The 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 63rd season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The season calendar was drawn on July 24. The competition started on August 15.
Teams A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 11 sides from the 2016–17 season and three promoted from the 2016–17 Ligue 2. Union Monastirienne and Stade Tunisien obtained promotion after winning their penultimate game of the season, while Olympique Médenine won the promotion playoff against Avenir de Marsa. The three teams replaced the five teams that were relegated to 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue 2 in order to reduce the number of teams from 16 to 14.
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2016–17 season Avenir de Gabès Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 8th in Ligue 1 Club Africain Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 3rd in Ligue 1 Club Bizertin Bizerte Stade 15 Octobre 20,000 9th in Ligue 1 Olympique Médenine Médenine Salaheddine Ben Hamida Stadium 6,000 Ligue 2 Club Sfaxien Sfax Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000 4th in Ligue 1 Étoile de Métlaoui Métlaoui Stade Municipal de Métlaoui 5,000 5th in Ligue 1 Étoile du Sahel Sousse Stade Olympique de Sousse 25,000 2nd in Ligue 1 Espérance de Tunis Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 Ligue 1 Champions Espérance de Zarzis Zarzis Stade Jlidi 7,000 11th in Ligue 1 Jeunesse Kairouanaise Kairouan Stade Ali Zouaoui 15,000 10th in Ligue 1 Stade Gabèsien Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 7th in Ligue 1 Stade Tunisien Tunis Stade Chedly Zouiten 20,000 Ligue 2 Union de Ben Guerdane Ben Guerdane Stade du 7 Mars 10,000 6th in Ligue 1 Union Monastirienne Monastir Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet 20,000 Ligue 2
Results
League table
Result table
Leaders
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alaeddine MarzoukiClub Sfaxien10 Lassaad JaziriUnion de Ben Guerdane2 Zied OunelliClub Bizertin9 Saber KhalifaClub Africain5 Taha Yassine KhenissiEspérance de Tunis8 Jacques BessanStade Tunisien7 Firas ChaouatClub Sfaxien7 Firas Ben LarbiClub Bizertin Hamza JelassiClub Bizertin Slim MezliniAvenir de Gabès Imed MeniaouiÉtoile de Métlaoui
See also 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 2017–18 Tunisian Cup 2019 Tunisian Super Cup
References
External links 2017–18 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com Fédération Tunisienne de Football