1956–57 Tunisian National Championship

Tunisian National Championship
Season	1956–57
Champions	Stade Tunisien
Relegated	No relegations
Matches played	132
Goals scored	453 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Miled Ben Messaoud "Farzit" (20 goals)
Biggest home win	EST 7–1 OT
Biggest away win	CT 1–10 US Ferryville
Highest scoring	CT 1–10 US Ferryville
	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 Tunisian National Championship was the 31st season of football in Tunisia, and the first to start after the country's independence in March 1956.

Participating clubs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Stade Tunisien (C)	22	16	4	2	54	24	+30	58	Champion
2	Espérance de Tunis	22	13	7	2	49	18	+31	55
3	Étoile du Sahel	22	14	1	7	44	27	+17	51
4	Club Africain	22	9	7	6	39	31	+8	47
5	Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne	22	8	9	5	49	42	+7	47
6	Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif	22	8	5	9	41	38	+3	43
7	Union Sportive de Ferryville	22	7	7	8	30	42	−12	43
8	CA Bizertin	22	7	5	10	33	35	−2	41
9	Olympique Tunisien	22	7	5	10	37	54	−17	41
10	Club Tunisien	22	5	7	10	29	36	−7	39
11	Patriote Football Club de Bizerte	22	4	7	11	28	49	−21	37
12	Sfax Railways Sports	22	1	2	19	20	57	−37	26

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 3 points for win, 2 points for draw, 1 point for loss
(C) Champions

Home \ Away	ST	EST	ESS	CA	JSM	CSHL	USF	CAB	OT	CT	PFCB	SRS
Stade Tunisien		3–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	5–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–0
Espérance de Tunis	3–0		3–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	7–1	1–1	2–2	1–0
Étoile du Sahel	0–2	1–0		2–1	4–0	3–2	3–2	2–1	5–0	3–2	2–1	3–1
Club Africain	1–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–0	2–1
Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–0		2–0	3–1	6–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–1
Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif	0–0	5–3	3–1	2–2	1–0		2–0	4–3	2–3	6–1	5–1	4–3
Union Sportive de Ferryville	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	5–1		1–1	0–0	5–1	2–0	2–1
CA Bizertin	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	0–0	6–0
Olympique Tunisien	1–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	3–1	3–0		3–3	2–1	4–1
Club Tunisien	2–6	1–5	1–1	2–2	1–0	5–4	1–10	2–2	3–2		2–0	6–1
Patriote Football Club de Bizerte	1–5	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–7	2–0	2–1	5–0		3–0
Sfax Railways Sports	2–2	1–1	1–3	4–1	1–2	0–5	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Releguated :
- None
Promoted :
- Stade Populaire (SP)
- Stade Soussien (SS)
- Union Sportive Tunisienne (UST)

20 goals :
- Farzit (Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne)
19 goals :
- Noureddine Diwa (Stade Tunisien)
- Saad Karmous (Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif)
17 goals :
- Habib Mougou (Étoile du Sahel)
14 goals :
- Abdelkader Ben Ezzeddine (Espérance de Tunis)
13 goals :
- Kemais Gériani (Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne)
11 goals :
- Hédi Feddou (Espérance de Tunis)
- Hédi Hammoudia (Club Africain)
- Laaroussi (Olympique Tunisien)

Stade Tunisien (ST)
- Line-up : Russo, Khaldi, Mahmoud, Chérif, Lakhal, Braiek, Abdelbaki, Noureddine Diwa, Barbéche, Miloud, Shabani, Naija, Laaroussi, Nahali, Rachid
- Coach : R. Turki

v t e Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Ligue Nationale de Football Professionnel
Seasons post-independence	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
2024–25 clubs	AS Gabès AS Soliman Club Africain CA Bizertin CS Sfaxien EGS Gafsa ES Métlaoui Étoile du Sahel Espérance de Tunis Espérance de Zarzis JS El Omrane Olympique Béja Stade Tunisien US Ben Guerdane US Monastir US Tataouine
Competition	Teams Players foreign Managers (Winners) Stadiums Broadcasters
Statistics	All-time Table Top scorers by season Champions
Associated competitions	Tunisian Cup Tunisian Super Cup CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
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