The 2007–08 Ligue 1 season was 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.

Ligue 1
Season2007–08
Dates4 August 2007 – 17 May 2008
ChampionsLyon (7th title)
RelegatedLens
Strasbourg
Metz
Champions LeagueLyon
Bordeaux
Marseille
UEFA CupNancy
Saint-Étienne
Paris Saint-Germain
Intertoto CupRennes
Matches played380
Goals scored868 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorerKarim Benzema
(20 goals)

Participating teams

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Promotion and relegation

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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.

Stadia

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

Personnel and sponsorships

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Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsors (front) Shirt sponsors (back) Shirt sponsors (sleeve) Shorts sponsors
Auxerre   Jean Fernandez Airness Airness/Prest Oil, Invicta Group Kindy Chaussettes L'Yonne None
Bordeaux   Laurent Blanc Puma Kia Cdiscount Pichet Immobilier Cdiscount
Caen   Franck Dumas Nike GDE Recyclage (H)/Campagne de France (A), Celeos Groupe Campagne de France (H)/GDE Recyclage (A) Groupe Samro Groupe Samro
Le Mans   Rudi Garcia Kappa Fermiers de Loué (H)/Le Gaulois (A), Groupama, NTN NTN Système U Groupama
Lens   Jean-Pierre Papin Nike Atac (only in UEFA matches), Invicta Group Atac Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais None
Lille   Claude Puel Airness Partouche Casino Partouche Casino Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais None
Lorient   Christian Gourcuff Erreà La Trinitaine, Cap l'Orient Agglomération Modicom DCNS None
Lyon   Alain Perrin Umbro Novotel (H)/Ticket Restaurant (A), Apicil Ticket Restaurant (H)/Novotel (A) Ticket Restaurant (H)/Novotel (A) Renault Trucks
Marseille   Eric Gerets Adidas Neuf Groupama Nasuba Express Quick
Metz   Yvon Pouliquen Kappa Nasuba Express, Moselle Chaussea Groupe DLSI Bigben Interactive
Monaco   Ricardo Gomes Puma Fedcom, HSBC, Fight Aids Monaco HSBC HSBC None
Nancy   Pablo Correa Baliston Odalys Vacances, Geodis Calberson, Clairefontaine, Grand Nancy Triangle Interim Regina Chaussea
Nice   Frédéric Antonetti Lotto CitySport, Takara Multimédia, Communauté Nice Côte d'Azur Botanica Groupe Pizzorno Environnement Ville de Nice
Paris Saint-Germain   Paul Le Guen Nike Fly Emirates Alain Afflelou PSG TV Groupe Sendin
Rennes   Guy Lacombe Puma Samsic Propreté, Finanpart/Tatex Express,rennes.fr Blot Immobilier Association ELA Groupe ROSE
Saint-Étienne   Laurent Roussey Adidas Konica Minolta, Conseil général de la Loire en Rhône-Alpes Groupama Invicta Group Fruité Entreprises
Sochaux   Francis Gillot Lotto Mobil 1, Franche-Comté Loxam CanéO Creditec
Strasbourg   Jean-Marc Furlan Hummel Électricité de Strasbourg (H)/France Pare-Brise (A), Strasbourg en Mouvement Groupama None Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace
Toulouse   Elie Baup Lotto Groupe IDEC, Monné-Decroix, ISS Newrest Creditec/Teambat None
Valenciennes   Antoine Kombouaré Diadora Toyota (H)/SITA (A) SITA (H)/Toyota (A) Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais Partouche

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lyon (C) 38 24 7 7 74 37 +37 79 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Bordeaux 38 22 9 7 65 38 +27 75
3 Marseille 38 17 11 10 58 45 +13 62 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Nancy 38 15 15 8 44 30 +14 60 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Saint-Étienne 38 16 10 12 47 34 +13 58
6 Rennes 38 16 10 12 47 44 +3 58 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
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 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
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 34 55 −21 35
20 Metz[b] (R) 38 5 9 24 28 64 −36 24
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue.
  2. ^ 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 27 March 2008.

Results

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Home \ Away AUX BOR CAE MFC RCL LIL LOR OL OM MET ASM NAL NIC PSG REN STE SOC RCS TFC VAL
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 0–1[a] 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 SG 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
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match was played at the Stade de France

Stats

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Top goalscorers

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Karim Benzema wins the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur.

Last updated 17 May 2008

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1   Karim Benzema Lyon 20
2   Mamadou Niang Marseille 18
3   Bafétimbi Gomis Saint-Étienne 16
  Djibril Cissé Marseille
5   Fernando Cavenaghi Bordeaux 15
6   Bakari Koné Nice 14
  Rafik Saïfi Lorient
8   Steve Savidan Valenciennes 13
  Túlio de Melo Le Mans
10   Mickaël Pagis Rennes 12

Attacking Play table

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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 (LFP), 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:

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 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

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Month Player Club
August   David Bellion Bordeaux
September   Jérôme Rothen Paris Saint-Germain
October   Jérôme Leroy Rennes
November   Sébastien Puygrenier Nancy
December   Mamadou Niang Marseille
January   Karim Benzema Lyon
February   Steve Mandanda Marseille
March   Kader Keïta Lyon
April   Karim Benzema Lyon

Awards

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Player of the Year

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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
Jérémy Toulalan   France   Lyon
Wendel   Brazil   Bordeaux

Young Player of the Year

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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
Hatem Ben Arfa   France   Lyon
Miralem Pjanić   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Metz

Team of the Year

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

Coach:   Laurent BlancBordeaux

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