| Season | 2006–07 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 August 2006 – 26 May 2007 |
| Champions | Lyon (6th Title) |
| Relegated | Troyes Sedan Nantes |
| Champions League | Lyon Marseille Toulouse |
| UEFA Cup | Rennes Bordeaux Sochaux |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 855 (2.25 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Pauleta (15 goals) |
2007–08 → | |
The2006–07Ligue 1 season was the 69th since its establishment, and started in August 2006 and ended in May 2007.Lyon became French champions, having won their sixth consecutive title.
Lyon were the reigning champions of France for the sixth time running. Following a defeat for their nearest challengers, Lyon won the league with six games to play, on 21 April, becoming the first team in the so-called "Big Five" European leagues to win six consecutive championships.
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsors (front) | Shirt sponsors (back) | Shirt sponsors (sleeve) | Shorts sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auxerre | Uhlsport | PlayStation | None | None | None | |
| Bordeaux | Puma | Kia | Cdiscount | EUROP-LOT | Cdiscount | |
| Le Mans | Kappa | Le Gaulois (H)/Fermiers de Loué (A),Groupama,NTN | NTN | Système U | Passenaud Recyclage | |
| Lens | Nike | LG Mobile,Orange | Onzéo | None | CAFPI | |
| Lille | Airness | Partouche Casino | Partouche Casino | None | None | |
| Lorient | Erreà | La Trinitaine,Cap l'Orient Agglomération | Modicom | DCNS | Bret's Chips | |
| Lyon | Umbro | Novotel (H)/Ticket Restaurant (A), Apicil | Ticket Restaurant (H)/Novotel (A) | Renault Trucks | Renault Trucks | |
| Marseille | Adidas | Neuf (H & A)/Internity (T) | Groupama | Internity | Quick | |
| Monaco | Puma | Bwin.com/Fight Aids Monaco/Fedcom,HSBC | HSBC | HSBC | NGS Technology | |
| Nancy | Baliston | Odalys Vacances/Vittel (in UEFA matches),Geodis Calberson,Vittel,Grand Nancy | Clairefontaine | Regina | TUI | |
| Nantes | Airness | Synergie Interim | Synergie Interim | Dirickx | None | |
| Nice | Puma | Rica Lewis (H)/Gorenje (A), Takara Multimédia | Gorenje (H)/Rica Lewis (A) | Pizzorno Environnement | Pizzorno Environnement | |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Nike | Fly Emirates | Alain Afflelou | PSG TV | None | |
| Rennes | Airness | Samsic Propreté, TAT Express,rennes.fr | Fiat Utilitaires | Association ELA | Groupe ROSE | |
| Saint-Étienne | Adidas | Konica Minolta,Conseil général de la Loire en Rhône-Alpes | Onzéo/Groupama | Bwin.com | Fruité Entreprises | |
| Sedan | Hummel | Invicta Group,Caisse d'Épargne | Triangle Interim | None | Cora | |
| Sochaux | Lotto | Esso Ultron,Franche-Comté | Loxam | Fidest France | None | |
| Toulouse | Lotto | 888.com/Groupe IDEC, Monné-Decroix,ISS | 888.com/Newrest | Creditec | Eaux d'Alet | |
| Troyes | Baliston | Baguépi (H)/Groupe Nasuba (A), Samro | Groupe Nasuba (H)/Baguépi (A) | None | LCR | |
| Valenciennes | Airness | Toyota (H)/SITA (A) | SITA (H)/Toyota (A) | None | None |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyon(C) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 64 | 27 | +37 | 81 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Marseille | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 64 | |
| 3 | Toulouse | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 58 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 57 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 57 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup third round |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 57 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round[a] |
| 7 | Sochaux | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 57 | |
| 8 | Auxerre | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 54 | |
| 9 | Monaco | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 51 | |
| 10 | Lille | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 50 | |
| 11 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 49 | |
| 12 | Le Mans | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 49 | |
| 13 | Nancy | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 49 | |
| 14 | Lorient | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 49 | |
| 15 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 48 | |
| 16 | Nice | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 43 | |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 43 | |
| 18 | Troyes(R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 39 | Relegation toLigue 2 |
| 19 | Sedan(R) | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 35 | |
| 20 | Nantes(R) | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 34 |
| Home \ Away | AUX | BOR | MFC | RCL | LIL | LOR | OL | OM | ASM | NAL | NAN | NIC | PSG | REN | STE | SED | SOC | TFC | TRO | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auxerre | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Bordeaux | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Le Mans | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| Lens | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Lille | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | |
| Lorient | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Lyon | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Marseille | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Monaco | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Nancy | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Nantes | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0[a] | 1–1 | 2–5 | |
| Nice | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Paris SG | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Rennes | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Saint-Étienne | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
| Sedan | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Sochaux | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Toulouse | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
| Troyes | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| Valenciennes | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
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Richert (Sochaux)
Sagna (Auxerre) –Cris (Lyon) –Hilton (Lens) –Abidal (Lyon)
Se.Keita (Lens) –Nasri (Marseille) –F.Malouda (Lyon)
A.Keita (Lille) –Elmander (Toulouse) –Savidan (Valenciennes)
Player of the Year :Florent Malouda (Lyon)
Goalkeeper of the Year :Teddy Richert (Sochaux)
Youth of the Year:Samir Nasri (Marseille)
Manager of the year :Gérard Houllier (Lyon)
Goal of the Year :Ilan (Saint-Étienne) for his goal against PSG