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Ligue 1
Ligue 1
Country Flag of France France (19 teams)
Flag of Monaco Monaco (1 teams)
Confederation UEFA
Founded 1932
Number of teams 20 (18 from 2023–24)
Relegation to Ligue 2
Level on pyramid 1
Domestic cup(s) Coupe de France
Trophée des champions
Coupe de la Ligue
UEFA cup(s) UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions Paris Saint-Germain
(10th title) (2021–22)
Most successful club Saint-Étienne
Olympique Marseille
Paris Saint-Germain (10 titles each)
TV Canal+ and beIN Sports
Website Official website
Football current event 2023–24

Ligue 1; League 1, formerly known as Division 1), is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Ligue 2. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 38 games each totaling 380 games in the season. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January. Ligue 1 is one of the top national leagues, currently ranked fifth in Europe behind the Spanish La Liga, English Premier League, the German Bundesliga and the Italian Serie A.

Ligue 1 was inaugurated on 11 September 1932 under the name National before switching to Division 1 after a year of existence. The name lasted until 2002 before switching to its current name. AS Saint-Étienne is the most successful club with ten league titles in France while Olympique Lyon is the club that has won the most consecutive titles (seven between 2002 and 2008). With the presence of 66 seasons in Ligue 1, the FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and Olympique de Marseille hold the record for most seasons among the elite, while FC Nantes holds the League record for longevity with 44 consecutive seasons (1963–2007). The current champions are Paris Saint-Germain, who won their sixth title in the 2015–16 season.

Clubs[]

A total of 76 clubs have played in Ligue 1 from its foundation in the 1932–33 season to the start of the 2011–12 season. Currently, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice, and Rennes are the only founding members of the league to be playing in Ligue 1. Paris Saint-Germain and Gazélec Ajaccio are the only clubs to have not suffered points relegation. Paris Saint-Germain earned promotion to the first division for the 1974–75 season and has not faltered down since, while Gazélec made its debut in the league for the 2015–16 season. Paris Saint-Germain was administratively relegated by the league following its split from Paris FC in 1972, but returned to the top flight two seasons later.

Members for 2022–23[]

The following 20 clubs are competing in the 2022–23 Ligue 1 season.

Club
Position
in 2021–22
First season in
top division
Seasons in
Ligue 1
First season of
current spell in
top division
No. of seasons
of current spell
Ligue 1
titles
Last
Ligue 1 title
Ajaccio 004L2: 2nd 1967–68 14 2022–23 1 0
Angers 01014th 1956–57 31 2015–16 8 0
Auxerre 010L2: 3rd 1980–81 33 2022–23 1 1 1995–96
Brest 01011th 1979–80 17 2019–20 4 0
Clermont 01017th 2021–22 2 2021–22 2 0
Lens 0107th 1937–38 61 2020–21 3 1 1997–98
Lille 10th 1945–46 63 2000–01 23 4 2020–21
Lorient 01016th 1998–99 16 2020–21 3 0
Lyon 0048th 1945–46 65 1989–90 34 7 2007–08
Marseille 0042nd 1932–33 73 1996–97 27 9 2009–10
Monaco 0043rd 1953–54 64 2013–14 10 8 2016–17
Montpellier 01013th 1932–33 41 2009–10 14 1 2011–12
Nantes 0109th 1963–64 55 2013–14 10 8 2000–01
Nice 0105th 1932–33 64 2002–03 21 4 1958–59
Paris Saint-Germain 0101st 1971–72 50 1974–75 49 10 2021–22
Reims 01012th 1945–46 38 2018–19 5 6 1961–62
Rennes 0104th 1932–33 66 1994–95 29 0
Strasbourg 0106th 1934–35 62 2017–18 6 1 1978–79
Toulouse 010L2: 1st 1982–83 33 2022–23 1 0
Troyes 01015th 1999–00 11 2021–22 2 0

External links[]

Ligue 1 2023-24

Brest · Clermont · Le Havre · Lens · Lille · Lorient · Lyon · Marseille · Metz · Monaco · Montpellier · Nantes · Nice · Paris Saint-Germain · Reims · Rennes · Strasbourg · Toulouse

Ligue 1 seasons Flag of France
2015–16 · 2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 ·
2023–24 Ligue 1 stadiums

Stade Francis-Le Blé (Brest) · Stade Gabriel Montpied (Clermont) · Stade Océane (Le Havre) · Stade Bollaert-Delelis (Lens) · Stade Pierre-Mauroy (Lille) · Stade du Moustoir (Lorient) · Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) · Stade Vélodrome (Marseille) · Stade Saint-Symphorien (Metz) · Stade Louis-II (Monaco) · Stade de la Mosson (Montpellier) · Stade de la Beaujoire (Nantes) · Allianz Riviera (Nice) · Parc des Princes (Paris Saint-Germain) · Stade Auguste-Delaune (Reims) · Roazhon Park (Rennes) · Stade de la Meinau (Strasbourg) · Stadium de Toulouse (Toulouse)

Current Ligue 1 managers

Pantaloni (Ajaccio) · Dujeux (Angers) · Pélissier (Auxerre) · Roy (Brest) · Gastien (Clermont) · Haise (Lens) · Fonseca (Lille) · Le Bris (Lorient) · Blanc (Lyon) · Marcelino (Marseille) · Clement (Monaco) · Der Zakarian (Montpellier) · Kombouaré (Nantes) · Digard (Nice, caretaker) · Enrique (Paris Saint-Germain) · Still (Reims) · Génésio (Rennes) · Le Scornet (Strasbourg) · Montanier (Toulouse) · Kisborbo (Troyes)

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