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Tahiti Ligue 1

Season	2019–20
Champions	Pirae (9th title)
Premiers	no relegation
OFC Champions League	Pirae Vénus
Matches played	75
Goals scored	333 (4.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sandro Tau (21 goals)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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. 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.

Note: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a defeat.

1. Manu-Ura deducted 4 points.
2. Taravao AC deducted 2 points.
3. Jeunes Tahitiens deducted 2 points.

Top scorers

Rank.	Name	Team	Goal
1	Sandro Tau	Pirae	21
2	Teaonui Tehau	Vénus	20
3	Benoit Mathon	Tefana	12
4	Roonui Tinirauari	Pirae	11
5	Denji Kaiha	Olympic Mahina	10
	Tamatoa Tetauira	Vénus
	Rainui Tze-Yu	Dragon
8	Yohann Tihoni	Pueu	9
9	Jess Horoi	Central Sport	8
10	Raiamanu Tetauira	Dragon	7

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Sandro Tau	Pirae	Taravao	11-0	19 October 2019
Roonui Tinirauari
Kevin Scharwitzel	Dragon	Olympic Mahina	3-9	31 October 2019
Benoit Mathon	Tefana	Tiare	4-2	30 November 2019
Sandro Tau	Pirae	Olympic Mahina	11-1	7 December 2019
Denji Kaiha	Olympic Mahina	Tefana	4-3	13 December 2019
Tauhiti Keck	Vénus	Olympic Mahina	0-8	17 January 2020
Teaonui Tehau
Teaonui Tehau	Vénus	Pirae	4-0	21 January 2020
Christopher Tiatia-Ohotoua	Manu-Ura	Olympic Mahina	2-5	14 February 2020
Roonui Tinirauari	Pirae	Central Sport	6-0	15 February 2020
Ariiura Labaste	Vénus	Central Sport	7-4	13 March 2020
Jess Horoi	Central Sport	Vénus

See also

• 2019–20 Tahiti Cup

References

1. French Polynesia 2019/20, RSSSF.com
2. "Les calendriers pour la saison 2019/2020 sont dévoilé". FTF. 25 September 2019.
3. "Communiqué Officiel". Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 16 May 2020.
4. "Communiqué Officiel – Décision du Comité Exécutif du 27 mai". Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 27 May 2020.

External links

• Fédération Tahitienne de Football
  • Ligue 1, FTF
• Sports Tahiti

• Tahiti Ligue 1 seasons
• 2019 in Oceanian association football leagues
• 2020 in Oceanian association football leagues
• 2019–20 in French Polynesian football
• Association football events curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic