2008–09 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2008–09 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 83rd season of top-tier football in Tunisia. It began on 8 August 2008 and concluded on 13 May 2009. The competition saw the return of two previous participants, Avenir Sportif de Kasserine and Espoir Sportif de Hammam-Sousse from Ligue Professionnelle 2. Espérance de Tunis won the championship while previous year's winnersClub Africain finished in second place.

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Season	2008–09
Champions	Espérance de Tunis
Promoted	AS Kasserine ES H.Sousse
Relegated	Avenir Sportif de La Marsa Jendouba Sport
Champions League	Espérance de Tunis Club Africain
Confederation Cup	Étoile du Sahel CS Sfaxien
Matches played	182
Goals scored	359 (1.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Eneramo (18 goals)
Biggest home win	ESS 7–0 CSHL
Biggest away win	CAB 0–5 ESS
Highest scoring	ESS 7–0 CSHL
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Clubs and venues

Tunis teams:
Club Africain
Espérance
Stade Tunisien

Étoile Sportive

US Monastir

El-Gawafel

AS Marsa

Bizerte

Hammam-Lif

Sfaxien

Olympique Béja

Jendouba Sport

ES Hammam-Sousse

AS Kasserine

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Locations of teams in the 2008–09 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Clubs	Venue	Capacity
Avenir Sportif de Kasserine	Kassernie stadium	8.000
Avenir Sportif de La Marsa	Abdelaziz Chtioui's stadium	6.000
Club Africain	El-Menzah stadium	45.000
Bizerte Athletic F.C.	October 15th stadium	20.000
Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif	Bou Kornine stadium	8.000
Club Sportif Sfaxien	Taïeb Mhiri's stadium	22.000
El-Gawafel Sportives de Gafsa	Gafsa's 7 November stadium	12.000
Espoir Sportif de Hammam-Sousse	BouAli Lahouar stadium	6.000
Étoile Sportive du Sahel	Sousse's Olympic stadium	28.000
Espérance Sportive de Tunis	Stade 7 November	60.000
Jendouba Sport	Jendouba's municipal stadium	8.000
Olympique de Béja	Boujemaa El-Kemiti stadium	8.000
Stade Tunisien	Chedli Zouiten's stadium	20.000
Union Sportive Monastir	Mustapha Ben Jannet stadium	20.000

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Espérance de Tunis (C)	26	18	6	2	50	21	+29	60	2010 CAF Champions League
2	Club Africain	26	16	9	1	39	14	+25	57
3	Étoile du Sahel	26	15	8	3	48	17	+31	53	2010 CAF Confederation Cup
4	CS Sfaxien	26	11	10	5	33	24	+9	43
5	US Monastir	26	9	8	9	23	24	−1	35
6	Stade Tunisien	26	9	7	10	30	31	−1	34
7	CS Hammam-Lif	26	8	6	12	29	43	−14	30
8	ES Hammam-Sousse	26	4	14	8	20	26	−6	26
9	CA Bizertin	26	5	11	10	15	25	−10	26
10	Olympique Béja	26	6	7	13	13	24	−11	25
11	EGS Gafsa	26	4	13	9	18	33	−15	25
12	AS Kasserine	26	5	9	12	16	26	−10	24
13	AS Marsa (R)	26	4	10	12	14	24	−10	22	Relegation to the 2009–10 CLP-2
14	Jendouba Sport (R)	26	3	12	11	11	26	−15	21

Updated to match(es) played on May 13, 2009 - Competition concluded.. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Result table

Home \ Away	ASK	ASM	CA	CAB	CSHL	CSS	EGSG	ESHS	ESS	EST	JS	OB	ST	USM
AS Kasserine	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
AS Marsa	1–0	—	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2
Club Africain	1–0	2–0	—	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	3–2	1–0
CA Bizertin	1–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–5	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1
CS Hammam-Lif	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	—	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–4	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–1
CS Sfaxien	2–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	2–3	—	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
EGS Gafsa	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	—	2–2	1–4	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
ES Hammam-Sousse	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2
Étoile du Sahel	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	7–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	—	0–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	0–0
Espérance de Tunis	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	6–0	4–2	4–1	—	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–2
Jendouba Sport	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	—	1–0	0–1	0–0
Olympique Béja	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	—	0–1	0–1
Stade Tunisien	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	—	3–0
US Monastir	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on May 13, 2009. Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leaders

External links

• 2008–09 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com