1955–56 Tunisian National Championship
# 1955–56 Tunisian National Championship

The 1955–56 Tunisian National Championship was the 30th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. It saw CS Hammam-Lif crowned as champions while Patriote de Sousse was relegated to Ligue 2.

## Participating Clubs

* CS Hammam-Lif (CSHL)
* Étoile du Sahel (ESS)
* Club Africain (CA)
* Espérance de Tunis (EST)
* CA Bizertin (CAB)
* USM Ferryville (USMF)
* Stade Tunisien (ST)
* Club Tunisien (CT)
* Sfax Railways Sports (SRS)
* Olympique Tunisien (OT)
* Patriote Football Club de Bizerte (PFCB)
* Patriote de Sousse (PS)

## Results

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CS Hammam-Lif (C) | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 56 | 15 | +41 | 58 | Champion |
| 2 | Étoile du Sahel | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 55 | |
| 3 | Club Africain | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 50 | |
| 4 | Espérance de Tunis | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 50 | |
| 5 | Club Athlétique Bizertin | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 48 | |
| 6 | Union Sportive Maritime de Ferryville | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 44 | |
| 7 | Stade Tunisien | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 43 | |
| 8 | Club Tunisien | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 40 | |
| 9 | Sfax Railways Sports | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 34 | −22 | 39 | |
| 10 | Olympique Tunis | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 72 | −37 | 37 | |
| 11 | Patrie FC de Bizerte | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 36 | |
| 12 | Patriote de Sousse (R) | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 77 | −58 | 28 | Relegation to Tunisian Ligue 2 |

### Result table

| Home \ Away | CSHL | ESS | CA | EST | CAB | USMF | ST | CT | SRS | OT | PFCB | PS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CS Hammam-Lif | | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 7–1 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 8–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| Club Africain | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Club Athlétique Bizertin | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Union Sportive Maritime de Ferryville | 0–0 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 |
| Stade Tunisien | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Club Tunisien | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 |
| Sfax Railways Sports | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Olympique Tunis | 2–6 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–4 | 1–10 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 6–1 |
| Patrie FC de Bizerte | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–7 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | | 3–0 |
| Patriote de Sousse | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–7 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |

## Top scorers

* 25 goals :
   * Habib Mougou (Étoile du Sahel)
* 13 goals :
   * Boubaker Haddad (CA Bizertin)
   * Mounir Kbaili (Club Africain)
* 11 goals :
   * Hédi Braiek (Stade Tunisien)
   * Norbert Michel (USM de Ferryville)
* 10 goals :
   * Tijani Essafi (Club Tunisien)
   * Amédée Scorsone (Olympique Tunisien)
   * Chedly Bouzid (CA Bizertin)
   * Noureddine Diwa (Stade Tunisien)

## Champion

* Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif (CSHL)
   * Formation : Abdesselem, Zouari, Hammouda, Mustapha, Chiarenza, Laaribi, Trabelsi, Azzouz, Saad Karmous, Abdelkader, M. Hénia, Abdelhafidh, Laafif, Ben Jeddou, Ben Smail
   * Coach : G. Berry

## Movements

* Relegated : Patriote de Sousse
* Promoted : Jeunesse Sportive Methouienne
