2006 Division 1 (Senegal)

Division 1 2006 AS Douanes ASC Diaraf 156 244 ASC YakaarASC Xam Xam Compagnie sucrière sénégalaiseUS Rail 2005 2007 The 2006 Division 1 season was the 41st of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal. The tournament was organized by the Senegalese Football Federation.2005/06 Senegalese Premier Division season at RSSSF The season began on 5 January and finished on 15 July. AS Douanes won their third title. AS Douanes along with Port Autonome would compete in the 2007 CAF Champions League the following season. US Ouakam who won the 2006 Senegalese Cup participated in the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup, along with US Gorée. Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise, last place of Group A relegated to the second division with 14 points as they had a penalty that cost them three points by an undetermined reason, US Rail, last place of Group B was relegated with only 9 points. The season would feature 18 clubs. 156 matches (144 in the first phase and 12 in the second phase) were played and 244 goals were scored. Yet again since the 1990s, the season would feature the first and second phases, the first phase featured the group system with a total of 72 matches for each group, the second or final phase would consist of four clubs (instead of a playoff as did in the 1990s) with a total of 12 matches, each club played a total of six matches and the highest number of points would decide the season's champion. ASC Port Autonome was the defending team of the title. Participating clubs Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise (Senegalese Sugar Company) ASC Port Autonome AS Douanes ASC Jeanne d'Arc ASC Saloum US Gorée Casa Sport ASC Yakaar ASC Xam Xam ASC HLM ASC Diaraf US Rail Dakar Université Club SONACOS ASEC Ndiambour Stade de Mbour US Ouakam Guédiawaye FC Overview The league was contested by 18 teams and two groups, the first phase consisted of 9 clubs in each of the two groups and the second and final phase consisted of only four clubs. League standings Group A PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1AS Douanes16772168+8282ASC Diaraf165921310+3243Guédiawaye FC164841011-1204Stade de Mbour16484910-1205SONACOS163103710-3196ASC Yakaar16394109+1187Dakar Université Club1621041112-1178ASEC Ndiambour1629548-4159Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise -3163851113-214 Group B PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1ASC HLM169522010+10322US Gorée166912112+9273ASC Port Autonome166821510+5264ASC Jeanne d'Arc167541413+1265ASC Xam Xam165561210+2206Casa Sport165471315-2197ASC Saloum164571015-5178US Ouakam164481016-6169US Rail162311822-149 Qualification into the second phase 2007 CAF Confederation Cup Relegation to Division 2 Second and final phase PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1AS Douanes6420124+8142ASC Diaraf614188073US Gorée6132611-564ASC HLM603#45-33ClubDouDiaGorHLMAS Douanes 1-02-03-2ASC Diaraf2-2 2-22-1US Gorée0-42-2 0-0ASC HLM0-00-01-2 2007 CAF Champions League 2007 CAF Confederation Cup Division 1 2006ChampionsAS Douanes3rd title References Category:Football in Senegal Category:Ligue 1 (Senegal) seasons Category:2005–06 in African association football leagues