Season 2007 Relegated none Goals scored 244 (0.89 per match) | Champions AS Douanes (4th title) Matches played 274 | |
Promoted Thiès FC
ASC Renaissance de Dakar | ||
The 2007 Division 1 season was the 42nd of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal. The tournament was organized by the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football (Senegalese Football Federation). 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. 305 matches (255 in the first phase and 60 in the second phase) were played and 289 goals were scored (229 in the first phase and 60 in the second phase), more than last season, the average goal of the first phase was one goal per match or less, only two clubs from each group scored more than an average of a goal. It was the second time that feature the first and second phases, the first phase featured the group system with a total of 127 matches for each group, the second or final phase would consist of four clubs with a larger total of 50 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. The average goal was higher than last season and scored roughly the same as last season, Douanes scored an average of two goals, a total of three clubs scored more than average, the other three scored below. 1/5 of the total goals scored were in the final phase.
AS Douanes was the defending team of the title.
Overview
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.