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.
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

Results

Stats

Top goalscorers

wins the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur.
Last updated 17 May 2008

Assists table

wins the Trophée du Meilleur Passeur.
Last updated 17 May 2008

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, 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
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

Awards

Player of the Year

The nominees for Ligue 1 Player of the Year. The winner will be displayed in bold.
PlayerNationalityClub
Karim Benzema Lyon
Mamadou Niang Marseille
Jérémy Toulalan Lyon
Wendel 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 Lille
Hatem Ben Arfa Lyon
Miralem Pjanić 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

Stadia

Last updated 6 April 2008
TeamStadiumCapacityAvg. 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