The Tahiti Ligue 1 is the top division of the Fédération Tahitienne de Football in French Polynesia. The league is currently named Ligue 1 Vini for sponsorship reasons.

Competition format The competition is divided into a regular season and play-offs. The regular season is a league format. At the end of the regular season the top six teams – and in past seasons the winners of the Moorea island league – enter a play-off league to determine the overall champions and qualifiers for the OFC Champions League. Meanwhile, the lower teams enter a separate play-off league along with teams from Ligue 2 to determine promotion and relegation for the following season.

The league has a point scoring system whereby teams are awarded 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and 1 point for a defeat. The only way a team cannot score a point is by failing to field a team. Although it is not unique, and is inspired from the French ranking system for every division below the third tier, as well as the women's league (all before 2016), it has received publicity when the Tahiti national football team qualified for the Confederations Cup. According to an interview with Charles Ariitoma, the President of the FTF, this was introduced because "we don't want anyone to be sad".

Teams These are the teams for the 2024–25 Tahiti Ligue 1 season:

Central Sport Dragon Manu-Ura Mira Pirae Pueu Taiarapu Tamarii Punaruu Tefana Vénus

List of champions Champions so far are:

1948: AS Fei Pi (Papeete) 1949: AS Fei Pi (Papeete) 1950: AS Fei Pi (Papeete) 1951: AS Fei Pi (Papeete) 1952: AS Excelsior (Papeete) 1953: AS Vénus (Mahina) 1954: AS Jeunes Tahitiens (Papeete) 1955: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1956: AS Excelsior (Papeete) 1957: AS Excelsior (Papeete) 1958: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1959: AS Excelsior (Papeete) 1960: AS Excelsior (Papeete) 1961: AS Jeunes Tahitiens (Papeete) 1962: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1963: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1964: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1965: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1966: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1967: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1968: AS Fei Pi (Papeete) 1969: AS Tamarii Punaruu (Papeete) 1970: AS Fei Pi (Papeete) 1971: AS Fei Pi (Papeete) 1972: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1973: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1974: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1975: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1976: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1977: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1978: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1979: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1980: AS Arue (Arue) 1981: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1982: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1983: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1984: AS PTT (Papeete) 1985: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 1986: AS Excelsior (Papeete) 1987: AS Jeunes Tahitiens (Papeete) 1988: AS Excelsior (Papeete) 1989: AS Pirae (Pirae) 1990: AS Vénus (Mahina) 1991: AS Pirae (Pirae) 1992: AS Vénus (Mahina) 1993: AS Pirae (Pirae) 1994: AS Pirae (Pirae) 1995: AS Vénus (Mahina) 1996: AS Manu-Ura (Papeete) 1997: AS Vénus (Mahina) 1998: AS Vénus (Mahina) 1999: AS Vénus (Mahina) 2000: AS Vénus (Mahina) 2001: AS Pirae (Pirae) 2002: AS Vénus (Mahina) 2003: AS Pirae (Pirae) 2004: AS Manu-Ura (Papeete) 2005: AS Tefana (Faa'a) 2005–06: AS Pirae (Pirae) 2006–07: AS Manu-Ura (Papeete) 2007–08: AS Manu-Ura (Papeete) 2008–09: AS Manu-Ura (Papeete) 2009–10: AS Tefana (Faa'a) 2010–11: AS Tefana (Faa'a) 2011–12: AS Dragon (Papeete) 2012–13: AS Dragon (Papeete) 2013–14: AS Pirae (Pirae) 2014–15: AS Tefana (Faa'a) 2015–16: AS Tefana (Faa'a) 2016–17: AS Dragon (Papeete) 2017–18: AS Central Sport (Papeete) 2018–19: AS Vénus (Mahina) 2019–20: AS Pirae (Pirae) 2020–21: AS Pirae (Pirae) 2021–22: AS Pirae (Pirae) 2022–23: AS Tefana (Faa'a) 2023–24: AS Pirae (Pirae) 2024–25: AS Vénus (Mahina)

Performances

Performances by club ClubWinnersAS Central Sport21AS Pirae12AS Vénus11AS Excelsior7AS Fei Pi7AS Tefana6AS Manu-Ura5AS Jeunes Tahitiens3AS Dragon3AS Arue1AS PPT1AS Tamarii Punaruu1

Performances by city City / TownWinnersWinning ClubsPapeeteAS Central Sport (20), AS Excelsior (7), AS Fei Pi (7), AS Manu-Ura (5),AS Jeunes Tahitiens (3), AS Dragon (3), AS PPT (1), AS Tamarii Punaruu (1)PiraeAS Pirae (12)MahinaAS Vénus (11)FaaaAS Tefana (6)ArueAS Arue (1)

Top goalscorers SeasonBest scorersTeamGoals2001–02 Michel Hmaé Pirae 232002–03 Ramon Djamali Manu–Ura 222003–04 Naea Bennett Pirae 192006–07 Naea Bennett Pirae 242007–08 Raimana Li Fung Kuee Manu Ura15 2008–09 Auguste WashetineManu Ura92011–12 Steevy Chong Hue Dragon 122013–14 Teaonui Tehau Vénus 252014–15 Raimana Li Fung Kuee Pirae 302015–16 Temarii TinoruaTefana272016–17 Teaonui Tehau Vénus 402017–18 Teaonui Tehau Vénus 532018–19 Teaonui Tehau Vénus 422019–20 Sandro Tau Pirae 212020–21 Teaonui Tehau Vénus 272021–22 Teaonui Tehau Vénus 422022–23 Roonui Tinirauarii Dragon 452023–24 Roonui Tinirauarii Dragon362024–25 Eddy Kaspard Vénus372025-26 Roonui Tinirauarii Dragon412026-27 Roonui Tinirauarii Dragon16 Most time goalscorers 6 times Teaonui Tehau (2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22)

Most goals by a player in a single game 13 goals Sandro Tau (Pirae), 0–22 against Papenoo, round 9, season 2023–24.

Most goals by a player in a single season 53 goals Teaonui Tehau, (2017–18). All-time goalscorers RankCountryPlayerGoalsYears1Teaonui Tehau3622008-20252Roonui Tinirauarii 19420153Sandro Tau15520154Makalu Xowi12720215Tamatoa Tetauira11520176Benoit Mathon1032018

Multiple hat-tricks RankCountryPlayerHat-tricks1Teaonui Tehau372Roonui Tinirauarii313Sandro Tau214Makalu Xowi165Benoit Mathon15Tamatoa Tetauira7Francois Mu9Rainui Tze-Yu9Yohann Tihoni810Frank Papaura7Timiona Parker Most hat–tricks in a single season 53 hat–tricks (2017–18) Most hat-tricks by a scorer in a single season 10 hat–tricks: Teaonui Tehau (2017–18)

D1 Féminine Top goalscorers SeasonPlayerTeamGoals 2022-23 Leao L. Kergal262024-25 Mai kohaiPirae24

References

External links Fédération Tahitienne de Football