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2007 Division 1 (Senegal)

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Division 1
Season2007
ChampionsAS Douanes (4th title)
PromotedThiès FC
ASC Renaissance de Dakar
Relegatednone
Matches played174
Goals scored289 (1.66 per match)
2006
2008

The 2007 Division 1 season was the 42nd of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal. The tournament was organized by the Senegalese Football Federation.[1] The season began on 13 January and finished on 16 September. It was the last year they played at an amateur level, the following would be at a professional level. AS Douanes won their fourth title, the next club to win two consecutive titles. AS Douanes along with Saloum would compete in the 2008 CAF Champions League the following season. ASC Linguère (participated in Division 2) who won the 2007 Senegalese Cup participated in the 2008 CAF Confederation Cup, along with Casa Sport, third in the final phase. Under an undecided reason, not a single club was relegated as the number of clubs risen to twenty in the following season.

The season would feature 18 clubs. 174 matches (144 in the first phase and 30 in the second phase) were played and 289 goals were scored (229 in the first phase and 60 in the second phase). It was the second time that 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 six clubs with a larger total of 30 matches, each club played a total of ten matches and the highest number of points would decide the season's champion. This would be last season to do so, the playoff system would be restored in the following season.

AS Douanes was the defending team of the title.

Participating clubs

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Overview

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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.[1]

League standings

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AS Douanes 16 10 4 2 23 7 +16 36
2 US Ouakam 16 7 4 4 14 13 +1 25
3 ASC Xam Xam 16 6 5 5 18 16 +2 23
4 ASC Jeanne d'Arc 16 5 5 6 18 21 -3 20
5 ASC SUNEOR 16 4 6 4 9 7 +2 18
6 ASC Thiès 15 4 5 6 18 20 -2 17
7 ASEC Ndiambour 16 3 8 5 11 16 -5 17
8 ASC Port Autonome 16 5 2 9 10 17 -7 17
9 ASC HLM 16 2 7 7 8 16 -8 13

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Stade de Mbour 16 8 6 2 20 10 +10 30
2 ASC Saloum 16 8 5 3 14 9 +5 29
3 Casa Sport 16 7 7 2 17 9 +8 28
4 Guédiawaye FC 16 4 7 5 11 10 +1 19
5 ASC Diaraf 16 5 3 8 10 18 -8 18
6 US Gorée 16 4 4 8 12 17 -5 16
7 Dakar Université Club 16 2 4 10 6 20 -14 10
8 ASC Renaissance de Dakar 16 3 4 10 5 19 -14 10
9 ASC Yakaar 16 2 4 10 5 20 -15 10
Qualification into the second phase

Second and final phase

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AS Douanes 10 7 2 1 20 5 +15 23
2 ASC Saloum 10 4 3 3 11 7 +4 15
3 Casa Sport 10 3 4 3 8 7 +1 13
4 ASC Xam Xam 10 4 1 5 11 18 -7 13
5 Stade de Mbour 10 3 2 5 5 11 -6 11
6 US Ouakam 10 1 4 5 5 12 -7 7
2008 CAF Champions League
2008 CAF Confederation Cup
Division 1 2007
Champions
AS Douanes
4th title

References

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  1. ^ a b 2006/07 Senegalese Premier Division season at RSSSF
  2. ^ On January 1, 2007, the company SONACOS, proprietor of the club changed its name