The 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 62nd season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition started on 8 September 2016. The defending champions from the previous season were Étoile du Sahel.
Esperance de Tunis, the champions, drew the highest average home attendance of all clubs in the league with 11,000.
Teams A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2015–16 season and three promoted from the 2015–16 Ligue 2. Avenir de Gabès was the first to obtain promotion, followed by Olympique Béja and finally Union de Tataouine. The three teams replaced El Gawafel de Gafsa, Avenir de Kasserine and Stade Tunisien who were relegated to 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue 2. The teams were drawn in two groups of 8 each. At the end of the first part of the season, the first 3 qualified to the Championship Group, the 4th to 7th contested the Relegation Group and the 8th of each group were relegated to the Ligue 2. Étoile du Sahel were the defending champions from the 2015–16 season.
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2015–16 season Avenir de Gabès Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 Ligue 2 Avenir de Marsa Tunis Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui 6,000 10th in Ligue 1 Club Africain Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 6th in Ligue 1 Club Bizertin Bizerte Stade 15 Octobre 20,000 5th in Ligue 1 Club de Hammam-Lif Tunis Stade Bou Kornine 8,000 8th in Ligue 1 Club Sfaxien Sfax Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000 3rd in Ligue 1 Espérance de Tunis Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 2nd in Ligue 1 Espérance de Zarzis Zarzis Stade Jlidi 7,000 13th in Ligue 1 Olympique Sidi Bouzid Sidi Bouzid Stade du 17 Décembre 1,000 7th in Ligue 1 Étoile de Métlaoui Métlaoui Stade Municipal de Métlaoui 5,000 4th in Ligue 1 Étoile du Sahel Sousse Stade Olympique de Sousse 28,000 Ligue 1 Champions Jeunesse Kairouanaise Kairouan Stade Ali Zouaoui 15,000 9th in Ligue 1 Olympique Béja Béja Stade de Béja 15,000 Ligue 2 Stade Gabèsien Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 12th in Ligue 1 Union de Ben Guerdane Ben Guerdane Stade du 7 Mars 10,000 11th in Ligue 1 Union de Tataouine Tataouine Stade Nejib Khattab 5,000 Ligue 2
First round Group A Table
Results
Leaders
Group B Table
Results
Leaders
Playoffs Championship Group Table
Results
Leaders
Relegation Group Table
Results
Leaders
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Taha Yassine KhenissiEspérance de Tunis142 Ibrahim ChenihiClub Africain9 Hamza LahmarÉtoile du Sahel
Relegation playoff This game was played between the 6th of the Relegation Group and the 3rd of Ligue 2.
See also 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 3 2016–17 Tunisian Cup
References
External links 2016–17 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com Fédération Tunisienne de Football