The 2005 Division 1 season was the 40th of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal. The tournament was organized by the Senegalese Football Federation.2005 Senegalese Division 1, RSSSF The season began on 8 January and finished on 1 October. ASC Port Autonome won the third and their recent title. Port Autonome along with Diaraf would compete in the 2006 CAF Champions League the following season. AS Douanes who won the 2005 Senegalese Cup participated in the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup, along with Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise. The clubs that elevated into Division 1 would relegate do Division 2 as Renaissance sportive de Yoff was 17th and Mboro was 18th.
The season would feature 18 clubs. 306 matches were played and 519 goals were scored, fewer than last season, not a single club finished with a total of under 20 goals. The following season would feature the group and playoff system where two groups would have nine clubs each, this would be used for the next few seasons.
ASC Diaraf 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 ETICS Mboro Renaissance sportive de Yoff
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 with ASC Port Autonome again winning the championship.
League standings PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1ASC Port Autonome34191054624+22672ASC Diaraf34131562612+14543Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise34121393524+11494SONACOS34121392322+1495Casa Sport341211112527-2476ASC HLM34101682621+5467US Gorée341113103027+345/468Dakar Université Club34101593427+7459ASC Jeanne d'Arc34101683530+54410Guédiawaye FC3491782024-44411AS Douanes3491692921+84312US Ouakam341011133037-74113ASEC Ndiambour34914112330-74114US Rail341011133141-104115ASC Saloum34912132630-43916Stade de Mbour34177102531-63817Renaissance sportive de Yoff34813132937-83718ETICS Mboro3467212656-3025
2006 CAF Champions League 2006 CAF Confederation Cup Relegation to Division 2
Division 1 2005ChampionsASC Port Autonome3rd title
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