# 2023–24 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2023–24 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 98th season of top-tier football in Tunisia.
Étoile du Sahel were the defending champions from the previous season. On 15 June 2024, Espérance de Tunis were officially confirmed as champions with one game to spare following their 2–0 win against US Monastir, securing a record-extending 33rd title.

## Teams

14 teams contested the league.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| AS Marsa | Tunis (La Marsa) | Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui | 6,500 |
| AS Soliman | Soliman | Stade Municipal de Soliman | 3,000 |
| Club Africain | Tunis (Bab Jedid) | Stade Hammadi Agrebi | 60,000 |
| CA Bizertin | Bizerte | Stade du 15 Octobre | 20,000 |
| CS Sfaxien | Sfax | Stade Taïeb Mhiri | 22,000 |
| EGS Gafsa | Gafsa | Stade Olympique de Gafsa | 7,000 |
| ES Métlaoui | Métlaoui | Stade Municipal de Métlaoui | 6,000 |
| Étoile du Sahel | Sousse | Stade Olympique de Sousse | 42,000 |
| Espérance de Tunis | Tunis (Bab Souika) | Stade Hammadi Agrebi | 60,000 |
| Olympique Béja | Béja | Stade Boujemaa Kmiti | 15,000 |
| Stade Tunisien | Tunis (Le Bardo) | Hédi Enneifer Stadium | 11,000 |
| US Ben Guerdane | Ben Guerdane | Stade du 7 Mars | 10,000 |
| US Monastir | Monastir | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet | 20,000 |
| US Tataouine | Tataouine | Stade Nejib Khattab | 5,000 |

## Competition
### First round

The draw of the first round was held on 1 August 2023.

#### Group A
##### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Étoile du Sahel | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 25 | Advance to the playoff |
| 2 | Stade Tunisien | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 24 | Advance to the playoff |
| 3 | Club Africain | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 24 | Advance to the playoff |
| 4 | US Ben Guerdane | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 15 | Advance to the playout |
| 5 | Olympique Béja | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 14 | Advance to the playout |
| 6 | EGS Gafsa | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 12 | Advance to the playout |
| 7 | AS Soliman | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 3 | Advance to the playout |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: Stade Tunisien 4, Club Africain 1.

##### Results

| Home \ Away | ASS | CA | EGSG | ESS | OB | ST | USBG |
| AS Soliman | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Club Africain | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| EGS Gafsa | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Olympique Béja | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Stade Tunisien | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 |
| US Ben Guerdane | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |

##### Clubs season-progress

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| AS Soliman | L | E | L | L | L | L | L | L | E | W | L | L | L | L |
| Club Africain | W | D | E | D | D | W | W | W | W | E | L | L | W | W |
| EGS Gafsa | E | D | L | D | W | L | D | E | L | L | L | W | W | L |
| Étoile du Sahel | L | W | W | D | E | W | W | D | D | W | W | E | D | W |
| Olympique Béja | W | L | W | E | W | W | L | D | L | L | E | D | L | L |
| Stade Tunisien | W | W | L | D | D | L | E | W | W | W | W | W | D | E |
| US Ben Guerdane | L | L | W | W | L | E | D | L | D | L | W | D | E | W |

#### Group B
##### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 32 | Advance to the playoff |
| 2 | US Monastir | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 26 | Advance to the playoff |
| 3 | CS Sfaxien | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 20 | Advance to the playoff |
| 4 | CA Bizertin | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 16 | Advance to the playout |
| 5 | ES Métlaoui | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 9 | Advance to the playout |
| 6 | US Tataouine | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 9 | Advance to the playout |
| 7 | AS Marsa | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 5 | Advance to the playout |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: ES Métlaoui 4, US Tataouine 1.

##### Results

| Home \ Away | ASM | CAB | CSS | ESM | EST | USM | UST |
| AS Marsa | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| CA Bizertin | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| CS Sfaxien | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| ES Métlaoui | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| US Monastir | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| US Tataouine | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |

##### Clubs season-progress

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| AS Marsa | L | L | L | D | E | L | D | L | L | L | L | E | L | W |
| CA Bizertin | L | L | E | D | W | D | L | D | L | E | W | W | W | D |
| CS Sfaxien | W | W | W | L | L | E | L | D | W | W | W | L | E | D |
| ES Métlaoui | W | E | L | W | L | D | D | D | E | L | L | L | L | L |
| Espérance de Tunis | W | D | W | E | W | W | W | W | W | W | E | W | W | D |
| US Monastir | E | W | W | D | W | L | W | E | W | W | W | W | L | D |
| US Tataouine | L | D | L | D | L | W | E | D | L | L | L | L | W | E |

#### Goals scored per round
### Playoff

The draw of the playoff was held on 14 January 2024.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis (C) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 24 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | US Monastir | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 16 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | CS Sfaxien | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 13 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Stade Tunisien | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Étoile du Sahel | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 10 | |
| 6 | Club Africain | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Étoile du Sahel and Espérance de Tunis were added 3 points (1sts of the groups in the first round).
* 1 2 Stade Tunisien and US Monastir were added 2 points (2nds of the groups in the first round).
* 1 2 Club Africain and CS Sfaxien were added 1 point (3rds of the groups in the first round).

#### Results

| Home \ Away | CA | CSS | ESS | EST | ST | USM |
| Club Africain | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| CS Sfaxien | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Stade Tunisien | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 |
| US Monastir | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |

#### Clubs season-progress

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Club Africain | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | D |
| CS Sfaxien | D | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | D |
| Étoile du Sahel | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | D |
| Espérance de Tunis | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D |
| Stade Tunisien | L | D | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | D |
| US Monastir | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | D |

#### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Club Africain | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| CS Sfaxien | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Stade Tunisien | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| US Monastir | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
* Leader
* 2024–25 CAF Champions League
* 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup

#### Goals scored per round
### Playout

The draw of the playout was held on 14 January 2024.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Olympique Béja | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 30 | |
| 2 | CA Bizertin | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 27 | |
| 3 | EGS Gafsa | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 21 | |
| 4 | US Tataouine | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 21 | |
| 5 | ES Métlaoui | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 20 | |
| 6 | US Ben Guerdane | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 19 | |
| 7 | AS Soliman | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 19 | |
| 8 | AS Marsa (R) | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 16 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
* 1 2 ES Métlaoui and Olympique Béja were added 3 points (5ths of the groups in the first round).
* 1 2 CA Bizertin and US Ben Guerdane were added 4 points (4ths of the groups in the first round).
* 1 2 EGS Gafsa and US Tataouine were added 2 points (6ths of the groups in the first round).

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ASM | ASS | CAB | EGSG | ESM | OB | USBG | UST |
| AS Marsa | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| AS Soliman | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| CA Bizertin | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| EGS Gafsa | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| ES Métlaoui | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Olympique Béja | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| US Ben Guerdane | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 |
| US Tataouine | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |

#### Clubs season-progress

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| AS Marsa | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W |
| AS Soliman | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D |
| CA Bizertin | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | D | W |
| EGS Gafsa | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | L |
| ES Métlaoui | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | D |
| Olympique Béja | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W |
| US Ben Guerdane | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L |
| US Tataouine | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L |

#### Relegation decider match

On 14 June 2024, the Tunisian Football Federation decided to increase the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 teams number from 14 to 16, and decided to hold a match between those ranked 7th and 8th of the playout, AS Soliman and AS Marsa, on 19 June to find out the identity of the team relegated to the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Boubacar Traoré | USM | 10 |
| 1 | Taieb Ben Zitoun | CAB | 10 |
| 1 | Rodrigo Rodrigues | EST | 10 |
| 4 | Nassim Sioud | USBG | 8 |
| 5 | Ahmed Amri | OB | 7 |
| 6 | Rayen Hamrouni | ASS | 6 |
| 6 | Chance Leroy Mondzenga | ESM | 6 |
| 6 | Kingsley Eduwo | CA | 6 |
| 6 | Houssem Habbassi | USBG | 6 |

### Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis (C) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 12 | +21 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | US Monastir | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | CS Sfaxien | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 33 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Stade Tunisien | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 37 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Étoile du Sahel | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 35 |
| 6 | Club Africain | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 33 |
| 7 | Olympique Béja | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 44 |
| 8 | CA Bizertin | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 43 |
| 9 | EGS Gafsa | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 29 | –9 | 33 |
| 10 | US Tataouine | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 33 | –16 | 30 |
| 11 | ES Métlaoui | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 37 | –12 | 29 |
| 12 | US Ben Guerdane | 26 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 26 | –1 | 34 |
| 13 | AS Soliman | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 34 | –14 | 22 |
| 14 | AS Marsa (R) | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 38 | –21 | 21 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Nassim Sioud$^4$ | US Ben Guerdane | EGS Gafsa | 5–0 (H) | 3 January 2024 |
$^4$ – Player scored four goals.

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Bilel Mejri for Stade Tunisien against AS Soliman (19 August 2023)
* Last goal of the season: Youssouf Oumarou for Stade Tunisien against US Monastir (19 June 2024)

## Number of teams by Governorate

| Position | Governorate | Number | Teams |
| 1 | Tunis | 4 | AS Marsa, Club Africain, Espérance de Tunis, Stade Tunisien |
| 2 | Gafsa | 2 | EGS Gafsa, ES Métlaoui |
| 3 | Sfax | 1 | CS Sfaxien |
| 3 | Nabeul | 1 | AS Soliman |
| 3 | Sousse | 1 | Étoile du Sahel |
| 3 | Bizerte | 1 | CA Bizertin |
| 3 | Monastir | 1 | US Monastir |
| 3 | Medenine | 1 | US Ben Guerdane |
| 3 | Béja | 1 | Olympique Béja |
| 3 | Tataouine | 1 | US Tataouine |

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Average attendance |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 6,084 |
| 2 | Club Africain | 5,717 |
| 3 | Étoile du Sahel | 4,641 |
| 4 | Stade Tunisien | 1,669 |
| 5 | CA Bizertin | 1,565 |
| 6 | CS Sfaxien | 1,524 |
| 7 | US Monastir | 1,445 |
| 8 | EGS Gafsa | 1,164 |
| 9 | AS Marsa | 880 |
| 10 | US Ben Guerdane | 326 |
| 11 | US Tataouine | 326 |
| 12 | AS Soliman | 321 |
| 13 | Olympique Béja | 233 |
| 14 | ES Métlaoui | 113 |