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.

Ligue 1

Season	2007–08
Champions	Lyon (7th title)
Relegated	Lens Strasbourg Metz
Champions League	Lyon (Group stage) Bordeaux (Group stage) Marseille (Third qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Nancy (First round) Saint-Étienne (First round) PSG (First round; via Coupe de la Ligue)
Intertoto Cup	Rennes (Third round)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	868 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Karim Benzema (20)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Teams

Promotion and relegation

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.

Stadia and locations

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

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

Managers

Club	Head 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

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

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: Ligue 1
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.

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 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

Source: Ligue 1
Legend: 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:

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

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club
August	David Bellion	Bordeaux
September	Jérôme Rothen	Paris Saint-Germain
October	Jérôme Leroy	Rennes
November	Sébastien Puygrenier	Nancy
December	Mamadou Niang	Marseille
January	Karim Benzema	Lyon
February	Steve Mandanda	Marseille
March	Kader Keïta	Lyon
April	Karim Benzema	Lyon

Awards

Player of the Year

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

Player	Nationality	Club
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.

Player	Nationality	Club
Yohan Cabaye	France	Lille
Hatem Ben Arfa	France	Lyon
Miralem Pjanić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Metz

Team of the Year

GK	Steve Mandanda	Marseille
RB	Laurent Bonnart	Marseille
CB	Sébastien Puygrenier	Nancy
CB	Hilton	Lens
LB	Taye Taiwo	Marseille
RM	Mathieu Valbuena	Marseille
CM	Jérémy Toulalan	Lyon
CM	Benoît Cheyrou	Marseille
LM	Wendel	Bordeaux
ST	Mamadou Niang	Marseille
ST	Karim Benzema	Lyon

Coach: Laurent Blanc – Bordeaux

See also

• 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue
• 2007–08 Coupe de France
• 2007–08 Ligue 2

External links

• LFP Official site (in English)