# 2014–15 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2014–15 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 89th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition began on 13 August 2014 and ended on 2 June 2015. The defending champions from the previous season were Espérance de Tunis.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2. Association de Djerba was the first to obtain promotion, followed by Avenir de Gabès and finally Espérance de Zarzis one game before the end of the promotion group league. The three teams made their comeback to the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after finishing in the 3 first places of the six-team promotion group. On the other hand, Olympique Béja, Palme de Tozeur and Grombalia Sports were the 3 last teams of the 2013–14 season and played in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 during the 2014–15 season. Espérance de Tunis were the defending champions from the 2013–14 season.
In the 2014-15 season, Club Africain drew an average home attendance of 12,500 in 15 home games. It was the highest average home attendance in the Tunisian top-flight football league, followed by ES Tunis with 7,278.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | 2013–14 season |
| Association de Djerba | Djerba | Stade de Houmt Souk | 6,000 | Ligue 2 |
| Avenir de Gabès | Gabès | Stade Municipal de Gabès | 10,000 | Ligue 2 |
| Avenir de Marsa | Tunis | Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui | 6,000 | 5th in Ligue 1 |
| Club Africain | Tunis | Stade Olympique de Radès | 60,000 | 4th in Ligue 1 |
| Club Bizertin | Bizerte | Stade 15 Octobre | 20,000 | 6th in Ligue 1 |
| Club de Hammam-Lif | Tunis | Stade Bou Kornine | 8,000 | 11th in Ligue 1 |
| Club Sfaxien | Sfax | Stade Taïeb Mhiri | 22,000 | 2nd in Ligue 1 |
| El Gawafel de Gafsa | Gafsa | Stade Olympique de Gafsa | 7,000 | 12th in Ligue 1 |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | Métlaoui | Stade Municipal de Métlaoui | 5,000 | 9th in Ligue 1 |
| Étoile du Sahel | Sousse | Stade Olympique de Sousse | 25,000 | 3rd in Ligue 1 |
| Espérance de Tunis | Tunis | Stade Olympique de Radès | 60,000 | Ligue 1 Champions |
| Espérance de Zarzis | Zarzis | Stade Jlidi | 7,000 | Ligue 2 |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | Kairouan | Stade Ali Zouaoui | 15,000 | 8th in Ligue 1 |
| Stade Gabèsien | Gabès | Stade Municipal de Gabès | 10,000 | 7th in Ligue 1 |
| Stade Tunisien | Tunis | Stade Chedly Zouiten | 20,000 | 13th in Ligue 1 |
| Union Monastirienne | Monastir | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet | 20,000 | 10th in Ligue 1 |

## Results
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Club Africain (C) | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 18 | +32 | 65 | Qualification to the 2016 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Étoile du Sahel | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 17 | +30 | 63 | Qualification to the 2016 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | Espérance de Tunis | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 60 | Qualification to the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Club Sfaxien | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 47 | |
| 5 | Espérance de Zarzis | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 45 | |
| 6 | Avenir de Marsa | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 43 | |
| 7 | Stade Tunisien | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 43 | |
| 8 | Club Bizertin | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 41 | |
| 9 | Jeunesse Kairouanaise | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 38 | |
| 10 | Stade Gabèsien | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 37 | Qualification to the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 11 | Club de Hammam-Lif | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 36 | |
| 12 | Étoile de Métlaoui | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 32 | |
| 13 | El Gawafel de Gafsa | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 30 | |
| 14 | Union Monastirienne (R) | 30 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 25 | Relegation to the 2015–16 Ligue 2 |
| 15 | Avenir de Gabès (R) | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 19 | Relegation to the 2015–16 Ligue 2 |
| 16 | Association de Djerba (R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 56 | −33 | 17 | Relegation to the 2015–16 Ligue 2 |
* ↑ 1 point was deducted from Étoile du Sahel for refusing to play the Round 20 game against Club de Hammam-Lif.
* 1 2 Avenir de Marsa ahead on head-to-head record: Stade Tunisien 0–0 Avenir de Marsa (week 12), Avenir de Marsa 2–1 Stade Tunisien (week 27) Stade Gabèsien qualified to 2016 CAF Confederation Cup after reaching the 2014–15 Tunisian Cup final against Étoile du Sahel, regardless of the outcome of the game since the latter has already qualified to 2016 CAF Champions League.

### Result table

| Home \ Away | ASD | ASG | ASM | CA | CAB | CSHL | CSS | EGSG | ESM | ESS | EST | ESZ | JSK | SG | ST | USM |
| Association de Djerba | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Avenir de Gabès | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Avenir de Marsa | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Club Africain | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Club Bizertin | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| CS Hammam-Lif | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Club Sfaxien | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| El Gawafel de Gafsa | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 5–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Espérance de Zarzis | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Stade Gabèsien | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Stade Tunisien | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 1–0 |
| Union Monastirienne | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
* ↑ Club de Hammam-Lif was awarded a 2–0 win (Round 20) after Étoile du Sahel refused to play the game as a protest following what happened during the Round 19 game against El Gawafel de Gafsa and the goal refused by the referee.

## Goalscorers
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Saber Khalifa | Club Africain | 15 |
| 2 | Baghdad Bounedjah | Étoile du Sahel | 11 |
| 2 | Youssef Mouihbi | Étoile du Sahel | 11 |
| 4 | Ahmed Akaïchi | Espérance de Tunis | 10 |
| 5 | Chaker Rguii | Espérance de Zarzis | 9 |
| 6 | Abdelmoumene Djabou | Club Africain | 8 |
| 6 | Tijani Belaïd | Club Africain | 8 |
| 8 | Slim Mezlini | Jeunesse Kairouanaise | 7 |
| 8 | Samuel Eduok | Espérance de Tunis | 7 |

### All goalscorers
#### 15 goals

* Saber Khalifa

#### 11 goals

* Baghdad Bounedjah
* Youssef Mouihbi

#### 10 goals

* Ahmed Akaïchi

#### 9 goals

* Chaker Rguii

#### 8 goals

* Abdelmoumene Djabou
* Tijani Belaïd

#### 7 goals

* Slim Mezlini
* Samuel Eduok

#### 6 goals

* Mohamed Cheikh Touré
* Jacques Bessan
* Hugues-Wilfried Dah
* Yannick N'Djeng
* Ismail Diakité
* Hedi Boukhriss
* Hichem Essifi
* Slim Jedaïed
* Mejdi Mosrati
* Heithem Ben Salem
* Oussama Darragi
* Bilel Ben Messaoud
* Mohamed Amine Aouichaoui

#### 5 goals

* Zouheir Dhaouadi
* Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
* Brahim El Bahri
* Borhene Ghannem
* Alaeddine Marzouki
* Maher Hannachi
* Khaled Yahia
* Youssef Fouzai
* Foued Khraïfi
* Bilel Yaken
* Zied Ounalli
* Ashante Uriah

#### 4 goals

* Mohamed Ali Moncer
* Alaeddine Abbès
* Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda
* Zied Boughattas
* Karim Aouadhi
* Didier Lebri
* Edem Rjaïbi
* Mohamed Aouichi
* Ahmed Hosni
* Saad Bguir
* Salema Kasdaoui
* Haythem Jouini
* Amir Omrani

#### 3 goals

* Imed Meniaoui
* Didier Talla
* Ali Maâloul
* Taha Yassine Khenissi
* Hamza Hadda
* Wael Ben Romdhane
* Babacar Ndiour
* Mehdi Saada
* Zied Bakouch
* Younes Mazhoud
* Rami Bedoui
* Hassen Harbaoui
* Skander Cheikh
* Zouheir Attia
* Alkhali Bangoura
* Alaya Brigui
* Malek Landolsi

#### 2 goals

* Seif Teka
* Chiheb Zoghlami
* Harrison Afful
* Yassine Meriah
* Chamseddine Dhaouadi
* Slim Mhadhebi
* Amine Abbes
* Ali Mchani
* Mathieu Bandiaky
* Junior Karamoko
* Aymen Ben Amor
* Elyes Jelassi
* Maher Ameur
* Amor Fhal
* Fakhreddine Galbi
* Aboubacar Tambadou
* Mickaël Buscher
* Wajdi Mejri
* Najeh Hamadi
* Larbi Jabeur
* Boulbaba Ghrab
* Ahmed Zuway
* Akram Ben Sassi
* Mohamed Abdeddeyem
* Oussama Abdelkader
* Fahmi Ben Romdhane
* Zoubeir Darragi
* Ahmed Ayadi
* Idriss Mhirsi
* Mossaab Sassi
* Achref Nasri
* Rochdi Jarbouii
* Heithem Mhamedi
* Fehmi Kacem
* Sofiane Moussa
* Ghailene Chaalali
* Mohamed Ali Yacoubi
* Selim Bacha
* Charfeddine Belhaj
* Youssef Trabelsi
* Bassem Nafti

#### 1 goal

* Yassin Mikari
* Hamza Agrebi
* Stéphane Nater
* Bilel Ifa
* Nidhal Said
* Imed Louati
* Seifallah Hosni
* Saïf Ghezal
* Nabil Missaoui
* Hamza Zakar
* Laamari Bargougui
* Ghazi Chellouf
* Omar Zekri
* Zied Ziadi
* Baligh El Echi
* Kaddour Beldjilali
* Mohamed Yakouba
* Franck Kom
* Ernest Thierry Anang
* Onuoha Ogbonna
* Ibrahima Touré
* Youssoupha Mbengue
* Fousseny Coulibaly
* Magno Cruz
* Alex Somian
* Abdul Moustapha Ouédraogo
* Chedly Ghrab
* Hachem Abbes
* Achref Ben Dhiaf
* Hamdi Rouid
* Haythem Baghdadi
* Tarek Chaabouni
* Amir Ben Mchala
* Mehdi Ressaïssi
* Houssine Ben Yahia
* Mahmoud Dridi
* Malek Bhar
* Mohamed Ayed
* Zied Derbali
* Mohamed Jemaa Khlif
* Mahmoud Khemiri
* Naoufel Youssfi
* Mohamed Habib Yaken
* Hamdi Abdi
* Fedi Hmizi
* Hocine Ragued
* Houssem Taboubi
* Chakib Lachkham
* Zied Machmoum
* Heythem Doula
* Mortadha Baadeche
* Youssef Khemiri
* Marouane Tej
* Marouane Atoui
* Aymen Derouiche
* Abdelkader Dhaou
* Mohamed Houssem Slimène
* Slimène Kchok
* Mohamed Ali Ragoubi
* Yassine Salhi
* Mohamed Ali Slema
* Iheb Mbarki
* Houssem Bnina
* Mohamed Ali Jouini
* Rami Bouchniba
* Omar Saddi
* Mehdi Ouertani
* Alaeddine Bouslimi
* Seifeddine Jerbi
* Maher Abidi
* Mohamed Amine Naffati
* Hamdi Nagguez
* Wissem Bousnina
* Mohamed Ali Korbi
* Houcine Messaadi
* Anis Farhat
* Mahmoud Laadhibi
* Firas Aissaoui
* Hamza Lahmar

#### Own goals

* Hicham Belkaroui (Club Africain) against Association de Djerba on 31 August 2014
* Mohamed Amine Naffati (Club de Hammam-Lif) against Stade Tunisien on 31 August 2014
* Khalil Hnid (Avenir de Marsa) against Club Africain on 3 October 2014
* Alex Somian (Stade Tunisien) against Club Sfaxien on 28 December 2014
* Mohamed Ben Ali (Stade Tunisien) against Club Africain on 18 February 2015
* Mehdi Ben Nsib (Association de Djerba) against Club Sfaxien on 18 February 2015
* Houssem Bnina (Jeunesse Kairounaise) against Espérance de Zarzis on 28 February 2015