Football league
The Tahitian Ligue 1 is the top division of the Fédération Tahitienne de Football in French Polynesia. The league is currently named Ligue 1 Vini for sponsorship reasons.
Competition format
Competition is divided into a regular season and play-offs.[1] The regular season is a league format. At the end of the regular season the top 6 teams – and in past seasons the winners of the Moorea island league – enter a play-off league to determine the overall champions and qualifiers for the OFC Champions League.[2] Meanwhile, the lower teams enter a separate play-off league along with teams from Ligue 2 to determine promotion and relegation for the following season. The league has a point scoring system whereby teams are awarded 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and 1 point for a defeat. The only way a team cannot score a point is by failing to field a team. Although it is not unique, and is inspired from the French ranking system for every division below third tier as well as women's league (all before 2016), it has received publicity when the Tahiti national football team qualified for the Confederations Cup, and according to an interview of Charles Ariitoma, the President of the FTF, this was introduced because "we don't want anyone to be sad".[3]
Teams
- These are the teams for the 2022–23 Tahiti Ligue 1 season:[4]
List of champions
Champions so far are:[5]
Performances
Performances by club
Performances by city
Top goalscorers
- Most time goalscorers
- 6 times
- Teaonui Tehau (2013-14, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22)
- Most goals by a player in a single game
- Most goals by a player in a single season
All-time goalscorers
Multiple hat-tricks
- Most hat–tricks in a single season
- Most hat-tricks by a scorer in a single season
References
- ^ "Summary - Ligue 1 - Tahiti - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". Uk.soccerway.com. 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
- ^ "FTF » Classements". Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ^ "Tahitian League gives one point for a loss 'so nobody's sad' | Early Doors - Yahoo Sport". Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 2013-10-13. Archived from the original on 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
- ^ "LIGUE 1 VINI". Fédération Tahitienne de Football. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
- ^ "Tahiti – List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Communiqué Officiel – Décision du Comité Exécutif du 26 juin". Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 26 Jun 2022.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Fédération Tahitienne de Football