The 2013

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 50th of the competition of the first-tier

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

Senegalese Football Federation The Senegalese Football Federation (; FSF) is the governing body of football in Senegal. It is based in the capital of Senegal, Dakar, and was founded in 1960. The FSF aided in the development of football in Senegal, specifically for its profess ...

.2013 Senegalese Premier Division season at RSSSF
/ref> The season began on 13 January and finished earlier on 19 August and it was a season that competed through a single year. It was the fifth season labelled as a "League" ("Ligue" in French).

Diambars FC Diambars FC de Saly is a football academy in Saly, Senegal, which plays in the Senegalese National League 1. It's also a part of Diambars, a non-profit organisation certified by UNESCO. History Diambars was founded in 2003 by former footballer ...

won their only title, and a year later would compete in the 2014 CAF Champions League.

ASC Diaraf Association Sportive et Culturelle Jaraaf is a Senegalese professional football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade de Diaraf. ASC Jaraaf is the most popular club in Senegal. The ...

the winner of the 2013 Senegalese Cup participated in the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup the following season.

Overview

The season would have feature 16 clubs, this time the winner would be decided on a club with the highest number of points after all thirty matches had been finished. The clubs would be reduced to 14 in the following season as four clubs were relegated in the season. The season had a total of 240 matches, 385 goals were scored in the season, almost double than the previous season. Diambars scored the highest 42 goals, the lowest scored was ASC Assur. US Ouakam again was the defending team of the title. It was the only time as two clubs shared the same results and were Niarry Tarry and Touré Kunda Foot-Pro, they finished 8th place.

Participating clubs

* NGB ASC Niarry Tally *

* AS Douanes * ASC Yeggo *

Dakar Université Club Dakar Université Club, commonly referred to as Dakar UC or simply DUC, is a Senegalese Association football, football club based in Dakar, which competes in the Ligue 2, the second division of Senegalese football. They used to play in the Ligue ...

* ASC Linguère * ASC Assur * ASC Touré Kunda *

* ASC Port Autonome * Olympique de Ngor * Casa Sport * US Ouakam *

US Gorée Union Sportive Gorée is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade Demba Diop. Achievements *Senegal Premier League: 3 ::1978, 1981, 1984. * Senegal FA Cup: 4 ::19 ...

AS Pikine Association Sportive de Pikine or simply AS Pikine is a Senegalese football club based in Pikine. They play at Stade Al Djigo, Stade Alassane Djigo, which has a capacity of 10,000. History The earlier club was established in 1921 and was called ...

* Guédiawaye FC

Information about the clubs

Overview

The league was contested by 16 teams.

League standings

References

External links

2013 Senegalese season at RSSSF

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Ligue 1 (Senegal) seasons