Ligue 1 is the top division of the
Senegal Football Association, it was founded in 1960. The league also hosts a domestic cup, the
Coupe de la Ligue
The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...
. Football clubs from the Senegal Premier League also compete for the
Senegal FA Cup. In the 2023-24 Ligue 1 season, a total of 182,915 paying visitors attended the clubs.
Previous winners
*1960 :
ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
*1961–63 : ''unknown champion''
*1964 :
Olympique Thiès
*1965 : ''unknown champion''
*1966 :
Olympique Thiès
*1967 :
Espoir de Saint-Louis
*1968 :
Foyer France (Dakar)
*1969 :
ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
*1970 :
ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
*1971 :
ASFA Dakar
*1972 :
ASFA Dakar
*1973 :
ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
*1974 :
ASFA Dakar
*1975 :
ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
*1976 :
ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
*1977 :
ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
*1978 :
US Gorée (Dakar)
*1979 :
AS Police (Dakar)
*1980 :
SEIB (Diourbel)
*
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...
:
US Gorée (Dakar)
*1982 :
ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
*1983 :
SEIB (Diourbel)
*1984 :
US Gorée (Dakar)
*1985 :
ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
*1986 :
ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
*1987 :
SEIB (Diourbel)
*1988 :
ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
*1988–89 :
ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
*1990 :
UCST Port Autonome (Dakar)
*
1990–91 :
UCST Port Autonome (Dakar)
*
1991–92 :
ASEC Ndiambour (Louga)
*1992–93 :
AS Douanes (Dakar)
*1993–94 :
ASEC Ndiambour (Louga)
*
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
:
ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
*1996 :
SONACOS (Diourbel)
*1997 :
AS Douanes (Dakar)
*1998 :
ASEC Ndiambour (Louga)
*
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
:
ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
*
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
:
ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
*
2000–01 :
ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
*
2001–02 :
ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
*
2002–03 :
ASC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)
*
2003–04 :
ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
*
2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
:
UCST Port Autonome (Dakar)
*
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
:
AS Douanes (Dakar)
*
2006–07 :
AS Douanes (Dakar)
*
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
:
AS Douanes (Dakar)
*
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
:
ASC Linguère (Saint-Louis)
*
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
:
ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
*
2010–11 :
US Ouakam (Dakar)
*
2011–12 :
Casa Sports (Ziguinchor)
*
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
:
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 ...
(Saly)
*
2013–14 :
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 ...
(Pikine)
*
2014–15 :
AS Douanes (Dakar)
*
2015–16 :
US Gorée (Dakar)
*
2016–17 :
Génération Foot (Rufisque)
*
2017–18 :
ASC Diaraf (Dakar)
*
2018–19 :
Génération Foot (Rufisque)
*
2019–20 : ''Abandoned''
*
2020–21 :
Teungueth FC (Rufisque)
*
2021–22 :
Casa Sports (Ziguinchor)
*
2022–23 :
Génération Foot (Rufisque)
*
2023–24 :
Teungueth FC (Rufisque)
Total number of wins
Top goalscorers
Multiple hat-tricks
Top assists
References
External links
Official siteFlashscore site
{{CAF Leagues
Football leagues in Senegal
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
Sports leagues established in 1966