Association football league in France
Football league
Ligue 1, [ a ] officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is a french professional league for men ‘s association football clubs. At the top of the french football league system, it is the state ‘s primary football rival. Administrated by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Ligue 1 is contested by 20 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and delegating from and to Ligue 2.

Seasons run from August to May. Clubs play two matches against each of the early teams in the league – one home and one aside – totalling to 38 matches over the course of the season. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. Play is regularly suspended the final weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January. As of 2021, Ligue 1 is one of the top national leagues, ranked fifth in Europe, behind England ‘s Premier League, Spain ‘s La Liga, Italy ‘s Serie A and Germany ‘s Bundesliga. [ 3 ] Ligue 1 was inaugurated on 11 September 1932 under the name National before switching to Division 1 after a class of being. It continued to operate under that name until 2002, when it adopted its current mention. AS Saint-Étienne is the most successful golf club with ten-spot league titles in France while Olympique Lyonnais is the clubhouse that has won the most consecutive titles ( seven between 2002 and 2008 ). With the presence of 71 seasons in Ligue 1, Olympique de Marseille hold the record for most seasons among the elite, while Paris Saint-Germain hold the league record for longevity with 47 straight seasons ( from 1974 to present ). FC Nantes is the team with the most back-to-back unbeaten streak in a individual season ( 32 matches ) and have the least count of defeats ( 1 match ) in the 1994/95 season. In summation, FC Nantes besides holds the record for the longest time without losing at dwelling with 92 matches from May 1976 to April 1981. The stream champions are Lille, who won in the 2020–21 season. The league has been won on multiple occasions by foreign-based club AS Monaco, the bearing of which within the league makes it a cross-border competition. [ 4 ]

history [edit ]

initiation [edit ]

professionalism in french football did not exist until July 1930, when the National Council of the french Football Federation voted 128–20 in favor of its adoption. The founders of professionalism in french football are Georges Bayrou, Emmanuel Gambardella, and Gabriel Hanot. Professionalism was formally implemented in 1932. In rate to successfully create a professional football league in the country, the Federation limited the league to twenty clubs. In order to participate in the competition, clubs were subjected to three important criteria :

  • The incoming club must have had positive results in the past.
  • The incoming club must be able to pull in enough revenue to balance its finances.
  • The incoming club must be able to successfully recruit at least eight professional players.

many clubs disagreed with the subjective criteria, most notably Strasbourg, RC Roubaix, Amiens SC, and Stade Français, while others like Rennes, due to fear of bankruptcy, and Olympique Lillois, due to a conflict of concern, were reluctant to become professional. Olympique Lillois ‘ president, Henri Jooris, besides president of the Ligue du Nord, feared his league would fold and proposed it become the second division of the raw league. finally, many clubs earned professional condition, though it became more unmanageable to convince clubs in the northern half of the area ; Strasbourg, RC Roubaix, and Amiens refused to accept the newly league, while conversely Mulhouse, Excelsior AC Roubaix, Metz, and Fives accepted professionalism. In southerly France, clubs such as Olympique de Marseille, Hyères, SO Montpellier, SC Nîmes, Cannes, Antibes, and Nice were extremely supportive of the newfangled league and accepted their professional condition without argument .

establishment [edit ]

The league ‘s inaugural season of the all-professional league, called National, was held in 1932–1933. The 20 inaugural members of National were Antibes, CA Paris, Cannes, Club Français, Excelsior AC Roubaix, Fives, Hyères, Marseille, Metz, Mulhouse, Nice, Nîmes, Olympique Alès, Olympique Lillois, Racing Club de France, Red Star Olympique, Rennes, Sochaux, Sète, and Montpellier. The 20 clubs were inserted into two groups of 10 with the bottom three of each group suffering delegating to Division 2. The two winners of each group would then face each other in a final hold at a neutral venue, which late turned out to the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir. The first concluding was held on 14 May 1933 and it matched the achiever of Group A, Olympique Lillois, against the runner-up of Group B, Cannes. Antibes, the winner of Group B, was supposed to take part in the final but was suspected of bribery by the french Football Federation and was disqualified. In the first gear final, Lillois were crowned the inaugural address champions following the club ‘s 4–3 victory. After the season, the league decided to retain the 14 clubs and not promote any sides from the second division. The league besides agreed to change its name from National to simply Division 1. For the 1934–35 season, the league organised a legalize promotion and relegation organization bringing the sum tally of clubs in the first division to 16. The number remained until the 1938–39 season. Because of World War II, football was suspended by the french government and the Ligue de Football Professionnel, although its member clubs continued playing in regional competitions. During the “ war championships ”, as they are called, professionalism was abolished by the Vichy government and clubs were forced to participate in regional leagues, designated as Zone Sud and Zone Nord. Due to its non-association with the two leagues, the LFP and FFF do not recognise the championships won by the clubs and frankincense 1939–1945 is non-existent in the two organisations ‘ view. Following the conclusion of the war and the dismissal of France, professional football returned to France. The first class increased its allotment of clubs to 18. This number remained until the 1965–66 season when the act was increased to 20. In 2002, the league changed its diagnose from Division 1 to Ligue 1 .

competition format [edit ]

There are 20 clubs in Ligue 1. During the course of a season, normally from August to May, each club plays the others doubly, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a entire of 38 games, though special circumstances may allow a club to host matches at early venues such as when Lille hosted Lyon at the Stade de France in 2007 and 2008. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a disembowel. No points are awarded for a passing. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the golf club with the most points is laureled champion. If points are equal, the finish remainder and then goals scored determine the winner. If still equal, teams are deemed to occupy the lapp position. If there is a tie for the backing, for relegation, or for qualification to early competitions, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank and file. For the 2015–16 season lone, 2 teams were to be relegated and entirely 2 teams from Ligue 2 were to be promoted, but this decisiveness was overturned and 3 teams were relegated and 3 teams promoted. [ 5 ] Thus, it was the 2016–17 season which saw the reelect of a delegating play-off between the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team and the 3rd-placed team in the Ligue 2 on a two-legged confrontation, with the Ligue 2 team hosting the first game. [ 6 ] previously, the league utilised a unlike forwarding and delegating format. Prior to 1995, the league ‘s format was direct relegation of the bottomland two teams and a play-off between the third-last first-division team and the achiever of the second-division play-offs, similar to the Dutch Eredivisie, and the german Bundesliga. The league has besides experimented with a “ bonus ” convention. From 1973 to 1976, a rule rewarded teams scoring three or more goals in a game with one extra point, regardless of consequence, with the aim of encouraging unsavory play. The experience was ultimately inconclusive. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, the league introduced an Attacking Play Table to encourage the score of more goals in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. The LFP, with the help of the former director Michel Hidalgo introduced the idea to reward those teams who score the most goals. The postpone was similar to the previous theme, but was independent from the official league table and clubs were only rewarded with monetary bonuses .

european qualification [edit ]

As of the 2017–18 temper, as determined by the UEFA coefficient, the top three teams in Ligue 1 stipulate for the Champions League, with the top two proceeding directly to the group phase. The third-placed team enters in the third qualify turn. The fourth-placed team qualifies for the UEFA Europa League. The other two Europa League places are determined through the country ‘s two domestic cup competitions, the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue. If both of the cup winners qualify for Europe through their league position, the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in Ligue 1 will qualify for the Europa League .

Clubs [edit ]

A total of 74 clubs have played in Ligue 1 from its basis in the 1932–33 season to the start of the 2021–22 season. [ 7 ] presently, Marseille, Metz, Montpellier, Nice and Rennes are the only founding members of the league to be playing in Ligue 1. Paris Saint-Germain is the only clubhouse to have not suffered points relegation. They earned forwarding to the first division for the 1974–75 season and have not faltered down since. 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 subsequently. internationally, the most well-known Ligue 1 clubs include Paris Saint-Germain, Olympique Lyonnais, Olympique de Marseille, AS Monaco, AS Saint-Etienne, FC Nantes, Lille OSC, Girondins de Bordeaux and RC Lens .

Members for 2021–22 [edit ]

The following 20 clubs are competing in the 2021–22 Ligue 1 season .

As of start of 2021–22 Ligue 1 season

Ligue 1 is located in FranceAngersAngersBrestBrestClermontClermontLensLensLilleLilleLorientLorientLyonLyonMarseilleMarseilleMetzMetzMonacoMonacoMontpellierMontpellierNantesNantesNiceNicePSGPSGRennesRennesSt-ÉtienneSt-ÉtienneTroyesTroyesStrasbourgStrasbourgBordeauxBordeauxReimsReims 2021–22 Ligue 1 localization of teams in

Club Position
in 2020–21 		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
Angers 01013th 1956–57 30 2015–16 7 0 —
Bordeaux 00412th 1945–46 69 1992–93 30 6 2008–09
Brest 01017th 1979–80 16 2019–20 3 0 —
Clermont 010L2: 2nd 2021–22 1 2021–22 1 0 —
Lens 0107th 1937–38 60 2020–21 2 1 1997–98
Lille 0041st 1945–46 62 2000–01 22 4 2020–21
Lorient 01016th 1998–99 15 2020–21 2 0 —
Lyon 0044th 1945–46 64 1989–90 33 7 2007–08
Marseillea 0045th 1932–33 72 1996–97 26 9 2009–10
Metza 01010th 1932–33 63 2019–20 3 0 —
Monaco 0043rd 1953–54 63 2013–14 9 8 2016–17
Montpelliera 0108th 1932–33 40 2009–10 13 1 2011–12
Nantes 010

18th

 1963–64 54 2013–14 9 8 2000–01
Nicea 0109th 1932–33 63 2002–03 20 4 1958–59
Paris Saint-Germain 0102nd 1971–72 49 1974–75 48 9 2019–20
Reims 01014th 1945–46 37 2018–19 4 6 1961–62
Rennesa 0106th 1932–33 65 1994–95 28 0 —
Saint-Étienne 01011th 1938–39 69 2004–05 18 10 1980–81
Strasbourg 01015th 1934–35 61 2017–18 5 1 1978–79
Troyes 010L2: 1st 1999–00 10 2021–22 1 0 —

a : establish member of Ligue 1

Finances [edit ]

Ligue 1 clubs ‘ finances and budgets are managed by the DNCG ( Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion ), an organization responsible for monitoring the accounts of professional association football clubs in France. [ 8 ] It was founded in 1984 and is an administrative directorate of the Ligue de Football Professionnel ( LFP ). The mission of the DNCG is to oversee all fiscal operations of the 44 member clubs of the LFP, develop the resources of professional clubs, apply sanctions to those clubs breaking the rules of operation, defend the morals and interests of french football in general. [ 8 ] Following a report by the DNCG, it was determined that the unite budget of Ligue 1 club was €910 million for the 2005–06 season, a 39 % increase from the 2002–03 temper. The outstanding reason for the rise was chiefly associated with the television receiver rights deal the league regularly signs. Excluding Paris Saint-Germain, many of the top division clubs are highly healthy with clubs such as Auxerre, Bordeaux, Lille, and Lyon being referred to as “ managed to perfection ”. [ 9 ] however, recently the DNCG has encouraged clubs to concentrate on limiting their “ rocket wage bills and the magnitude of their debts ” after it was discovered that the LFP club accounts as a solid were in the red for the third straight season ( 2008–2011 ) with an estimated deficit of €130 million. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In 2012, the LFP announced that the clubs deficit had been cut in half from €130 million to €65 million. [ 12 ] Ligue 1 ranks fifth in terms of gross brought in by clubs with the league delivery in £0.6 billion for the 2006–07 season trailing England, Italy, Spain, and Germany. [ 13 ] In terms of worldly concern football, clubs Lyon and Marseille are among the richest football clubs in the populace and regularly feature in the Deloitte Football Money League ranking of football clubs by gross generated from football operations. In the tilt compiled in the 2008–09 season Lyon ranked 13th among clubs generating approximately €139.6 million, while Marseille were right behind them in 14th position generating €133.2 million. [ 14 ] In 2016 merely Paris St.-Germain was in the top 30 of the Deloitte Football Money League ( ranked 4 ). From 2017 to 2020 Paris St.-Germain ( ranked between 5 and 7 ) and Lyon ( ranked between 17 and 28 ) were share of the peak 30 .

performance by clubhouse [edit ]

Bold indicates clubs playing in 2021–22 Ligue 1 .

Records [edit ]

Appearances [edit ]

Goalscorers [edit ]

Media coverage [edit ]

In France, the Ligue de Football Professionnel had an single broadcast agreement with bounty pay television receiver channels, Canal+ and beIN Sports. The latter duct is operated by Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera. The agreement with Al Jazeera, reached on 23 June 2011, pays the LFP €510 million over four seasons. [ 20 ] Following the announcement of the agreement, it was revealed that Canal+ had acquired four television packages, while beIN Sports acquired two packages. [ 21 ] In 2018, Mediapro acquired three of the four major packages of LFP media rights for 2020-21 through 2024, largely replacing Canal+. beIN Sports maintained “ distribute 3 ”, which contains two matches per-week on Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons. Mediapro was expected to establish a newfangled duct to house these rights. [ 22 ] beIN Sports later sub-licensed this package to Canal+. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] In June 2020, Mediapro announced a partnership with TF1 to trade name the new groove as Téléfoot —an extension of TF1 ‘s long-running football program of the lapp mention. As character of the agreement, Téléfoot will leverage TF1 talent and resources, with the program ‘s hosts Grégoire Margotton and Bixente Lizarazu serving as the moderate circulate team for at least 20 matches per-season. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Seeking to renegotiate its contract due to the fiscal shock of COVID-19, Mediapro began withholding its rights payments to the LFP in October 2020. [ 27 ] LFP CEO Arnaud Rouger stated in October 2020 that they may have to pursue a new broadcaster if they are unable to resolve the dispute with Mediapro. [ 28 ] In December 2020, it was reported that Mediapro were preparing to wind down Téléfoot, after it agreed to compensate the LFP for the two missed rights payments. [ 29 ] In February 2021, Canal+ reached an interim agreement to acquire the rights packages held by Mediapro for the remainder of the season, and late sub-licensed Ligue 2 to beIN ; Téléfoot shut down on 8 February 2021. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ]

Awards [edit ]

trophy [edit ]

Hexagoal. Ligue 1 trophy : L ‘ The current Ligue 1 trophy, L’Hexagoal, was developed by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and designed and created by Pablo Reinoso. The trophies has been awarded to the champion of France since the end of the 2006–07 season, replacing the previous Ligue 1 trophy that had existed for only five years. The name Hexagoal was derived from an official competition created by the LFP and french television receiver channel TF1 to determine a name for the fresh trophy. Over 9,000 proposals were sent in and, on 20 May 2007, french Football Federation penis Frédéric Thiriez announced that, following an on-line vote, the term Hexagoal had received half of the votes. The first club to hoist the modern trophy was Olympique Lyonnais who earned the honor after winning the 2007–08 season .

monthly and annual [edit ]

In addition to the winner ‘s trophy and the individual winner ‘s decoration players receive, Ligue 1 besides awards the monthly Player of the Month prize. Following the season, the UNFP Awards are held and awards such as the Player of the Year, Manager of the Year, and Young Player of the year from both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 are handed out .
Logo used from 2017 to 2020

  • Ligue 1 Orange (2002–2008)
  • Ligue 1 Conforama (2017–2020)
  • Ligue 1 Uber Eats (2020–present)

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