LINAFOOT
Season2017
Dates7 May 2017 - interrupted
RelegatedElect-Sport
Tourbillon
Matches played30
Goals scored80 (2.67 per match)
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All statistics correct as of 21 June 2017.

The 2017 LINAFOOT was supposed to be the 2nd season of the LINAFOOT, the top Chadian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015. Gazelle as 2015 season winners, were the defending champions, since 2016 season was interrupted due financial difficulties. The season started on 7 May 2017.[1]

Events

Following financial difficulties and the lack of sponsors, FTFA decided to implement the new format of the national championship, which would lower the costs. In 2017 FIFA proposed to FTFA a new championship format, which FTFA accepted. The new formula of the national football championship took place in two phases. The first phase, called a zonal phase, consistsed of three zones. Zone 1 consisted of six clubs from N'Djamena (RFC, Gazelle, Tourbillon, Elect-Sport, Foullah Ediffice and Ascot),[2] Zone 2 consisted of the clubs from Sarh, Koumra, Doba, Moundou, Pala and Bongor, Zone 3 included the clubs of Moussoro, Ati, Biltine, Mongo, Salamat and Abéché. At the end of the zonal confrontations, three clubs in Zone 2 and Zone 3 have joined the 4 qualifiers in Zone 1 for the second phase of the championship.[3] The 5th and 6th of the final ranking should have been officially relegated to lower division. Matches were usually being played at 4 p.m. local time. Zone 1 playoff matches were being played on 3 stadiums: Stade d'Académie de Farcha, Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya and Stade de Paris-Congo.[4]

League playoff

Zone 1 playoff

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Gazelle FC (Q) 10 7 3 0 21 9 +12 24 2017 LINAFOOT
2 Foullah Edifice FC (Q) 10 4 2 4 16 12 +4 14
3 AS CotonTchad (Q) 10 4 2 4 12 15 −3 14
4 Renaissance FC (Q) 10 4 0 6 10 14 −4 12
5 Elect-Sport FC 10 2 4 4 10 10 0 10 Relegation to D2
6 Tourbillon FC 10 3 1 6 11 14 −3 10
Updated to match(es) played on 15 June 2017. Source: FTFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) head-to-head goals allowed; 6) playoff
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Zone 2 playoff

The following 6 teams competed in Zone 2 playoff for the national championship:

Zone 3 playoff

The following 6 teams competed in Zone 3 playoff for the national championship:

Second phase

The teams that qualified for the Second Phase of championship were:

Note: Gazelle FC excluded; Elect-Sport FC and Tourbillon FC admitted

The second phase began in October 2017, but was suspended in November 2017.

Managers

Nat. Name Club Appointed Time as manager
Chad AS Lycod Doba
Chad Moussa Kodbe AS Mirim Mongo
Chad AS Wadi Fira
Chad ASCOT Moundou
Chad AS CotonTchad
Chad Amane Adoum Elect-Sport FC 2016
Chad Nodjidoumde Espoir FC Kebbi
Chad Djindo Manadji Samuel Foullah Edifice FC 2015
Chad Mahamat Allamine Abakar Gazelle FC 2016
Chad Oumar Francis Renaissance FC
Chad Ouaddai FC (Abéché)
Chad Cesare AS Kokaga

References

  1. ^ "LINAFOOT : Les équipes de N'Djaména débutent la compétition ce dimanche - Zaman - Actualité". Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Tournoi qualificatif pour la LINAFOOT 2ème édition". Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Tchad : la FIFA impose un nouveau système pour le championnat national". 13 April 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Tchad : Reprise du championnat national de football ce dimanche". apanews.net. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

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