# 2008–09 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2008–09 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 83rd season of top-tier football in Tunisia. It began on 8 August 2008 and concluded on 13 May 2009. The competition saw the return of two previous participants, Avenir Sportif de Kasserine and Espoir Sportif de Hammam-Sousse from Ligue Professionnelle 2. Espérance de Tunis won the championship while previous year's winnersClub Africain finished in second place.

## Clubs and venues

| Clubs | Venue | Capacity |
| Avenir Sportif de Kasserine | Kassernie stadium | 8.000 |
| Avenir Sportif de La Marsa | Abdelaziz Chtioui's stadium | 6.000 |
| Club Africain | El-Menzah stadium | 45.000 |
| Bizerte Athletic F.C. | October 15th stadium | 20.000 |
| Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif | Bou Kornine stadium | 8.000 |
| Club Sportif Sfaxien | Taïeb Mhiri's stadium | 22.000 |
| El-Gawafel Sportives de Gafsa | Gafsa's 7 November stadium | 12.000 |
| Espoir Sportif de Hammam-Sousse | BouAli Lahouar stadium | 6.000 |
| Étoile Sportive du Sahel | Sousse's Olympic stadium | 28.000 |
| Espérance Sportive de Tunis | Stade 7 November | 60.000 |
| Jendouba Sport | Jendouba's municipal stadium | 8.000 |
| Olympique de Béja | Boujemaa El-Kemiti stadium | 8.000 |
| Stade Tunisien | Chedli Zouiten's stadium | 20.000 |
| Union Sportive Monastir | Mustapha Ben Jannet stadium | 20.000 |

## Results
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis (C) | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 21 | +29 | 60 | 2010 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Club Africain | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 57 | 2010 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | Étoile du Sahel | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 53 | 2010 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | CS Sfaxien | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 43 | 2010 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 5 | US Monastir | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 35 | |
| 6 | Stade Tunisien | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 34 | |
| 7 | CS Hammam-Lif | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 30 | |
| 8 | ES Hammam-Sousse | 26 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 26 | |
| 9 | CA Bizertin | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 26 | |
| 10 | Olympique Béja | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 25 | |
| 11 | EGS Gafsa | 26 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 25 | |
| 12 | AS Kasserine | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 24 | |
| 13 | AS Marsa (R) | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 22 | Relegation to the 2009–10 CLP-2 |
| 14 | Jendouba Sport (R) | 26 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 21 | Relegation to the 2009–10 CLP-2 |

### Result table

| Home \ Away | ASK | ASM | CA | CAB | CSHL | CSS | EGSG | ESHS | ESS | EST | JS | OB | ST | USM |
| AS Kasserine | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| AS Marsa | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Club Africain | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| CA Bizertin | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| CS Hammam-Lif | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| CS Sfaxien | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| EGS Gafsa | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| ES Hammam-Sousse | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Jendouba Sport | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Olympique Béja | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Stade Tunisien | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 |
| US Monastir | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |