmiti 10,000
Stade Tunisien Tunis (Le Bardo) Stade Chedly Zouiten 20,000
Union de Ben Guerdane Ben Guerdane Stade du 7 Mars 10,000
Union Monastirienne Monastir Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet 25,000
Union de Tataouine Tataouine Stade Nejib Khattab 5,000

Personnel and kits

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Teams Managers Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Avenir de Rejiche Tunisia Saïd Saïbi Tunisia Kampio Booga, Vitalait
Avenir de Soliman Tunisia Yamen Zelfani Tunisia Rached Arfaoui United States New Balance Délice
Club Africain Tunisia Montassar Louichi Tunisia Wissem Ben Yahia England Umbro Qatar Airways, ZEN , Ooredoo
Club Bizertin Tunisia Larbi Zouaoui Tunisia Halim Darragi Germany Uhlsport Délice
Club Sfaxien Spain José Murcia Tunisia Aymen Dahmen Italy Macron Tunisie Cables
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia Lassad Dridi Tunisia Yassine Chikhaoui Italy Macron Warda
Étoile de Métlaoui Tunisia Kais Yâakoubi Tunisia Sportiga
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia Mouin Chaâbani Tunisia Khalil Chemmam England Umbro Délice, Tunisie Télécom
Olympique Béja Tunisia Chaker Meftah Germany Uhlsport Boga, Délic Danone, Ooredoo
Jeunesse Kairouanaise Tunisia Mourad Okbi United States New Balance Boga, Sabrine
Stade Tunisien Tunisia Nassif Bayaoui Tunisia Ali Jemal Italy Legea Sabrine
Union de Ben Guerdene Tunisia Hassen Gabsi Tunisia Yassine Boufalgha Tunisia Kampio Coca-Cola
Union Monastirienne Tunisia Afouène Gharbi Tunisia Zied Machmoum Denmark Hummel Saida, BIAT
Union de Tataouine Tunisia Hammadi Daou Spain Legea Coca-Cola, Hayet

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure
Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Club Sfaxien Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti club changing 15 November 2020 Pre-season Tunisia Anis Boujelbene 15 November 2020
Club Bizertin Tunisia Mokhtar Trabelsi sacked 23 December 2020 14th Tunisia Larbi Zouaoui 23 December 2020
Club Africain Tunisia Lassaad Dridi resignation 3 January 2021 11th Tunisia Kais Yâakoubi 1 February 2021
Stade Tunisien Tunisia Anis Boussaïdi sacked 4 January 2021 7th Tunisia Nassif Bayaoui 4 January 2021
Étoile du Sahel Brazil Jorvan Vieira 11 January 2021 6th Tunisia Lassaad Dridi 11 January 2021
Avenir de Soliman Tunisia Sami Gafsi 14 January 2021 7th Tunisia Yemen Zelfani 11 January 2021
Olympique Béja Tunisia Chaker Meftah 26 January 2021 9th Tunisia Khaled Ben Yahia 27 January 2021
Club Africain Tunisia Kais Yâakoubi resignation 14 February 2021 13th Tunisia Montasser Louhichi 12 February 2021
Club Sfaxien Tunisia Anis Boujelbene 4 March 2021 3rd Spain José Murcia 4 March 2021
Olympique Béja Tunisia Khaled Ben Yahia sacked 14 March 2021 10th Tunisia Chiheb Ellili 15 March 2021
Union Monastirienne TunisiaAustria Lassaad Chabbi resignation 4 April 2021 7th Tunisia Afouène Gharbi 6 April 2021

Foreign players

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Nationality Number of Players
Algeria Algeria 20
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 8
Libya Libya
Guinea Guinea 5
Mali Mali 4
Ghana Ghana
Cameroon Cameroon 3
Nigeria Nigeria
Brazil Brazil 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
Benin Bénin
France France
Morocco Morocco
Senegal Senegal
Niger Niger 1
Mauritania Mauritania
Sweden Sweden
Switzerland Switzerland
Venezuela Venezuela

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Espérance de Tunis (C) 26 19 3 4 37 16 +21 60 Qualification for Champions League
2 Étoile du Sahel 26 15 5 6 46 26 +20 50
3 Union de Ben Guerdane 26 10 11 5 25 16 +9 41 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 Avenir de Soliman 26 11 7 8 35 34 +1 40
5 Club Sfaxien 26 10 10 6 29 16 +13 40 Qualification for Confederation Cup as Tunisian Cup winners
6 Avenir de Rejiche 26 9 9 8 27 23 +4 36
7 Club Africain 26 7 12 7 26 30 −4 33
8 Union de Tataouine 26 8 9 9 24 30 −6 33
9 Étoile de Métlaoui 26 8 8 10 17 21 −4 32
10 Union Monastirienne 26 8 7 11 28 29 −1 31
11 Club Bizertin 26 8 7 11 21 27 −6 31
12 Olympique Béja 26 7 10 9 25 26 −1 31
13 Stade Tunisien (R) 26 6 11 9 22 22 0 29 Relegation to Ligue 2
14 Jeunesse Kairouanaise (R) 26 0 3 23 14 60 −46 3
Source: soccerway.com
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; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ASR ASS CA CAB CSS ESM ESS EST JSK OB ST USBG USM UST
Avenir de Rejiche 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
Avenir de Soliman 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–1
Club Africain 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 2–2
Club Bizertin 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1
Club Sfaxien 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–2
Étoile de Métlaoui 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0
Étoile du Sahel 2–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 4–4 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0
Espérance de Tunis 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Jeunesse Kairouanaise 0–1 2–3 1–2 1–4 0–4 1–1 1–3 0–3 0–1 0–4 1–3 0–1 0–1
Olympique Béja 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–1
Stade Tunisien 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–3
Union de Ben Guerdane 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1
Union Monastirienne 2–3 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 4–0
Union de Tataouine 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–3 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ASR14975654466655555456556666
ASS510898976545666676777665444
CA29101011111112131313131312131312121212121099107
CAB1114141413131312121212121213121213131313131313131312
CSS23132222223222333344444555
ESM997686876810111111101111111111991012119
ESS21425665543333222222222222
EST54311111111111111111111111
JSK1110131414141414141414141414141414141414141414141414
OB5111186778688988868101088888911
ST571456579889991199889101111101213
USBG95685544444444444533333333
USM1113131212129108777777876657777710
UST1413121110911101011111110109101099101112121188
Leader
2021–22 CAF Champions League
2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 2021-22
Source: besoccer.com

Clubs season-progress

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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Avenir de RejicheWDLDWLWLWWWWLDDDDWLLWLDWLD
Avenir de SolimanDLWLWLWWWWLDWLDLWLWDWLWWWD
Club AfricainWDLDLLDDLLLLDWDDDWDWDWWDDW
Club BizertinLLLWDLDWDLDLWLWDLLWLWDDWWW
Club SfaxienWDWLWWLWDWDWWDLDDLLDDDWLWD
Étoile de MétlaouiDLWWDWDWWLLWLDDDDWDLWDLLWW
Étoile du SahelWWLWLLDDWWWWWWDWLWWWDWWLLD
Espérance de TunisDWWWWWWLWWWWWWWWWLWWDWWDLL
Jeunesse KairouanaiseLDLLLLLLLLDLLLLLDLLLLLLLLL
Olympique BéjaDDWWDDWLLLLWLDWDDLLWLWLDDD
Stade TunisienDWWDLDWDLDLLDDLWDWDDLLDWLL
Union de Ben GuerdaneDWDLWDWDWDWLWDWWLLWDDWDDWL
Union MonastirienneLLDLDDWDWWWWDDLLWWDWLLLLLD
Union de TataouineLDLDDWDDLLLWWDWLDWLLDDLWWW
Source: [citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

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Goals scored per round

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

Top scorers

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Rank Goalscorer Club Goals
1 Tunisia Aymen Sfaxi ESS 9
2 Guinea Alia Sylla UST 8
Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly ESS
4 Tunisia Idriss Mhirsi USM 7
Tunisia Nidhal Ben Salem ASR
Tunisia Firas Chaouat CSS
Algeria Tayeb Meziani ESS
Mali Aboubacar Diarra ASR
Benin Jacques Bessan OB
Tunisia Taha Yassine Khenissi EST

Hat-tricks

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Player Club Against Result Date
Algeria Tayeb Meziani Étoile du Sahel Union de Tataouine 1-3 (A) 21 March 2021

Number of teams by Governorate

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Position Governorate Number Teams
1 Tunis 3 Espérance de Tunis, Club Africain, Stade Tunisien
2 Sousse 1 Étoile du Sahel
Sfax Club Sfaxien
Bizerte Club Bizertin
Monastir Union Monastirienne
Mahdia Avenir de Rejiche
Nabeul Avenir de Soliman
Tataouine Union de Tataouine
Medenine Union de Ben Guerdane
Kairouan Jeunesse Kairouanaise
Béja Olympique Béja
Gafsa Étoile de Métlaoui

Awards

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

Month Player of the Month
Player Club
December Libya Hamdou Elhouni Espérance de Tunis
January Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly Étoile du Sahel
February Libya Mohammed Soulah Club Sfaxien
March Tunisia Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane Espérance de Tunis
April Tunisia Hamza Agrebi Club Africain
May Tunisia Saber Khalifa Club Africain

Media coverage

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Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Country Television Channel Matches
 Tunisia El Wataniya 1
El Wataniya 2
From 2 to 5 Matches per round
 Qatar Al-Kass Sports Channel Main Matches
 Saudi Arabia ART From 2 to 5 Matches per round

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Regular Season". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
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