2009–10 Ligue 1

Ligue 1
Season	2009–10
Champions	Marseille 9th title
Relegated	Le Mans Boulogne Grenoble
Champions League	Marseille (Group stage) Lyon (Group stage) Auxerre (Playoff round)
Europa League	Lille (Playoff round) Paris Saint-Germain (Playoff round) Montpellier (Third qualifying round)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	916 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mamadou Niang (18)
Biggest home win	Lorient 5–0 Boulogne (7 November 2009) Grenoble 5–0 Auxerre (6 February 2010)
Biggest away win	Grenoble 0–4 Rennes (19 September 2009) Monaco 0–4 Lille (13 December 2009) Nancy 0–4 Lille (23 December 2009) Sochaux 0–4 Lyon (21 February 2010)
Highest scoring	Lyon 5–5 Marseille (8 November 2009)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Ligue 1 season was the 72nd since its establishment. Bordeaux were the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 5 June 2009, and play commenced on 8 August and ended on 15 May 2010.^[1]^[2] There were three promoted teams from Ligue 2, replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 1 following the 2008–09 season. A total of 20 teams competed in the league with three clubs suffering relegation to the second division, Ligue 2. All clubs that secured Ligue 1 status for this season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.^[3]^[4] In addition, German sportswear company Puma became the official provider of match balls for the season after agreeing to a long term partnership with the Ligue de Football Professionnel.^[5]

The season began on 8 August 2009 under a new format with 16 clubs beginning play simultaneously followed by 4 clubs competing the following day. Under the new format, the showcase match of the opening week will contest the winners of the league the previous season and the winners of the second division the previous season. In the match this year, defending champions Bordeaux defeating second division champions Lens 4–1 at the Stade Chaban Delmas.

On 5 May 2010, Marseille defeated Rennes 3–1 to claim their 9th Ligue 1 title and their first since the 1991–92 season.^[6]^[7] Because of their Coupe de la Ligue title, Marseille claimed the league and league cup double. It is the second straight season a club has won the league and league cup double with Bordeaux achieving it last season.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Ligue 2

Champions: Lens
Runners-up: Montpellier
3rd Place: Boulogne

Teams relegated to 2009–10 Ligue 2

18th Place: Caen
19th Place: Nantes
20th Place: Le Havre

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marseille (C)	38	23	9	6	69	36	+33	78	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Lyon	38	20	12	6	64	38	+26	72	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Auxerre	38	20	11	7	42	29	+13	71	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
4	Lille	38	21	7	10	72	40	+32	70	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
5	Montpellier	38	20	9	9	50	40	+10	69	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round ¹
6	Bordeaux	38	19	7	12	58	40	+18	64
7	Lorient	38	16	10	12	54	42	+12	58
8	Monaco	38	15	10	13	39	45	−6	55
9	Rennes	38	14	11	13	52	41	+11	53
10	Valenciennes	38	14	10	14	50	50	0	52
11	Lens	38	12	12	14	40	44	−4	48
12	Nancy	38	13	9	16	46	53	−7	48
13	Paris Saint-Germain	38	12	11	15	50	46	+4	47	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round ²
14	Toulouse	38	12	11	15	36	36	0	47
15	Nice	38	11	11	16	41	57	−16	44
16	Sochaux	38	11	8	19	28	52	−24	41
17	Saint-Étienne	38	10	10	18	27	45	−18	40
18	Le Mans (R)	38	8	8	22	36	59	−23	32	Relegation to the Ligue 2
19	Boulogne (R)	38	7	10	21	31	62	−31	31
20	Grenoble (R)	38	5	8	25	31	61	−30	23

Updated to games played on 15 May 2010
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Coupe de la Ligue winners Marseille finished as champions, fulfilling a finish of at least 4th place, thus their Europa League Third qualifying round berth will go to the 5th placed team in the league.
²Coupe de France winners Paris Saint-Germain qualify for the play-off round of UEFA Europa League 2010–11.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away¹	AUX	BOR	BOU	GRE	MFC	RCL	LIL	LOR	OL	OM	ASM	MHS	NAL	NIC	PSG	REN	STE	SOC	TFC	VAL
Auxerre		1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	4–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0
Bordeaux	1–2		0–0	1–0	3–0	4–1	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–1
Boulogne	0–0	0–2		2–1	1–3	2–1	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–2	3–3	2–5	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2
Grenoble	5–0	1–3	2–0		1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	4–0	0–4	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–1
Le Mans	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0		3–0	1–2	0–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–1
Lens	2–0	4–3	3–0	1–1	2–1		1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–1
Lille	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–0		1–2	4–3	3–2	4–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	4–0
Lorient	0–0	1–0	5–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1		1–3	1–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	3–2
Lyon	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		5–5	3–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0
Marseille	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1		1–2	4–2	3–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	5–1
Monaco	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–2		4–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1
Montpellier	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–0		0–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1
Nancy	0–1	0–3	1–3	0–2	3–2	5–1	0–4	1–0	0–2	0–3	4–0	0–0		2–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1
Nice	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–3	0–3	2–3		1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–2
Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	3–1	3–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1		1–1	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–2
Rennes	0–1	4–2	3–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–0		1–0	1–2	4–1	0–3
Saint-Étienne	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–1	0–2
Sochaux	1–2	2–3	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–4	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–4	2–0	0–2		1–0	2–5
Toulouse	0–3	1–2	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–2	3–1	2–0		0–1
Valenciennes	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–3

Updated to games played on 15 May 2010
Source: Ligue 1 Calendar
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

2009–10 Ligue 1 Winners
Olympique de Marseille 9th Title

Stats

Top goalscorers

Mamadou Niang won the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur.

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Mamadou Niang	Senegal	Marseille	18
2	Kevin Gameiro	France	Lorient	17
3	Mevlüt Erdinç	Turkey	Paris SG	15
-	Lisandro López	Argentina	Lyon	15
5	Nenê	Brazil	Monaco	14
-	Ireneusz Jeleń	Poland	Auxerre	14
-	Loïc Rémy	France	Nice	14
8	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	Rennes	13
-	Pierre-Alain Frau	France	Lille	13
-	Gervinho	Côte d'Ivoire	Lille	13
-	Yohan Cabaye	France	Lille	13
12	3 players			11
15	6 players			10
21	1 player			9
22	6 players			8
28	8 players			7
36	11 players			6
47	16 players			5
63	32 players			4
95	19 players			3
114	49 players			2
163	99 players			1
Total:				916^[8]
Average after 380 games:				2.41

Last updated: 21 May 2010
Source: Règlement du classement des buteurs

Assists Table

Lucho González won the Trophée du Meilleur Passeur.

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Assists
1	Lucho González	Argentina	Marseille	11
2	Marama Vahirua	France	Lorient	10
3	Daniel Niculae	Romania	Auxerre	9
4	Fahid Ben Khalfallah	Tunisia	Valenciennes	8
-	Christophe Jallet	France	Paris SG	8
-	Eden Hazard	Belgium	Lille	8
-	Julien Féret	France	Nancy	8
8	4 players			7
12	6 players			6
18	10 players			5
28	23 players			4
51	22 players			3
73	36 players			2
109	109 players			1
Total:				515
Average after 359 games:				1.43

Last updated: 7 May 2010
Source: Règlement du classement des passeurs

Awards

Monthly awards

UNFP Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club
August^[9]	Lisandro López	Lyon
September^[10]	Hugo Lloris	Lyon
October^[11]	Ireneusz Jeleń	Auxerre
November^[12]	Fabrice Abriel	Marseille
December^[13]	Jérémie Janot	Saint-Étienne
January^[14]	Karim Aït-Fana	Montpellier
February^[15]	Hatem Ben Arfa	Marseille
March^[16]	Eden Hazard	Lille
April^[17]	Lucho González	Marseille

Yearly awards

The nominees for the Player of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Manager of the Year, and Goal of the Year in Ligue 1. The winner was determine at the annual UNFP Awards, which was held on 9 May.^[18] The winners are displayed in bold.

Player of the Year

Player	Nationality	Club
Marouane Chamakh	Morocco	Bordeaux
Eden Hazard	Belgium	Lille
Lisandro López	Argentina	Lyon
Mamadou Niang	Senegal	Marseille

Young Player of the Year

Player	Nationality	Club
Karim Aït-Fana	France	Montpellier
Eden Hazard	Belgium	Lille
Yann M'Vila	France	Rennes
Emmanuel Rivière	France	Saint-Étienne

Goalkeeper of the Year

Player	Nationality	Club
Cédric Carrasso	France	Bordeaux
Hugo Lloris	France	Lyon
Steve Mandanda	France	Marseille
Stéphane Ruffier	France	Monaco

Manager of the Year

Manager	Nationality	Club
Laurent Blanc	France	Bordeaux
Didier Deschamps	France	Marseille
Jean Fernandez	France	Auxerre
René Girard	France	Montpellier

Goal of the Year

Manager	Nationality	Club	Match
Ismaël Bangoura	Guinea	Rennes	8 August 2009 v. Boulogne
Michel Bastos	Brazil	Lyon	29 August 2009 v. Nancy
Mamadou Niang	Senegal	Marseille	19 September 2009 v. Montpellier
Matt Moussilou	Republic of the Congo	Boulogne	13 March 2010 v. Nancy
Yohan Cabaye	France	Lille	18 April 2010 v. Monaco

Team of the Year

Ligue 1 Team of the Year Lloris Fanni Ciani Diawara Trémoulinas Cheyrou Hazard Gourcuff Lisandro Niang Chamakh

Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Hugo Lloris	Lyon
Defender	Rod Fanni	Rennes
Defender	Souleymane Diawara	Marseille
Defender	Michaël Ciani	Bordeaux
Defender	Benoît Trémoulinas	Bordeaux
Midfielder	Benoît Cheyrou	Marseille
Midfielder	Yoann Gourcuff	Bordeaux
Midfielder	Eden Hazard	Lille
Forward	Mamadou Niang	Marseille
Forward	Lisandro López	Lyon
Forward	Marouane Chamakh	Bordeaux

Season statistics

As of 11 April 2010

Scoring

First goal of the season: Mamadou Niang for Marseille against Grenoble, 1 minute and 34 seconds. (8 August 2009).^[19]
Fastest goal in a match: 1 minute – Roland Lamah for Le Mans against Montpellier. (10 April 2010).^[20]
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+4 minutes and 27 seconds – Sloan Privat for Sochaux against Lens (7 November 2009)^[21]
First own goal of the season: Olivier Monterrubio (Lorient) for Lille, 64 minutes and 38 seconds (9 August 2009)^[22]
First penalty kick of the season: 58 minutes and 44 seconds – Mathieu Coutadeur (scored) for Le Mans against Lyon (8 August 2009).^[23]
First hat-trick of the season: Michel Bastos (Lyon) against Sochaux (21 February 2010).^[24]
Widest winning margin: 5 goals
- Lorient 5–0 Boulogne (7 November 2009)^[25]
- Grenoble 5–0 Auxerre (6 February 2010)^[26]
Most goals in one match: 10 goals – Lyon 5–5 Marseille (8 November 2009).^[27]
Most goals in one half: 6 goals
- Lyon v Marseille (8 November 2009); 2–2 at half time, 5–5 final.^[27]
- Boulogne v Paris Saint-Germain (2 December 2009); 1–0 at half time, 2–5 final.^[28]

Discipline

First yellow card of the season: Sidney Govou for Lyon against Le Mans, 9 minutes and 24 seconds (8 August 2009)^[29]
First red card of the season: Cyril Jeunechamp for Montpellier against Paris Saint-Germain, 32 minutes and 11 seconds (8 August 2009)^[30]
Card given at latest point in a game: Nicolas Penneteau (red) at 90+3 minutes and 44 seconds for Valenciennes against Nancy (8 August 2009)^[31]
Most yellow cards in a single match: 9
- Rennes 0–1 Auxerre – 4 for Rennes (Fabien Lemoine, Yann M'Vila, Asamoah Gyan, & Lucien Aubey) and 5 for Auxerre (Aurélien Capoue, Cédric Hengbart, Stéphane Grichting, Dennis Oliech, & Jean-Pascal Mignot) (3 October 2009)^[32]
Most red cards in a single match: 3
- Bordeaux 2–2 Lyon – 2 for Bordeaux (Benoît Trémoulinas and Jussiê) and 1 for Lyon (Anthony Réveillère) (17 April 2010)^[33]

Miscellaneous

Longest second half injury time: 5 minutes and 56 seconds – Lens against Lille (20 September 2009).
On 9 August 2009, Bordeaux established a record for most consecutive league wins with 12 surpassing Lille who won 11 consecutive matches in 1949, winning their last four games of the 1948–49 season and their first seven in the 1949–50 season.^[34] Bordeaux's streak began during the 2008–09 season on 14 March 2009 following a 2–1 victory over Nice.^[35] The club broke the record on the opening match day of this season defeating Lens 4–1.^[36] The record lasted for 14 matches before coming to an end on 30 August following the club's 0–0 draw with Marseille.
On 31 October 2009, Grenoble set a record for most consecutive losses in French football following the club's eleven straight league defeat, an 0–2 loss to Lille. The previous record of ten straight defeats, held by Sète, had been intact since 1947. The losing streak came to an end the following week, on 7 November, following the club's 0–0 draw with Monaco.^[37]

Stadia

Lens

Location of teams in Ligue 1 2009–10

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Avg. Attendance
Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	24,493	11,306
Bordeaux	Stade Chaban-Delmas	34,327	29,197
Boulogne	Stade de la Libération	15,004	11,945
Grenoble	Stade des Alpes	20,000	14,130
Le Mans	Stade Léon-Bollée	17,500	9,014
Lens	Stade Félix-Bollaert	41,233	33,963
Lille	Stade Lille-Metropole	21,803	14,543
Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	16,669	11,291
Lyon	Stade Gerland	41,044	35,261
Marseille	Stade Vélodrome	60,031	48,941
Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,500	8,191
Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,900	17,407
Nancy	Stade Marcel Picot	20,087	16,294
Nice	Stade du Ray	17,415	8,567
PSG	Parc des Princes	48,712	33,022
Rennes	Stade de la Route de Lorient	31,127	22,876
Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	35,616	25,876
Sochaux	Stade Auguste Bonal	20,025	12,628
Toulouse	Stadium Municipal	35,672	19,472
Valenciennes	Stade Nungesser	16,547	12,123

Updated to games played on 7 April 2010
Source: AFFLUENCES Par Club
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Team information

Club	Chairman	Current Manager	Appointed
Auxerre	Dujon, AlainAlain Dujon	Fernandez, JeanJean Fernandez	2006–
Bordeaux	Triaud, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Triaud	Blanc, LaurentLaurent Blanc	2007–
Boulogne	Wattez, JacquesJacques Wattez	Guyot, LaurentLaurent Guyot	2009–
Grenoble	Watanabe, KazutoshiKazutoshi Watanabe	Baždarević, MehmedMehmed Baždarević	2007–
Le Mans	Legarda, HenriHenri Legarda	Cormier, ArnaudArnaud Cormier	2009–
Lens	Martel, GervaisGervais Martel	Wallemme, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Wallemme	2008–
Lille OSC	Seydoux, MichelMichel Seydoux	Rudi Garcia	2008–
Lorient	Fery, LoïcLoïc Fery	Gourcuff, ChristianChristian Gourcuff	2003–
Lyon	Aulas, Jean-MichelJean-Michel Aulas	Puel, ClaudeClaude Puel	2008–
Marseille	Dassier, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Dassier	Deschamps, DidierDidier Deschamps	2009–
Monaco	Franzi, EtienneEtienne Franzi	Lacombe, GuyGuy Lacombe	2009–
Montpellier	Nicollin, LouisLouis Nicollin	Girard, RenéRené Girard	2009–
Nancy	Rousselot, JacquesJacques Rousselot	Correa, PabloPablo Correa	2002–
Nice	Cohen, MauriceMaurice Cohen	Roy, EricEric Roy	2010–
Paris Saint-Germain	Bazin, SébastienSébastien Bazin	Kombouaré, AntoineAntoine Kombouaré	2009–
Rennes	de Saint-Sernin, FrédéricFrédéric de Saint-Sernin	Antonetti, FrédéricFrédéric Antonetti	2009–
Saint-Étienne	Caiazzo, BernardBernard Caiazzo	Perrin, AlainAlain Perrin	2008–
Sochaux	Plessis, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Plessis	Gillot, FrancisFrancis Gillot	2008–
Toulouse	Sadran, OlivierOlivier Sadran	Casanova, AlainAlain Casanova	2007–
Valenciennes	Decourrière, FrancisFrancis Decourrière	Montanier, PhilippePhilippe Montanier	2009–

Kits

Team	Kit maker	Main Sponsor	Notes
Auxerre	Airness	Nasùba Express	No changes have yet been reported.
Bordeaux	Puma	Kia	New home, away, and Champions League shirt. Bordeaux's home shirt will remain traditional blue and will retain the v-design, which will be white and emblazoned along top half of the chest and shoulders. Away shirt will be white and will be an updated version of last year's away shirt. Champions League kit is all red with white vertical stripes that began near the chest area, so the shirt can retain its v-design.
Boulogne	Uhlsport	Boostyle	No changes have yet been reported.
Grenoble	Nike	Flash Kado	No changes have yet been reported.
Le Mans	Kappa	LOUÉ(home), Le Gaulois(away)	No changes have yet been reported.
Lens	Reebok	Invicta	Lens leaves Nike for Reebok. New home and away kit. Home kit goes away from the original polka dot design and reverts to an all red shirt with Lens' secondary color yellow emblazoned around the shoulders, waists, and arms. Away shirt is all sky blue and is based on the home shirt with black replacing the yellow emblazonment.
Lille	Canterbury of New Zealand	Groupe Partouche	New home kit. Home shirt is all red with horizontal, darker red, thin stripe details. The shirt will have three white ovals on each side as a Canterbury design.
Lorient	Duarig	La trinitaine	New home, away, third, and fourth kits. Shirts will revert from last year's left to right sash. Home kit is prominently orange with a black and white design running along the shoulders. Away kit it is all white with the black and white design again running along the shoulders. The third shirt is black with the design running along the shoulders being orange and white. Fourth kit is brown at the top of the shirt, but slowly converts to a sky blue style color. The sky blue begins along the shoulders and run all the way down the shirt.^[38]
Lyon	Umbro	Bet Clic	Accor ends its partnership with Lyon. New sponsor Bet Clic comes on, effective January 2010, however Lyon have decided to contest this ruling in order for them to display their sponsor for the first part of the season, as well. New home, away, and Champions League kits. The home shirt has a white base color, with the horizontal red and blue stripe in the middle, reverting from the club's red and blue vertical stripe that has been used in previous years. The logo of Umbro appears on the top-right of the shirt in blue.^[39] The away shirt features a black and red design. The top part of the shirt is black and it fades horizontally in the middle into red. The shirt has a partly red collar, and also has red details on the black sleeves.^[40] The European kit is midnight blue with a horizontal red and blue locating in the middle of the shirt.^[41]
Marseille	adidas	Direct Energie Bet Clic (only European kit)	New home and away kit. Home kit to have a more original design being white with sky blue vertical pinstripes, as well as a sky blue collar. Home shirt to also debut club's new crest. Away kit to include shades of light blue and dark blue reflecting the colors of both the club and the city. Both shirts to include the updated logo of sponsor Direct Energie.^[42]
Monaco	Puma	Fedcom	Updated home kit. Brand new away kit and alternate kit. Away kit to be red with red shorts and socks. Alternate kit is all white with white shorts and socks.
Montpellier	Nike	Groupe Nicollin	No changes have yet been reported.
Nancy	Baliston	Odalys Vacances	Updated home kit. Brand new away kit. Away kit from last year becomes third kit. Other than a few minor alterations, home kit remains the same. New away kit is all red and based on home kit.^[43]
Nice	Lotto	Takara	No changes have yet been reported.
PSG	Nike	Emirates	New home and away kit. Home kit to be all navy blue with red vertical stripes and a red collar. Away kit to be all white with red shorts.^[44]
Rennes	Puma	Samsic	Brand new alternate away kit, which was unveiled on final day of 2008–09 season. Shirt is all black with red collar and black shorts, which will be complimented with black socks.^[45]
Sochaux	Lotto	Mobil 1	New home kit and away kit. Home kit will be all yellow with thin black vertical stripes. Away kit will be white with a black and yellow vertical stripe running down the middle of the shirt.
Saint-Étienne	adidas	Fruité	Updated home kit and brand new away kit. Third kit will be carried over from last season. Home kit was green with white shorts and green socks. Away shirt is white with a lime green sash going from left to right along the shirt, akin to Argentine club River Plate.
Toulouse	Airness	IDEC	Updated home kit and brand away kit. Away kit is predominantly gray with purple stripes engraved along the shoulders and sides of the shirt.
Valenciennes	Nike	Toyota (home), SITA-Suez(away)	No changes have yet been reported.

Managerial changes

During summer break

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Table	Incoming	Date	Table
Olympique Marseille	Eric Gerets	Resigned	12 May 2009^[46]	Off-season	Didier Deschamps	1 July 2009^[47]	N/A
Paris Saint-Germain	Paul Le Guen	Contract Expiration	30 June 2009^[48]	Off-season	Antoine Kombouaré	1 July 2009^[49]	N/A
Nice	Frédéric Antonetti	Contract Expiration	30 June 2009^[50]	Off-season	Didier Ollé-Nicolle	1 July 2009^[51]	N/A
Monaco	Ricardo Gomes	Contract Expiration	30 June 2009^[52]	Off-season	Guy Lacombe	1 July 2009^[53]	N/A
Valenciennes	Antoine Kombouaré	Moved to Paris Saint-Germain	30 June 2009^[49]	Off-season	Philippe Montanier	1 July 2009^[54]	N/A
Rennes	Guy Lacombe	Move to Monaco	30 June 2009^[53]	Off-season	Frédéric Antonetti	1 July 2009^[55]	N/A
Le Mans	Arnaud Cormier	Mutual consent	30 June 2009^[56]	Off-season	Paulo Duarte	1 July 2009^[57]	N/A
Boulogne	Philippe Montanier	Moved to Valenciennes	30 June 2009^[54]	Off-season	Laurent Guyot	1 July 2009^[58]	N/A
Montpellier	Rolland Courbis	Mutual consent	30 June 2009^[59]	Off-season	René Girard	1 July 2009^[60]	N/A

In season

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Table	Incoming	Date	Table
Le Mans	Paulo Duarte	Sacked	10 December 2009^[61]	19th	Arnaud Cormier	10 December 2009	19th
Saint-Étienne	Alain Perrin	Sacked	15 December 2009^[62]	18th	Christophe Galtier	15 December 2009	18th
Nice	Didier Ollé-Nicolle	Sacked	9 March 2010^[63]	17th	Eric Roy	9 March 2010	17th

List of 2009–10 transfers

Main articles: List of French football transfers summer 2009 and List of French football transfers winter 2010

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^ Fabrice Abriel: Il force le respect
^ Jérémie Janot: Gardien du temple...
^ Karim Ait Fana: La jeunesse triomphante...
^ Hatem Ben Arfa: Le revoilà!
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Associated competitions	Coupe de France · Coupe de la Ligue · Trophée des champions · UEFA Champions League · UEFA Europa League · Division 1 Féminine

Football in France

French Football Federation President: Nöel Le Graët

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Domestic cups	Coupe de France · Coupe de la Ligue · Trophée des champions

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Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 · Ligue 2 · National · CFA (Group A, B, C, D) · CFA 2 (Group A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)

Women's domestic leagues	D1 Féminine

Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Qualifying Rounds • Preliminary Round • 1st & 2nd Rounds • 3rd & 4th Rounds • 5th & 6th Rounds • Final) · Coupe de la Ligue (Final) · Trophée des Champions

Women's domestic cups	Challenge de France (Final)

Youth domestic cups	Coupe Gambardella (Final)

European	Champions League (Men · Women) · UEFA Europa League

Other	Summer 2009 transfers · Winter 2010 transfers

Club seasons

Ligue 1	Lyon · Marseille · Paris Saint-Germain · Rennes

CFA	Chamois Niortais

D1 Féminine	Paris Saint-Germain

International competition

Men	2010 FIFA World Cup (Group A • Qual. G7) · 2011 UEFA European U-21 Championship qualification (Qual. G8) · European U-17 Championship (Qual. G7)

Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 · 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship · 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2009–10 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania · Andorra · Armenia '09 '10 · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '09 '10 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia '09 '10 · Faroe Islands '09 '10 · Finland '09 '10 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '09 '10 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '09 '10 · Latvia '09 '10 · Lithuania '09 '10 · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '09 '10 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '09 '10 · Romania · Russia '09 '10 · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '09 '10 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales

Domestic cups	Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '09 '10 · Finland '09 '10 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '09 '10 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '09 '10 · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '09 '10 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '09 '10 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '09 '10 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales

League cups	England · Finland '09 '10 · France · Hungary · Iceland '09 '10 · Israel · Northern Ireland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '09 '10 · Scotland · Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (qualifying phase and play-off round · group stage · knockout phase · Final) · Europa League (qualifying phase and play-off round · group stage · knockout phase · Final) · Super Cup