Standings, fixtures, results and everything you need to know about Ligue 1, the top tier of French football, played by 18 clubs from August to May.
What is Ligue 1?
Ligue 1 is the top tier of French football, contested by 18 clubs each season from August to May. Every club plays 34 matches, home and away, and the bottom two are relegated automatically to Ligue 2, with a third club going down through a relegation play-off.
The competition traces its roots to 1932, when the French Football Federation launched the National, France’s first professional championship. It was renamed Division 1 in 1933 and took its current name, Ligue 1, in 2002. Olympique Lillois won the very first title.
Paris Saint-Germain have dominated the modern era, especially since Qatar Sports Investments bought the club in 2011, but the league’s history runs much deeper: Saint-Étienne’s sides of the 1960s and 70s won ten titles, Marseille built a Mediterranean powerhouse around five straight titles from 1988/89, and Lyon won seven in a row between 2001/02 and 2007/08, a run PSG have never matched in one stretch.
PSG go into 2026/27 as record-extending champions after a 14th title in 2025-26. ESTAC Troyes and Le Mans FC have returned to the top flight this season after Metz and Nantes were relegated.
Fixtures and results
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2 - 1OGC Nice1 - 3AJ Auxerre1 - 0AS Monaco4 - 3Stade Rennais FC2 - 5Olympique Marseille1 - 1Stade Brest 291 - 3Racing Club De Lens1 - 3Paris Saint-Germain0 - 3Toulouse FC0 - 2Olympique MarseilleLigue 1 standings
Computed from full-time results, 2026/27 season. Updated Tue 20 Oct, 22:29 UTC| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Olympique Lyon | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | +8 | 14 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | +5 | 14 |
| 3 | Paris FC | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | +5 | 14 |
| 4 | Lille OSC | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | +5 | 14 |
| 5 | AS Monaco | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | +4 | 14 |
| 6 | Stade Rennais FC | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 13 |
| 7 | FC Lorient | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 11 |
| 8 | Racing Club De Lens | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 10 |
| 9 | Olympique Marseille | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | +4 | 9 |
| 10 | Stade Brest 29 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +3 | 9 |
| 11 | Toulouse FC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 9 |
| 12 | AJ Auxerre | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | OGC Nice | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Strasbourg Alsace | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Angers SCO | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Le Mans FC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | ESTAC Troyes | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -11 | 4 |
| 18 | Le Havre AC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
16th place is not shaded above: it enters a two-legged relegation play-off against the winner of a Ligue 2 mini-tournament rather than being safe or automatically down.
AI predictions
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Season structure
18 clubs play each other home and away, 34 matches each and 306 in total. The 2026/27 season began on 21 August 2026 and finishes on 29 May 2027.
Promotion and relegation
The bottom two clubs are relegated automatically to Ligue 2. The 16th-placed club enters a two-legged play-off against the winner of a mini-tournament between Ligue 2’s 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed sides; the top two Ligue 2 finishers are promoted automatically. ESTAC Troyes and Le Mans FC came up this way for 2026/27, replacing Metz and Nantes.
European qualification
The top three finishers go straight into the Champions League league phase, and 4th place enters the Champions League qualifying rounds. The 5th-placed club and the Coupe de France winner go into the Europa League, and 6th place earns a Conference League play-off spot.
Tiebreakers
Clubs level on points are separated first by overall goal difference, then head-to-head points, head-to-head goal difference, goals scored, total wins, away wins and disciplinary record.
History and records
Past champions
| Season | Champions |
|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2024–25 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2023–24 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2022–23 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2021–22 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2020–21 | Lille |
| 2019–20 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2018–19 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2017–18 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2016–17 | Monaco |
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| 2015–16 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2014–15 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2013–14 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2012–13 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2011–12 | Montpellier |
| 2010–11 | Lille |
| 2009–10 | Marseille |
| 2008–09 | Bordeaux |
| 2007–08 | Lyon |
| 2006–07 | Lyon |
| 2005–06 | Lyon |
| 2004–05 | Lyon |
| 2003–04 | Lyon |
| 2002–03 | Lyon |
| 2001–02 | Lyon |
| 2000–01 | Nantes |
| 1999–2000 | Monaco |
| 1998–99 | Bordeaux |
| 1997–98 | Lens |
| 1996–97 | Monaco |
| 1995–96 | Auxerre |
| 1994–95 | Nantes |
| 1993–94 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 1992–93 | Vacant (Marseille stripped of the title) |
| 1991–92 | Marseille |
| 1990–91 | Marseille |
| 1989–90 | Marseille |
| 1988–89 | Marseille |
| 1987–88 | Monaco |
| 1986–87 | Bordeaux |
| 1985–86 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 1984–85 | Bordeaux |
| 1983–84 | Bordeaux |
| 1982–83 | Nantes |
| 1981–82 | Monaco |
| 1980–81 | Saint-Étienne |
| 1979–80 | Nantes |
| 1978–79 | Strasbourg |
| 1977–78 | Monaco |
| 1976–77 | Nantes |
| 1975–76 | Saint-Étienne |
| 1974–75 | Saint-Étienne |
| 1973–74 | Saint-Étienne |
| 1972–73 | Nantes |
| 1971–72 | Marseille |
| 1970–71 | Marseille |
| 1969–70 | Saint-Étienne |
| 1968–69 | Saint-Étienne |
| 1967–68 | Saint-Étienne |
| 1966–67 | Saint-Étienne |
| 1965–66 | Nantes |
| 1964–65 | Nantes |
| 1963–64 | Saint-Étienne |
| 1962–63 | Monaco |
| 1961–62 | Reims |
| 1960–61 | Monaco |
| 1959–60 | Reims |
| 1958–59 | Nice |
| 1957–58 | Reims |
| 1956–57 | Saint-Étienne |
| 1955–56 | Nice |
| 1954–55 | Reims |
| 1953–54 | Lille |
| 1952–53 | Reims |
| 1951–52 | Nice |
| 1950–51 | Nice |
| 1949–50 | Bordeaux |
| 1948–49 | Reims |
| 1947–48 | Marseille |
| 1946–47 | Roubaix–Tourcoing |
| 1945–46 | Lille |
| 1938–39 | Sète |
| 1937–38 | Sochaux |
| 1936–37 | Marseille |
| 1935–36 | RC Paris |
| 1934–35 | Sochaux |
| 1933–34 | Sète |
| 1932–33 | Olympique Lillois |
Titles by club
| Club | Titles | Winning seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Paris Saint-Germain | 14 | 1985/86, 1993/94, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26 |
| Saint-Étienne | 10 | 1956/57, 1963/64, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1980/81 |
| Marseille | 9 | 1936/37, 1947/48, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 2009/10 |
| Monaco | 8 | 1960/61, 1962/63, 1977/78, 1981/82, 1987/88, 1996/97, 1999/2000, 2016/17 |
| Nantes | 8 | 1964/65, 1965/66, 1972/73, 1976/77, 1979/80, 1982/83, 1994/95, 2000/01 |
| Lyon | 7 | 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08 |
| Bordeaux | 6 | 1949/50, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1986/87, 1998/99, 2008/09 |
| Reims | 6 | 1948/49, 1952/53, 1954/55, 1957/58, 1959/60, 1961/62 |
| Lille | 5 | 1932/33, 1945/46, 1953/54, 2010/11, 2020/21 |
| Nice | 4 | 1950/51, 1951/52, 1955/56, 1958/59 |
| Sochaux | 2 | 1934/35, 1937/38 |
| Sète | 2 | 1933/34, 1938/39 |
| RC Paris | 1 | 1935/36 |
| Lens | 1 | 1997/98 |
| Strasbourg | 1 | 1978/79 |
| Roubaix–Tourcoing | 1 | 1946/47 |
| Auxerre | 1 | 1995/96 |
| Montpellier | 1 | 2011/12 |
Records
| Record | Holder | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Most points in a season | Paris Saint-Germain | 96, 2015/16 |
| Longest unbeaten run | Paris Saint-Germain | 36 matches, 15 March 2015 to 20 February 2016 |
| Most assists | Dimitri Payet | 106 |
| Biggest win | Sochaux 12-1 Valenciennes | 1 July 1935 |
The story so far
Ligue 1 grew out of the National, French football’s first professional championship launched in 1932 and won by Olympique Lillois. Sochaux and Sète shared the early titles either side of the Second World War, before Reims and Nice became the dominant forces of the 1950s. Saint-Étienne then took over in the 1960s and 70s, winning ten titles including four in a row from 1967/68, and reached the 1976 European Cup final.
Marseille won five straight titles from 1988/89, but the 1992-93 championship itself was later declared vacant after the club was stripped of it following the VA-OM match-fixing scandal, a unique episode in the league’s history. Lyon then set a new benchmark with seven consecutive titles between 2001/02 and 2007/08, a run no club has matched since.
Since Qatar Sports Investments bought Paris Saint-Germain in 2011, the club has won 12 of the last 15 titles, interrupted only by Monaco (2016/17) and Lille (2020/21), and PSG head into 2026/27 on the back of five straight championships through 2025-26.
Ligue 1 clubs, 2026/27
18 clubsParis FCStade Jean-BouinESTAC TroyesStade de l’AubePromotedParis Saint-GermainParc des PrincesDefending championsToulouse FCStadium de ToulouseAS MonacoStade Louis IIFC LorientStade du MoustoirOGC NiceAllianz RivieraLe Mans FCStade Marie-MarvingtPromotedLe Havre ACStade OcéaneRacing Club De LensStade Bollaert-DelelisStrasbourg AlsaceStade de la MeinauStade Rennais FCRoazhon ParkLille OSCStade Pierre-MauroyOlympique LyonGroupama StadiumStade Brest 29Stade Francis-Le BléOlympique MarseilleStade VélodromeAngers SCOStade Raymond KopaAJ AuxerreStade Abbé DeschampsLigue 1 FAQs
How many teams are in Ligue 1?
There are 18 teams in Ligue 1, reduced from 20 for the 2023/24 season. The 2026/27 line-up includes two newly promoted clubs, ESTAC Troyes and Le Mans FC, who replaced Metz and Nantes.
How many games does each team play?
Each club plays 34 matches, 17 at home and 17 away, meeting every other club twice. That makes 306 matches per season. A win earns 3 points, a draw 1 point and a defeat none.
How does relegation work in Ligue 1?
The bottom two clubs are relegated automatically to Ligue 2. The 16th-placed club then enters a two-legged play-off against the winner of a mini-tournament between Ligue 2’s 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed sides for the third relegation/promotion spot.
When does the Ligue 1 season start and end?
The season runs from August to May. The 2026/27 season began on 21 August 2026 and finishes on 29 May 2027.
Who has won the most Ligue 1 titles?
Paris Saint-Germain have won the most, with 14 titles. Saint-Étienne have 10, Marseille 9, Monaco and Nantes 8 each, and Lyon 7. PSG are the reigning champions after winning the 2025-26 title, their fourth in a row.
How many teams qualify for European competitions from Ligue 1?
The top three finishers go directly into the Champions League league phase, and 4th place enters the Champions League qualifying rounds. The 5th-placed club and the Coupe de France winner go into the Europa League, and 6th place gets a Conference League play-off spot.
Which clubs were promoted to Ligue 1 for 2026/27?
ESTAC Troyes and Le Mans FC. Troyes return after three years in Ligue 2, and Le Mans after a sixteen-year absence from the top flight.
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