# 1956–57 Tunisian National Championship

The 1956–57 Tunisian National Championship was the 31st season of football in Tunisia, and the first to start after the country's independence in March 1956.

## Participating clubs

* Stade Tunisien (ST)
* Espérance de Tunis (EST)
* Étoile du Sahel (ESS)
* Club Africain (CA)
* Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne (JSM)
* Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif (CSHL)
* Union Sportive de Ferryville (USF)
* Club Athlétique Bizertin (CAB)
* Olympique Tunisien (OT)
* Club Tunisien (CT)
* Patriote Football Club de Bizerte (PFCB)
* Sfax Railways Sports (SRS)

## Results
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Stade Tunisien (C) | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 24 | +30 | 58 | Champion |
| 2 | Espérance de Tunis | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 18 | +31 | 55 | |
| 3 | Étoile du Sahel | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 51 | |
| 4 | Club Africain | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 47 | |
| 5 | Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 47 | |
| 6 | Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 43 | |
| 7 | Union Sportive de Ferryville | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 43 | |
| 8 | CA Bizertin | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 41 | |
| 9 | Olympique Tunisien | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 41 | |
| 10 | Club Tunisien | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 39 | |
| 11 | Patriote Football Club de Bizerte | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 37 | |
| 12 | Sfax Railways Sports | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 57 | −37 | 26 | |

### Result table

| Home \ Away | ST | EST | ESS | CA | JSM | CSHL | USF | CAB | OT | CT | PFCB | SRS |
| Stade Tunisien | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Club Africain | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif | 0–0 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 |
| Union Sportive de Ferryville | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| CA Bizertin | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 |
| Olympique Tunisien | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Club Tunisien | 2–6 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–4 | 1–10 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 6–1 |
| Patriote Football Club de Bizerte | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–7 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | | 3–0 |
| Sfax Railways Sports | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |

## Movements

* Releguated :
** None
* Promoted :
** Stade Populaire (SP)
** Stade Soussien (SS)
** Union Sportive Tunisienne (UST)

## Top scorers

* 20 goals :
** Farzit (Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne)
* 19 goals :
** Noureddine Diwa (Stade Tunisien)
** Saad Karmous (Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif)
* 17 goals :
** Habib Mougou (Étoile du Sahel)
* 14 goals :
** Abdelkader Ben Ezzeddine (Espérance de Tunis)
* 13 goals :
** Kemais Gériani (Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne)
* 11 goals :
** Hédi Feddou (Espérance de Tunis)
** Hédi Hammoudia (Club Africain)
** Laaroussi (Olympique Tunisien)

## Champion

* Stade Tunisien (ST)
** Line-up : Russo, Khaldi, Mahmoud, Chérif, Lakhal, Braiek, Abdelbaki, Noureddine Diwa, Barbéche, Miloud, Shabani, Naija, Laaroussi, Nahali, Rachid
** Coach : R. Turki