# 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2

The 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 61st season since Tunisia's independence.

## Teams

The 20 teams will be drawn into two groups of 10 teams each. The first three of each group will qualify to the promotion playoff, while the last of each group will be relegated to Ligue 3. The two teams that finish the regular season in the 9th position will play a relegation playoff, a single match to determine who is maintained in Ligue 2 and who is relegated to Ligue 3. US Monastir, AS Gabès and AS Djerba were the three relegated teams at the end of the 2014-15 Ligue 1 season. On the other hand, STIR Zarzouna, US Siliana and US Tataouine were the three promoted teams at the end of the 2014–15 Ligue 3 season.

### Group A

* AS Djerba
* CS Korba
* FC Hammamet
* Grombalia Sports
* Jendouba Sport
* Olympique du Kef
* Stade Sportif Sfaxien
* Stir Sportive Zarzouna
* US Monastir
* Union Sportive Sbeitla

### Group B

* AS Ariana
* AS Gabès
* CS M'saken
* El Makarem de Mahdia
* ES Hammam-Sousse
* Olympique Béja
* Sfax Railway Sports
* Sporting Ben Arous
* US Siliana
* US Tataouine

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | US Monastir | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 34 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 2 | FC Hammamet | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 33 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 3 | Jendouba Sport | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 31 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 4 | Grombalia Sports | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 30 | |
| 5 | Stade Sportif Sfaxien | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 22 | |
| 6 | CS Korba | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 22 | |
| 7 | Olympique du Kef | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 20 | |
| 8 | AS Djerba | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 18 | |
| 9 | Stir Sportive Zarzouna | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 18 | Qualification for Relegation Playoff |
| 10 | US Sbeitla | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 16 | Relegation to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 3 |
* 1 2 AS Djerba ahead on head-to-head record: AS Djerba 1–0 Stir Sportive Zarzouna, Stir Sportive Zarzouna 1–1 AS Djerba

#### Group A result table

| Home \ Away | ASD | CSK | FCH | GS | JS | OK | SSS | SSZ | USM | USSB |
| AS Djerba | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| CS Korba | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| FC Hammamet | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Grombalia Sports | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Jendouba Sport | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Olympique du Kef | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Stade Sportif Sfaxien | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 |
| Stir Sportive Zarzouna | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| US Monastir | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 |
| US Sbeitla | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |

### Group B
#### Group B table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympique Béja | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 30 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 2 | US Tataouine | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 29 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 3 | AS Gabès | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 27 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 4 | CS M'saken | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 24 | |
| 5 | Sporting Ben Arous | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 23 | |
| 6 | AS Ariana | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 23 | |
| 7 | ES Hammam-Sousse | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 22 | |
| 8 | US Siliana | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 22 | |
| 9 | Sfax Railways Sports | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 19 | Qualification for Relegation Playoff |
| 10 | El Makarem de Mahdia | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 16 | Relegation to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 3 |

#### Group B result table

| Home \ Away | ASA | ASG | CSM | EMM | ESHS | OB | SRS | SBA | USS | UST |
| AS Ariana | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| AS Gabès | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| CS M'saken | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| El Makarem de Mahdia | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | — | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| ES Hammam-Sousse | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Olympique Béja | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sfax Railways Sports | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Sporting Ben Arous | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| US Siliana | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 |
| US Tataouine | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | — |
* 1 2 Awarded 0–2 (in both matches) because SC Ben Arous fielded an ineligible player against EM Mahdia and Olympique Béja. The original score was 2–1 in both matches.

## Playoffs
### Promotion Playoffs
#### Promotion Playoffs table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | AS Gabès | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 18 | Promotion to 2016–17 Ligue 1 |
| 2 | US Tataouine | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 16 | Promotion to 2016–17 Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Olympique Béja | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 16 | Promotion to 2016–17 Ligue 1 |
| 4 | FC Hammamet | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 16 | |
| 5 | US Monastir | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 11 | |
| 6 | Jendouba Sport | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 In the games between these three teams, US Tataouine got 7 points, Olympique Béja 5 and FC Hammamet 3. See the Result table below for more details.

#### Promotion Playoffs result table

| Home \ Away | ASG | FCH | JS | OB | USM | UST |
| AS Gabès | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| FC Hammamet | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Jendouba Sport | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Olympique Béja | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| US Monastir | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–3 |
| US Tataouine | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ The game was stopped shortly after the beginning of the second half when the score was 1–1 due to the US Tataouine fan number that was more than what the Tunisian Football Federation allowed.

### Relegation playoff
#### Relegated teams

* US Sbeitla on 30 March 2016 (Week 18 out of 18)
* El Makarem de Mahdia on 30 March 2016 (Week 18 out of 18)
* Stir Sportive Zarzouna on 16 April 2016 (relegation playoff)