2015–16 Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast)

Ligue 1

Season	2015–16
Matches played	111
Goals scored	206 (1.86 per match)
Biggest home win	Abengourou 4–0 Yopougon (12 December 2015)
Biggest away win	Yopougon 0–4 Tanda (18 February 2016)
Highest scoring	JCAT 3–3 SOA (14 February 2016)
Longest winning run	Tanda (6)
Longest unbeaten run	ASEC Sporting Gagnoa Stade d'Abidjan (7)
Longest winless run	SOA (10)
Longest losing run	Korhogo (6)
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 29 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Ligue 1 is the 57th season of top-tier football in Côte d'Ivoire. The season began on 28 November 2015. AS Tanda is the defending league champion, having won their first league title.

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom two of which will be relegated to the 2017 Ligue 2.

Teams

A total of 14 teams will contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 Ligue 2, Moossou FC and Yopougon FC. On the other hand, Bouaké FC and Stella Club d'Adjamé were the last two teams of the 2014–15 season and will play in Ligue 2 for the 2015-16 season. AS Tanda are the defending champions from the 2014–15 season.

Stadiums and locations

AFAD
ASEC
Africa Sports
Stade

Abengourou

Denguelé
Korhogo

JCAT

Moossou

SOA

Gagnoa

Séwé Sport

Tanda

Yopougon

Locations of the 2014–15 Ligue 1 teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2013 season
Academie de Foot Amadou Diallo	Abidjan	Stade Robert Champroux	20,000	8th in Ligue 1
ASEC Mimosas	Abidjan	Stade Robert Champroux	20,000	2nd in Ligue 1
AS Indenié Abengourou	Abengourou	Stade Henri Konan Bédié	3,000	9th in Ligue 1
Africa Sports d'Abidjan	Abidjan	Stade Robert Champroux	20,000	4th in Ligue 1
AS Denguélé	Bouaké	Stade de Bouaké	35,000	12th in Ligue 1
Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan	Abidjan	Parc des Sports de Treichville	4,000	11th in Ligue 1
CO Korhogo	Bouaké	Stade de Bouaké	35,000	10th in Ligue 1
Moossou FC	Grand-Bassam	Stade Municipal de Grand-Bassam	3,000	Ligue 2
Société Omnisports de l'Armée	Yamoussoukro	Stade de Yamoussoukro	6,000	7th in Ligue 1
Sporting Club de Gagnoa	Gagnoa	Stade Victor Biaka Boda	5,000	3rd in Ligue 1
Stade d'Abidjan	Abidjan	Stade Robert Champroux	20,000	5th in Ligue 1
Séwé Sport de San-Pédro	San Pédro	Stade Auguste Denise	8,000	6th in Ligue 1
Association Sportive Tanda	Abengourou	Stade Henri Konan Bédié	3,000	Ligue 1 Champions
Yopougon FC	Yopougon	Stade de Anguédédou		Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tanda	16	8	4	4	17	14	+3	28	2017 CAF Champions League
2	ASEC	16	6	7	3	15	9	+6	25
3	Stade d'Abidjan	16	7	3	6	19	13	+6	24	2017 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Séwé Sport	16	6	6	4	19	15	+4	24
5	Denguélé	15	6	6	3	16	13	+3	24
6	JCAT	16	5	9	2	14	11	+3	24
7	Moossou	16	5	7	4	16	11	+5	22
8	Africa Sports	16	6	4	6	18	16	+2	22
9	Sporting Gagnoa	16	4	10	2	11	11	0	22
10	Abengourou	16	4	9	3	15	12	+3	21
11	AFAD	15	4	4	7	16	18	−2	16
12	SOA	16	4	4	8	13	21	−8	16
13	Korhogo	16	3	4	9	11	18	−7	13	Relegation to 2017 Ligue 2
14	Yopougon	16	2	5	9	6	24	−18	11

Updated to games played on 29 May 2016.
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

	Leader
	2016 CAF Champions League or 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to Ligue 2

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Tanda	10	8	12	14	9	7	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
ASEC	7	9	6	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	6	10	6	8	5	2
Stade d'Abidjan	1	6	9	9	6	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	2	3
Séwé Sport	10	13	10	5	7	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	9	7	7	4
Denguélé	10	11	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	4	5	5	2	3	5
JCAT	6	5	5	3	4	6	7	6	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	6
Moossou	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	5	6	7	9	6	7
Africa Sports	1	2	2	4	2	2	2	5	5	5	9	3	4	5	8	8
Sporting Gagnoa	10	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	9	9
Abengourou	7	10	4	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	10	7	8	6	10	10
AFAD	10	13	14	13	14	11	11	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	11
SOA	1	1	3	2	3	3	4	4	6	6	8	11	11	11	12	12
Korhogo	1	3	7	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13
Yopougon	9	7	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	14	14	14	14

Last updated: 29 May 2015
Source: Soccerway

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Krahire Yannick Zakri for ASEC against Abengourou (28 November 2015)