2007–08 Ligue 1

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Matches played380
Goals scored868 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorerKarim Benzema
(20 goals)
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The 2007–08 Ligue 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.

Participating teams

Nancy
Nice
PSG
Rennes
St. Étienne
Sochaux
Strasbourg
Toulouse
Valenciennes
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Location of teams in 2006–07 Ligue 1

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

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

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

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 France David Bellion Bordeaux
September France Jérôme Rothen Paris Saint-Germain
October France Jérôme Leroy Rennes
November France Sébastien Puygrenier
Nancy
December Senegal Mamadou Niang
Marseille
January France Karim Benzema Lyon
February France Steve Mandanda
Marseille
March
Kader Keïta
 Lyon
April France 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 France Lyon
Mamadou Niang  Senegal
Marseille
Jérémy Toulalan  France France Lyon
Wendel
  Brazil France 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 France Lille
Hatem Ben Arfa  France France Lyon
Miralem Pjanić  Bosnia and Herzegovina France Metz

Team of the Year

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

Coach: France Laurent Blanc – Bordeaux

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ligue 1 season 2007-2008.
  1. ^ Ligue 1 - Saison 2007-2008 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com

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