1997–98 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season	1997–98
Champions	Espérance de Tunis
Relegated	None
Champions League	Espérance de Tunis
Cup Winners' Cup	Club Africain
CAF Cup	Étoile du Sahel; CS Sfaxien
Matches played	182
Goals scored	399 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abdelkader Belhassen; Ziad Tlemçani (15 goals)
Biggest home win	EST 5–0 JSK; CAB 5–0 CO Médenine; EST 5–0 OK
Biggest away win	JSK 1–6 CS Hammam-Lif
Highest scoring	JSK 1–6 CS Hammam-Lif; JSK 3–4 ST
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 season was the 72nd season of top-tier football in Tunisia.

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Espérance de Tunis	26	22	3	1	63	10	+53	69	Qualification to the 1999 CAF Champions League
2	Club Africain	26	17	8	1	39	15	+24	59	Qualification to the 1999 African Cup Winners' Cup
3	Étoile du Sahel	26	14	6	6	36	23	+13	48	Qualification to the 1999 CAF Cup
4	CS Sfaxien	26	12	9	5	32	12	+20	45	Qualification to the 1999 CAF Cup
5	Olympique Béja	26	9	7	10	20	30	−10	34
6	AS Marsa	26	9	6	11	27	27	0	33
7	CA Bizertin	26	7	9	10	24	27	−3	30
8	CS Hammam-Lif	26	7	8	11	32	32	0	29^[a]
9	Stade Tunisien	26	6	11	9	20	32	−12	29^[a]
10	JS Kairouan	26	8	5	13	27	41	−14	29^[a]
11	CO Médenine	26	7	7	12	25	37	−12	28
12	ES Zarzis	26	6	8	12	20	32	−12	26
13	CO Transports	26	5	10	11	21	34	−13	25
14	Olympique du Kef	26	2	5	19	13	47	−34	11

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 1998. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c In the games between these three teams, CS Hammam-Lif got 8 points (GD +6), Stade Tunisien 8 (GD +2), and JS Kairouan 0. See the Result table below for more details.

Result table

Home \ Away	ASM	CA	CAB	COM	COT	CSHL	CSS	EST	ESZ	ESS	JSK	OB	OK	ST
AS Marsa	—	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
Club Africain	2–0	—	2–1	3–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	3–0	0–0
CA Bizertin	2–1	0–1	—	5–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1
CO Médenine	1–0	1–2	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–1
CO Transports	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	—	1–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0
CS Hammam-Lif	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	—	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	4–0	0–0
CS Sfaxien	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	—	0–0	2–0	1–2	4–0	2–0	3–0	3–0
ES Tunis	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	0–0	—	2–0	2–0	5–0	3–1	5–0	3–1
ES Zarzis	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–4	0–3	—	0–0	0–1	1–2	3–0	0–0
Étoile du Sahel	2–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	—	3–2	2–1	3–1	2–0
JS Kairouan	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–6	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	—	1–2	1–0	3–4
Olympique Béja	1–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–0	—	2–1	0–0
Olympique du Kef	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	—	0–0
Stade Tunisien	0–3	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–4	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 1998. Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leaders

References

1997–98 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com

[table_hth_CSHL0.97169814583459-1] In the games between these three teams, CS Hammam-Lif got 8 points (GD +6), Stade Tunisien 8 (GD +2), and JS Kairouan 0. See the Result table below for more details.

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Domestic leagues	Algeria 96–97 97–98 Angola 97 Cameroon 1997 Cape Verde 97 Egypt 96–97 97–98 Libya 96–97 97–98 Senegal 1997 South Africa 96–97 97–98 Tunisia 96–97 97–98 Uganda 97
Domestic cups	Algeria 96–97 97–98 Angola 97 Uganda 97
CAF competitions	CAF Champions League final African Cup Winners' Cup CAF Cup Super Cup

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Associated competitions	Tunisian Cup Tunisian Super Cup CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
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