2007–08 Ligue 1

The 2007–08 Ligue 1 season is 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.

The locations of the 20 teams participating in Ligue 1 season 2007–08

Ligue 1
Season2007–08
ChampionsLyon
(7th title)
RelegatedLens
Strasbourg
Metz
Champions LeagueLyon (Group stage)
Bordeaux (Group stage)
Marseille (Third qualifying round)
UEFA CupNancy (First round)
Saint-Étienne (First round)
PSG (First round; via Coupe de la Ligue)
Intertoto CupRennes (Third round)
Matches played380
Goals scored868 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorerKarim Benzema (20)

Lens, Strasbourg and Metz were relegated to Ligue 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 with Nantes, who finished in second place, and third-placed Grenoble.

League table
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 to Champions League group stage
2 Bordeaux 38 22 9 7 65 38 +27 75
3 Marseille 38 17 11 10 58 45 +13 62 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Nancy 38 15 15 8 44 30 +14 60 Qualification to UEFA 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 to Intertoto 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 to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
17 Toulouse 38 9 15 14 36 42 −6 42
18 Lens (R) 38 9 13 16 43 52 −9 40 Relegation to Ligue 2
19 Strasbourg (R) 38 9 8 21 34 55 −21 35
20 Metz[lower-alpha 2] (R) 38 5 9 24 28 64 −36 24
Source: French Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue.
  2. Metz have been deducted one point by the Discipline Commission and been ordered to play one match behind closed doors as a result of the racist insults inflicted by one of their fans on the Valenciennes player Abdeslam Ouaddou. However, the decision of the point deduction was taken on 27 March 2008.
 Ligue 1 2007–08 Winners 
Lyon
7th title

Results
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[lower-alpha 1] 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 Saint-Germain 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
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May. Source: Ligue 1
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match was played at the Stade de France

Stats

Top goalscorers

Karim Benzema wins the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur.

Last updated 17 May 2008

Position Player's name Nationality Club Goals
1 Karim Benzema  France Lyon 20
2 Mamadou Niang  Senegal Marseille 18
3 Bafétimbi Gomis  France Saint-Étienne 16
– Djibril Cissé  France Marseille 16
5 Fernando Cavenaghi  Argentina Bordeaux 15
6 Bakari Koné  Ivory Coast Nice 14
– Rafik Saïfi  Algeria Lorient 14
8 Steve Savidan  France Valenciennes 13
– Túlio de Melo  Brazil Le Mans 13
10 Mickaël Pagis  France Rennes 12

Assists table

Jérôme Leroy wins the Trophée du Meilleur Passeur.

Last updated 17 May 2008

Position Player's name Nationality Club Assists
1 Jérôme Leroy  France Rennes 10
– Samir Nasri  France Marseille 10
3 Nenê  Brazil Monaco 10
4 Jérôme Rothen  France Paris Saint-Germain 8
– Olivier Monterrubio  France Lens 9
– Benoît Cheyrou  France Marseille 8
7 Marouane Chamakh  Morocco Bordeaux 7
– Juninho  Brazil Lyon 9
9 Karim Benzema  France Lyon 7
– Eric Mouloungui  Gabon Strasbourg 7

Attacking Play table

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. The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), with the help of the former France national team manager Michel Hidalgo, introduced the idea to reward those teams who score the most goals. Independent from the official league table, points are awarded as follows:

OutcomePoint(s)
Loss0
Draw1
Victory by one goal2
Victory by multiple goals3

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

Player of the Month
MonthPlayerClub
August David BellionBordeaux
September Jérôme RothenParis Saint-Germain
October Jérôme LeroyRennes
November Sébastien PuygrenierNancy
December Mamadou NiangMarseille
January Karim BenzemaLyon
February Steve MandandaMarseille
March Kader KeïtaLyon
April Karim BenzemaLyon

Awards

Player of the Year

The nominees for Ligue 1 Player of the Year. The winner will be displayed in bold.

PlayerNationalityClub
Karim Benzema France Lyon
Mamadou Niang Senegal Marseille
Jérémy Toulalan France Lyon
Wendel Brazil Bordeaux

Young Player of the Year

The nominees for the Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year. The winner will be displayed in bold.

PlayerNationalityClub
Yohan Cabaye France Lille
Hatem Ben Arfa France Lyon
Miralem Pjanić Bosnia and Herzegovina Metz

Team of the Year
GK Steve MandandaMarseille
RB Laurent BonnartMarseille
CB Sébastien PuygrenierNancy
CB HiltonLens
LB Taye TaiwoMarseille
RM Mathieu ValbuenaMarseille
CM Jérémy ToulalanLyon
CM Benoît CheyrouMarseille
LM WendelBordeaux
ST Mamadou NiangMarseille
ST Karim BenzemaLyon

Coach: Laurent Blanc – Bordeaux

Managers
ClubHead coach
Auxerre Jean Fernandez
Bordeaux Laurent Blanc
Caen Franck Dumas
Le Mans Rudi Garcia
Lens Guy Roux, then replaced in August by Jean-Pierre Papin
Lille OSC Claude Puel
Lorient Christian Gourcuff
Lyon Alain Perrin
Marseille Albert Emon, then replaced in September by Eric Gerets
Metz Francis De Taddeo, then replaced in December by Yvon Pouliquen
Monaco Ricardo Gomes
Nancy Pablo Correa
Nice Frédéric Antonetti
Paris Saint-Germain Paul Le Guen
Rennes Pierre Dréossi, then replaced in December by Guy Lacombe
Saint-Étienne Laurent Roussey
Sochaux Frédéric Hantz, then replaced in January by Francis Gillot
Strasbourg Jean-Marc Furlan
Toulouse Elie Baup
Valenciennes Antoine Kombouaré

Stadia

Last updated 6 April 2008

Team Stadium Capacity Avg. Attendance
MarseilleStade Vélodrome60,03152,009
Paris Saint-GermainParc des Princes46,48036,440
LyonStade Gerland43,05136,968
LensStade Félix-Bollaert41,23333,717
Saint-ÉtienneStade Geoffroy-Guichard35,61628,016
ToulouseStade de Toulouse35,47218,634
BordeauxStade Chaban-Delmas34,32724,689
RennesStade de la Route de Lorient31,12725,515
StrasbourgStade de la Meinau29,23019,135
MetzStade Municipal Saint-Symphorien26,67113,401
AuxerreStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps24,4939,613
CaenStade Michel d'Ornano21,50019,526
NancyStade Marcel Picot20,08718,591
SochauxStade Auguste Bonal20,02515,189
MonacoStade Louis II18,50010,570
LilleStade Lille-Metropole21,80317,553
LorientStade du Moustoir16,66912,101
Le MansStade Léon-Bollée17,50010,589
ValenciennesStade Nungesser16,54713,712
NiceStade du Ray17,41510,947

2007–08 kits
Team Kit maker Shirt sponsor Notes
Auxerre Airness Prest-Oil
Bordeaux Puma Kia, Pichet and Cdiscount
Caen Nike GDE Recyclage and Campagne de France
Le Mans Kappa Loué and Le Gaulois
Lens Nike Atac and Invicta
Lille Airness Groupe Partouche
Lorient Erreà Biscuits La trinitaine
Lyon Umbro Ticket Restaurant and Novotel
Marseille Adidas Neuf, Groupama and Quick
Metz Kappa Nàsuba-express
Monaco Puma Fedcom
Nancy Baliston Odalys-Vacances, Geodis-Calberson, Regina-delipapier and Triangle-Interim
Nice Lotto CitySport, Takara and Pizzorno
Paris Saint-Germain Nike Emirates Airline
Rennes Puma Samsic and Blot immobilier
Saint-Étienne Adidas Konica Minolta
Sochaux Lotto Mobil 1
Strasbourg Hummel France Pare-Brise, Es -Électricité Strasbourg and Groupama
Toulouse Lotto Idec Groupe, Newrest and Iss-world
Valenciennes Diadora Toyota and Sita-Suez
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