The Tunisian Football Federation ( Arabic : الجامعة التونسية لكرة القدم , French : Fédération Tunisienne de Football ) is the governing body of football in Tunisia . It established on 29 March 1957. It became a member in the FIFA in 1960, and in the same year it also became a member of CAF association. The federation also joined the UAFA in 1976 and the UNAF in 2005.
40-629: It organises the football league, the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 , the Tunisia national football team and the Tunisia women's national football team . It is based in Tunis . The affairs of the federation are currently managed by a normalisation committee appointed by FIFA, which will be chaired by Kamel Idir . It was during a meeting held on 9 November 1909 by a provisional committee bringing together sports societies that
80-641: Is awarded after a final between Racing and Stade maritime de Bizerte (champion of the Mediterranean squadrons) with a score of 2–0. There are then very few Tunisian player. 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. It is the first fully Tunisian team but which we have not heard from later and which precedes
120-465: The 2020–21 season and to organize a play-off round to identify the team which will replace it. . At the end of this tournament, it is JS Kairouan which remains among the elite despite a perfect tie with the CS Hammam-Lif . Indeed, it is the criterion of the best fair play ranking which decided between the two teams. On 11 September 2021, the club returned to the championship following a vote by
160-624: The Arab Club Champions Cup . The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 occupies the first place in the Arab and African countries and 15th in the world, according to the ranking of the International Federation of Football History & Statistics for the year 2019. Faouzi Benzarti has won the tournament on a record ten occasions with Espérance de Tunis (5), Étoile du Sahel (4) and Club Africain (1). Football
200-544: 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 . Taha Yassine Khenissi Taha Yassine Khenissi ( Arabic : طه ياسين الخنيسي ; born 6 January 1992)
240-669: The Confederation of African Football to provide a way to get the TFF out of the current crisis and into a new perspective. its status and electoral regulations in accordance with its new regulatory framework. The period during which the Normalization Committee carries out its work with regard to the TFF expires immediately after the completion of its missions, and at the latest on 31 January 2025. On 19 August 2024, businessman , politician and sport manager Kamel Idir
280-575: The French Football Federation ). These steps led to the creation of the Tunisian Football Federation, which was approved on 29 March 1957. Recognized as being of public utility, the Tunisian Football Federation has since invested in its dual mission of promoting football and managing the national competition as well as the various teams representing Tunisia in international competitions. Members of
320-801: The Ligue Nationale de Football Professionnel . Espérance de Tunis is the most crowned Tunisian club with 33 titles, the last of which was the 2023–24 season. The first and second places in the standings automatically qualify for the CAF Champions League , and the third place automatically qualifies for the CAF Confederation Cup , along with the Tunisian Cup winner, while the Tunisian Football Federation chooses those who qualifies for
360-662: The Stade Tunisien (1948). On 31 July 2015, the Tunisian Football Federation announced the sale of the TV rights of the championship to the company B4 Production for three seasons, starting from the 2015–16 season. The latter obtains the exclusivity of these rights concerning the Gulf and Maghreb countries, while maintaining the rights of the Al-Kass Sports Channel for the 2015–16 season and without questioning
400-410: The 2022–23 season. The standings below are as of 13 June 2023. Performance comparison of top teams since 2010. 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 As of 2020, 53 clubs have participated. Note: The tallies since independence in 1956 until
440-701: 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. 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,
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#1732794175011480-454: The FTF and Jalel Ben Tekaya, candidate for the second time. Four days later, Jelaiel's list was rejected and the lists of Tlemçani and Ben Tekaya were accepted. Jelaiel files an appeal against the competing lists, which requires a re-examination of their validity. On 30 April, all the candidates were finally rejected and the election date was postponed again. On 27 May 2024, a FIFA delegation met with
520-527: The Independent Electoral Commission for examination in accordance with established provisions and procedures. However, on 23 February, all lists were rejected and the election date was postponed. On 2 April, a new election is set for 11 May, and candidacies are open again. On 20 April, the applications closed with three lists again: that of Ziad Tlemçani , businessman former and international player, Wassef Jelaiel, vice-president of
560-565: The Minister of Youth and Sports, Kamel Deguiche, where the status of the federation was discussed and the mandate of the federal office extended until 30 June until the formation of a governing body. On 31 May, FIFA extended the mandate of the Federal Office until 15 July. After the end of the mandate, FIFA decided on 23 July to create a Normalization Committeefor the Tunisian Football Federation. The move comes after consultations with
600-468: The Normalization Committee appointed by FIFA: The Tunisian Football Federation freezes the activities of CS Chebba on 17 October 2020, a decision which follows a dispute between the two parties, the club having been ordered to pay a fine of 200,000 dinars. Faced with the non-payment of this amount, the decision is taken by the Federation to exclude the club from all national championships from
640-660: 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
680-469: The Tunisian Football Association League was established, which is the Tunisian branch of the French Football Federation , which was relied upon until the declaration of independence in 1956. On 29 March 1957, the Tunisian Football Federation , the official federation organizing football tournaments in Tunisia, was established. The Tunisian championship has been professional since 1994 after the founding of
720-501: 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
760-495: The best result for Tunisian teams in the FIFA Club World Cup . 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
800-521: The championship. This agreement concerns the 2016–17 , 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons and makes national television the exclusive broadcaster in Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1matches and the only television authorized to film all the matches of the week. 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
840-413: The competition. On 28 November 2022, former national team player Issam Jemâa said on Radio IFM , that TFF officials had sacrificed one of the players to call four goalkeepers into the final list, as the choice was on Bilel Ifa , who returned to the team after the anger of the fans, Taha Yassine Khenissi , who was medically examined for two hours, so they could find him injured or Seifeddine Jaziri , who
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#1732794175011880-399: The development of the media and the coverage of Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 matches, this ranking becomes more known. This is the list of top scorers by season. 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
920-420: The end of the 2019–20 season. The day after Tunisia's independence in 1956, the newspaper Le Petit Matin took charge of establishing the classification of the top scorer in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The newspaper Al Amal took over in 1961 then it was L'Action Tunisienne which formalized the classification and endowed it with a price from 1967, in parallel with the weekly Le Sport. Then, with
960-564: 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
1000-519: The first statutes of an official championship were adopted. It was from the 1921−1922 season that the Tunisian championship was regularly organized under the name of "championship of honor division". The Tunisian Cup began a year later. As soon as independence was proclaimed in 1956, the leaders of Tunisian football took the necessary steps to create an exclusively national body to replace the Tunisian Football League (an offshoot of
1040-668: 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
1080-479: 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
1120-476: 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. 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
1160-500: The ordinary general assembly of the Federation. At the end of October 2022, an internal dispute concerning the Minister of Youth and Sports, Kamel Deguiche, and the president of the federation, Wadie Jary, threatens Tunisia's participation in the World Cup. Indeed, the two men are known to hate each other and the first wishes to dissolve the federation to separate from the second. FIFA systematically penalizes cases of interference in
1200-646: The organization of the Tunisian Football Federation . The first edition was held during the French protectorate of Tunisia , the 1907 season, under the auspices of the Federation of Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques , and it was played in a knockout system, and the first official match was played on 9 June 1907. At that time, Tunisian teams with a French character and management participated in it, including Racing Club de Tunis, Sporting Club de Tunis, Club Italia de Tunis, Savoy La Goulette, Union sportive tunisienne, Stade gaulois and many other teams. In 1921,
1240-502: The player Saad Bguir , who was excluded from the final list and who was on the initial list. He also announced his international retirement through a phone call on the TV program Stade Plus on Carthage Plus, until the president of the Tunisian Football Federation, Wadie Jary, left his position. It started when Bilel Ifa was excluded from the list a day before the official announcement, and was later brought back after fans outraged on social media. On 14 November 2022, hundreds of fans greeted
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1280-635: The rights of the El Watania 1 , El Watania 2 and Hannibal TV channels in 2023, Diwan FM started broadcasting games on a new sports channel named Diwan Sport . to also broadcast the matches of the Championship and the Tunisian Cup . The federation and national television seal on 6 October 2016 an agreement on television rights for three seasons. Under the agreement, worth 13 million dinars, or 4.5 million per season, national television will be able to broadcast live four matches of each day of
1320-458: The team bus in Doha upon their arrival, but the president of the Federation was insulted in the worst terms. Also, the selection of four goalkeepers was under pressure from the Tunisian Football Federation to meet the wishes of certain teams on the financial level, FIFA, since the 2010 FIFA World Cup , paying a subsidy to each. team, of which at least one player has been called up in each edition of
1360-405: The title of champion was awarded following play-offs between regional champions. 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
1400-407: The world of football, it therefore warns the Tunisian federation: by means of a letter, it warns that it reserves the right to exclude Tunisia from the competition in case of taking power over the federation by Deguiche. Dozens of news websites in Tunisia reported that coach Jalel Kadri was subjected to pressure during the formation of the Tunisian team's squad for the 2022 World Cup , according to
1440-457: 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
1480-497: Was appointed chairman of the Normalization Committee created by FIFA. Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Tunisian Professional League 1 (French: Championnat de la Ligue Professionnelle 1 ; Arabic : الرابطة المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم ), previously called the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994, is the top division football tournament in Tunisia under
1520-644: Was arrested and detained in Mornaguia prison. On 30 January 2024, an electoral session is scheduled to elect a new federal office on 9 March. Three lists are presented: that of Maher Ben Aïssa, former president of AS Marsa , Jalel Ben Tekaya, president of the Tunisian Federation of Sport for All and Wissem Letaief, president of the Regional Football League of Sousse. Nominations close on 17 February and all files are transmitted to
1560-482: 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 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
1600-452: Was called up due to financial transactions between him and the brother of the president of the TFF, Wajih Jary. In the final, Saad Bguir was abandoned. In February 2023, Wadie Jary does not have the right to leave Tunisian territory following a court decision because he is the target of several investigations relating to the organization of match-fixing, cases of money laundering , embezzlement funds and corruption . On 25 October 2023, he
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