Ligue 1 2007-08

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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)
Top goalscorer	Karim Benzema (20)
← Previous season 2006-07	Next season → 2008-09

The 2007–08 Ligue 1 season is the seventieth since its establishment, and started in August 2007 and will end on 17 May 2008. The fixtures were announced in June 2007. Lyon are the defending French champions, having won a record sixth consecutive title .

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

Troyes, Sedan and Nantes were relegated to Ligue 2. Both Nantes and Sedan were relegated on May 9, 2007. Despite winning their game against Bordeaux 1-0, Nantes fell victim to relegation after other results went against them, Nice defeating PSG 1-0 and Valenciennes' 1-0 win against Saint-Étienne. Sedan were relegated following their 2-1 loss to Lille OSC. Troyes were relegated on May 19, 2007 after PSG defeated them 2-1 at the Parc des Princes.

The three relegated teams will be replaced by the three promoted teams from Ligue 2. Metz were promoted as Ligue 2 champions along with Stade Caen who finished in second place and third placed Racing Strasbourg. Having already secured promotion, Metz and Strasbourg were joined by Caen who took second place after their 1-0 win over Libourne and Strasbourg's 3-1 loss to Dijon on the last day of the season.

1 League table
2 Results
3 Stats
- 3.1 Top goalscorers
- 3.2 Assists Table
4 Attacking Play Table
5 Player of the Month
6 Awards
7 Managers
8 Stadia
9 Kits 2007-2008
10 External links

[edit] League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	24	7	7	74	37	37	79	UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Group stage
2	Bordeaux	38	22	9	7	65	37	28	75	UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Group stage
3	Marseille	38	17	11	10	58	45	13	62	UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Third qualifying round
4	Nancy	38	15	15	8	44	30	14	60	UEFA Cup 2008-09 First round
5	Saint-Étienne	38	16	10	12	47	34	13	58	UEFA Cup 2008-09 First round
6	Rennes	38	16	10	12	47	44	3	58	UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
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	UEFA Cup 2008-09 First round 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	35	55	-20	35
20	Metz (R)	38	5	9	24	28	64	-36	24^*

Last updated: 10 May 2008
Source: French Football League
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
^* 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 March 27, 2008.
¹ Via Coupe de la Ligue 2007-2008
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.

Ligue 1 2007-08 Winners
Lyon 7th Title

[edit] Results

Home \ Away¹	AUX	BOR	CAE	MUC	RCL	LIL	LOR	OL	OM	MET	ASM	NAL	NIC	PSG	SRF	STE	SOC	RCS	TFC	VAN
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	0–1²	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

Last updated: 17 May
Source: Ligue 1
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.

²Match was played at the Stade de France

[edit] Stats

[edit] Top goalscorers

Karim Benzema wins the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur.

Last updated May 17, 2008

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Karim Benzema	France	Lyon	20
2	Mamadou Niang	Senegal	Marseille	18
3	Bafetimbi Gomis	France	Saint-Étienne	16
-	Djibril Cissé	France	Marseille	16
5	Fernando Cavenaghi	Argentina	FC Girondins de Bordeaux	15
6	Bakari Koné	Côte d'Ivoire	OGC Nice	14
-	Rafik Saïfi	Algeria	FC Lorient	14
8	Steve Savidan	France	Valenciennes FC	13
-	Tulio de Melo	Brazil	Le Mans	13
10	Mickael Pagis	France	Rennes	12

[edit] Assists Table

Jérôme Leroy wins the Trophée du Meilleur Passeur.

Last updated May 17, 2008

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Assists
1	Jérôme Leroy	France	Rennes	10
-	Samir Nasri	France	Marseille	10
3	Nenê	Brazil	AS Monaco	9
4	Jérôme Rothen	France	PSG	8
-	Olivier Monterrubio	France	RC Lens	8
-	Benoît Cheyrou	France	Marseille	8
7	Marouane Chamakh	Morocco	FC Girondins de Bordeaux	7
-	Juninho	Brazil	Lyon	7
9	Karim Benzema	France	Lyon	6
-	Eric Mouloungui	Gabon	RC Strasbourg	6

[edit] Attacking Play Table

Ligue 1 has introduced an Attacking Play Table since the start of the 2006/2007 Ligue 1 season to encourage the scoring of more goals in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. The LFP, with the help of the former France 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 May 17, 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

[edit] Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club
August	David Bellion	Bordeaux
September	Karim Benzema	Lyon
October	Vincent Planté	SM Caen
November	Mamadou Niang	Marseille
December	Juninho	Lyon
January	Djibril Cissé	Marseille
February	Fernando Cavenaghi	Bordeaux
March	Wendel	Bordeaux
April	Kevin Mirallas	Lille OSC

[edit] Awards

[edit] 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
Jeremy Toulalan	France	Lyon
Wendel	Brazil	Bordeaux

[edit] 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 OSC
Hatem Ben Arfa	France	Lyon
Miralem Pjanić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	FC Metz
Mevlüt Erdinç	Turkey	FC Sochaux

[edit] Team of the Year

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

Coach: Laurent Blanc – FC Girondins de Bordeaux

[edit] Managers

Club	Head coach
Auxerre	Fernandez, JeanJean Fernandez
Bordeaux	Blanc, LaurentLaurent Blanc
Caen	Dumas, FranckFranck Dumas
Le Mans	Garcia, RudiRudi Garcia
Lens	Roux, GuyGuy Roux, then replaced in August by Papin, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Papin
Lille OSC	Puel, ClaudeClaude Puel
Lorient	Gourcuff, ChristianChristian Gourcuff
Lyon	Perrin, AlainAlain Perrin
Marseille	Emon, AlbertAlbert Emon, then replaced in September by Gerets, EricEric Gerets
Metz	De Taddeo, FrancisFrancis De Taddeo, then replaced in December by Pouliquen, YvonYvon Pouliquen
Monaco	Gomes, RicardoRicardo Gomes
Nancy	Correa, PabloPablo Correa
Nice	Antonetti, FrédéricFrédéric Antonetti
Paris Saint-Germain	Le Guen, PaulPaul Le Guen
Rennes	Dréossi, PierrePierre Dréossi, then replaced in December by Lacombe, GuyGuy Lacombe
Saint-Étienne	Roussey, LaurentLaurent Roussey
Sochaux	Hantz, FrédéricFrédéric Hantz, then replaced in January by Gillot, FrancisFrancis Gillot
Strasbourg	Furlan, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Furlan
Toulouse	Baup, ElieElie Baup
Valenciennes	Kombouaré, AntoineAntoine Kombouaré

[edit] Stadia

Last updated April 6, 2008

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Avg. Attendance
Marseille	Stade Vélodrome	60,031	52,009
Paris Saint-Germain	Parc des Princes	46,480	36,440
Lyon	Stade Gerland	43,051	36,968
Lens	Stade Félix-Bollaert	41,233	33,717
Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	35,616	28,016
Toulouse	Stade de Toulouse	35,472	18,634
Bordeaux	Stade Chaban-Delmas	34,327	24,689
Rennes	Stade de la Route de Lorient	31,127	25,515
Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,230	19,135
Metz	Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien	26,671	13,401
Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	24,493	9,613
Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	21,500	19,526
Nancy	Stade Marcel Picot	20,087	18,591
Sochaux	Stade Auguste Bonal	20,025	15,189
Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,500	10,570
Lille	Stade Lille-Metropole	21,803	17,553
Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	16,669	12,101
Le Mans	Stade Léon-Bollée	17,500	10,589
Valenciennes	Stade Nungesser	16,547	13,712
Nice	Stade du Ray	17,415	10,947

[edit] Kits 2007-2008

Team	Kit Maker	Shirt Sponsor
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	Errea	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 SG	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