Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Racing Club de Tunis the first football team based in Tunisia in 1904.

US Tunis here in 1932 Founded in 1917 and dissolved in 1971.

Football was born in Tunisia in 1904 with the unofficial creation of the Racing Club de Tunis, formalized in 1905 but which had to wait for the creation of other clubs in Tunis and Bizerte to participate in an official competition. Then the government is obliged, in front of the considerable development of outdoor sport, to take an active interest in it. It distributed a few grants, though very small. A committee of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, responsible for the management of all sports in Tunisia, was then created.

In 1910, a first series championship was organized with the participation of the Racing Club, Sporting Club de Tunis, Lycée Carnot de Tunis, the Colonial School of Agriculture, the Football Club of Tunis and the Red Star Club de l'Ariana, and a second series made up of the second teams of Racing Club de Tunis, Sporting and Gallia Club. The national title is awarded after a final between Racing and Stade maritime de Bizerte (champion of the Mediterranean squadrons) with a score of 2–0.

But many teams, often ephemeral, play friendly matches, like Radès Club, Amical Club, Tunis Sport, Ariana Club, Stade tunisien, Etoile Sportive de Tunis, Sadiki College, etc. There are then very few Tunisian players including Hamadi Ben Dhif (Racing Club goalkeeper), while the second team Lycée Carnot includes players with Tunisian names: Bouzid, Abdelwahab, Zaouchi, Djilani Romdhan, Fredj, H. Zaouch, Ahmed Sakka and Mustapha Romdhan.

But, surprisingly, La Dépêche tunisienne published on 12 June 1910 the list of players of the Khereddine Club team, called to play against the Ariana Club and who are all Tunisians: Abderrahman (captain), Babbou, Aichi, Jaouez, Ben Smaïl, Djaziri, Hammouda, Mohamed, Bechak, Tebourbi and Aguiri. It is the first fully Tunisian team but which we have not heard from later and which precedes the Comète Club team, created in 1914 but which did not survive the First World War. The Racing Club won the championship in 1910, 1911 and 1914, then in 1920 and 1921, while Sporting de Ferryville was crowned in 1912 and 1913.

A meeting of Ligue de Tunisie de Football Association, which has organized competitions in that period.

The championship became official with the creation of the Tunisian Football Association League in 1921 was established, which is the Tunisian branch of the French Football Federation. Until 1939, the title of champion was awarded following play-offs between regional champions. The major current clubs were created during this period: Espérance Tunis (1919), Club Africain and Sfax Railways Sports (1920), Étoile Sportive du Sahel (1925), Club Athletic Bizertin and Club Sportif Sfaxien (1928).

From 1946 to 1947, a championship of "excellence" (national division) is created and is contested at the national level. In 1944–1945, 1945–1946 and 1952–1953, the championship was not contested and replaced by a criterium (a sort of group tournament where participation was not compulsory). These years saw the creation of the Stade Tunisien (1948).

The association ranking for the 2023–24 CAF Champions League and the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2018–19 to the 2022–23 season. The standings below are as of 13 June 2023.

Legend

• CL: CAF Champions League
• CC: CAF Confederation Cup
• ≥: Associations points might increase on basis of its clubs performance in 2022-23 CAF club competitions
•   Associations ranked 1–12 are eligible to enter two teams in each CAF club competition.

Rank			Association	2018–19 (× 1)		2019–20 (× 2)		2020–21 (× 3)		2021–22 (× 4)		2022-23 (× 5)		Total
2023	2022	Mvt		CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC
1	1	—	Morocco	5	7	8	8	4	6	9	5	8	2	180
2	2	—	Egypt	4	5	11	6	8	3	7	4	8	2.5	172.5
3	3	—	Algeria	5	1	3	1	6	5	7	1	6	5	134
4	5	+1	South Africa	6	0	3	0.5	8	2	5	4	4	3	114
5	4	-1	Tunisia	8	6	6	0	4	3	5	1	4	2	101
6	11	+5	Tanzania	3	0	0	0	3	0.5	0	2	3	4	56.5
7	6	-1	DR Congo	5	0	4	1	4	0	0	3	1	2	54
8	7	-1	Angola	0	0.5	4	0	1	0	5	0	2	0	41.5
9	8	-1	Sudan	0	2	2	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	39
10	10	—	Guinea	3	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	0	29
11	9	-2	Libya	0	0	0	2	0	0.5	0	5	0	0.5	28
12	12	—	Nigeria	2	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	25
13	16	+3	Ivory Coast	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	1	0	3	21
14	14	—	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.5	1	0	16
15	13	-2	Zambia	0	2.5	1	2	0	1.5	0	0.5	0	0	15
16	17	+1	Congo	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9.5
17	15	-2	Senegal	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	9
18	21	+3	Mali	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
19	30	+11	Togo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
19	26	+7	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5
21	18	-3	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
22	19	-3	Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
23	19	-4	Kenya	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
23	21	-2	Eswatini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	2
23	23	—	Burkina Faso	0	0.5	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	2
23	24	+1	Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	2
27	24	-3	Ghana	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	27	—	Mauritania	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	27	—	Benin	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Rank	Club	Winners	Seasons
1	ES Tunis	32	1941–42, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
2	Club Africain	13	1946–47, 1947–48, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96, 2007–08, 2014–15
3	ES Sahel	11	1949–50, 1957–58, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1971–72, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1996–97, 2006–07, 2015–16, 2022–23
5	Racing Club de Tunis	9	1907, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1913–14, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1924–25
4	CS Sfaxien	8	1968–69, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1994–95, 2004–05, 2012–13
6	CS Hammam-Lif	4	1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56
	Stade Tunisien	4	1956–57, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1964–65
	CA Bizertin	4	1944–45, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1983–84
	Italia de Tunis	4	1931–32, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37
10	Sfax Railways Sports	3	1933–34, 1952–53, 1967–68
	US Tunisienne	3	1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33
	Stade Gaulois de Tunis	3	1922–23, 1923–24, 1926–27
13	Sporting de Ferryville	2	1911–12, 1912–13
	Sporting Club de Tunis	2	1925–26, 1927–28
15	JS Kairouan	1	1976–77
	Savoia de la Goulette	1	1937–38
	CS Gabésien	1	1938–39
	Avant Garde de Tunis	1	1928–29

• Teams in Bold compete in 2023–24 Ligue 1.
• Teams in Italique are Defunct.

• Teams in Italique are Defunct.

Faouzi Benzarti has won the tournament on a record ten occasions with Espérance de Tunis (5), Étoile du Sahel (4) and Club Africain (1).

Youssef Zouaoui have won the title on five occasions

Name	Titles	Club(s)	Winning Years
Faouzi Benzarti	10	Espérance de Tunis, Étoile du Sahel, Club Africain	1986–87, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2022–23
Youssef Zouaoui	5	Club Bizertin, Espérance de Tunis	1983–84, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01
Habib Draoua	3	Stade Tunisien, Espérance de Tunis	1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61
Ahmed Dhib		Espérance de Tunis, Étoile du Sahel	1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82
Mouin Chaâbani		Espérance de Tunis	2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Nabil Maâloul		Espérance de Tunis	2010–11, 2011–12, 2021–22
Michel Decastel	2	Espérance de Tunis, Club Sfaxien	2001–02, 2004–05
Ruud Krol		Club Sfaxien, Espérance de Tunis	2012–13, 2013–14
Khaled Ben Yahia		Espérance de Tunis	2005–06, 2017–18

Club Sfaxien, participated in all seasons since independence.

As of 2020, 53 clubs have participated. Note: The tallies since independence in 1956 until the end of the 2019–20 season.[2]

• 65 seasons: Club Sfaxien, Club Africain
• 64 seasons: Espérance de Tunis, Stade Tunisien
• 63 seasons: Étoile du Sahel, CA Bizertin
• 57 seasons: Club de Hammam-Lif
• 53 seasons: Avenir de Marsa
• 45 seasons: Union Monastirienne
• 34 seasons: Jeunesse Kairouanaise, Sfax Railways Sports
• 29 seasons: Olympique Béja
• 22 seasons: Espérance de Zarzis
• 15 seasons: Stade Gabèsien
• 13 seasons: Océano Club de Kerkennah, Olympique du Kef
• 12 seasons: El Gawafel de Gafsa, Stade Soussien
• 10 seasons: US Tunis
• 09 seasons: El Makarem de Mahdia, Avenir de Gabès, CS Cheminots
• 07 seasons: Avenir de Kasserine, US Maghrébine, Stade Sfaxien
• 05 seasons: Étoile de Métlaoui, Union de Ben Guerdane, Espoir de Hammam Sousse
• 04 seasons: JS Metouia, Stade populaire, Olympique Médenine, Union de Tataouine, El Ahly Mateur
• 03 seasons: EO La Goulette et Kram, Jendouba Sport, Patrie Football Club bizertin, Association de Djerba
• 02 seasons: Olympique Sidi Bouzid, Avenir d'Oued Ellil, Association Mégrine, Grombalia Sports, Croissant Chebbien, Avenir de Soliman, Patriote de Sousse
• 01 season: Palme de Tozeur, CS Menzel Bouzelfa, STIA Sousse, Association d'Ariana, Club de Korba, FC Jerissa

This is the list of top scorers by season.[4]

The classification of the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 table all seasons combined is a classification which aims to determine which team in the history of the Tunisian football championship has had the most success, not by the number of titles but by the number of points.

This ranking combines all the points and goals of each team that has played in the Tunisian championship since independence in 1956 until the end of the 2019–20 season.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Tunisian teams are among the best African teams with a total of 24 titles. 12 Tunisian team in total played in African competitions. Étoile du Sahel is the Tunisian club that has won the most African Cups with 9 titles, followed by Espérance de Tunis with 8 titles.

Tunisian clubs also have a share in the FIFA Club World Cup with four participations, three for Espérance de Tunis in 2011, 2018 and 2019 thanks to the African Champions League title in 2011, 2018 and 2018–19 and the only participation of Etoile du Sahel in 2007, which was then ranked fourth as the best result for Tunisian teams in the FIFA Club World Cup.

Espérance Sportive de Tunis, CAF Champions League Champions in 2018.

In the CAF Champions League, Tunisian clubs occupy a huge position in the competition. Espérance de Tunis has the most Tunisian clubs participating in the competition with 25 times. It reached the final 8 times and was crowned four times in 1994, 2011, 2018 and 2018–19. As for the Étoile Sportive du Sahel, he participated 13 times and reached the final 3 times and was crowned once in 2007, and finally Club Africain participated 10 times and crowned it in its first final in 1991, and Club Sfaxien was satisfied with second place in 2006 with four participations.

In the CAF Confederation Cup, Tunisian clubs are the most crowned champions in the history of this competition with 5 championships. Club Sfaxien is the most crowned team with three titles in 2007, 2008 and 2013, followed by Étoile du Sahel with two titles crowned in 2006 and 2015.

But misfortune always follows the Tunisian teams in the CAF Super Cup, as they participated 13 times and were crowned only 3 times. Etoile du Sahel won it in 1998 and 2008 and was satisfied with the runner-up in 2004, 2007 and 2016. As for Espérance de Tunis, it participated 5 times and won it once in 1995, and was satisfied with the runner-up in 1999, 2012, 2019 and 2020. As for Club Sfaxien, it participated three times in 2007, 2008 and 2014, one of which was against Etoile du Sahel in 2008.

Tunisian clubs are the second most titled Arab clubs with 11 championships (after Saudi clubs who won 12 championships). Espérance de Tunis is the most titled Tunisian club in the Arab championships with 4 championships, followed by Club Sfaxien and Stade Tunisien with two championships each.

Tunisian teams won the most prestigious Arab championships, Arab Club Champions Cup 7 times, 3 of which were for the Tunisian Espérance de Tunis, which has the record for the number of trophies in 1993, 2008–09 and 2017, two championships for the Club Sfaxien in the 2000 and 2003–04 editions, and one championship for Étoile du Sahel in 2018–19 and the same for Club Africain in 1997. As for the runners-up, the Tunisian teams took second place five times, twice for Espérance de Tunis in 1986 and 1995, twice also for Club Africain in 1988 and 2002, and Club Sfaxien in 2004–05.

Tunisian clubs have won the Arab Cup Winners' Cup three times. Stade Tunisien is the most titled Tunisian club in the championship with 2 titles in 1989 and 2001, followed by Club Africain, which won the championship only once in 1995. As for Étoile du Sahel, it was satisfied with the runner-up position in 1995 in the match that brought it together with Club Africain.