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TEAM PROFILES
Ajaccio, Amiens, Angers, Auxerre, Bordeaux, Brest, Clermont, Dijon, Lens, Lille, Lorient, Lyon, Marseille, Metz, Monaco, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Nimes, Paris Saint-Germain, Reims, Rennes, Saint-Etienne, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Troyes
RESULTS AND HIGHLIGHTS
CURRENT TABLE
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
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1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 28 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 28 | +40 | 66 |
2 | Marseille | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 59 |
3 | Lens | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 57 |
4 | Monaco | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 54 |
5 | Stade Rennais FC | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 50 |
6 | LOSC Lille Métropole | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 49 |
7 | OGC Nice | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 44 |
8 | Lorient | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 44 |
9 | Stade de Reims | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 43 |
10 | Lyon | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 41 |
11 | Montpellier Hérault SC | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 44 | 47 | -3 | 36 |
12 | Toulouse | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 48 | -5 | 35 |
13 | Clermont | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 40 | -13 | 34 |
14 | Nantes | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 37 | -7 | 30 |
15 | Strasbourg | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 46 | -12 | 26 |
16 | Brest | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 46 | -16 | 24 |
17 | Auxerre | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 51 | -28 | 23 |
18 | ESTAC | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 61 | -23 | 21 |
19 | Ajaccio | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 50 | -30 | 21 |
20 | Angers | 28 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 63 | -42 | 10 |
UPCOMING FIXTURES
Matchday 29
Marseille vs Montpellier
Auxerre vs Troyes
Rennes vs Lens
Lille vs Lorient
Clermont vs Ajaccio
Angers vs Nice
Nantes vs Reims
Brest vs Toulouse
Monaco vs Strasbourg
PSG vs Lyon
Matchday 30
Lens vs Strasbourg
Angers vs Lille
Nice vs PSG
Lyon vs Rennes
Montpellier vs Toulouse
Ajaccio vs Auxerre
Troyes vs Clermont
Reims vs Brest
Nantes vs Monaco
Lorient vs Marseille
Matchday 31
Toulouse vs Lyon
Rennes vs Reims
PSG vs Lens
Lille vs Montpellier
Auxerre vs Nantes
Brest vs Nice
Clermont vs Angers
Strasbourg vs Ajaccio
Monaco vs Lorient
Marseille vs Troyes
COUPE DE FRANCE
Semi Finals
Nantes vs Lyon
Annecy vs Toulouse
Round of 16
Angers 1(2)-(4)1 Nantes
Marseille 2-1 PSG
Auxerre 2-3 Rodez
Lorient 1(2)-(4)1 Lens
Toulouse 3-1 Reims
Lyon 2(4)-(2)2 Lille
Vierzon 0-1 Grenoble
Paris FC 1(5)-(6)1 Annecy
Round of 32
Toulouse 2-0 Ajaccio
Les Herbiers 0-3 Reims
Brest 1-3 Lens
Plabennec Stade 0-1 Grenoble
Bastia 1(1)-(4)1 Lorient
Grasse 0(4)-(5)0 Rodez
Belfort 1(3)-(4)1 Annecy
Pays de Cassel 0-7 PSG
Marseille 1-0 Rennes
Niort 0-4 Auxerre
Thaon 0(2)-(4)0 Nantes
Lille 2-0 Pau
Chamalieres 0-4 Paris FC
Le Puy Auvergne 0(3)-(5)0 Vierzon
Ol Strasbourg 0-1 Angers
Chambéry 0-3 Lyon
Round of 64
Jura Sud 1-2 Ajaccio
Pau 2-1 Montpellier
Thaon 0(4)-(2)0 Amiens
Lyon 2-1 Metz
Granville 0-3 Niort
Olympique Strasbourg 0(4)-(3)0 Clermont
Chamalieres 0(6)-(5) Bourges Foot 18
Lannion 1-7 Toulouse
Avranches 0-2 Brest
Loon-Plage 0-7 Reims
Linas-Montlhery 0-2 Lens
Grasse 1-0 La Tamponnaise
Vire 0-2 Nantes
Le Puy F43 Auvergne 1-0 Nice
Paris FC 3-1 Valenciennes
Chateauroux 1-3 PSG
Strasbourg 0(4)-(5)0 Angers
ASM Belfort 3-1 St Quentin
Marseille 2-0 Hyeres
Grenoble 1-0 Nimes
Monaco 2(4)-(5)2 Rodez
Dunkerque 2(4)-(5)2 Auxerre
Aubagne 1-3 Chambéry
Villerupt Thil 1-6 Annecy
Plabennec Stade 2-0 Vannes
La Chataigneraie 0-6 Lorient
Bordeaux 1-2 Rennes
Stade Pontivy 1-4 Les Herbiers
Pays de Cassel 1(5)-(4)1 Wasquehal
Avoine 1-2 Vierzon
Evreux 1(3)-(4)1 Bastia
Lille 2-0 Troyes
Eighth Round
SC Lyon 2-3 Annecy
Bergerac-Périgord 0(4)-(5)0 Niort
Marnaval 0-3 Bastia
SAS Épinal 0-1 Metz
Linas-Montlhery 2-1 Gobelins
Trélissac 2-3 Bordeaux
Orvault SF 0-1 La Chataigneraie
Granville 6-0 Étoile
Mountauban 0-4 Nimes
SC Feignies 0-3 Valenciennes
Grenoble 2-0 Villefranche
Haguenau 1-2 ASM Belfort
Amiens SC 10-0 Aiglon
Jura Sud 1(4)-(2)1 Limonest
Chamalieres 4-1 Macon
Thiers 2-3 Le Puy F43 Auvergne
Thaon 2(3)-(1)2 Sochaux
COSNE US 0-2 Paris FC
Chambéry 2-1 Rumilly-Vallieres
Alencon 0(3)-(5)0 Stade Pontivy
Ergué-Gaberic 1-2 Plabennec Stade
Colomiers 0-1 Pau
Vire 3-0 Caen
Les Herbiers 2(4)-(3)2 Guingamp
Bourges Foot 18 1(3)-(1)1 Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire
Fougeres 0-1 Avranches
Roche Saint Genest 0-1 Rodez
Onet-le-Chateau 0-1 Grasse
Stade Béthunois 0-4 Dunkerque
Grand Santi 0-3 Evreux
Lege-Cap-Ferret 1-4 Chateauroux
Chatellerault 0-1 Avoine
Pays de Cassel 1(3)-(2)1 Drancy JA
Boé Bon Encontre 1-4 Aubagne
Olympique Marcquois 0-1 St Quentin
Bellevue Nantes 0(6)-(7)0 Lannion
Oissel 1(3)-(5)1 Loon-Plage
Marcoussis Nozay La Ville de Bois 0-6 Vierzon
Villerupt Thil 1(2)-(0)1 Reipertswiller
Reims Saint-Anne 0(2)-(4)0 Wasquehal
AG Plouvorn 0(3)-(4)0 Vannes
Olympique Strasbourg 2-1 Louhans-Cuiseaux
Saint Esteve Perpignan 1(2)-(4)1 Hyeres
La Tamponnaise 1-0 Aubervilliers
Seventh Round
Stade Poitevin 0-1 Chateauroux
Le Puy F43 Auvergne 2-0 Andrézieux
Angouleme 1(3)-(4)1 Trélissac
St Quentin 2-1 Hienghene
Mérignac-Arlac 0-1 Niort
Sochaux 3-0 Hombourg-Haut
Lucciana 0-1 Drancy JA
Les Ulis 1-3 Paris FC
Velay 2-3 Macon
Oissel 1(6)-(5)1 Poissy
Liancourt Clermont 0-5 Gobelins
Illzach 1-4 Grenoble
Reipertswiller 3-2 Nancy
Orvault SF 1(6)-(5)1 Stade Laval
St Étienne 0(3)-(4)0 Rodez
Salinieres Aigues Mortes 0-3 Pau
Golden Lion 1-2 Aiglon
Chartres de Bretagne 0-2 Avranches
Aubervilliers 1(4)-(1)1 Quevilly-Rouen
Annecy 8-1 Diables Noirs
Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire 1(3)-(2)1 Dijon
Toulon 1(3)-(4)1 Aubagne
Prix-les-Mezieres 0(2)-(4)0 Bastia
Vitré 0(3)-(4)0 Ergué-Gaberic
Chambéry 1(4)-(3)1 Bourgoin-Jallieu
Vannes 1(6)-(5) Concarneau
Hagenau 1-0 Jura Dolois
Evreux 1-0 Grand-Quevilly
Beauvais 0-3 Dunkerque
Onet-le-Chateau 2-1 Feurs
Saint-Priest 0-1 SC Lyon
Cournon 0-2 Grasse
Jura Sud 3-1 Vaulx-en-Velin
Éperlecques 0-1 Stade Béthunois
Saint-Grégoire 0-1 Stade Pontivy
Saint-Malo 2(3)-(4)2 Caen
Fougeres 2(8)-(7)2 Le Mans
Roche Saint Genest 2-1 Savigneux Montbrison
Thiers 2-0 Fréjus Saint-Raphael
Sarre-Union 0-3 Thaon
NDC Angers 2-4 Granville
Chamalieres 1(6)-(5)1 Gueugnon
Geispolsheim 2-5 Louhans-Cuiseaux
Voltigeurs de Chateaubriant 1(3)-(5)1 Lannion
Bourges Foot 18 0(4)-(2)0 Saint-Apollinaire
Valenciennes 1(3)-(1)1 Red Star
Alencon 3(5)-(3)3 Le Havre
Montauban 2(6)-(5)2 Ales
Plabennec Stade 1-0 Cholet
Mareuil 1-6 Les Herbiers
Chatellerault 4-2 Mérignac
Nimes 3-0 Bastia-Borgo
AS Vénus 0-3 ASM Belfort
Pays de Cassel 2-1 Chaumont
Chauray 0-1 Avoine
Biars-Bretenoux 1-2 Bergerac-Périgord
Lescar 0-2 Boé Bon Encontre
Stade Bordelais 0-3 Bordeaux
SC Feignies 2-1 Escaudain
Saint Esteve-Perpignan 3-1 Narbonne
Heillecourt 0-4 SAS Épinal
Bondues 0-2 Wasquehal
Olympique Strasbourg 1-0 Gandrange
Armentieres 0-2 Marnaval
Pont Sainte-Maxence 0-2 Vierzon
Fleury 91 1(3)-(5)1 Reims Sainte-Anne
Auray 0-2 Guingamp
Vénissieux 0-2 Limonest
Merpins 0(3)-(5)0 Lege-Cap-Ferret
Saint Doulchard 1-3 COSNE US
Bellevue Nantes 2-0 Basse Goulaine
Marcoussis Nozay La Ville de Bois 3-2 Pays du Valois
Villerupt Thil 3-1 COS Villers
RCO Agde 2-3 Colomiers
Paris 15 1(2)-(4)1 Linas-Montlhery
Chambly 1(3)-(5)1 Amiens SC
Rumilly Vallieres 3-1 Saint-Louis Neuweg
Caucriauville 0-4 Vire
AG Plouvorn 0(5)-(4)0 Sablé
Hyeres 2(4)-(2)2 Alberes Argeles
Séné 0-3 La Chataigneraie
Teteghem 1-4 Loon-Plage
Le Geldar 1(4)-(5)1 Grand Santi
Étoile 1(5)-(4)1 Sporting Baie-Mahault
JS St Pierroise 0(4)-(5)0 La Tamponnaise
Olympique Marcquois 3-1 Cambrai
Tarentaise 0-5 Villefranche
US Raon l’Étape 1-2 Metz
HISTORY AND FORMAT
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Ligue 1, formerly named the National and then Division 1, kicked off in 1932. The league is known as a breeding ground of precocious young talent and has produced many players who have gone on to become superstars after moving on to other leagues. That’s not to say that no leading lights play in it, as the presence of the likes of Neymar and Mbappé attests.
The Championnat is set to shrink from 20 to 18 teams at the end of the season. As a result, the bottom four teams will go down automatically, the top two in Ligue 2 will go up, and there will be no promotion/relegation playoff. Ranked fifth in Europe by UEFA coefficient, the top two in France qualify automatically for the Champions League, whilst third place enters the preliminary round.
Historically Ligue 1 has been particularly enjoyable due to its sheer unpredictability. In recent years, however, first Lyon and now PSG have made things rather less interesting with their dominance. Having only taken two titles before 2012, the Parisians have since won 8 of the last 10 editions of the competition by massively outspending everybody else.
It was PSG that won the Championnat last year as well, as they drew level with relegated Saint-Étienne on ten titles. Nantes were the surprise winners of the Coupe De France as they stunned a Nice side in the final, whose season petered out after a strong start.
Argentine Delio Onnis is the top goal scorer in the history of the French league with 299 goals.
ROLL OF HONOUR
Ligue 1 Winners (including Division 1 and the National)
10 Saint-Etienne, Paris Saint-Germain 9 Marseille 8 Monaco, Nantes 7 Lyon 6 Bordeaux, Reims 4 Nice, Lille 2 Sete, Sochaux 1 Montpellier, Lens, Auxerre, Strasbourg, Roubaix Tourcoing, RCF Paris, Olympique Lillois
Coupe De France Winners
14 Paris Saint-Germain 10 Marseille 6 Saint-Etienne, Lille 5 Lyon, Monaco, RCF Paris, Red Star 4 Bordeaux, Auxerre, Nantes 3 Rennes, Strasbourg, Nice 2 Guingamp, Metz, Reims, CASG Paris 1 Lorient, Bastia, Nancy, Le Havre, Toulouse, Nancy-Lorraine, Roubaix, Cannes, Club Francais, CA Paris, Olympique de Paris
Coupe De La Ligue/D’Été Winners
9 Paris Saint-Germain 4 Strasbourg 3 Marseille, Bordeaux 2 Lens, Metz, Laval 1 Saint-Etienne, Monaco, Lyon, Gueugnon, Montpellier, Reims, Nantes
QUIZZES
WHO’S COMING UP?
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
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1 | Le Havre | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 57 |
2 | Girondins de Bordeaux | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 50 |
3 | Sochaux | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 49 |
4 | Metz | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 48 |
5 | Bastia | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 45 |
6 | Caen | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 43 |
7 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 41 |
8 | Quevilly Rouen | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 39 |
9 | Guingamp | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 38 |
10 | Paris FC | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 37 |
11 | Amiens SC | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 35 | -5 | 37 |
12 | Saint-Etienne | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 43 | -2 | 33 |
13 | Annecy | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 34 | -4 | 33 |
14 | Valenciennes | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 34 | -6 | 33 |
15 | Pau | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 33 |
16 | Rodez | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 37 | -8 | 31 |
17 | Laval | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 43 | -10 | 31 |
18 | Dijon | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 34 | -10 | 26 |
19 | Nîmes | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 43 | -15 | 26 |
20 | Niort | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 46 | -19 | 26 |