# 1998–99 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 1998–99 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 season was the 73rd season of top-tier football in Tunisia.

## Results
### Group A
#### Group A table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 30 | Qualification to the Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | CA Bizertin | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 23 | Qualification to the Championship Playoffs |
| 3 | US Monastir | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 22 | Qualification to the Championship Playoffs |
| 4 | Étoile du Sahel | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 20 | Qualification to the Championship Playoffs |
| 5 | CO Transports | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 17 | Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs |
| 6 | Olympique Béja | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 17 | Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs |
| 7 | Stade Tunisien | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 14 | Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs |
| 8 | CO Médenine | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 35 | −25 | 5 | Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs |

#### Group A result table

| Home \ Away | CAB | COM | COT | EST | ESS | OB | ST | USM |
| CA Bizertin | — | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| CO Médenine | 1–7 | — | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| CO Transports | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Olympique Béja | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Stade Tunisien | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 |
| US Monastir | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — |

#### Group A leaders
### Group B
#### Group B table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Club Africain | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 33 | Qualification to the Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | CS Sfaxien | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 30 | Qualification to the Championship Playoffs |
| 3 | AS Marsa | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 23 | Qualification to the Championship Playoffs |
| 4 | ES Zarzis | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 19 | Qualification to the Championship Playoffs |
| 5 | CS Hammam-Lif | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 18 | Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs |
| 6 | ES Beni-Khalled | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 16 | Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs |
| 7 | JS Kairouan | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 7 | Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs |
| 8 | Olympique du Kef | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 6 | Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs |

#### Group B result table

| Home \ Away | ASM | CA | CSHL | CSS | ESZ | ESBK | JSK | OK |
| AS Marsa | — | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Club Africain | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| CS Hammam-Lif | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| CS Sfaxien | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| ES Zarzis | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| ES Beni-Khalled | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| JS Kairouan | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 |
| Olympique du Kef | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — |

#### Group B leaders
## Championship Playoffs
### League table

Group winners (Espérance de Tunis and Club Africain) obtained 2 bonus points each and group runners-up (CA Bizertin and CS Sfaxien) obtained 1 bonus point each.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 38 | Qualification for 2000 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | CA Bizertin | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 25 | Qualification for 2000 CAF Cup |
| 3 | CS Sfaxien | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 24 | |
| 4 | Étoile du Sahel | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 20 | Qualification for 2000 CAF Cup |
| 5 | AS Marsa | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 18 | |
| 6 | Club Africain | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 17 | Qualification for 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup |
| 7 | US Monastir | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 10 | |
| 8 | ES Zarzis | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 7 | |

### Result table

| Home \ Away | ASM | CA | CAB | CSS | EST | ESZ | ESS | USM |
| AS Marsa | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Club Africain | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| CA Bizertin | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| CS Sfaxien | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| ES Zarzis | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 |
| US Monastir | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |

### Leaders
## Relegation Playoffs
### Relegation playoffs table

Teams that finished the regular season in the 5th place of each group (CO Transports and CS Hammam-Lif) obtained 2 bonus points each and those that finished in the 6th place of each group (Olympique Béja and ES Beni-Khalled) obtained 1 bonus point each.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Olympique Béja | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 28 | |
| 2 | JS Kairouan | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 27 | |
| 3 | CO Transports | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 26 | |
| 4 | Stade Tunisien | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 24 | |
| 5 | Olympique du Kef | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 24 | Relegation to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 6 | CS Hammam-Lif | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 21 | Relegation to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 7 | CO Médenine | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | −19 | 11 | Relegation to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 8 | ES Beni-Khalled | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 30 | −22 | 5 | Relegation to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 |

### Relegation playoffs result table

| Home \ Away | COM | COT | CSHL | ESBK | JSK | OB | OK | ST |
| CO Médenine | — | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–5 |
| CO Transports | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| CS Hammam-Lif | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| ES Beni-Khalled | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| JS Kairouan | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Olympique Béja | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Olympique du Kef | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| Stade Tunisien | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — |