| Season | 2009–10 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 August 2009 – 15 May 2010 |
| Champions | Marseille 9th Ligue 1 title 10thFrench title |
| Relegated | Le Mans Boulogne Grenoble |
| Champions League | Marseille Lyon Auxerre |
| Europa League | Lille Paris Saint-Germain Montpellier |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 916 (2.41 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mamadou Niang (18 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Lorient 5–0Boulogne (7 November 2009) Grenoble 5–0Auxerre (6 February 2010) |
| Biggest away win | Grenoble 0–4Rennes (19 September 2009) Monaco 0–4Lille (13 December 2009) Nancy 0–4Lille (23 December 2009) Sochaux 0–4Lyon (21 February 2010) |
| Highest scoring | Lyon5–5Marseille (8 November 2009) |
| Longest winning run | 7 games Auxerre (26 September – 21 November) Lille (28 November – 16 January) Marseille (21 March – 25 April) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 15 games Marseille (7 February – 5 May) |
| Longest losing run | 11 games Grenoble (8 August – 31 October) |
| Highest attendance | 55,920[1] Marseille 0–0Bordeaux (30 August 2009) |
| Average attendance | 20,089[1] |
2010–11 → | |
The2009–10 Ligue 1 season was the 72nd since its establishment.Bordeaux were thedefending champions. The fixtures were announced on 5 June 2009, and play commenced on 8 August and ended on 15 May 2010.[2][3] There were three promoted teams fromLigue 2, replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 1 following the2008–09 season. A total of 20 teams competed in the league with three clubs suffering relegation to the second division,Ligue 2. All clubs that secured Ligue 1 status for this season were subject to approval by theDNCG before becoming eligible to participate.[4][5] In addition, Germansportswear companyPuma became the official provider of match balls for the season after agreeing to a long termpartnership with theLigue de Football Professionnel.[6]
The season began on 8 August 2009 under a new format with 16 clubs beginning play simultaneously followed by 4 clubs competing the following day. Under the new format, the showcase match of the opening week will contest the winners of the league the previous season and the winners of the second division the previous season. In the match this year,defending championsBordeaux defeatingsecond division championsLens 4–1 at theStade Chaban-Delmas.
On 5 May 2010,Marseille defeatedRennes 3–1 to claim their 9th Ligue 1 title and their first since the1991–92 season.[7][8] Because of theirCoupe de la Ligue title, Marseille claimed theleague and league cup double. It is the second straight season a club has won the league and league cup double withBordeaux achieving it last season.
Teams promoted from2008–09 Ligue 2
Teams relegated to2009–10 Ligue 2
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | Avg. attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auxerre | Auxerre | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | 24,493 | 11,306 |
| Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Stade Chaban-Delmas | 34,327 | 29,197 |
| Boulogne | Boulogne-sur-Mer | Stade de la Libération | 15,004 | 11,945 |
| Grenoble | Grenoble | Stade des Alpes | 20,000 | 14,130 |
| Le Mans | Le Mans | Stade Léon-Bollée | 17,500 | 9,014 |
| Lens | Lens | Stade Félix-Bollaert | 41,233 | 33,963 |
| Lille | Villeneuve d'Ascq | Stadium Lille Métropole | 21,803 | 14,543 |
| Lorient | Lorient | Stade du Moustoir | 16,669 | 11,291 |
| Lyon | Lyon | Stade Gerland | 41,044 | 35,261 |
| Marseille | Marseille | Stade Vélodrome | 60,031 | 48,941 |
| Monaco | Fontvieille | Stade Louis II | 18,500 | 8,191 |
| Montpellier | Montpellier | Stade de la Mosson | 32,900 | 17,407 |
| Nancy | Tomblaine | Stade Marcel Picot | 20,087 | 16,294 |
| Nice | Nice | Stade du Ray | 17,415 | 8,567 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Paris | Parc des Princes | 48,712 | 33,022 |
| Rennes | Rennes | Stade de la Route de Lorient | 31,127 | 22,876 |
| Saint-Étienne | Saint-Étienne | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | 35,616 | 25,876 |
| Sochaux | Montbéliard | Stade Auguste Bonal | 20,025 | 12,628 |
| Toulouse | Toulouse | Stadium Municipal | 35,672 | 19,472 |
| Valenciennes | Valenciennes | Stade Nungesser | 16,547 | 12,123 |
Last updated: 7 April 2010.
Source:AFFLUENCES Par Club
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marseille | Resigned | 12 May 2009[9] | Off-season | 1 July 2009[10] | Off-season | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | Contract Expiration | 30 June 2009[11] | 1 July 2009[12] | ||||
| Nice | Contract Expiration | 30 June 2009[13] | 1 July 2009[14] | ||||
| Monaco | Contract Expiration | 30 June 2009[15] | 1 July 2009[16] | ||||
| Valenciennes | Signed byParis Saint-Germain | 30 June 2009[12] | 1 July 2009[17] | ||||
| Rennes | Signed byMonaco | 30 June 2009[16] | 1 July 2009[18] | ||||
| Le Mans | Mutual consent | 30 June 2009[19] | 1 July 2009[20] | ||||
| Boulogne | Signed byValenciennes | 30 June 2009[17] | 1 July 2009[21] | ||||
| Montpellier | Mutual consent | 30 June 2009[22] | 1 July 2009[23] | ||||
| Le Mans | Sacked | 10 December 2009[24] | 19th | 10 December 2009 | 19th | ||
| Saint-Étienne | Sacked | 15 December 2009[25] | 18th | 15 December 2009 | 18th | ||
| Nice | Sacked | 9 March 2010[26] | 17th | 9 March 2010 | 17th |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marseille(C) | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 78 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Lyon | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 72 | |
| 3 | Auxerre | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 71 | Qualification toChampions League play-off round |
| 4 | Lille | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 40 | +32 | 70 | Qualification toEuropa League play-off round[a] |
| 5 | Montpellier | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 69 | Qualification toEuropa League third qualifying round[b] |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 64 | |
| 7 | Lorient | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 58 | |
| 8 | Monaco | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 55 | |
| 9 | Rennes | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 53 | |
| 10 | Valenciennes | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 52 | |
| 11 | Lens | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 48 | |
| 12 | Nancy | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 48 | |
| 13 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 47 | Qualification toEuropa League play-off round[a] |
| 14 | Toulouse | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 47 | |
| 15 | Nice | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 44 | |
| 16 | Sochaux | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 52 | −24 | 41 | |
| 17 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 40 | |
| 18 | Le Mans(R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 32 | Relegation toLigue 2 |
| 19 | Boulogne(R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 31 | |
| 20 | Grenoble(R) | 38 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 23 |
| Home \ Away | AUX | BOR | BOU | GRE | MFC | RCL | LIL | LOR | OL | OM | ASM | MHS | NAL | NIC | PSG | REN | STE | SOC | TFC | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auxerre | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Bordeaux | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Boulogne | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Grenoble | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Le Mans | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | |
| Lens | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Lille | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| Lorient | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Lyon | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–5 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Marseille | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | |
| Monaco | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Montpellier | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Nancy | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Nice | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Paris SG | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Rennes | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | |
| Saint-Étienne | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Sochaux | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–5 | |
| Toulouse | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Valenciennes | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Mamadou Niang won theTrophée du Meilleur Buteur.
Last updated: 21 May 2010
Source:Règlement du classement des buteurs
| Month | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| August[27] | Lyon | |
| September[28] | Lyon | |
| October[29] | Auxerre | |
| November[30] | Marseille | |
| December[31] | Saint-Étienne | |
| January[32] | Montpellier | |
| February[33] | Marseille | |
| March[34] | Lille | |
| April[35] | Marseille |
The nominees for the Player of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Manager of the Year and Goal of the Year inLigue 1. The winner was determine at the annual UNFP Awards, which was held on 9 May.[36] The winners are displayed inbold.
| Player | Nationality | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Marouane Chamakh | Bordeaux | |
| Eden Hazard | Lille | |
| Lisandro López | Lyon | |
| Mamadou Niang | Marseille |
| Player | Nationality | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Karim Aït-Fana | Montpellier | |
| Eden Hazard | Lille | |
| Yann M'Vila | Rennes | |
| Emmanuel Rivière | Saint-Étienne |
| Player | Nationality | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Cédric Carrasso | Bordeaux | |
| Hugo Lloris | Lyon | |
| Steve Mandanda | Marseille | |
| Stéphane Ruffier | Monaco |
| Manager | Nationality | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Laurent Blanc | Bordeaux | |
| Didier Deschamps | Marseille | |
| Jean Fernandez | Auxerre | |
| René Girard | Montpellier |
| Manager | Nationality | Club | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ismaël Bangoura | Rennes | 8 August 2009 v.Boulogne | |
| Michel Bastos | Lyon | 29 August 2009 v.Nancy | |
| Mamadou Niang | Marseille | 19 September 2009 v.Montpellier | |
| Matt Moussilou | Boulogne | 13 March 2010 v.Nancy | |
| Yohan Cabaye | Lille | 18 April 2010 v.Monaco |
| Position | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Lyon | |
| Defender | Rennes | |
| Defender | Marseille | |
| Defender | Bordeaux | |
| Defender | Bordeaux | |
| Midfielder | Marseille | |
| Midfielder | Bordeaux | |
| Midfielder | Lille | |
| Forward | Marseille | |
| Forward | Lyon | |
| Forward | Bordeaux |
Updated 11 April 2010