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
Season2022–23
Dates7 October 2022 – 30 June 2023
ChampionsÉtoile du Sahel (11th title)
RelegatedOlympique Sidi Bouzid
Espoir de Hammam Sousse
Croissant Chebbien
Avenir de Rejiche
Champions LeagueÉtoile du Sahel
Espérance de Tunis
Confederation CupClub Africain
Olympique Béja
Matches played198
Goals scored408 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorerRafik Kamergi
(14 goals)
Biggest home winUnion de Ben Guerdane 5–0 Union de Tataouine
(11 June 2023)
Étoile du Sahel 5–0 Olympique Béja
(30 June 2023)
Biggest away winEspoir de Hammam Sousse 0–5 Étoile du Sahel
(13 October 2022)
Union de Tataouine 1–6 Espérance de Tunis
(30 June 2023)
Highest scoringOlympique Sidi Bouzid 3–4 Étoile de Métlaoui
(8 February 2023)
Union de Tataouine 1–6 Espérance de Tunis
(30 June 2023)
Longest winning runOlympique Béja
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runEspérance de Tunis
(13 matches)
Longest winless runUnion de Tataouine
(16 matches)
Longest losing runAvenir de Rejiche
(8 matches)

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

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

Stadiums and locations

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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

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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

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First round

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Group A

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Table
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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. ^ a b c Teams ranked on goal difference: Club Sfaxien –1, Stade Tunisien −3, Club Bizertin −5
Results
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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
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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Club BizertinLDDLLWLWDWDLLW
Croissant ChebbienWLLDLLWLLLWLDL
Club SfaxienDDLWDDLDWLDLDW
Espoir de Hammam SousseLLDDWDDWLLLWDL
Étoile du SahelWWWLDWWWWWLWDL
Espérance de TunisDWLWWWDDWWWWDW
Stade TunisienWDWDDLDLLLLLWW
Union de TataouineLDWDDLDLDWWWDL
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Group B

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Table
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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. ^ a b Teams ranked on goal difference: Olympique Béja +7, Club Africain +3
Results
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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
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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Avenir de RejicheDLWDLDLLLLLLLL
Avenir de SolimanDWLLDDWWLLLDWD
Club AfricainDLWWLDLWLWWDWW
Étoile de MétlaouiDLLDDLWLWLWDWW
Olympique BéjaDLDLWWWWWWDWLL
Olympique Sidi BouzidLWDLLDLLWLLDLL
Union de Ben GuerdaneWWLWWWLWLWDDWD
Union MonastirienneDWWWWLWLWWWDLW
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Goals scored per round

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

Playoff

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Table

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

Results

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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

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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Club AfricainWDWWLWDWWDDLDW
Club SfaxienLDLDWWDDLWLLWD
Étoile du SahelWWWLWWDDWWDWDW
Espérance de TunisWDLWLLWWLWDWDW
Olympique BéjaLLWDWLDLLLWWLL
Union de Ben GuerdaneLWWDWLDLWLWLDL
Union MonastirienneWDLLLWDWWLDWWD
Union de TataouineLLLDLLLLLDLLLL
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Club Africain45323222222343
Club Sfaxien86777666666766
Étoile du Sahel31111111111111
Espérance de Tunis12534533433232
Olympique Béja67665777777677
Union de Ben Guerdane54242345554555
Union Monastirienne23456454345424
Union de Tataouine78888888888888
Leader
2023–24 CAF Champions League
2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup
Source: Tunisian Football Federation

Goals scored per round

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

Playout

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Table

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

Results

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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

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Team ╲ Round12345678910
Avenir de SolimanLDLLDWWWWL
Club BizertinWLWWDWDWLL
Espoir de Hammam SousseDLWLDWLLLW
Étoile de MétlaouiDDLWDLLLDW
Olympique Sidi BouzidLWDLDLWLDW
Stade TunisienWWDWDLDWWL
Source: Tunisian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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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

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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

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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

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Number of teams by Governorate

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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

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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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tunisian Football Federation
  2. ^ "Ahly Benghazi : Faouzi Benzarti sur le banc pour les play-offs". mosaiquefm.net (in French). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022..
  3. ^ "US Monastir : le nouveau coach est Darko Novic". news.gnet.tn (in French). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022..
  4. ^ "Tunisie : Bertrand Marchand, nouveau coach du Club africain de Tunis". africatopsports.com (in French). 13 July 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022..
  5. ^ "CAB: Démission de l'entraîneur Karim Touati". mosaiquefm.net (in French). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022..
  6. ^ "Hidoussi sera-t-il accepté par les Cabistes ?". mosaiquefm.net (in French). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022..
  7. ^ "Khaled Ben Yahia, nouvel entraîneur du CAB". mosaiquefm.net (in French). 4 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022..
  8. ^ "Kais Yaakoubi quitte le CS Chebba". kawarji.com (in French). 2 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022..
  9. ^ "Le CS Chebba aurait choisi son entraîneur". kawarji.com (in French). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022..
  10. ^ "CA : Oussama Sellami nommé directeur sportif, Saïd Saibi nouvel entraîneur". webdo.tn (in French). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2023..
  11. ^ "Karim Dalhoum poussé vers la sortie au Club sportif sfaxien". kawarji.com (in French). 29 November 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023..
  12. ^ "L'Italien Maurizio Jacobacci nouvel entraîneur du CSS". mosaiquefm.net (in French). 9 December 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023..
  13. ^ "Tunisie – CS Chebba : Lotfi Rhim jette l'éponge". africafootunited.com (in French). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2023..
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