2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 97th season of top-tier football in Tunisia.

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Season	2022–23
Dates	7 October 2022 – 30 June 2023
Champions	Étoile du Sahel (11th title)
Relegated	Olympique Sidi Bouzid Espoir de Hammam Sousse Croissant Chebbien Avenir de Rejiche
Champions League	Étoile du Sahel Espérance de Tunis
Confederation Cup	Club Africain Olympique Béja
Matches played	198
Goals scored	408 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rafik Kamergi (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Union de Ben Guerdane 5–0 Union de Tataouine (11 June 2023) Étoile du Sahel 5–0 Olympique Béja (30 June 2023)
Biggest away win	Espoir de Hammam Sousse 0–5 Étoile du Sahel (13 October 2022) Union de Tataouine 1–6 Espérance de Tunis (30 June 2023)
Highest scoring	Olympique Sidi Bouzid 3–4 Étoile de Métlaoui (8 February 2023) Union de Tataouine 1–6 Espérance de Tunis (30 June 2023)
Longest winning run	Olympique Béja (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Espérance de Tunis (13 matches)
Longest winless run	Union de Tataouine (16 matches)
Longest losing run	Avenir de Rejiche (8 matches)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Étoile du Sahel were the champions for the first time since the 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, ending Espérance de Tunis run of six consecutive titles.

Exceptionally, no match was played between 15 November and 10 December due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which was held in the same period in Qatar.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league.^[1]

Stadiums and locations

ASR

ASS

CA

CAB

CSCH

CSS

ESHS

ESM

ESS

EST

OB

OSB

ST

USBG

USM

UST

Locations of the 2022–23 Ligue 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Avenir de Rejiche	Rejiche	Stade Ahmed Khouaja	3,000
Avenir de Soliman	Soliman	Stade Municipal de Soliman	3,000
Club Africain	Tunis (Bab Jedid)	Stade Hammadi Agrebi	60,000
Club Bizertin	Bizerte	Stade 15 Octobre	20,000
Croissant Chebbien	Chebba	Stade de Chebba	3,000
Club Sfaxien	Sfax	Stade Taïeb Mhiri	22,000
Espoir de Hammam Sousse	Sousse (Hammam Sousse)	Stade Bou Ali Lahouar	6,500
Étoile de Métlaoui	Métlaoui	Stade Municipal de Métlaoui	6,000
Étoile du Sahel	Sousse	Stade Olympique de Sousse	42,000
Espérance de Tunis	Tunis (Bab Souika)	Stade Hammadi Agrebi	60,000
Olympique Béja	Béja	Stade Boujemaa Kmiti	15,000
Olympique Sidi Bouzid	Sidi Bouzid	Stade du 17 Décembre	1,000
Stade Tunisien	Tunis (Le Bardo)	Stade Hédi Enneifer	11,000
Union de Ben Guerdane	Ben Guerdane	Stade du 7 Mars	10,000
Union Monastirienne	Monastir	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet	20,000
Union de Tataouine	Tataouine	Stade Nejib Khattab	5,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Union Monastirienne	Faouzi Benzarti	Departure for Al Ahly Benghazi	28 June 2022[2]	Darko Novic	15 July 2022[3]
Club Africain	Adel Sellimi	Sacked	5 July 2022	Bertrand Marchand	13 July 2022[4]
Club Bizertin	Karim Touati	Resignation	26 October 2022[5]	Sofiene Hidoussi	26 October 2022[6]
	Sofiene Hidoussi		28 October 2022	Khaled Ben Yahia	4 November 2022[7]
Croissant Chebbien	Kais Yâakoubi		2 November 2022[8]	Lotfi Rhim	3 November[9]
Club Africain	Bertrand Marchand		8 November 2022	Said Saibi	19 November 2022[10]
Club Sfaxien	Karim Dalhoum	Sacked	29 November 2022[11]	Maurizio Jacobacci	9 December 2022[12]
Croissant Chebbien	Lotfi Rhim	Resignation	14 December 2022[13]	Badou Zaki	25 December 2022[14]
	Badou Zaki		27 January 2023	Skander Kasri	30 January 2023
Club Sfaxien	Maurizio Jacobacci	Sacked	2 February 2023	Anis Boujelbene (Interim)	2 February 2023
Club Bizertin	Khaled Ben Yahia	Mutual consent	5 February 2023	Sofiene Hidoussi	6 February 2023
Étoile du Sahel	Mohamed Mkacher	Resignation	14 February 2023	Faouzi Benzarti	28 February 2023
Olympique Béja	Tarek Jarraya	Departure for Al Ahly Tripoli	27 February 2023	Jamel Khcharem	5 March 2023
Espérance de Tunis	Nabil Maâloul	Resignation	13 May 2023	Mouin Chaâbani	22 May 2023

Competition

First round

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Espérance de Tunis	14	9	4	1	25	8	+17	31	Advance to Playoff
2	Étoile du Sahel	14	9	2	3	23	11	+12	29
3	Union de Tataouine	14	4	6	4	13	15	−2	18
4	Club Sfaxien	14	3	7	4	9	10	−1	16[a]
5	Stade Tunisien	14	4	4	6	14	17	−3	16[a]	Qualification for Playout
6	Club Bizertin	14	4	4	6	12	17	−5	16[a]
7	Espoir de Hammam Sousse	14	3	5	6	9	18	−9	14
8	Croissant Chebbien (R)	14	3	2	9	8	17	−9	11	Relegation to Ligue 2

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Teams ranked on goal difference: Club Sfaxien –1, Stade Tunisien −3, Club Bizertin −5

Results

Home \ Away	CAB	CSCH	CSS	ESHS	ESS	EST	ST	UST
Club Bizertin		2–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1
Croissant Chebbien	3–0		2–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1
Club Sfaxien	1–0	2–0		0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1
Espoir de Hammam Sousse	0–1	2–0	1–1		0–5	0–0	2–1	0–0
Étoile du Sahel	0–2	3–0	1–0	2–1		1–2	2–2	2–1
Espérance de Tunis	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0		2–0	3–0
Stade Tunisien	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2[a]	2–1		2–1
Union de Tataouine	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

1. Étoile du Sahel were awarded a 2–0 win after the match was stopped in the 70th minute, with the visitors leading 1–0, due to riots by the Stade Tunisien fans.

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Club Bizertin	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	W
Croissant Chebbien	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L
Club Sfaxien	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	W
Espoir de Hammam Sousse	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	L
Étoile du Sahel	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L
Espérance de Tunis	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W
Stade Tunisien	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W
Union de Tataouine	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	L

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Union Monastirienne	14	9	2	3	17	5	+12	29	Advance to Playoff
2	Union de Ben Guerdane	14	8	3	3	14	8	+6	27
3	Olympique Béja	14	7	3	4	21	14	+7	24[a]
4	Club Africain	14	7	3	4	16	13	+3	24[a]
5	Étoile de Métlaoui	14	5	4	5	14	17	−3	19	Qualification for Playout
6	Avenir de Soliman	14	4	5	5	11	14	−3	17
7	Olympique Sidi Bouzid	14	2	3	9	9	19	−10	9
8	Avenir de Rejiche (R)	14	1	3	10	5	17	−12	6	Relegation to Ligue 2

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Teams ranked on goal difference: Olympique Béja +7, Club Africain +3

Results

Home \ Away	ASR	ASS	CA	ESM	OB	OSB	USBG	USM
Avenir de Rejiche		0–0	1–1	0–0	1–4	0–1	1–0	0–2
Avenir de Soliman	1–0		0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2
Club Africain	1–0	1–0		2–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–3
Étoile de Métlaoui	3–2	0–0	0–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2
Olympique Béja	1–0	3–2	2–3	3–1		2–2	1–1	0–0
Olympique Sidi Bouzid	1–0	2–2	0–1	3–4	0–2		0–1	0–0
Union de Ben Guerdane	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0		1–0
Union Monastirienne	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Avenir de Rejiche	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Avenir de Soliman	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	D
Club Africain	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W
Étoile de Métlaoui	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W
Olympique Béja	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L
Olympique Sidi Bouzid	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L
Union de Ben Guerdane	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D
Union Monastirienne	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Goals scored per round

This graph represented the number of goals scored during each round:

Playoff

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Étoile du Sahel (C)	14	9	4	1	19	3	+16	34[a]	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Espérance de Tunis	14	7	3	4	20	10	+10	28[b]
3	Club Africain	14	7	5	2	17	9	+8	27[c]	Qualification for the Confederation Cup
4	Union Monastirienne	14	6	4	4	23	14	+9	26[b]
5	Union de Ben Guerdane	14	5	3	6	18	16	+2	21[a]
6	Club Sfaxien	14	4	5	5	12	10	+2	18[c]
7	Olympique Béja	14	4	2	8	9	20	−11	16[d]	Qualification for the Confederation Cup[e]
8	Union de Tataouine	14	0	2	12	6	42	−36	4[d]

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Étoile du Sahel and Union de Ben Guerdane were added 3 points (2nds of the groups in the first round).
2. Espérance de Tunis and Union Monastirienne were added 4 points (1sts of the groups in the first round).
3. Club Africain and Club Sfaxien were added 1 point (4ths of the groups in the first round).
4. Olympique Béja and Union de Tataouine were added 2 points (3rds of the groups in the first round).
5. As Tunisian Cup winners

Results

Home \ Away	CA	CSS	ESS	EST	OB	USBG	USM	UST
Club Africain		2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–1
Club Sfaxien	0–0		1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–0
Étoile du Sahel	2–0	1–0		0–0	5–0	2–0	2–1	3–0
Espérance de Tunis	0–0	1–0	1–0		2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0
Olympique Béja	0–2[a]	2–0	0–0	2–0		0–1	1–3	2–0
Union de Ben Guerdane	1–1	2–0[b]	0–0	1–2	2–0		3–2	5–0
Union Monastirienne	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	3–0	3–1		1–0
Union de Tataouine	2–2	0–4	0–1	1–6	1–2	1–1	0–4

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

1. Club Africain were awarded a 2–0 win after the match was stopped in first half, with a 0–0 draw, because of an attack by Olympique Béja fans on Said Saibi, the manager of Club Africain.
2. Union de Ben Guerdane were awarded a 2–0 win after Club Sfaxien involved 5 foreign players on the pitch at the same time. The match originally ended 2–1 for Club Sfaxien.

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Club Africain	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	W
Club Sfaxien	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	D
Étoile du Sahel	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W
Espérance de Tunis	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W
Olympique Béja	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	L
Union de Ben Guerdane	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L
Union Monastirienne	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D
Union de Tataouine	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Club Africain	4	5	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3
Club Sfaxien	8	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6
Étoile du Sahel	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Espérance de Tunis	1	2	5	3	4	5	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	2
Olympique Béja	6	7	6	6	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7
Union de Ben Guerdane	5	4	2	4	2	3	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5
Union Monastirienne	2	3	4	5	6	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	2	4
Union de Tataouine	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Leader
	2023–24 CAF Champions League
	2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup

Source: Tunisian Football Federation

Goals scored per round

This graph represented the number of goals scored during each round:

Playout

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Stade Tunisien	10	5	3	2	13	7	+6	22[a]
2	Club Bizertin	10	5	2	3	12	5	+7	19[b]
3	Avenir de Soliman	10	4	2	4	8	12	−4	16[b]
4	Étoile de Métlaoui	10	2	4	4	7	13	−6	14[a]
5	Olympique Sidi Bouzid (R)	10	3	3	4	12	12	0	12	Relegation to Ligue 2
6	Espoir de Hammam Sousse (R)	10	3	2	5	12	15	−3	11

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Étoile de Métlaoui and Stade Tunisien were added 4 points (5ths of the groups in the first round).
2. Avenir de Soliman and Club Bizertin were added 2 points (6ths of the groups in the first round).

Results

Home \ Away	ASS	CAB	ESHS	ESM	OSB	ST
Avenir de Soliman		0–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–3
Club Bizertin	0–1		2–2	3–0	3–0	0–0
Espoir de Hammam Sousse	5–1	1–0		0–0	0–2	1–2
Étoile de Métlaoui	0–0	0–2[a]	1–2		2–1	2–1
Olympique Sidi Bouzid	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–1		1–1
Stade Tunisien	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

1. Club Bizertin were awarded a 2–0 win after Étoile de Métlaoui involved 5 foreign players on the pitch at the same time. The match originally ended 0–0.

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Avenir de Soliman	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L
Club Bizertin	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L
Espoir de Hammam Sousse	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W
Étoile de Métlaoui	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	W
Olympique Sidi Bouzid	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W
Stade Tunisien	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Club	Goals
1	Rafik Kamergi	USBG	14
2	Oussama Bouguerra	OB	10
	Haythem Jouini	ST
	Anice Badri	EST
5	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane	EST	9
	Youssouf Oumarou	USM
	Oussama Abid	ESS
8	Hamdi Labidi	CA	8
	Haykeul Chikhaoui	USM
	Achref Habbassi	CSS
11	Mouala Chance	ESM	6
	David Akpan Ankeye	ESHS
	Bernard Babacar Faye	ASS
	Amine Haboubi	OB then CSS

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Étoile du Sahel (C)	28	18	6	4	42	14	+28	60
2	Espérance de Tunis	28	16	7	5	45	18	+27	55
3	Club Africain	28	14	8	6	33	22	+11	50
4	Union Monastirienne	28	15	6	7	40	19	+21	51
5	Union de Ben Guerdane	28	13	6	9	32	24	+8	45
6	Club Sfaxien	28	7	12	9	21	20	+1	33
7	Olympique Béja	28	11	5	12	30	34	–4	38
8	Union de Tataouine	28	4	8	16	19	57	–39	20
9	Stade Tunisien	24	9	7	8	27	24	+3	34
10	Club Bizertin	24	9	6	9	24	22	+2	33
11	Avenir de Soliman	24	8	7	9	19	26	−7	31
12	Étoile de Métlaoui	24	7	8	9	21	30	−9	29
13	Olympique Sidi Bouzid (R)	24	5	6	13	21	31	−10	21
14	Espoir de Hammam Sousse (R)	24	6	7	11	21	33	−12	25
15	Croissant Chebbien (R)	14	3	2	9	8	17	−9	11
16	Avenir de Rejiche (R)	14	1	3	10	5	17	−12	6

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Anice Badri	Espérence de Tunis	Club Bizertin	4–0 (H)	2 February 2023
Yassine Meriah		Union de Tataouine	6–1 (A)	30 June 2023

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Rafik Kamergi for Union de Ben Guerdane against Olympique Sidi Bouzid (7 October 2022)

• Final goal of the season:
  Mahdi Ouedherfi for Club Africain against Union de Ben Guerdane (30 June 2023)

Number of teams by Governorate

Position	Governorate	Number	Teams
1	Tunis	3	Club Africain, Espérance de Tunis, Stade Tunisien
2	Sousse	2	Espoir de Hammam Sousse, Étoile du Sahel
	Mahdia		Avenir de Rejiche, Croissant Chebbien
4	Sfax	1	Club Sfaxien
	Nabeul		Avenir de Soliman
	Bizerte		Club Bizertin
	Monastir		Union Monastirienne
	Medenine		Union de Ben Guerdane
	Sidi Bouzid		Olympique Sidi Bouzid
	Béja		Olympique Béja
	Tataouine		Union de Tataouine
	Gafsa		Étoile de Métlaoui

Awards

Each month, Internet users voted for the player of the month sponsored by Foot24 and Coca-Cola.

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club
February	Hamdi Labidi	Club Africain
March	Oussama Abid	Étoile du Sahel
April	Mohamed Ali Amri	Club Africain
May	Hamdi Labidi	Club Africain
June	Zied Boughattas	Étoile du Sahel

Media coverage

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Television Channel	Internet
Al-Kass Sports Channel	Diwan FM

See also

• 2022–23 Tunisian Cup
• 2023 Tunisian Super Cup