2015–16 Ligue 1

Ligue PSG
Season 2015–16
Matches played 252
Goals scored 603 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimović
(21 goals)
Biggest home win Marseille 6–0 Troyes
(23 August 2015)
Biggest away win Caen 0–4 Lyon
(29 August 2015)
Gazélec 0-4 Montpellier
(31 January 2016)
Highest scoring Nice 6–1 Bordeaux
(23 September 2015)
Longest winning run Paris Saint-Germain
(9 games)
Longest unbeaten run Paris Saint-Germain
(26 games)
Longest winless run Troyes
(21 games)
Longest losing run Reims
(6 games)
2016–17

All statistics correct as of 13 February 2016.

The 2015–16 Ligue 1 season is the 78th season since its establishment. Paris Saint-Germain are the three-time defending champions.

Teams

There are 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Ligue 2 replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 1 following the 2014–15 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 1 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate. Originally, only two teams were planned to be relegated at the end of the season.[1] However, this proposal was appealed and eventually overturned, so as in past seasons, three teams are to be relegated.[2] Evian, Metz and Lens were relegated to Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2014–15 season. Troyes, Gazelec Ajaccio and Angers promoted to the top level. Troyes returns since the 2012–13 season. Gazelec Ajaccio secured their second consecutive promotion and joins Ligue 1 for the first time in the club's history. Finally Angers returns to the top level after 21 years.

Stadia and locations

Club Location Venue Capacity
Angers Angers Stade Jean Bouin 17,835
Bastia Bastia Stade Armand Cesari 16,480
Bordeaux Bordeaux Matmut Atlantique 42,115
Caen Caen Stade Michel d'Ornano 21,215
Gazélec Ajaccio Ajaccio Stade Ange Casanova 6,000
Guingamp Guingamp Stade du Roudourou 18,126
Lille Villeneuve-d'Ascq Stade Pierre-Mauroy 50,186
Lorient Lorient Stade du Moustoir 18,890
Lyon Lyon Stade de Gerland (fall 2015)
Parc Olympique Lyonnais (spring 2016)
41,842
59,186
Marseille Marseille Stade Vélodrome 67,000
Monaco Monaco Stade Louis II 18,500
Montpellier Montpellier Stade de la Mosson 32,939
Nantes Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 38,285
Nice Nice Allianz Riviera 35,624
Paris Saint-Germain Paris Parc des Princes 48,712
Reims Reims Stade Auguste Delaune 21,684
Rennes Rennes Roazhon Park 29,376
Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 42,000
Toulouse Toulouse Stadium Municipal 35,470
Troyes Troyes Stade de l'Aube 21,684

Personnel and kits

Team Manager1 Captain1 Kit Manufacturer1 Main Sponsor1
Angers France Moulin, StéphaneStéphane Moulin France Auriac, OlivierOlivier Auriac Kappa Scania (H), Bodet (A)
Bastia France Ciccolini, FrançoisFrançois Ciccolini France Cahuzac, YannickYannick Cahuzac Kappa Oscaro
Bordeaux France Sagnol, WillyWilly Sagnol Senegal Sané, LudovicLudovic Sané Puma Kia
Caen France Garande, PatricePatrice Garande France Féret, JulienJulien Féret Nike Maisons France Confort (H), Campagne de France (A & 3)
Gazélec Ajaccio France Laurey, ThierryThierry Laurey France Louis Poggi Macron Carrefour, Casino D'Ajaccio
Guingamp France Gourvennec, JocelynJocelyn Gourvennec France Mathis, LionelLionel Mathis Patrick Celtigel
Lille France Antonetti, FrédéricFrédéric Antonetti France Mavuba, RioRio Mavuba Nike Partouche
Lorient France Ripoll, SylvainSylvain Ripoll France Yann Jouffre Adidas B&B Hotels, Jean Floc'h
Lyon France Bruno Génésio France Gonalons, MaximeMaxime Gonalons Adidas Hyundai, Veolia (European)
Marseille Spain Míchel, Míchel France Mandanda, SteveSteve Mandanda Adidas Intersport
Monaco Portugal Jardim, LeonardoLeonardo Jardim France Toulalan, JérémyJérémy Toulalan Nike Fedcom
Montpellier France Frederic Hantz Brazil Hilton, VitorinoVitorino Hilton Nike Sud de France
Nantes Armenia Der Zakarian, MichelMichel Der Zakarian Venezuela Oswaldo Vizcarrondo Umbro Synergie
Nice France Puel, ClaudeClaude Puel France Nampalys Mendy BURRDA Mutuelles du Soleil
Paris Saint-Germain France Blanc, LaurentLaurent Blanc Brazil Silva, ThiagoThiago Silva Nike Emirates
Reims France Guégan, OlivierOlivier Guégan Algeria Aïssa Mandi Hummel Sanei Ascenseurs
Rennes France Courbis, RollandRolland Courbis France Danzé, RomainRomain Danzé Puma Samsic
Saint-Étienne France Galtier, ChristopheChristophe Galtier France Perrin, LoïcLoïc Perrin Le Coq Sportif EoviMcd Mutuelle
Toulouse France Arribagé, DominiqueDominique Arribagé France Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro Joma Triangle Interim
Troyes France Olivier Tingry France Nivet, BenjaminBenjamin Nivet Kappa Babeau Seguin

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Lille France René Girard Mutual consent 24 May 2015[3] Pre-season France Hervé Renard 25 May 2015[4]
Marseille Argentina Marcelo Bielsa Resigned 9 August 2015 19th Spain Míchel 19 August 2015
Lille France Hervé Renard Mutual consent 11 November 2015 16th France Frédéric Antonetti 22 November 2015
Troyes France Jean-Marc Furlan Mutual consent 3 December 2015 20th France Claude Robin 8 December 2015
Montpellier France Rolland Courbis Resigned 23 December 2015 15th France Frederic Hantz 27 December 2015
Lyon France Hubert Fournier Sacked 24 December 2015 9th France Bruno Génésio 24 December 2015

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain 26 22 4 0 63 12 +51 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Monaco 26 12 10 4 37 29 +8 46
3 Nice 26 11 7 8 39 30 +9 40 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Saint-Étienne 26 12 4 10 31 29 +2 40 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5 Lyon 26 11 6 9 38 28 +10 39
6 Nantes 26 10 9 7 26 24 +2 39
7 Rennes 26 9 11 6 34 31 +3 38
8 Angers 26 10 7 9 25 24 +1 37
9 Bordeaux 26 9 9 8 36 39 3 36
10 Caen 26 11 3 12 27 35 8 36
11 Marseille 26 8 11 7 37 28 +9 35
12 Bastia 26 10 4 12 25 29 4 34
13 Lille 26 6 13 7 20 20 0 31
14 Lorient 26 7 10 9 35 38 3 31
15 Guingamp 26 8 7 11 28 34 6 31
16 Montpellier 26 8 5 13 30 31 1 29
17 Reims 26 7 8 11 27 34 7 29
18 Gazélec Ajaccio 26 6 9 11 27 37 10 27 Relegation to Ligue 2[lower-alpha 1]
19 Toulouse 26 4 9 13 25 44 19 21
20 Troyes 26 2 8 16 19 53 34 14
Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fairplay ranking.[7]
Notes:
  1. Starting this season, Ligue 1 decided to reduce the number of relegation spots from three to two.[5] However, the decision was appealed and overturned so three teams are to be relegated.[6]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Angers 1 4 3 4 7 6 6 5 2 2 2 3 4 5 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 5 3 4 5 8
Bastia 4 5 2 6 9 15 16 11 14 15 16 15 15 18 17 16 18 17 16 16 15 15 13 15 14 12
Bordeaux 15 15 14 10 12 13 17 12 15 14 13 14 11 13 14 17 12 14 14 12 10 10 7 11 11 9
Caen 6 3 6 9 5 4 7 6 3 3 3 5 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 5 7 7 5 6 8 10
GFC Ajaccio 12 17 18 20 20 20 19 20 20 20 19 18 18 16 16 13 15 16 12 14 13 13 16 17 17 18
Guingamp 18 18 20 16 14 8 12 13 11 12 12 11 12 10 12 14 17 18 18 19 18 16 14 13 13 15
Lille 19 16 16 12 13 14 14 16 13 13 15 16 16 17 18 18 13 11 11 13 14 14 15 14 15 13
Lyon 10 7 12 5 6 7 4 8 6 6 4 2 2 2 4 4 5 6 9 6 9 9 11 10 6 5
Lorient 11 12 15 18 17 10 9 10 9 10 10 9 7 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 12 12 12 12 12 14
Marseille 17 19 13 15 11 12 13 15 17 16 14 12 13 12 11 8 9 9 10 11 8 8 10 8 10 11
Monaco 2 6 8 13 8 11 10 9 10 11 9 6 9 6 7 7 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Montpellier 20 20 19 19 19 19 20 18 18 18 17 17 17 14 13 15 16 13 15 15 16 18 17 18 18 16
Nantes 7 8 4 8 10 16 11 14 12 8 6 7 10 11 10 11 11 12 13 10 11 11 9 7 7 6
Nice 16 13 9 11 15 9 8 7 8 5 7 8 6 4 6 5 7 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
PSG 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Reims 3 2 7 2 3 5 5 4 7 9 11 13 14 15 15 12 14 15 17 17 17 17 18 16 16 17
Rennes 14 9 5 3 2 2 3 3 4 7 8 10 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 6 4 6 9 9 7
Saint-Étienne 13 14 10 7 4 3 2 2 5 4 5 4 5 7 5 6 6 7 6 7 5 6 8 5 4 4
Toulouse 5 10 11 14 16 17 15 17 17 17 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
Troyes 9 11 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

Last updated: 13 February 2016
Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel

Leader
2016–17 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2016–17 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2016–17 UEFA Europa League#Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2016–17 Ligue 2

Results

Home ╲ Away ANG BAS BORCAEGAZGUILILLOROLOMASMMHSNANNICPSGREIRENSTETFCTRO
Angers 10 11 20 00 20 03 30 00 11 00 00 02 10
Bastia 10 10 12 30 10 12 10 13 02 20 21 30 20
Bordeaux 14 10 10 31 11 31 00 20 12 40 14 11 10
Caen 00 20 21 12 04 13 21 02 20 03 02 10 10
GFC Ajaccio 02 20 00 11 21 01 04 11 31 22 11 22 23
Guingamp 10 24 21 11 22 01 20 33 22 12 02 20 40
Lille 11 00 10 10 30 12 20 01 11 01 11 10 13
Lorient 31 11 32 20 02 11 00 00 12 20 11 01 41
Lyon 02 20 30 41 00 00 11 24 10 12 30 30 41
Marseille 12 41 01 11 00 11 11 11 33 22 01 12 60
Monaco 10 20 11 22 00 23 11 10 10 03 11 10 40
Montpellier 02 20 01 12 02 21 21 01 23 21 01 31 12 20
Nantes 00 22 31 10 21 00 01 14 10 02 21 11 30
Nice 21 61 21 01 00 21 30 11 12 10 12 03 10
PSG 51 20 22 20 30 00 31 51 21 41 50 41
Reims 21 01 01 12 10 41 10 01 11 11 22 11 13 11
Rennes 10 22 11 10 11 22 01 10 14 01 01 31 11
Saint-Étienne 10 21 11 20 30 10 02 11 20 14 02 30 11
Toulouse 12 12 11 23 11 11 11 00 20 01 22 21
Troyes 11 13 00 01 11 01 00 00 01 33 24 01 03

Updated to games played on 14 February 2016.
Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel
1 ^ The 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.

Number of teams by regions

Number of teams Region or country Team(s)
3  BrittanyGuingamp, Lorient and Rennes
2 Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-LorraineReims and Troyes
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesLyon and Saint-Étienne
 CorsicaBastia and Gazélec Ajaccio
Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-PyrénéesMontpellier and Toulouse
 Pays de la LoireAngers and Nantes
 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurMarseille and Nice
1 Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-CharentesBordeaux
 Île-de-FranceParis Saint-Germain
NormandyCaen
Nord-Pas-de-Calais-PicardieLille
 MonacoMonaco

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 13 February 2016.[8]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain 21
2 Belgium Michy Batshuayi Marseille 12
3 Cameroon Benjamin Moukandjo Lorient 11
Uruguay Edinson Cavani Paris Saint-Germain
France Hatem Ben Arfa Nice
6 France Alexandre Lacazette Lyon 9
Argentina Ángel Di María Paris Saint Germain
8 France Andy Delort Caen 8
France Wissam Ben Yedder Toulouse
10 Senegal Cheikh N'Doye Angers 7
France Valère Germain Nice

Top assists

As of matches played on 13 February 2016.[9]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Argentina Ángel Di María Paris Saint Germain 10
2 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint Germain 8
3 Tunisia Wahbi Khazri Bordeaux 7
Belgium Michy Batshuayi Marseille
4 Morocco Abdelaziz Barrada Marseille 6
Morocco Nabil Dirar Monaco
France Jimmy Briand Guingamp
6 France Nicolas de Préville Reims 5
France Yannis Salibur Guingamp
France Julien Féret Caen
France Blaise Matuidi Paris Saint Germain
France Yann Jouffre Lorient

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
France Nabil Fekir Lyon Caen 4-0 29 August 2015
France Alexandre Lacazette Lyon Saint-Étienne 3-0 8 November 2015
France Wissam Ben Yedder Toulouse Reims 3-1 9 January 2016

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Marseille 221,288 60,458 44,520 53,162 0.004629892095168+0.4%
2 PSG 138,522 46,860 45,138 46,174 0.0097533240027992+0.9%
3 Lille 153,336 39,601 27,138 30,667 -0.8389964981396416.1%
4 Lyon 147,470 32,137 25,658 29,494 -0.8439154196114315.6%
5 Saint-Étienne 113,714 34,063 24,556 28,429 -0.8813554067460311.8%
6 Nantes 109,774 31,410 23,854 27,444 0.056147777563979+5.6%
7 Bordeaux 105,133 31,583 20,650 26,283 0.12018923411328+12.0%
8 Rennes 84,869 27,391 18,560 21,217 0.05431325780163+5.4%
9 Nice 69,188 20,541 13,686 17,297 -0.8956607290803610.4%
10 Caen 67,490 19,795 15,069 16,873 -0.993055146842450.6%
11 Reims 64,213 20,950 11,041 16,053 0.077310247634387+7.7%
12 Guingamp 63,227 18,022 13,490 15,807 0.064587823275862+6.4%
13 Toulouse 58,022 18,350 11,766 14,506 -0.933702368692076.6%
14 Montpellier 70,236 27,163 10,032 14,047 0.09434403240885+9.4%
15 Bastia 52,271 14,702 10,658 13,068 0.020778003436963+2.0%
16 Angers 62,228 15,969 11,163 12,446 0.44368402737501+44.3%
17 Monaco 35,695 16,224 6,140 11,898 0.52323646140059+52.3%
18 Troyes 70,530 14,225 10,795 11,755 0.21699968940884+21.6%
19 Lorient 44,251 13,075 9,067 11,063 -0.8107731769879118.9%
20 Gazélec Ajaccio 14,832 3,911 3,465 3,708 0.60658578856153+60.6%
League total 1,790,809 60,458 3,880 21,0685.7%

Updated to games played on 3 October 2015
Source: Soccerway

References

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