# 2020–21 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2020–21 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 95th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. Espérance de Tunis were the champions, winning the title for the fifth consecutive season and the 31st time in their history (a national record).

## Teams

A total of 14 teams contested the league.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Avenir de Rejiche | Rejiche | Stade Municipal de Rejiche | 3,000 |
| Avenir de Soliman | Soliman | Stade Municipal de Soliman | 3,000 |
| Club Africain | Tunis | Stade Hammadi Agrebi | 65,000 |
| Club Bizertin | Bizerte | Stade 15 Octobre | 20,000 |
| Club Sfaxien | Sfax | Stade Taïeb Mhiri | 22,000 |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | Métlaoui | Stade Municipal de Métlaoui | 6,000 |
| Étoile du Sahel | Sousse | Stade Bou Ali Lahouar | 6,500 |
| Espérance de Tunis | Tunis | Stade Hammadi Agrebi | 65,000 |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | Kairouan | Stade Ali Zouaoui | 15,000 |
| Olympique Béja | Béja | Stade Boujemaa Kmiti | 10,000 |
| Stade Tunisien | Tunis (Le Bardo) | Stade Chedly Zouiten | 20,000 |
| Union de Ben Guerdane | Ben Guerdane | Stade du 7 Mars | 10,000 |
| Union Monastirienne | Monastir | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet | 25,000 |
| Union de Tataouine | Tataouine | Stade Nejib Khattab | 5,000 |

### Personnel and kits

| Teams | Managers | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Avenir de Rejiche | Saïd Saïbi | | Kampio | Booga, Vitalait |
| Avenir de Soliman | Yamen Zelfani | Rached Arfaoui | New Balance | Délice |
| Club Africain | Montassar Louichi | Wissem Ben Yahia | Umbro | Qatar Airways, ZEN , Ooredoo |
| Club Bizertin | Larbi Zouaoui | Halim Darragi | Uhlsport | Délice |
| Club Sfaxien | José Murcia | Aymen Dahmen | Macron | Tunisie Cables |
| Étoile du Sahel | Lassad Dridi | Yassine Chikhaoui | Macron | Warda |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | Kais Yâakoubi | | Sportiga | |
| Espérance de Tunis | Mouin Chaâbani | Khalil Chemmam | Umbro | Délice, Tunisie Télécom |
| Olympique Béja | Chaker Meftah | | Uhlsport | Boga, Délic Danone, Ooredoo |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | Mourad Okbi | | New Balance | Boga, Sabrine |
| Stade Tunisien | Nassif Bayaoui | Ali Jemal | Legea | Sabrine |
| Union de Ben Guerdene | Hassen Gabsi | Yassine Boufalgha | Kampio | Coca-Cola |
| Union Monastirienne | Afouène Gharbi | Zied Machmoum | Hummel | Saida, BIAT |
| Union de Tataouine | Hammadi Daou | | Legea | Coca-Cola, Hayet |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Club Sfaxien | Faouzi Benzarti | club changing | 15 November 2020 | Pre-season | Anis Boujelbene | 15 November 2020 |
| Club Bizertin | Mokhtar Trabelsi | sacked | 23 December 2020 | 14th | Larbi Zouaoui | 23 December 2020 |
| Club Africain | Lassaad Dridi | resignation | 3 January 2021 | 11th | Kais Yâakoubi | 1 February 2021 |
| Stade Tunisien | Anis Boussaïdi | sacked | 4 January 2021 | 7th | Nassif Bayaoui | 4 January 2021 |
| Étoile du Sahel | Jorvan Vieira | sacked | 11 January 2021 | 6th | Lassaad Dridi | 11 January 2021 |
| Avenir de Soliman | Sami Gafsi | sacked | 14 January 2021 | 7th | Yemen Zelfani | 11 January 2021 |
| Olympique Béja | Chaker Meftah | sacked | 26 January 2021 | 9th | Khaled Ben Yahia | 27 January 2021 |
| Club Africain | Kais Yâakoubi | resignation | 14 February 2021 | 13th | Montasser Louhichi | 12 February 2021 |
| Club Sfaxien | Anis Boujelbene | resignation | 4 March 2021 | 3rd | José Murcia | 4 March 2021 |
| Olympique Béja | Khaled Ben Yahia | sacked | 14 March 2021 | 10th | Chiheb Ellili | 15 March 2021 |
| Union Monastirienne | Lassaad Chabbi | resignation | 4 April 2021 | 7th | Afouène Gharbi | 6 April 2021 |

### Foreign players

| Nationality | Number of Players |
| Algeria | 20 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 |
| Libya | 8 |
| Guinea | 5 |
| Mali | 4 |
| Ghana | 4 |
| Cameroon | 3 |
| Nigeria | 3 |
| Brazil | 2 |
| DR Congo | 2 |
| Bénin | 2 |
| France | 2 |
| Morocco | 2 |
| Senegal | 2 |
| Niger | 1 |
| Mauritania | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| Venezuela | 1 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis (C) | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 60 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Étoile du Sahel | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 50 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Union de Ben Guerdane | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 41 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Avenir de Soliman | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 40 | |
| 5 | Club Sfaxien | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 40 | Qualification for Confederation Cup as Tunisian Cup winners |
| 6 | Avenir de Rejiche | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 36 | |
| 7 | Club Africain | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 33 | |
| 8 | Union de Tataouine | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 33 | |
| 9 | Étoile de Métlaoui | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 32 | |
| 10 | Union Monastirienne | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 31 | |
| 11 | Club Bizertin | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 31 | |
| 12 | Olympique Béja | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 31 | |
| 13 | Stade Tunisien (R) | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 29 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 14 | Jeunesse Kairouanaise (R) | 26 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 60 | −46 | 3 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ASR | ASS | CA | CAB | CSS | ESM | ESS | EST | JSK | OB | ST | USBG | USM | UST |
| Avenir de Rejiche | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Avenir de Soliman | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Club Africain | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Club Bizertin | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Club Sfaxien | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Olympique Béja | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Stade Tunisien | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Union de Ben Guerdane | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Union Monastirienne | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 4–0 |
| Union de Tataouine | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |

## Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| ASR | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| ASS | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| CA | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| CAB | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| CSS | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| ESM | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
| ESS | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| EST | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| JSK | 11 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| OB | 5 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| ST | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| USBG | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| USM | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| UST | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
* Leader
* 2021–22 CAF Champions League
* 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup
* Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 2021-22

## Clubs season-progress

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Avenir de Rejiche | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | D |
| Avenir de Soliman | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D |
| Club Africain | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | W |
| Club Bizertin | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W |
| Club Sfaxien | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | D |
| Étoile de Métlaoui | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W |
| Étoile du Sahel | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | D |
| Espérance de Tunis | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L |
| Jeunesse Kairouanaise | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Olympique Béja | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | D |
| Stade Tunisien | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | L |
| Union de Ben Guerdane | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | L |
| Union Monastirienne | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | D |
| Union de Tataouine | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | W |

## Season statistics
### Goals scored per round

This graph represents the number of goals scored during each round:

### Top scorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Aymen Sfaxi | ESS | 9 |
| 2 | Alia Sylla | UST | 8 |
| 2 | Souleymane Coulibaly | ESS | 8 |
| 4 | Idriss Mhirsi | USM | 7 |
| 4 | Nidhal Ben Salem | ASR | 7 |
| 4 | Firas Chaouat | CSS | 7 |
| 4 | Tayeb Meziani | ESS | 7 |
| 4 | Aboubacar Diarra | ASR | 7 |
| 4 | Jacques Bessan | OB | 7 |
| 4 | Taha Yassine Khenissi | EST | 7 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Tayeb Meziani | Étoile du Sahel | Union de Tataouine | 1-3 (A) | 21 March 2021 |

## Number of teams by Governorate

| Position | Governorate | Number | Teams |
| 1 | Tunis | 3 | Espérance de Tunis, Club Africain, Stade Tunisien |
| 2 | Sousse | 1 | Étoile du Sahel |
| 2 | Sfax | 1 | Club Sfaxien |
| 2 | Bizerte | 1 | Club Bizertin |
| 2 | Monastir | 1 | Union Monastirienne |
| 2 | Mahdia | 1 | Avenir de Rejiche |
| 2 | Nabeul | 1 | Avenir de Soliman |
| 2 | Tataouine | 1 | Union de Tataouine |
| 2 | Medenine | 1 | Union de Ben Guerdane |
| 2 | Kairouan | 1 | Jeunesse Kairouanaise |
| 2 | Béja | 1 | Olympique Béja |
| 2 | Gafsa | 1 | Étoile de Métlaoui |

## Awards

Each month Internet users vote for the player of the month sponsored by Foot24 and Coca-Cola.
| Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| Month | Player | Club |
| December | Hamdou Elhouni | Espérance de Tunis |
| January | Souleymane Coulibaly | Étoile du Sahel |
| February | Mohammed Soulah | Club Sfaxien |
| March | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | Espérance de Tunis |
| April | Hamza Agrebi | Club Africain |
| May | Saber Khalifa | Club Africain |

## Media coverage

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage :
| Country | Television Channel | Matches |
| Tunisia | El Wataniya 1 El Wataniya 2 | From 2 to 5 Matches per round |
| Qatar | Al-Kass Sports Channel | Main Matches |
| Saudi Arabia | ART | From 2 to 5 Matches per round |