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]
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 played | 380 |
Goals scored | 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 → |
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
editPromotion and relegation
editTeams promoted from2008–09 Ligue 2
- Champions:Lens
- Runners-up:Montpellier
- 3rd Place:Boulogne
Teams relegated to2009–10 Ligue 2
Stadia and locations
editClub | 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
Personnel & sponsorships
editManagerial changes
editTeam | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Position in table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marseille | Eric Gerets | Resigned | 12 May 2009[9] | Off-season | Didier Deschamps | 1 July 2009[10] | Off-season |
Paris Saint-Germain | Paul Le Guen | Contract Expiration | 30 June 2009[11] | Antoine Kombouaré | 1 July 2009[12] | ||
Nice | Frédéric Antonetti | Contract Expiration | 30 June 2009[13] | Didier Ollé-Nicolle | 1 July 2009[14] | ||
Monaco | Ricardo Gomes | Contract Expiration | 30 June 2009[15] | Guy Lacombe | 1 July 2009[16] | ||
Valenciennes | Antoine Kombouaré | Signed byParis Saint-Germain | 30 June 2009[12] | Philippe Montanier | 1 July 2009[17] | ||
Rennes | Guy Lacombe | Signed byMonaco | 30 June 2009[16] | Frédéric Antonetti | 1 July 2009[18] | ||
Le Mans | Arnaud Cormier | Mutual consent | 30 June 2009[19] | Paulo Duarte | 1 July 2009[20] | ||
Boulogne | Philippe Montanier | Signed byValenciennes | 30 June 2009[17] | Laurent Guyot | 1 July 2009[21] | ||
Montpellier | Rolland Courbis | Mutual consent | 30 June 2009[22] | René Girard | 1 July 2009[23] | ||
Le Mans | Paulo Duarte | Sacked | 10 December 2009[24] | 19th | Arnaud Cormier | 10 December 2009 | 19th |
Saint-Étienne | Alain Perrin | Sacked | 15 December 2009[25] | 18th | Christophe Galtier | 15 December 2009 | 18th |
Nice | Didier Ollé-Nicolle | Sacked | 9 March 2010[26] | 17th | Eric Roy | 9 March 2010 | 17th |
Transfers
editLeague table
editPos | 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions;(R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^abCoupe de France winnersParis Saint-Germain qualify for the2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round of 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
- ^Coupe de la Ligue winners Marseille finished as champions, fulfilling a finish of at least 4th place, thus their Europa League Third qualifying round berth will go to the 5th placed team in the league.
Results
editHome \ 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 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Statistics
editTop goalscorers
editMamadou Niang won theTrophée du Meilleur Buteur.
Last updated: 21 May 2010
Source:Règlement du classement des buteurs
Awards
editMonthly awards
editUNFP Player of the Month
editMonth | Player | Club |
---|---|---|
August[27] | Lisandro López | Lyon |
September[28] | Hugo Lloris | Lyon |
October[29] | Ireneusz Jeleń | Auxerre |
November[30] | Fabrice Abriel | Marseille |
December[31] | Jérémie Janot | Saint-Étienne |
January[32] | Karim Aït-Fana | Montpellier |
February[33] | Hatem Ben Arfa | Marseille |
March[34] | Eden Hazard | Lille |
April[35] | Lucho González | Marseille |
Annual awards
editThe 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 of the Year
editPlayer | Nationality | Club |
---|---|---|
Marouane Chamakh | Morocco | Bordeaux |
Eden Hazard | Belgium | Lille |
Lisandro López | Argentina | Lyon |
Mamadou Niang | Senegal | Marseille |
Young Player of the Year
editPlayer | Nationality | Club |
---|---|---|
Karim Aït-Fana | France | Montpellier |
Eden Hazard | Belgium | Lille |
Yann M'Vila | France | Rennes |
Emmanuel Rivière | France | Saint-Étienne |
Goalkeeper of the Year
editPlayer | Nationality | Club |
---|---|---|
Cédric Carrasso | France | Bordeaux |
Hugo Lloris | France | Lyon |
Steve Mandanda | France | Marseille |
Stéphane Ruffier | France | Monaco |
Manager of the Year
editManager | Nationality | Club |
---|---|---|
Laurent Blanc | France | Bordeaux |
Didier Deschamps | France | Marseille |
Jean Fernandez | France | Auxerre |
René Girard | France | Montpellier |
Goal of the Year
editManager | Nationality | Club | Match |
---|---|---|---|
Ismaël Bangoura | Guinea | Rennes | 8 August 2009 v.Boulogne |
Michel Bastos | Brazil | Lyon | 29 August 2009 v.Nancy |
Mamadou Niang | Senegal | Marseille | 19 September 2009 v.Montpellier |
Matt Moussilou | Republic of the Congo | Boulogne | 13 March 2010 v.Nancy |
Yohan Cabaye | France | Lille | 18 April 2010 v.Monaco |
Team of the Year
editPosition | Player | Club |
---|---|---|
Goalkeeper | Hugo Lloris | Lyon |
Defender | Rod Fanni | Rennes |
Defender | Souleymane Diawara | Marseille |
Defender | Michaël Ciani | Bordeaux |
Defender | Benoît Trémoulinas | Bordeaux |
Midfielder | Benoît Cheyrou | Marseille |
Midfielder | Yoann Gourcuff | Bordeaux |
Midfielder | Eden Hazard | Lille |
Forward | Mamadou Niang | Marseille |
Forward | Lisandro López | Lyon |
Forward | Marouane Chamakh | Bordeaux |
Season statistics
editUpdated 11 April 2010
Scoring
edit- First goal of the season:Mamadou Niang forMarseille againstGrenoble,1 minute and 34 seconds. (8 August 2009).[37]
- Fastest goal in a match:1 minute –Roland Lamah forLe Mans againstMontpellier. (10 April 2010).[38]
- Goal scored at the latest point in a match:90+4 minutes and 27 seconds –Sloan Privat forSochaux againstLens (7 November 2009)[39]
- First own goal of the season:Olivier Monterrubio (Lorient) forLille,64 minutes and 38 seconds (9 August 2009)[40]
- First penalty kick of the season:58 minutes and 44 seconds –Mathieu Coutadeur (scored) forLe Mans againstLyon (8 August 2009).[41]
- First hat-trick of the season:Michel Bastos (Lyon) againstSochaux (21 February 2010).[42]
- Widest winning margin:5 goals
- Most goals in one match:10 goals –Lyon 5–5Marseille (8 November 2009).[45]
- Most goals in one half:6 goals
Discipline
edit- First yellow card of the season:Sidney Govou forLyon againstLe Mans,9 minutes and 24 seconds (8 August 2009)[47]
- First red card of the season:Cyril Jeunechamp forMontpellier againstParis Saint-Germain,32 minutes and 11 seconds (8 August 2009)[48]
- Card given at latest point in a game:Nicolas Penneteau (red) at90+3 minutes and 44 seconds forValenciennes againstNancy (8 August 2009)[49]
- Most yellow cards in a single match:9
- Rennes 0–1Auxerre – 4 for Rennes (Fabien Lemoine,Yann M'Vila,Asamoah Gyan, &Lucien Aubey) and 5 for Auxerre (Aurélien Capoue,Cédric Hengbart,Stéphane Grichting,Dennis Oliech, &Jean-Pascal Mignot) (3 October 2009)[50]
- Most red cards in a single match:3
- Bordeaux 2–2Lyon – 2 for Bordeaux (Benoît Trémoulinas andJussiê) and 1 for Lyon (Anthony Réveillère) (17 April 2010)[51]
Miscellaneous
edit- Longest second half injury time:5 minutes and 56 seconds –Lens againstLille (20 September 2009).
- On 9 August 2009,Bordeaux established a record for most consecutive league wins with 12 surpassingLille who won 11 consecutive matches in 1949, winning their last four games of the1948–49 season and their first seven in the1949–50 season.[52] Bordeaux's streak began during the2008–09 season on 14 March 2009 following a 2–1 victory overNice.[53] The club broke the record on the opening match day of this season defeatingLens 4–1.[54] The record lasted for 14 matches before coming to an end on 30 August following the club's 0–0 draw withMarseille.
- On 31 October 2009,Grenoble set a record for most consecutive losses inFrench football following the club's eleven straight league defeat, an 0–2 loss toLille. The previous record of ten straight defeats, held bySète, had been intact since 1947. The losing streak came to an end the following week, on 7 November, following the club's 0–0 draw withMonaco.[55]
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