| Season | 2007–08 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 August 2007 – 17 May 2008 |
| Champions | Lyon (7th title) |
| Runner up | Bordeaux |
| Relegated | Lens Strasbourg Metz |
| Champions League | Lyon Bordeaux Marseille |
| UEFA Cup | Nancy Saint-Étienne Paris Saint-Germain |
| Intertoto Cup | Rennes |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 868 (2.28 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Karim Benzema (20 goals) |
2008–09 → | |
The2007–08Ligue 1 season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started in August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. The fixtures were announced in June 2007.Lyon became French champions, having won a record seventh consecutive title.
Lens,Strasbourg andMetz were relegated toLigue 2. The three relegated teams will be replaced by the three promoted teams from Ligue 2.Le Havre were promoted as Ligue 2 champions along withNantes, who finished in second place, and third-placedGrenoble.
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | Avg. attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auxerre | Auxerre | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | 24,493 | 9,613 |
| Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Stade Chaban-Delmas | 34,327 | 24,689 |
| Caen | Caen | Stade Michel d'Ornano | 21,500 | 19,526 |
| Le Mans | Le Mans | Stade Léon-Bollée | 17,500 | 10,589 |
| Lens | Lens | Stade Félix-Bollaert | 41,233 | 33,717 |
| Lille | Villeneuve d'Ascq | Stade Lille-Metropole | 21,803 | 17,553 |
| Lorient | Lorient | Stade du Moustoir | 16,669 | 12,101 |
| Lyon | Lyon | Stade Gerland | 43,051 | 36,968 |
| Marseille | Marseille | Stade Vélodrome | 60,031 | 52,009 |
| Metz | Metz | Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien | 26,671 | 13,401 |
| Monaco | Fontvieille | Stade Louis II | 18,500 | 10,570 |
| Nancy | Tomblaine | Stade Marcel Picot | 20,087 | 18,591 |
| Nice | Nice | Stade du Ray | 17,415 | 10,947 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Paris | Parc des Princes | 46,480 | 36,440 |
| Rennes | Rennes | Stade de la Route de Lorient | 31,127 | 25,515 |
| Saint-Étienne | Saint-Étienne | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | 35,616 | 28,016 |
| Sochaux | Montbéliard | Stade Auguste Bonal | 20,025 | 15,189 |
| Strasbourg | Strasbourg | Stade de la Meinau | 29,230 | 19,135 |
| Toulouse | Toulouse | Stade de Toulouse | 35,472 | 18,634 |
| Valenciennes | Valenciennes | Stade Nungesser | 16,547 | 13,712 |
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsors (front) | Shirt sponsors (back) | Shirt sponsors (sleeve) | Shorts sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auxerre | Airness | Airness/Prest Oil, Invicta Group | Kindy Chaussettes | L'Yonne | None | |
| Bordeaux | Puma | Kia | Cdiscount | Pichet Immobilier | Cdiscount | |
| Caen | Nike | GDE Recyclage (H)/Campagne de France (A), Celeos Groupe | Campagne de France (H)/GDE Recyclage (A) | Groupe Samro | Groupe Samro | |
| Le Mans | Kappa | Fermiers de Loué (H)/Le Gaulois (A),Groupama,NTN | NTN | Système U | Groupama | |
| Lens | Nike | Atac (only in UEFA matches), Invicta Group | Atac | Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais | None | |
| Lille | Airness | Partouche Casino | Partouche Casino | Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais | None | |
| Lorient | Erreà | La Trinitaine,Cap l'Orient Agglomération | Modicom | DCNS | None | |
| Lyon | Umbro | Novotel (H)/Ticket Restaurant (A), Apicil | Ticket Restaurant (H)/Novotel (A) | Ticket Restaurant (H)/Novotel (A) | Renault Trucks | |
| Marseille | Adidas | Neuf | Groupama | Nasuba Express | Quick | |
| Metz | Kappa | Nasuba Express,Moselle | Chaussea | Groupe DLSI | Bigben Interactive | |
| Monaco | Puma | Fedcom,HSBC, Fight Aids Monaco | HSBC | HSBC | None | |
| Nancy | Baliston | Odalys Vacances,Geodis Calberson,Clairefontaine,Grand Nancy | Triangle Interim | Regina | Chaussea | |
| Nice | Lotto | CitySport, Takara Multimédia,Communauté Nice Côte d'Azur | Botanica Groupe | Pizzorno Environnement | Ville de Nice | |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Nike | Fly Emirates | Alain Afflelou | PSG TV | Groupe Sendin | |
| Rennes | Puma | Samsic Propreté, Finanpart/Tatex Express,rennes.fr | Blot Immobilier | Association ELA | Groupe ROSE | |
| Saint-Étienne | Adidas | Konica Minolta,Conseil général de la Loire en Rhône-Alpes | Groupama | Invicta Group | Fruité Entreprises | |
| Sochaux | Lotto | Mobil 1,Franche-Comté | Loxam | CanéO | Creditec | |
| Strasbourg | Hummel | Électricité de Strasbourg (H)/France Pare-Brise (A),Strasbourg en Mouvement | Groupama | None | Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace | |
| Toulouse | Lotto | Groupe IDEC, Monné-Decroix,ISS | Newrest | Creditec/Teambat | None | |
| Valenciennes | Diadora | Toyota (H)/SITA (A) | SITA (H)/Toyota (A) | Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Partouche |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyon(C) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 37 | +37 | 79 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 38 | +27 | 75 | |
| 3 | Marseille | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 62 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Nancy | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 60 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 58 | |
| 6 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 58 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup third round |
| 7 | Lille | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 57 | |
| 8 | Nice | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 55 | |
| 9 | Le Mans | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 53 | |
| 10 | Lorient | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 52 | |
| 11 | Caen | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 51 | |
| 12 | Monaco | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 47 | |
| 13 | Valenciennes | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 45 | |
| 14 | Sochaux | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 44 | |
| 15 | Auxerre | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 44 | |
| 16 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 43 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round[a] |
| 17 | Toulouse | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 42 | |
| 18 | Lens(R) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 40 | Relegation toLigue 2 |
| 19 | Strasbourg(R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 35 | |
| 20 | Metz[b](R) | 38 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 64 | −36 | 24 |
| Home \ Away | AUX | BOR | CAE | MFC | RCL | LIL | LOR | OL | OM | MET | ASM | NAL | NIC | PSG | REN | STE | SOC | RCS | TFC | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auxerre | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Bordeaux | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | |
| Caen | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Le Mans | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Lens | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Lille | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1[a] | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | |
| Lorient | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Lyon | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
| Marseille | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| Metz | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Monaco | 3–0 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| Nancy | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Nice | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Paris SG | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Rennes | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Saint-Étienne | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
| Sochaux | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Strasbourg | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Toulouse | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | |
| Valenciennes | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
Karim Benzema wins theTrophée du Meilleur Buteur.
Last updated 17 May 2008
Ligue 1 has introduced an Attacking Play Table since the start of the 2006–07 Ligue 1 season to encourage more goal-scoring in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. TheLigue de Football Professionnel (LFP), with the help of the former France national team managerMichel Hidalgo, introduced the idea to reward those teams who score the most goals.Independent from the official league table, points are awarded as follows:
| Outcome | Point(s) |
|---|---|
| Loss | 0 |
| Draw | 1 |
| Victory by one goal | 2 |
| Victory by multiple goals | 3 |
The sum of 20 million Euros, taken from the LFP's new commercial ventures in 2006/2007 will be dedicated to this initiative. €16.7 million will go to Ligue 1. Prize money is distributed to the teams at the end of the season depending on where they finish in the table.
Last updated 17 May 2008
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | W1 | W2 | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyon | 38 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 7 | +37 | 70 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 38 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | +27 | 63 |
| 3 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | +13 | 54 |
| 4 | Nancy | 38 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | +14 | 53 |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | +13 | 52 |
| 6 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | +3 | 52 |
| 7 | Lille | 38 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 7 | +13 | 50 |
| 8 | Nice | 38 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 9 | +5 | 46 |
| 9 | Le Mans | 38 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 44 |
| 10 | Valenciennes | 38 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 17 | +2 | 43 |
| 11 | Caen | 38 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 43 |
| 12 | Monaco | 38 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 43 |
| 13 | Lorient | 38 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 10 | -3 | 42 |
| 14 | Auxerre | 38 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 38 |
| 15 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -8 | 37 |
| 16 | Sochaux | 38 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | -9 | 37 |
| 17 | Toulouse | 38 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -6 | 36 |
| 18 | Lens | 38 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 35 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 38 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -21 | 32 |
| 20 | Metz | 38 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 24 | -36 | 19 |
Pld = Matches played;W = Matches won;W1 = Wins by one goal;W2 = Wins by more than one goal;D = Matches drawn;L = Matches lost;GD = Goal difference;Pts = Points
| Month | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| August | Bordeaux | |
| September | Paris Saint-Germain | |
| October | Rennes | |
| November | Nancy | |
| December | Marseille | |
| January | Lyon | |
| February | Marseille | |
| March | Lyon | |
| April | Lyon |
The nominees forLigue 1 Player of the Year. The winner will be displayed inbold.
| Player | Nationality | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Karim Benzema | ||
| Mamadou Niang | ||
| Jérémy Toulalan | ||
| Wendel |
The nominees for theLigue 1 Young Player of the Year. The winner will be displayed inbold.
| Player | Nationality | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Yohan Cabaye | ||
| Hatem Ben Arfa | ||
| Miralem Pjanić |
Coach:
Laurent Blanc –Bordeaux