# 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 94th season of top-tier football in Tunisia.
The season was suspended in March 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia, then resumed in July 2020.

## Teams

A total of 14 teams contested the league.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Avenir de Soliman | Soliman | Stade municipal de Soliman | 3,000 |
| Club Africain | Tunis | Stade Olympique de Radès | 60,000 |
| Club Bizertin | Bizerte | Stade 15 Octobre | 20,000 |
| Croissant Chebbien | Chebba | Stade de Chebba | 3,000 |
| Club de Hammam-Lif | Tunis | Stade Bou Kornine | 8,000 |
| Club Sfaxien | Sfax | Stade Taïeb Mhiri | 22,000 |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | Métlaoui | Stade Municipal de Métlaoui | 5,000 |
| Étoile du Sahel | Sousse | Stade Olympique de Sousse | 25,000 |
| Espérance de Tunis | Tunis | Stade Olympique de Radès | 60,000 |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | Kairouan | Stade Ali Zouaoui | 15,000 |
| Stade Tunisien | Tunis | Stade Chedly Zouiten | 20,000 |
| 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 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis (C) | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 12 | +29 | 62 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Club Sfaxien | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 51 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Union Monastirienne | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 45 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Étoile du Sahel | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 43 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Club Africain | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 40 | |
| 6 | Stade Tunisien | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 36 | |
| 7 | Union de Ben Guerdane | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 34 | |
| 8 | Croissant Chebbien | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 30 | Administrtive relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 9 | Avenir de Soliman | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 28 | |
| 10 | Union de Tataouine | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 28 | |
| 11 | Étoile de Métlaoui | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 25 | |
| 12 | Club Bizertin | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 35 | −17 | 23 | |
| 13 | Club de Hammam-Lif (R) | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 40 | −20 | 22 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 14 | Jeunesse Kairouanaise (R) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 41 | −22 | 22 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
* ↑ Club Africain were deducted 6 points.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ASS | CA | CAB | CSCH | CSHL | CSS | ESM | ESS | EST | JSK | ST | USBG | USM | UST |
| Avenir de Soliman | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Club Africain | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Club Bizertin | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Croissant Chebbien | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Club de Hammam-Lif | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Club Sfaxien | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 7–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Stade Tunisien | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 |
| Union de Ben Guerdane | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Union Monastirienne | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Union de Tataouine | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |

## Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Avenir de Soliman | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Club Africain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Club Bizertin | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 |
| Croissant Chebbien | 9 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Club de Hammam-Lif | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Club Sfaxien | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | 12 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | 9 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| Stade Tunisien | 14 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Union de Ben Guerdane | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Union Monastirienne | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Union de Tataouine | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
* Leader
* 2020–21 CAF Champions League
* 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup
* Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 2019-20

## Clubs season-progress

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Avenir de Soliman | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L |
| Club Africain | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | L |
| Club Bizertin | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | D | W | L |
| Croissant Chebbien | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| CS Hammam-Lif | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | L |
| Club Sfaxien | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W |
| Étoile du Sahel | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W |
| Espérance de Tunis | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | D |
| Stade Tunisien | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | W |
| Union de Ben Guerdane | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | D |
| Union Monastirienne | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | D |
| Union de Tataouine | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | W |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Anthony Okpotu | Union Monastirienne | 13 |
| 2 | Bassirou Compaoré | Club Africain | 8 |
| 3 | Mohamed Ali Amri | Union Monastirienne | 7 |
| 3 | Rached Arfaoui | Avenir de Soliman | 7 |
| 5 | Anice Badri | Espérance de Tunis | 6 |
| 5 | Guy Mbenza | Stade Tunisien | 6 |

### Top assists

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Elyes Jelassi | Union Monastirienne | 8 |
| 2 | Billel Bensaha | Espérance de Tunis | 7 |
| 3 | Mohamed Mkaari | Union Monastirienne | 5 |
| 3 | Haykeul Chikhaoui | Stade Tunisien | 5 |
| 3 | Wissem Ben Yahia | Club Africain | 5 |
| 3 | Aymen Harzi | Club Sfaxien | 5 |
| 4 | Zouheir Dhaouadi | Club Africain | 4 |
| 5 | Bassirou Compaoré | Club Africain | 3 |
| 5 | Hamdou Elhouni | Espérance de Tunis | 3 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| Guy Mbenza | Stade Tunisien | Étoile du Sahel | 3–1 | 15 December 2019 | |
| Firas Ben Larbi | Étoile du Sahel | Étoile de Métlaoui | 5–1 | 22 February 2020 | |

## Media coverage

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 |