The 2012–13
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, formerly known as the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994, is the highest-level association football, football tournament in Tunisia and is organized by the Tunisian Football Federation and t ...
(''Tunisian Professional League'') season was the 87th season of top-tier
football in Tunisia
Football is the most popular sport in Tunisia. It was first introduced by Italian migrants. The governing body is the Tunisian Football Federation.
National team
Tunisia have reached 6 FIFA World Cup final competitions (1978, 1998, 2002, 200 ...
. The competition began on 10 November 2012 and was scheduled to conclude in June 2013. The defending champions from the
previous season were
Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Espérance Sportive de Tunis (), known as ES Tunis or simply EST for short, is a Tunisian professional sports club founded on 15 January 1919 in the Bab Souika neighborhood of Tunis. Its football (soccer), football section has competed in th ...
.
Team and format changes
Last season two teams were relegated as usual (
AS Gabès and
ES Beni-Khalled), with two teams promoted from the
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
The Ligue Professionelle 2 is the second football level in Tunisia, under Ligue Professionelle 1 which is the top level of Tunisian football. Contested by 24 clubs, divided in two groups, playing each other twice during the season, the top two te ...
to replace them (
Olympique du Kef and
Stade Gabèsien). However, in a change from previous seasons, the league was split into two groups of 8 teams.
Teams and venues
Group A
Group B
Results
Group A
Group A table
Group A result table
Group A leaders
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Group B
Group B table
Group B result table
Group B leaders
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from:7 till:8 shift:(-12,15) text:" ESS" color:red
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from:9 till:12 shift:(-12,15) text:" ESS" color:red
from:12 till:14.9 shift:(-12,15) text:" CSS" color:black
Championship playoffs
League table
Result table
Leaders
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Relegation playoff
ES Zarzis Relegated to
2013–14 Tunisian Ligue 2
References
External links
2012–13 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com
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