# 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 91st season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition started on 8 September 2016. The defending champions from the previous season were Étoile du Sahel.
Esperance de Tunis, the champions, drew the highest average home attendance of all clubs in the league with 11,000.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2015–16 season and three promoted from the 2015–16 Ligue 2. Avenir de Gabès was the first to obtain promotion, followed by Olympique Béja and finally Union de Tataouine. The three teams replaced El Gawafel de Gafsa, Avenir de Kasserine and Stade Tunisien who were relegated to 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue 2. The teams were drawn in two groups of 8 each. At the end of the first part of the season, the first 3 qualified to the Championship Group, the 4th to 7th contested the Relegation Group and the 8th of each group were relegated to the Ligue 2. Étoile du Sahel were the defending champions from the 2015–16 season.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | 2015–16 season |
| Avenir de Gabès | Gabès | Stade Municipal de Gabès | 10,000 | Ligue 2 |
| Avenir de Marsa | Tunis | Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui | 6,000 | 10th in Ligue 1 |
| Club Africain | Tunis | Stade Olympique de Radès | 60,000 | 6th in Ligue 1 |
| Club Bizertin | Bizerte | Stade 15 Octobre | 20,000 | 5th in Ligue 1 |
| Club de Hammam-Lif | Tunis | Stade Bou Kornine | 8,000 | 8th in Ligue 1 |
| Club Sfaxien | Sfax | Stade Taïeb Mhiri | 22,000 | 3rd in Ligue 1 |
| Espérance de Tunis | Tunis | Stade Olympique de Radès | 60,000 | 2nd in Ligue 1 |
| Espérance de Zarzis | Zarzis | Stade Jlidi | 7,000 | 13th in Ligue 1 |
| Olympique Sidi Bouzid | Sidi Bouzid | Stade du 17 Décembre | 1,000 | 7th in Ligue 1 |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | Métlaoui | Stade Municipal de Métlaoui | 5,000 | 4th in Ligue 1 |
| Étoile du Sahel | Sousse | Stade Olympique de Sousse | 28,000 | Ligue 1 Champions |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | Kairouan | Stade Ali Zouaoui | 15,000 | 9th in Ligue 1 |
| Olympique Béja | Béja | Stade de Béja | 15,000 | Ligue 2 |
| Stade Gabèsien | Gabès | Stade Municipal de Gabès | 10,000 | 12th in Ligue 1 |
| Union de Ben Guerdane | Ben Guerdane | Stade du 7 Mars | 10,000 | 11th in Ligue 1 |
| Union de Tataouine | Tataouine | Stade Nejib Khattab | 5,000 | Ligue 2 |

## First round
### Group A
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Club Sfaxien | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 30 | Qualification to the championship group |
| 2 | Étoile du Sahel | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 26 | Qualification to the championship group |
| 3 | Union de Ben Guerdane | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 24 | Qualification to the championship group |
| 4 | Club Bizertin | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 22 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 5 | Espérance de Zarzis | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 15 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 6 | Jeunesse Kairouanaise | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 12 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 7 | Union de Tataouine | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 12 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 8 | Olympique Sidi Bouzid (R) | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 11 | Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | CAB | CSS | ESS | ESZ | JSK | OSB | USBG | UST |
| Club Bizertin | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Club Sfaxien | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Espérance de Zarzis | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Olympique Sidi Bouzid | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Union de Ben Guerdane | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Union de Tataouine | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 29 | Qualification to the championship group |
| 2 | Club Africain | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 27 | Qualification to the championship group |
| 3 | Étoile de Métlaoui | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 22 | Qualification to the championship group |
| 4 | Stade Gabèsien | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 18 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 5 | Avenir de Gabès | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 17 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 6 | Avenir de Marsa | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 14 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 7 | Club de Hammam-Lif | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 12 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 8 | Olympique Béja (R) | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 8 | Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ASG | ASM | CA | CSHL | ESM | EST | OB | SG |
| Avenir de Gabès | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Avenir de Marsa | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Club Africain | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Club de Hammam-Lif | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Olympique Béja | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 3–3 |
| Stade Gabèsien | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |

#### Leaders
## Playoffs
### Championship Group
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis (C) | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 26 | 2018 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Étoile du Sahel | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 22 | 2018 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | Club Africain | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 16 | 2018 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Club Sfaxien | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | |
| 5 | Étoile de Métlaoui | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 9 | |
| 6 | Union de Ben Guerdane | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 1 | 2018 CAF Confederation Cup |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | CA | CSS | ESM | ESS | EST | USBG |
| Club Africain | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 6–0 |
| Club Sfaxien | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 |
| Union de Ben Guerdane | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |

#### Leaders
### Relegation Group
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Stade Gabèsien | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 23 | |
| 2 | Avenir de Gabès | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 22 | |
| 3 | Club Bizertin | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 19 | |
| 4 | Jeunesse Kairouanaise | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 18 | |
| 5 | Espérance de Zarzis | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 18 | |
| 6 | Avenir de Marsa | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 18 | Qualification to the Relegation Playoff |
| 7 | Club de Hammam-Lif (R) | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 16 | Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2 |
| 8 | Union de Tataouine (R) | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 12 | Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ASG | ASM | CAB | CSHL | ESZ | JSK | SG | UST |
| Avenir de Gabès | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Avenir de Marsa | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Club Bizertin | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Club de Hammam-Lif | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Espérance de Zarzis | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Stade Gabèsien | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Union de Tataouine | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |

#### Leaders
## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Taha Yassine Khenissi | Espérance de Tunis | 14 |
| 2 | Ibrahim Chenihi | Club Africain | 9 |
| 2 | Hamza Lahmar | Étoile du Sahel | 9 |

## Relegation playoff

This game was played between the 6th of the Relegation Group and the 3rd of Ligue 2.