2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Season	2011–12
Champions	Espérance de Tunis
Relegated	AS Gabès ES Beni-Khalled
Champions League	Espérance de Tunis Club Athletique Bizertin
Confederation Cup	CS Sfaxien Etoile du Sahel
Matches played	240
Goals scored	560 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Youssef Msakni (17 goals)
Biggest home win	EST 7–0 ESHS
Biggest away win	CSHL 0–4 ESS
Highest scoring	EST 7–0 ESHS ASM 5–2 CSHL CAB 5–2 ESBK JSK 5–2 USM OB 2–5 JSK
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 86th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition began on 4 November 2011, and ended on 30 September 2012. The defending champions from the previous season are Espérance de Tunis.

This is the first full season held after the Tunisian Revolution.

Team movements

Teams promoted from CPL-2

• US Monastir
• ES Beni-Khalled

Teams and venues

EST

CAB

CSS

ESS

ASM

CA

EGSG

OB

USM

ST

ESHS

JSK

ESZ

CSHL

ASG

ESBK

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Location of teams in 2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionelle 1

Clubs	Last promotion	Position in 2010–11	Venue	Capacity	Location	Premier League titles
Espérance ST	1936	1	Olympic Stadium of Rades	60,000	Tunis	24
Etoile Sahel	1931	2	Sousse's Olympic stadium	25,000	Sousse	9
CS Sfaxien	1939	3	Taïeb Mhiri's stadium	11,000	Sfax	7
Club Africain	1937	4	El-Menzah stadium	45,000	Tunis	12
Club Athletique Bizertin	1990	5	October 15th stadium	20,000	Bizerte	4
CS Hammam-Lif	2006	6	Bou Kornine stadium	8,000	Hammam Lif	4
Stade tunisien	1955	7	Chedli Zouiten's stadium	18,000	Le Bardo	4
EGS Gafsa	2005	8	Stade olympique de Gafsa	7,000	Gafsa
JS Kairouan	2009	9	Stade Ali Zouaoui	5,000	Kairouan	1
Olympique Béja	2006	10	Boujemaa El-Kemiti stadium	8,000	Béja
AS Marsa	2010	11	Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui	6,000	La Marsa
ES Zarzis	2009	12	Stade Jlidi	7,000	Zarzis
AS Gabès	2010	13	Stade du Zrig	15,000	Gabès
ES Hammam-Sousse	2008	14	Stade Municipal Bou Ali-Lahouar	7,000	Hammam Sousse
US Monastir	2011	1 (CPL-2)	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet	25,000	Monastir
ES Beni-Khalled	2011	2 (CPL-2)	Stade de Béni Khalled	4,000	Béni Khalled

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Espérance de Tunis	30	22	3	5	61	22	+39	69	Qualification for Champions League
2	CA Bizertin	30	20	5	5	54	25	+29	65
3	CS Sfaxien	30	15	11	4	47	26	+21	56	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Etoile du Sahel	30	13	10	7	33	22	+11	49
5	AS Marsa	30	12	11	7	39	28	+11	47
6	Club Africain	30	10	12	8	36	30	+6	42
7	EGS Gafsa	30	9	9	12	27	38	−11	36
8	Olympique Béja	30	9	9	12	31	35	−4	36
9	US Monastir	30	7	15	8	31	34	−3	36
10	Stade Tunisien	30	9	9	12	30	37	−7	36
11	ES Hammam-Sousse	30	8	11	11	29	37	−8	35
12	JS Kairouan	30	8	9	13	29	38	−9	33
13	ES Zarzis	30	7	10	13	36	52	−16	31
14	CS Hammam-Lif	30	8	7	15	29	47	−18	31
15	AS Gabès	30	4	10	16	24	45	−21	22	Relegation to Ligue 2
16	ES Beni-Khalled	30	4	9	17	24	44	−20	21

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.

Result table

Home \ Away	ASM	ASG	CA	CAB	CSHL	CSS	EGSG	EST	ESZ	ESHS	ESBK	ESS	JSK	OB	ST	USM
AS Marsa	—	2–0	0–0	1–1	5–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0
AS Gabès	3–2	—	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–1
Club Africain	1–1	0–2	—	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–1
CA Bizertin	1–2	2–1	2–1	—	1–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	5–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0
CS Hammam-Lif	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–4	—	2–1	4–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
CS Sfaxien	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	—	3–0	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–2
EGS Gafsa	3–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	—	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1
Espérance de Tunis	1–0	4–1	3–2	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	—	5–0	7–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–0
ES Zarzis	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	—	1–0	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–2	3–2	3–2
ES Hammam-Sousse	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	—	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	0–0
ES Beni-Khalled	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	—	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0
Étoile du Sahel	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0
JS Kairouan	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	—	2–1	1–1	5–2
Olympique Béja	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–5	—	1–1	0–0
Stade Tunisien	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	—	1–1
US Monastir	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	5–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on September 30, 2012. Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Youssef Msakni	Espérance de Tunis	17
2	Yannick N'Djeng	Espérance de Tunis	15
3	Ahmed Zuway	CA Bizertin	13
	Didier Lebri	AS Marsa / Espérance de Tunis	13
5	Maher Ameur	ES Zarzis	11
	Nour Hadhria	CA Bizertin	11
7	Ezechiel N'Douassel	Club Africain	9

Television rights

The Communication bureau of the FTF attributed the broadcasting rights of the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 to ERTT (Tunisian Radio and Television Establishment with its two channels Tunis7 and Tunisie 21).

External links

• 2011–12 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com