The 2019–20 Tahiti Ligue 1 is the 73rd season of the Tahiti Ligue 1, the top-flight football league in Tahiti. The season started on 27 September 2019.French Polynesia 2019/20, RSSSF.com Vénus are the defending champions.
Teams A total of ten teams compete in the league. Arue and Taiarapu were relegated from the previous season, and were replaced by promoted teams Taravao AC and Olympique de Mahina. Central Sport Dragon Jeunes Tahitiens Manu-Ura Olympique de Mahina Pirae Taravao AC Tefana Tiare Tahiti Vénus
League table On 16 May 2020, the Tahitian Football Federation announced that the 2019–20 Tahiti Ligue 1 season had been concluded due to the COVID-19 pandemic in French Polynesia, and the remaining three rounds were cancelled. Originally, it was decided that the title would not be awarded. The top three teams of the league table (at the time of suspension on 17 March 2020) would play in a triangular play-off, with the following rules: The team which finished 1st in the league table would start with 3 points. The team which finished 2nd in the league table would start with 2 points. The team which finished 3rd in the league table would start with 1 point. The top two teams of the play-off would qualify for the 2021 OFC Champions League. No teams would be relegated and the league would consist of 12 teams next season.
However, on 27 May 2020 following new consultation with the clubs, Pirae, who were leading the table, were declared champions, and qualified for the 2021 OFC Champions League together with Vénus, who were at second place. Tiare Tahiti, who were at third place, qualified for the 2020–21 Coupe de France seventh round as the representative of Tahiti (which would originally be awarded to the winners of the 2019–20 Tahiti Cup, which had also been abandoned). The decision on promotion and relegation remained the same.
Top scorers Rank.NameTeamGoal1 Sandro TauPirae212 Teaonui TehauVénus203 Benoit MathonTefana124 Roonui TinirauariPirae115 Denji KaihaOlympic Mahina10 Tamatoa TetauiraVénus Rainui Tze-YuDragon8 Yohann TihoniPueu99 Jess HoroiCentral Sport810 Raiamanu TetauiraDragon7
Hat-tricks Player For Against Score Date Sandro Tau5PiraeTaravao11-019 October 2019 Roonui Tinirauari Kevin Scharwitzel4DragonOlympic Mahina3-931 October 2019 Benoit MathonTefanaTiare4-230 November 2019 Sandro Tau5PiraeOlympic Mahina11-17 December 2019 Denji Kaiha4Olympic MahinaTefana4-313 December 2019 Tauhiti KeckVénusOlympic Mahina0-817 January 2020 Teaonui Tehau4 Teaonui TehauVénusPirae4-021 January 2020 Christopher Tiatia-OhotouaManu-UraOlympic Mahina2-514 February 2020 Roonui Tinirauari4PiraeCentral Sport6-015 February 2020 Ariiura LabasteVénusCentral Sport7-413 March 2020 Jess Horoi4Central SportVénus
See also 2019–20 Tahiti Cup
References
External links Fédération Tahitienne de Football Ligue 1, FTF Sports Tahiti