2015–16 Senegal Premier League

Ligue 1
Season 2015–16
Champions Gorée
Relegated ASC Suneor
Olympique Ngor
2017 CAF Champions League Gorée
Matches played 182
Goals scored 329 (1.81 per match)
Biggest home win
Biggest away win
Highest scoring Jaraaf 3–3 Diambars
(14 December 2015)
Longest winning run Diambars
Jaraaf (4)
Longest unbeaten run Diambars (14)
Longest winless run Mbour Petite Côte (13)
Longest losing run ASEC Ndiambour
Douanes (4)

All statistics correct as of 19 June 2016.

The 2015–16 Ligue 1 is the 51st season of top-tier football in Senegal and the eighth professional season.[1] The season began on 8 November 2015. Gorée, an island based club though plays at Dakar's stadium clinched their fourth league title and first since 1984 in the league's final week with a 3-0 road win over last-place Olympique Ngor.[2] In the cup competition, NGB ASC Niarry Tally, winner of the 2015 Senegalese Cup will participate for the first time in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup the following season. Gorée participated in Ligue 2 and finished second in the previous season, one of the few clubs who was in the top of second-tier competition last season to win a title of a first tier competition in West Africa.

The league comprised 14 teams, with the bottom two, ASC Suneor and Olympique Ngor, relegated to the 2017 Ligue 2. Only four clubs were outside the Dakar area and all are in the western half of the country. A total of 182 matches were played and fewer goals which numbered 333, fifteen lower than lase season. US Gorée had a grand total of 42 points, one less than last season by the previous champion Douanes, ASC Linguère scored the most goals numbering 32. Casa Sports , sixth placed and Ouakam, eight placed were the same position as last season.

During the earlier and the middle part of the season, some of the clubs reached first place and weeks later in the lower parts and the relegation zone, then a few climbed up again.

Teams

A total of 14 teams will contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 Ligue 2, ASEC Ndiambour and Gorée. On the other hand, Pikine and Port de Dakar were the last two teams of the 2014–15 season and played in Ligue 2 for the 2015-16 season. AS Douanes are the defending champions from the 2014–15 season.

Stadiums and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2014-15 season
ASC Suneor Dakar Stade Municipal de Diourbel 5,000 3rd in Ligue 1
ASEC Ndiambour Louga Stade Alboury Ndiaye 15,000 Ligue 2
Casa Sports Ziguinchor Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta 10,000 6th in Ligue 1
Diambars FC Saly Stade Fodé Wade 2,000 4th in Ligue 1
AS Douanes Dakar Stade Demba Diop 15,000 Champion of Ligue 1
US Gorée Dakar Stade Demba Diop 15,000 Ligue 2
Guédiawaye FC Bouaké Stade Amadou Barry 5,000 10th in Ligue 1
ASC Diaraf Dakar Stade Demba Diop 15,000 11th in Ligue 1
ASC Linguère Saint-Louis Stade Mawade Wade 1,500 9th in Ligue 1
Touré Kunda Foot-Pro M'Bour Stade Caroline Faye 5,000 7th in Ligue 1
ASC Niarry Tally Dakar Stade Demba Diop 15,000 Ligue 1 Champions
Olympique de Ngor Dakar Stade de Ngor 3,000 12th in Ligue 1
US Ouakam Dakar Stade Demba Diop 15,000 8th in Ligue 1
Stade de Mbour Dakar Stade Demba Diop 15,000 5th Ligue 1

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Gorée (C) (Q) 26 11 9 6 25 17 +8 42 2017 CAF Champions League
2 Jaraaf 26 11 6 9 31 26 +5 39
3 La Linguère 26 10 8 8 32 29 +3 38 DIA 1-0 LIN
LIN 3-0 DIA
4 Diambars 26 9 11 6 30 23 +7 38
5 Casa Sport 26 9 9 8 29 27 +2 36 CAS 1-1 GUÉ
GUÉ 0-1 CAS
6 Guédiawaye 26 8 12 6 26 22 +4 36
7 Niarry Tally 26 8 11 7 19 19 0 35
8 Stade de Mbour 26 7 12 7 20 20 0 33 SDM 0-0 OUA
OUA 1-1 SDM
9 Ouakam 26 6 15 5 21 20 +1 33
10 ASEC Ndiambour 26 9 5 12 20 28 8 32
11 Mbour Petite Côte 26 7 10 9 20 19 +1 31
12 Douanes 26 7 9 10 23 30 7 30 ASC 0-1 DOU
DOU 1-1 ASC
13 ASC Suneor (R) 26 7 9 10 17 24 7 30 Relegation to 2017 Ligue 2
14 Olympique Ngor (R) 26 5 10 11 20 29 9 25

Updated to games played on 19 June 2016.
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) head-to-head away goals (only if two teams are tied); 6) goal difference
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Leader
Relegation to Ligue 2
Team ╲ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Gorée 2 2 1 2 3 4 5 5 8 7 12 11 9 11 12 7 11 3 3 6 4 3 4 2 1 1
Jaraaf 14 11 13 13 11 6 10 10 5 9 9 12 10 10 13 8 13 13 7 5 7 9 7 7 3 2
La Linguère 1 1 4 3 6 10 7 12 13 13 13 10 14 14 10 5 6 7 5 3 3 4 6 3 6 3
Diambars 8 11 7 7 10 13 8 9 12 12 14 14 13 13 14 11 5 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 4
Casa Sport 10 14 11 11 5 5 6 4 4 2 3 6 6 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 4 5
Guédiawaye 2 8 8 9 9 9 3 3 3 4 5 7 7 12 6 9 4 4 9 4 5 5 5 4 5 6
Niarry Tally 2 4 10 10 12 12 13 14 14 14 10 13 11 4 7 10 10 11 6 7 6 6 3 6 7 7
Stade de Mbour 6 3 5 6 2 3 4 6 9 5 2 2 5 2 2 3 7 6 10 9 10 7 8 8 8 8
Ouakam 8 9 5 8 8 8 9 11 6 8 8 8 8 6 5 3 3 8 8 10 11 11 12 12 10 9
ASEC Ndiambour 10 6 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 2 3 3 6 9 9 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 10
Mbour Petite Côte 10 7 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 4 4 9 9 14 14 14 14 14 12 12 9 11 9 11
Douanes 2 5 8 5 7 7 11 7 7 10 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 8 8 8 10 9 11 12
ASC Suneor 10 13 14 14 13 14 14 13 10 11 11 9 12 8 11 13 8 10 11 11 9 10 11 10 12 13
Olympique Ngor 6 9 12 12 14 11 12 8 11 6 7 3 3 7 8 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14

Last updated: 19 June 2016
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1 2015-16
Champions
Winner

US Gorée
4th title

References

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