# 2012–13 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2012–13 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 87th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition began on 10 November 2012 and was scheduled to conclude in June 2013. The defending champions from the previous season were Espérance Sportive de Tunis.

## Team and format changes

Last season two teams were relegated as usual (AS Gabès and ES Beni-Khalled), with two teams promoted from the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 to replace them (Olympique du Kef and Stade Gabèsien). However, in a change from previous seasons, the league was split into two groups of 8 teams.

## Teams and venues
### Group A

| Clubs | Last promotion | Position in 2011–12 | Venue | Capacity | Location | Premier League titles |
| Espérance ST | 1936 | 1 | El-Menzah stadium | 60,000 | Tunis | 25 |
| Club Athletique Bizertin | 1990 | 2 | October 15th stadium | 20,000 | Bizerte | 4 |
| AS Marsa | 2010 | 5 | Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui | 6,000 | La Marsa | |
| Club Africain | 1937 | 6 | Olympic Stadium of Rades | 45,000 | Tunis | 12 |
| Olympique Béja | 2006 | 8 | Boujemaa El-Kemiti stadium | 8,000 | Béja | |
| JS Kairouan | 2009 | 12 | Stade Ali Zouaoui | 5,000 | Kairouan | 1 |
| ES Zarzis | 2009 | 13 | Stade Jlidi | 7,000 | Zarzis | |
| Olympique du Kef | 2012 | 1 (CPL-2) | Stade 7 Novembre du Kef | 15,000 | El Kef | |

### Group B

| Clubs | Last promotion | Position in 2011–12 | Venue | Capacity | Location | Premier League titles |
| CS Sfaxien | 1939 | 3 | Taïeb Mhiri's stadium | 11,000 | Sfax | 7 |
| Etoile Sahel | 1931 | 4 | Sousse's Olympic stadium | 25,000 | Sousse | 9 |
| EGS Gafsa | 2005 | 7 | Stade du 7 Novembre de Gafsa | 12,000 | Gafsa | |
| US Monastir | 2011 | 9 | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet | 25,000 | Monastir | |
| Stade Tunisien | 1955 | 10 | Chedli Zouiten's stadium | 18,000 | Le Bardo | 4 |
| ES Hammam-Sousse | 2008 | 11 | Stade Municipal Bou Ali-Lahouar | 7,000 | Hammam Sousse | |
| CS Hammam-Lif | 2006 | 14 | Bou Kornine stadium | 8,000 | Hammam Lif | 4 |
| Stade Gabèsien | 2012 | 2 (CPL-2) | Stade du Zrig | 15,000 | Gabès | |

## Results
### Group A
#### Group A table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | +15 | 29 | Qualification to the 2013 Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Club Africain | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 29 | Qualification to the 2013 Championship Playoffs |
| 3 | CA Bizertin | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 29 | 2014 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | AS Marsa | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 19 | |
| 5 | JS Kairouan | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 15 | |
| 6 | Olympique Béja | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 13 | |
| 7 | ES Zarzis (R) | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 12 | Relegation to the 2013–14 Tunisian Ligue 2 |
| 8 | Olympique du Kef (R) | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 25 | −18 | 5 | Relegation to the 2013–14 Tunisian Ligue 2 |
* ↑ 2012–13 Tunisian Cup winners

#### Group A result table

| Home \ Away | ASM | CA | CAB | EST | ESZ | JSK | OB | OK |
| AS Marsa | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Club Africain | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| CA Bizertin | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| ES Tunis | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| ES Zarzis | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| JS Kairouan | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Olympique Béja | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Olympique du Kef | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |

#### Group A leaders
### Group B
#### Group B table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CS Sfaxien | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 28 | Qualification to the 2013 Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Etoile du Sahel | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 25 | Qualification to the 2013 Championship Playoffs |
| 3 | US Monastir | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 21 | |
| 4 | Stade Tunisien | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 17 | |
| 5 | CS Hammam-Lif | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 17 | |
| 6 | Stade Gabèsien | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 15 | |
| 7 | EGS Gafsa (O) | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 14 | |
| 8 | ES Hammam-Sousse (R) | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 13 | Relegation to the 2013–14 Tunisian Ligue 2 |

#### Group B result table

| Home \ Away | CSHL | CSS | EGSG | ESHS | ESS | SG | ST | USM |
| CS Hammam-Lif | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| CS Sfaxien | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| EGS Gafsa | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| ES Hammam-Sousse | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Stade Gabèsien | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–6 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Stade Tunisien | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 |
| US Monastir | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

#### Group B leaders
## Championship playoffs
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | CS Sfaxien (C) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 13 | 2014 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 | 2014 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | Etoile du Sahel | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2014 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Club Africain | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |

### Result table

| Home \ Away | CA | CSS | EST | ESS |
| Club Africain | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| CS Sfaxien | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 |
| Etoile du Sahel | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — |

### Leaders
## Relegation playoff

ES Zarzis Relegated to 2013–14 Tunisian Ligue 2