2006–07 Ligue 1

Le Championnat 2006-07 was the 69th edition since its establishment. The competition took place on August 4, 2006, and ended on 26 May 2007.

Once again, Olympique Lyonnais are the reigning champions of France, for the sixth time running. Following a defeat for their nearest challengers, Lyon won the league with six games to play, on April 21, becoming the first team in the so-called "Big Five" European leagues to win six consecutive championships.

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League standings

As of May 27, 2007

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Lyon (C) 38 24 9 5 64 27 37 81
2 Marseille 38 19 7 12 53 38 15 64
3 Toulouse 38 17 7 14 44 43 1 58
4 Rennes 38 14 15 9 38 30 8 57
5 Lens 38 15 12 11 47 41 6 57
6 Bordeaux 38 16 9 13 39 35 4 57
7 Sochaux 38 15 12 11 46 48 -2 57
8 Auxerre 38 13 15 10 41 41 0 54
9 Monaco 38 13 12 13 45 38 7 51
10 Lille 38 13 11 14 45 43 2 50
11 Saint-Étienne 38 14 7 17 52 50 2 49
12 Le Mans 38 11 16 11 45 46 -1 49
13 Nancy 38 13 10 15 37 44 -7 49
14 Lorient 38 12 13 13 33 40 -7 49
15 PSG 38 12 12 14 42 42 0 48
16 Nice 38 9 16 13 34 40 -6 43
17 Valenciennes 38 11 10 17 36 48 -12 43
18 Troyes 38 9 12 17 39 54 -15 39
19 Sedan 38 7 14 17 46 58 -12 35
20 FC Nantes 38 7 13 18 29 49 -20 34
UEFA Champions League Group Stage
UEFA Champions League Qualifying Stage
UEFA Cup First Round1
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Relegated to Ligue 2

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

1. Bordeaux, the winner of the Coupe de la Ligue, is awarded entry to 2007-08 UEFA Cup. The winners of the Coupe de France, Sochaux also has been awarded entry into the 2007-08 UEFA Cup .

Ligue 1 2006-07 Winners
Olympique Lyonnais
6th Title

Promoted from Ligue 2 , who will play in Ligue 1 season 2007/2008

Top goalscorers

As of May 27, 2007

Goalscorers Goal Team
Pauleta
15
Paris Saint-Germain
Steve Savidan
13
Valenciennes
Ismaël Bangoura
12
Le Mans
Mamadou Niang
12
Marseille
Grafite
12
Le Mans
John Utaka
11
Rennes
Aruna Dindane
11
Lens
Fred
11
Lyon
Seydou Keita
11
Lens
Frédéric Piquionne
11
Monaco
Johan Elmander
11
Toulouse
Bafetimbi Gomis
10
Saint-Étienne
Juninho
10
Lyon
Florent Malouda
10
Lyon
Ireneusz Jelen
10
Auxerre

2006/2007 Results

Last updated May 27, 2007.

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

Clubs AUX BOR MUC RCL LOR LIL OL OM ASM NAL NAN NIC PSG SRF SED STE SOC TFC TRO VAN
Auxerre 0-0 2-3 1-0 2-1 0-0 0-3 2-1 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-2 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1
Bordeaux 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-2 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-1 3-2 0-0 1-2 3-1 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-1 2-1
Le Mans 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 2-0 0-2 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 3-2 2-1 2-2 2-0 2-0 3-2
Lens 1-0 3-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 0-4 1-1 1-0 2-2 2-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 3-3 3-1 2-0 1-0 3-0
Lorient 2-1 0-1 2-1 1-0 0-0 1-3 2-1 0-0 2-0 3-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-0
Lille 1-1 3-0 0-2 4-0 1-0 1-2 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-2 2-0 1-3 4-0 0-2
Lyon 1-0 1-2 2-1 3-0 1-0 4-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 3-1 0-0 1-0 2-1 3-3 1-1 2-0 2-1
Marseille 3-1 2-1 2-0 0-1 0-1 4-0 1-4 2-1 2-1 0-0 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 2-1 4-2 3-0 2-1 1-0
Monaco 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-2 3-1 2-0 1-2 2-1 2-1 0-0 1-2 0-2 2-1 1-2 3-0 1-3 0-0 3-0
Nancy 1-0 2-1 1-1 2-1 0-1 1-3 0-3 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-3 0-0 3-1 0-2 5-2 2-1 1-0 1-0
FC Nantes 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 1-1 1-3 2-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 0-2 0-1 2-2 0-2 0-0[1] 1-1 2-5
Nice 0-0 2-1 3-3 1-2 3-0 2-1 1-4 2-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 2-2 2-1 0-0 0-1 3-0 2-0
Paris SG 0-1 0-2 2-1 1-3 2-3 1-0 1-1 1-3 4-2 0-0 4-0 0-0 1-0 4-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 1-2
Rennes 3-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 4-1 1-2 1-0 0-2 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-2 0-0 2-1 3-2 1-1 1-0
Sedan 2-2 1-1 1-2 2-2 3-1 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 2-2 1-1 0-2 1-2 1-1
Saint-Étienne 2-3 0-2 2-0 3-2 2-0 2-1 1-3 1-2 0-1 1-0 2-1 2-1 1-0 1-3 1-2 1-2 3-0 3-1 3-0
Sochaux 1-1 2-1 2-0 0-3 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 2-1 1-2 1-1 3-2 0-0 1-1 1-0 4-2 1-0 1-0
Toulouse 2-0 3-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 1-1 2-2 0-4 1-0 1-3 1-0 3-1 1-0 1-2 1-1 3-0
Troyes 3-3 1-0 2-2 3-0 3-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 0-4 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 2-2 3-2 3-1 0-1 1-2 1-3
Valenciennes 1-3 2-0 1-1 1-3 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 3-1 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 3-1
  1. ^ French League proclaimed Toulouse to be winners of the match after invasion of the playground by supporters of Nantes
Home win Draw Away win

Player of the Month

Month Player
August Steve Savidan (Valenciennes)
September Jérémie Janot (Saint-Étienne)
October Juninho (Lyon)
November Florent Malouda (Lyon)
December Frédéric Piquionne (Saint-Étienne)
January Bafetimbi Gomis (Saint-Étienne)
February Johan Elmander (Toulouse FC)
March Samir Nasri (Marseille)
April Péguy Luyindula (Paris)

All-League first team

Richert (Sochaux)
Sagna (Auxerre) - Cris (Lyon) - Hilton (Lens) - Abidal (Lyon)
Se.Keita (Lens) - Nasri (Marseille) - F.Malouda (Lyon)
A.Keita (Lille) - Elmander (Toulouse) - Savidan (Valenciennes)

Award of the Year

Player of the Year : Florent Malouda (Lyon)

Goalkeeper of the Year : Teddy Richert (Sochaux)

Youth of the Year: Samir Nasri (Marseille)

Manager of the year : Gérard Houllier (Lyon)

Goal of the Year : Ilan (Saint-Étienne) for his goal against PSG

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