Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The **CLP-1** or **** () is the top division of the Tunisian Football Federation. It was created in 1921.

## History

The football championship of Tunisia, was first held in 1907 by the "Ligue Tunisienne de football" (Tunisian League of football – LTF) then the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF). The first edition opposed the three teams of "Racing club of Tunis", "Football club of Bizerte" and "Sporting of Ferryville", and the two school teams of the "Carnot College of Tunis" and the "Sadiki College".
It became official with the creation of the LTF in 1921 and its affiliation with the French federation of football. Until 1939, the title of champion was attributed as a result of dams between the regional champions. But from 1946 to 1947, a championship of "excellence" (national division) was created and competes nationally. In 1944–1945, 1945–1946 and 1952–1953, the championship was not disputed and was replaced by a criterium (a kind of tournament pools where participation is voluntary).
The current big clubs are created during this period: "Esperance Sportive de Tunis" (1919), "Club African" (1920), "Etoile Sportive du Sahel" (1925), "Club Athletic Bizertin" and "Club Sportif Sfaxien" (1928).

## Media coverage

El Watania 1 and El Watania 2 have the broadcast rights of the **Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1** since independence. Qatari channels Al-Kass Sports have the rights of broadcasting 10 meetings per season, most of them derby matches, since the 2015–16 season.

|colspan=3|Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage|||||
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|align=Center||align=Center|El Watania 1 El Watania 2|align=Center|From 2 to 5 Matches per round|
|align=Center||align=Center|Al-Kass Sports Channel|align=Center|Main Matches|

### Participating Clubs

|width="120px"|Team|width="120px"|Location|width="150px"|Stadium|Capacity|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|AS Soliman|Soliman|Stade municipal de Soliman|align="center"|3,000|||
|Club Africain|Tunis|Stade Olympique de Radès|align="center"|60,000|||
|CA Bizertin|Bizerte|Stade 15 Octobre|align="center"|20,000|||
|CS Chebbien|Chebba|Stade de Chebba|align="center"|3,000|||
|CS Hammam-Lif|Hammam-Lif|Stade Bou Kornine|align="center"|8,000|||
|CS Sfaxien|Sfax|Stade Taïeb Mhiri|align="center"|22,000|||
|Espérance de Tunis|Tunis|Stade Olympique de Radès|align="center"|60,000|||
|ES Métlaoui|Métlaoui|Stade Municipal de Métlaoui|align="center"|5,000|||
|Étoile du Sahel|Sousse|Stade Olympique de Sousse|align="center"|25,000|||
|JS Kairouan|Kairouan|Stade Ali Zouaoui|align="center"|15,000|||
|Stade Tunisien|Le Bardo|Stade Chedli Zouiten|align="center"|20,000|||
|US Ben Guerdane|Ben Guerdane|Stade du 7 Mars|align="center"|10,000|||
|US Monastir|Monastir|Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet|align="center"|20,000|||
|US Tataouine|Tataouine|Stade Nejib Khattab|align="center"|5,000|||

## Tunisia champions by season

This is the list of the clubs that won the Tunisian League:

### Under the Rule of the USFSA (1909–21)

|Season|Champions|
| --- | --- |
|1909–10|Racing Club (Tunis)|
|1910–11|Racing Club (Tunis)|
|1911–12|Sporting de Ferryville (Ferryville)|
|1912–13|Sporting de Ferryville (Ferryville)|
|1913–14|Racing Club (Tunis)|
|1914–15||
|1915–16||
|1916–17||
|1917–18||
|1918–19||
|1919–20|Racing Club (Tunis)|
|1920–21|Racing Club (Tunis)|

### Under the rule of LTF (1921–1955)

|Season|Champions|
| --- | --- |
|1921–22|Racing Club (Tunis) (1)|
|1922–23|Stade Gaulois (Tunis) (1)|
|1923–24|Stade Gaulois (Tunis) (2)|
|1924–25|Racing Club (Tunis) (2)|
|1925–26|Sporting Club (Tunis) (1)|
|1926–27|Stade Gaulois (Tunis) (3)|
|1927–28|Sporting Club (Tunis) (2)|
|1928–29|Avant Garde (Tunis) (1)|
|1929–30|US Tunisienne (Tunis) (1)|
|1930–31|US Tunisienne (Tunis) (2)|
|1931–32|Italia de Tunis (1)|
|1932–33|US Tunisienne (Tunis) (3)|
|1933–34|Sfax Railways Sports (1)|
|1934–35|Italia de Tunis (2)|
|1935–36|Italia de Tunis (3)|
|1936–37|Italia de Tunis (4)|
|1937–38|Savoia de La Goulette (1)|

|Season|Champions||
| --- | --- | --- |
|1938–39|CS Gabésien (1)||
|1939–40|colspan=1 style=background:#efefef||
|1940–41|colspan=1 style=background:#efefef||
|1941–42|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (1)||
|1942–43|colspan=1 style=background:#efefef||
|1943–44|colspan=1 style=background:#efefef||
|1944–45|CA Bizertin (1)||
|1945–46|CA Bizertin (2)||
|1946–47|Club Africain (1)||
|1947–48|Club Africain (2)||
|1948–49|CA Bizertin (3)||
|1949–50|Étoile Sportive du Sahel (1)||
|1950–51|Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif (1)||
|1951–52|colspan=1 style=background:#efefef||
|1952–53|Sfax Railways Sports (2)||
|1953–54|Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif (2)||
|1954–55|Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif (3)||

### After Independence (1956–present)

|Season|Champion|
| --- | --- |
|1955–56|Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif (4)|
|1956–57|Stade Tunisien (1)|
|1957–58|Étoile Sportive du Sahel (2)|
|1958–59|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (2)|
|1959–60|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (3)|
|1960–61|Stade Tunisien (2)|
|1961–62|Stade Tunisien (3)|
|1962–63|Étoile Sportive du Sahel (3)|
|1963–64|Club Africain (3)|
|1964–65|Stade Tunisien (4)|
|1965–66|Étoile Sportive du Sahel (4)|
|1966–67|Club Africain (4)|
|1967–68|Sfax Railways Sports (3)|
|1968–69|Club Sportif Sfaxien (1)|
|1969–70|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (4)|
|1970–71|Club Sportif Sfaxien (2)|
|1971–72|Étoile Sportive du Sahel (5)|
|1972–73|Club Africain (5)|
|1973–74|Club Africain (6)|
|1974–75|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (5)|
|1975–76|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (6)|
|1976–77|Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise (1)|
|1977–78|Club Sportif Sfaxien (3)|
|1978–79|Club Africain (7)|
|1979–80|Club Africain (8)|
|1980–81|Club Sportif Sfaxien (4)|
|1981–82|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (7)|
|1982–83|Club Sportif Sfaxien (5)|
|1983–84|CA Bizertin (4)|
|1984–85|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (8)|
|1985–86|Étoile Sportive du Sahel (6)|
|1986–87|Étoile Sportive du Sahel (7)|
|1987–88|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (9)|

|Season|Champion|
| --- | --- |
|1988–89|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (10)|
|1989–90|Club Africain (9)|
|1990–91|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (11)|
|1991–92|Club Africain (10)|
|1992–93|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (12)|
|1993–94|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (13)|
|1994–95|Club Sportif Sfaxien (6)|
|1995–96|Club Africain (11)|
|1996–97|Étoile Sportive du Sahel (8)|
|1997–98|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (14)|
|1998–99|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (15)|
|1999–00|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (16)|
|2000–01|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (17)|
|2001–02|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (18)|
|2002–03|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (19)|
|2003–04|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (20)|
|2004–05|Club Sportif Sfaxien (7)|
|2005–06|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (21)|
|2006–07|Étoile Sportive du Sahel (9)|
|2007–08|Club Africain (12)|
|2008–09|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (22)|
|2009–10|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (23)|
|2010–11|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (24)|
|2011–12|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (25)|
|2012–13|Club Sportif Sfaxien (8)|
|2013–14|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (26)|
|2014–15|Club Africain (13)|
|2015–16|Étoile Sportive du Sahel (10)|
|2016–17|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (27)|
|2017–18|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (28)|
|2018–19|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (29)|
|2019–20|Espérance Sportive de Tunis (30)|

### Performance by club

Teams in **Bold** compete in 2019–20 Ligue 1.
|style="width:3%;"|Rk|style="width:21%;"|Club|style="width:3%;"|Winners|style="width:55%;"|Seasons|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||style="text-align:left;"|**Espérance Sportive de Tunis**||1941–42, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20||||
||style="text-align:left;"|**Club Africain**||1946–47, 1947–48, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96, 2007–08, 2014–15||||
||style="text-align:left;"|**Étoile Sportive du Sahel**||1949–50, 1957–58, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1971–72, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1996–97, 2006–07, 2015–16||||
||style="text-align:left;"|**Club Sportif Sfaxien**||1968–69, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1994–95, 2004–05, 2012–13||||
||style="text-align:left;"|Racing Club de Tunis||1909–10, 1910–11, 1913–14, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1924–25||||
||style="text-align:left;"|**Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif**||1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56||||
||style="text-align:left;"|**Stade Tunisien**||1956–57, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1964–65||||
||style="text-align:left;"|**CA Bizertin**||1944–45, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1983–84||||
||style="text-align:left;"|Italia de Tunis||1931–32, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37||||
||style="text-align:left;"|Sfax Railways Sports||1933–34, 1952–53, 1967–68||||
||style="text-align:left;"|US Tunisienne||1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33||||
||style="text-align:left;"|Stade Gaulois de Tunis||1922–23, 1923–24, 1926–27||||
||style="text-align:left;"|Sporting de Ferryville||1911–12, 1912–13||||
||style="text-align:left;"|Sporting de Tunis||1925–26, 1927–28||||
||style="text-align:left;"|**JS Kairouan**||1976–77||||
||style="text-align:left;"|Savoia de la Goulette||1937–38||||
||style="text-align:left;"|CS Gabésien||1938–39||||
||style="text-align:left;"|Avant Garde de Tunis||1928–29||||

### Performance by city

|style="width:8%;"|City|style="width:3%;"|Winners|style="width:34%;"|Club(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||Espérance Sportive de Tunis (30), Club Africain (13), Racing Club de Tunis (7), Italia de Tunis (4) , stade Tunisien (4), US Tunisienne (3), Stade Gaulois de Tunis (3), Sporting de Tunis (2), Avant Garde de Tunis (1).||||
|||Club Sportif Sfaxien (8), Sfax Railways Sports (3)||||
|||Étoile Sportive du Sahel (10)||||
|||CS Hammam-Lif (4)||||
|||CA Bizertin (4)||||
|||Stade Tunisien (4)||||
|||Sporting de Ferryville (2)||||
|||JS Kairouan (1)||||
|||CS Gabésien (1)||||
|||Savoia de la Goulette (1)||||

### Number of Titles by Region

|style="width:8%;"|Region|style="width:3%;"|Winners|style="width:34%;"|Club(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||Espérance Sportive de Tunis (30), Club Africain (13), Racing Club de Tunis (7), Stade Tunisien (4), Italia de Tunis (4), US Tunisienne (3), Stade Gaulois de Tunis (3), Sporting de Tunis (2), Savoia de la Goulette (1), Avant Garde de Tunis (1).||||
|||Club Sportif Sfaxien (8), Sfax Railways Sports (3)||||
|||Étoile Sportive du Sahel (10)||||
|||CA Bizertin (4) Sporting de Ferryville (2)||||
|||CS Hammam-Lif (4)||||
|||JS Kairouan (1)||||
|||CS Gabésien (1)||||

### Titles by Main Region

|style="width:8%;"|Main Region|style="width:3%;"|Winners|style="width:34%;"|Club(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||Espérance Sportive de Tunis (30), Club Africain (13), Racing Club de Tunis (7), Stade Tunisien (4), Italia de Tunis (4), CS Hammam-Lif (4), CA Bizertin (4), US Tunisienne (3), Stade Gaulois de Tunis (3), Sporting de Tunis (2), Sporting de Ferryville (2), Savoia de la Goulette (1), Avant Garde de Tunis (1)||||
|||Club Sportif Sfaxien (8), Sfax Railways Sports (3), CS Gabésien (1)||||
|||Étoile Sportive du Sahel (10)||||
|||JS Kairouan (1)||||

## Top scorers

This is the list of top scorers by season.

## Other websites

- League at fifa.com
- RSSSF competition history
- Tunisian Ligue 1 – Hailoosport.com  (Arabic)
- Tunisian Ligue 1 – Hailoosport.com

## Infobox (football league)

- **name**: Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
الرابطة التونسية المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم
- **confed**: Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa)
- **founded**: 9 June 1907 (113 years)
1994 _with current format_
- **teams**: 14
- **relegation**: Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2, Ligue Professionnelle 2
- **levels**: 1
- **domest cup**: Tunisian Cup
- **confed cup**: CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
- **champions**: Espérance de Tunis
(30th title)
- **season**: 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, 2019–20
- **most successful club**: Espérance de Tunis
(30 titles)
- **tv**: El Watania 1
El Watania 2
Al-Kass Sports Channel, Al-Kass Sports
- **current**: 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, 2019–20 Ligue 1