2017 LINAFOOT (Chad)

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.

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), 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. 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.

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


 * ASCOT Moundou (Moundou) - champions of Moundou
 * AS Lycod Doba (Doba) - champions of Doba
 * FC Kebbi (Bongor) - champions of Bongor
 * Abeilles FC Mandoul - champions of Koumra
 * Champions of Sarh
 * Sonacim FC (Pala) - champions of Pala

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


 * AS Mirim Mongo (Mongo) - champions of Mongo
 * AS Wadi Fira (Biltine) - champions of Biltine
 * Eléphant de Zakouma (Am Timan) - champions of Salamat
 * Ouaddaï FC (Abéché) - champions of Abéché
 * Champions of Moussoro
 * Champions of Ati

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

Note: Gazelle FC excluded; Elect-Sport FC and Tourbillon FC admitted
 * AS CotonTchad (N'Djamena) - from Zone 1
 * Foullah Edifice FC (N'Djamena) - from Zone 1
 * Gazelle FC (N'Djamena) - from Zone 1*
 * Renaissance FC (N'Djamena) - from Zone 1
 * Elect-Sport FC (N'Djamena) - from Zone 1*
 * Tourbillon FC (N'Djamena) - from Zone 1*
 * ASCOT Moundou (Moundou) - from Zone 2
 * AS Lycod Doba (Doba) - from Zone 2
 * Abeilles FC Mandoul - from Zone 2
 * AS Mirim Mongo (Mongo) - from Zone 3
 * AS Wadi Fira (Biltine) - from Zone 3
 * Eléphant de Zakouma (Am Timan) - from Zone 3

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