1955–56 Tunisian National Championship

The 1955–56 Tunisian National Championship was the 30th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. It saw CS Hammam-Lif crowned as champions while Patriote de Sousse was relegated to Ligue 2.

Participating Clubs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CS Hammam-Lif (C)	22	15	6	1	56	15	+41	58	Champion
2	Étoile du Sahel	22	15	3	4	54	28	+26	55
3	Club Africain	22	12	4	6	43	21	+22	50
4	Espérance de Tunis	22	11	6	5	38	21	+17	50
5	Club Athlétique Bizertin	22	11	4	7	36	22	+14	48
6	Union Sportive Maritime de Ferryville	22	10	2	10	47	41	+6	44
7	Stade Tunisien	22	8	5	9	41	27	+14	43
8	Club Tunisien	22	5	8	9	25	35	−10	40
9	Sfax Railways Sports	22	7	3	12	12	34	−22	39
10	Olympique Tunis	22	5	5	12	35	72	−37	37
11	Patrie FC de Bizerte	22	6	2	14	26	52	−26	36
12	Patriote de Sousse (R)	22	2	2	18	19	77	−58	28	Relegation to Tunisian Ligue 2

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

Home \ Away	CSHL	ESS	CA	EST	CAB	USMF	ST	CT	SRS	OT	PFCB	PS
CS Hammam-Lif		5–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	7–1
Étoile du Sahel	0–0		2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	5–2	8–1	3–2	4–1
Club Africain	0–0	0–1		2–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	3–0	6–1
Espérance de Tunis	1–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–0	2–1
Club Athlétique Bizertin	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–0		2–0	3–1	6–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–1
Union Sportive Maritime de Ferryville	0–0	5–3	3–1	2–2	1–0		2–0	4–3	2–3	6–1	5–1	4–3
Stade Tunisien	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	5–1		1–1	0–0	5–1	2–0	2–1
Club Tunisien	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	0–0	6–0
Sfax Railways Sports	1–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	3–1	3–0		3–3	2–1	4–1
Olympique Tunis	2–6	1–5	1–1	2–2	1–0	5–4	1–10	2–2	3–2		2–0	6–1
Patrie FC de Bizerte	1–5	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–7	2–0	2–1	5–0		3–0
Patriote de Sousse	1–5	1–5	1–7	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.

25 goals :
- Habib Mougou (Étoile du Sahel)
13 goals :
- Boubaker Haddad (CA Bizertin)
- Mounir Kbaili (Club Africain)
11 goals :
- Hédi Braiek (Stade Tunisien)
- Norbert Michel (USM de Ferryville)
10 goals :

Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif (CSHL)
- Formation : Abdesselem, Zouari, Hammouda, Mustapha, Chiarenza, Laaribi, Trabelsi, Azzouz, Saad Karmous, Abdelkader, M. Hénia, Abdelhafidh, Laafif, Ben Jeddou, Ben Smail
- Coach : G. Berry

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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