The 2009

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

season was the 44th of the competition of the first-tier

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and the second professional season. The tournament was organized by the

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.2009 Senegalese Premier Division season at RSSSF
/ref> The season began a little earlier on 2 May and finished on 31 October. It was the first season labelled as a "League" ("Ligue" in French).

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won their first and only title, the next club to win three consecutive titles, and a year later would compete in the

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who won the 2008 Senegalese Cup participated in the

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. Since that season, only one club each would qualify into the continental championship or cup, the winner of each. The West African Cup was again revived and brought two clubs, a second place club from Ligue 1 and a second placed Senegalese Cup club. The season would have feature 20 clubs, 18 clubs competed instead as ASC Thiès and CNEPS Excellence forfeited the season. A total of 128 matches and the playoff system, again, in several seasons, two matches that decided the winner in the most goals, or if a match is scoreless, penalty shootouts. The season scored a total of 227 goals, 101 in Group A and 126 in Group B, no goals scored in the finals which finished in penalty shootouts in the second leg. AS Douanes again was the defending team of the title.

Participating clubs

* Renaissance sportive de Yoff *

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* AS Douanes *

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* ASC Saloum *

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* ASC Xam Xam * Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise (''Senegalese Sugar Company'') *

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* ASC Thiès - ''forfeited'' * CNEPS Excellence - ''forfeited'' *

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ASEC Ndiambour Association Sportive Artistique et Culturelle Ndiambour (abbreviated ASAC Ndiambour, Wolof: ''Njaambur'' or ''Njambuur'') is a Senegalese football club based in Louga, which is part of the Senegal National League 2 Poule A (second tier). Their ho ...

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Guédiawaye FC Guédiawaye FC is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. They are a member of the Senegal Premier League They play their home games at Stade Amadou Barry. Achievements *Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as ...

Overview

The league was contested by 18 teams and two groups, each group contained ten clubs and a final match.

Participating clubs

Overview

League standings

Group A

Group B

Final phase

Top scorers

References