Ligue 1

Ligue 1 (; Template:Literal translation), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Ligue 1 is contested by 18 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and relegation from and to Ligue 2. Seasons run from August to May. Clubs play two matches against each of the other teams in the league – one home and one away – totalling to 34 matches over the course of the season. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January.

Ligue 1 was inaugurated on 11 September 1932 under the name National before switching to Division 1 after a year of existence. It continued to operate under that name until 2002, when it adopted its current name. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Marseille were a domineering team, winning four consecutive league titles from 1988–89 to 1991–92, and starred England international Chris Waddle and Ballon d'Or winner Jean-Pierre Papin. Later in the 1990s, foreign-based club Monaco featured Thierry Henry and David Trezeguet, who would both go on to be amongst the most dominant strikers in Europe.

In the 2000s, Lyon established a dynasty, winning 7 consecutive titles (2002–2008)—an unprecedented run in French football. From 2009–2012, four consecutive different clubs won the league: Bordeaux in 2008–09, Marseille in 2009–10, Lille In 2010–11, and Montpellier in 2011–12. During this era, Lille's Eden Hazard emerged as the league's star player.

From 2012 onwards, the Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) takeover allowed Paris Saint-Germain to sign top players like Zlatan Ibrahimović, Thiago Silva, Neymar, and Kylian Mbappé, ushering in an era of complete dominance. As of 2024, Ligue 1 is considered one of the top national leagues, ranked fifth in Europe, behind England's Premier League, Italy's Serie A, Spain's La Liga and Germany's Bundesliga.

PSG are the most successful club with 13 league titles. Saint-Étienne was the first club with 10 titles. With the presence of 76 seasons in Ligue 1, Marseille holds the record for most seasons among the elite, while PSG hold the league record for longevity with 52 consecutive seasons (from 1974 to present). Nantes is the team with the longest consecutive unbeaten streak (32 matches) and the fewest number of defeats (one match) in a single season, doing so in the 1994–95 campaign. In addition, Nantes also holds the record for the longest time without losing at home with a run of 92 matches from May 1976 to April 1981.

Ahead of the 2023–24 season, the number of teams in the league was reduced to 18; four teams in the 2022–23 Ligue 1 were relegated to Ligue 2 and only two teams in Ligue 2 were promoted to Ligue 1. The current champions are PSG, who won a record thirteenth title in the 2024–25 season. The league has been won on multiple occasions by Monaco, the presence of which within the league makes it a cross-border competition.

History

Foundation

Professionalism in French football did not exist until July 1930, when the National Council of the French Football Federation (FFF) voted 128–20 in favour of its adoption. Prior to this, the first division of French football was contested between 1894 and 1929 through an amateur league run by the USFSA.

The founders of professionalism in French football were Georges Bayrou, Emmanuel Gambardella and Gabriel Hanot. Professionalism was officially implemented on 11 September 1932.

In order to successfully create a professional football league in the country, the Federation limited the league to twenty clubs. In order to participate in the competition, clubs were subjected to three important criteria:

• The incoming club must have had positive results in the past.
• The incoming club must be able to pull in enough revenue to balance its finances.
• The incoming club must be able to successfully recruit at least eight professional players.

Many clubs disagreed with the subjective criteria, most notably Strasbourg, RC Roubaix, Amiens and Stade Français, while others like Rennes, due to fear of bankruptcy, and Lille, due to a conflict of interest, were reluctant to become professional. Lille's president, Henri Jooris, also chairman of the Ligue du Nord, feared his league would fold and proposed it become the second division of the new league. Eventually, many clubs earned professional status, though it became more difficult to convince clubs in the northern half of the country; Strasbourg, Roubaix and Amiens refused to accept the new league, while conversely Mulhouse, Excelsior AC Roubaix, Metz and Fives accepted professionalism. In southern France, clubs such as Marseille, Hyères, Montpellier, Nîmes, Cannes, Antibes and Nice were extremely supportive of the new league and accepted their professional status without argument.

Establishment

Division 1 champions (Pre-WWII)

Season	Winner
1932–33	Olympique Lillois
1933–34	Sète
1934–35	Sochaux
1935–36	Racing Club de France
1936–37	Marseille
1937–38	Sochaux
1938–39	Sète

The league's inaugural season of the all-professional league, called National, was held in the 1932–1933 season. The 20 inaugural members of National were Antibes, CA Paris, Cannes, Club Français, Excelsior AC Roubaix, Fives, Hyères, Marseille, Metz, Mulhouse, Nice, Nîmes, Alès, Lille, Racing Club de France, Red Star Olympique, Rennes, Sochaux, Sète and Montpellier. The 20 clubs were inserted into two groups of 10 with the bottom three of each group suffering relegation to Division 2. The two winners of each group would then face each other in a final held at a neutral venue, which later turned out to the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir.

The first final was held on 14 May 1933 and it matched the winner of Group A, Olympique Lillois, against the runner-up of Group B, Cannes. Antibes, the winner of Group B, was supposed to take part in the final but was suspected of bribery by the French Football Federation and was disqualified. In the first final, Lillois were crowned the inaugural champions following the club's 4–3 victory.

After the season, the league decided to retain the 14 clubs and not promote any sides from the second division. The league also agreed to change its name from National to simply Division 1. For the 1934–35 season, the league organised a legitimate promotion and relegation system bringing the total tally of clubs in the first division to 16. The number remained until the 1938–39 season.

Because of World War II, football was suspended by the French government and the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) although its member clubs continued playing in regional competitions. During the "war championships", as they are called, professionalism was abolished by the Vichy regime and clubs were forced to participate in regional leagues, designated as Zone Sud and Zone Nord. Due to its non-association with the two leagues, the LFP and FFF do not recognise the championships won by the clubs and thus 1939–1945 is non-existent in the two organisations' view. Following the conclusion of the war and the liberation of France, professional football returned to France. The first division increased its allotment of clubs to 18. This number remained until the 1965–66 season when the number was increased to 20. In 2002, the league changed its name from Division 1 to its current name, Ligue 1.

Format

• 20 clubs: 1932–1933
• 14 clubs: 1933–1934
• 16 clubs: 1934–1939
• 18 clubs: 1945–1946
• 20 clubs: 1946–1947
• 18 clubs: 1947–1958
• 20 clubs: 1958–1963
• 18 clubs: 1963–1965
• 20 clubs: 1965–1968
• 18 clubs: 1968–1970
• 20 clubs: 1970–1997
• 18 clubs: 1997–2002
• 20 clubs: 2002–2023
• 18 clubs: 2023–present

Competition format

There are 18 clubs in Ligue 1. During the course of a season, usually from August to May, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 34 games, though special circumstances may allow a club to host matches at other venues such as when Lille hosted Lyon at the Stade de France in 2007 and 2008. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champion. If points are equal, the goal difference and then goals scored determine the winner. If still equal, teams are deemed to occupy the same position. If there is a tie for the championship, for relegation, or for qualification to other competitions, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank. For the 2015–16 season only, two teams were to be relegated and only two teams from Ligue 2 were to be promoted, but this decision was overturned and three teams were relegated and three teams promoted. Thus, it was the 2016–17 season which saw the return of a relegation play-off between the 16th-placed Ligue 1 team and the third-placed team in the Ligue 2 on a two-legged confrontation, with the Ligue 2 team hosting the first game.

Previously, the league utilised a different promotion and relegation format. Prior to 1995, the league's format was direct relegation of the bottom two teams and a play-off between the third-last first-division team and the winner of the second-division play-offs, similar to the Dutch Eredivisie, and the German Bundesliga. The league has also experimented with a "bonus" rule. From 1973 to 1976, a rule rewarded teams scoring three or more goals in a game with one extra point, regardless of outcome, with the objective of encouraging offensive play. The experience was ultimately inconclusive. At the start of the 2006–07 season, the league introduced an Attacking Play Table to encourage the scoring of more goals in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. The LFP, with the help of the former manager Michel Hidalgo introduced the idea to reward those teams who score the most goals. The table was similar to the previous idea, but was independent from the official league table and clubs were only rewarded with monetary bonuses.

In June 2021, the LFP voted overwhelmingly at its general assembly to contract Ligue 1 back to 18 clubs for the 2023–24 season by relegating four to, and promoting two from, Ligue 2 after the 2022–23 season.

European qualification

As of the 2023–24 season, as determined by the UEFA coefficient, the top four teams in Ligue 1 qualify for the Champions League, with the top three proceeding directly to the group phase. The fourth-placed team enters in the third qualifying round. The fifth-placed team qualifies for the UEFA Europa League, the sixth for UEFA Conference League. The last Europa League place is determined through the country's domestic cup competition, the Coupe de France. If the cup winner qualifies for Europe through their league position, the seventh-placed team in Ligue 1 will qualify for the Conference League. If France is among the top two nations that earned the most coefficient points from a single season, an additional Champions League group phase spot will be awarded to the team in fourth place; as such the Champions League third qualifying round spot and all spots below will be pushed back one position.

Clubs

A total of 74 clubs have played in Ligue 1 from its foundation in the 1932–33 season to the start of the 2025–26 season. Currently, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice and Rennes are the only founding members of the league to be playing in Ligue 1. Paris Saint-Germain is the only club to have not suffered points relegation. They earned promotion to the first division for the 1974–75 season and have not faltered down since. Paris Saint-Germain was administratively relegated by the league following its split from Paris FC in 1972, but returned to the top flight two seasons later.

Internationally, the most well-known Ligue 1 clubs include Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille, Lyon, Monaco and Lille.

Members for 2025–26

The following 18 clubs are competing in the 2025–26 Ligue 1 season.

As of the start 2025–26 Ligue 1 season

Club	Position in 2024–25	First season in top division	Seasons in Ligue 1	Stadium	Stadium Capacity	Ligue 1 titles	Manager
Angers	010L2 : 2nd	1956–57	32	Stade Raymond Kopa	19,800	0	Alexandre Dujeux
Auxerre	010L2 : 1st	1980–81	34	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	18,541	1	Christophe Pélissier
Brest	0103rd	1979–80	19	Stade Francis-Le Blé	15,931	0	Eric Roy
Le Havre	01015th	1938–39	26	Stade Océane	25,178	0	Didier Digard
Lens	0107th	1937–38	63	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	38,223	1	Pierre Sage
Lille	4th	1945–46	65	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	50,186	4	Bruno Génésio
Lyon	0045th	1945–46	67	Parc Olympique Lyonnais	59,186	7	Paulo Fonseca
Marseille	0048th	1932–33	75	Stade Vélodrome	67,394	9	Roberto De Zerbi
Monaco	0042nd	1953–54	66	Stade Louis II	16,360	8	Sébastien Pocognoli
Montpellier	01012th	1932–33	43	Stade de la Mosson	32,900	1	Zoumana Camara
Nantes	01014th	1963–64	57	Stade de la Beaujoire	35,322	8	Luís Castro
Nice	0105th	1932–33	66	Allianz Riviera	36,178	4	Franck Haise
Paris Saint-Germain	0101st	1971–72	52	Parc des Princes	47,929	12	Luis Enrique
Reims	0109th	1945–46	40	Stade Auguste-Delaune	21,029	6	Karel Geraerts
Rennes	01010th	1932–33	68	Roazhon Park	29,778	0	Habib Beye
Saint-Étienne	010L2 : 3rd	1938–39	70	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	41,965	10	Eirik Horneland
Strasbourg	01013th	1934–35	64	Stade de la Meinau	26,109	1	Liam Rosenior
Toulouse	01011th	1982–83	35	Stadium de Toulouse	33,150	0	Carles Martínez Novell

Seasons in Ligue 1

There are 75 teams that have taken part in 88 Ligue 1 championships that were played from the 1932–33 season until the 2025–26 season. The teams in bold compete in Ligue 1 currently. The teams in italics represent defunct teams. The year in parentheses represents the most recent year of participation at this level. No team has played Ligue 1 football in every season; the closest being Marseille, who has played in 76 seasons.

• 76 seasons: Marseille (2026)
• 70 seasons: Saint-Étienne (2025)
• 69 seasons: Bordeaux (2022), Rennes (2026)
• 68 seasons: Lyon (2026)
• 67 seasons: Monaco (2026), Nice (2026)
• 66 seasons: Sochaux (2014), Lille (2026)
• 65 seasons: Metz (2026), Strasbourg (2026)
• 64 seasons: Lens (2026)
• 58 seasons: Nantes (2026)
• 53 seasons: Paris Saint-Germain (2026)
• 43 seasons: Montpellier (2025)
• 40 seasons: Reims (2025)
• 39 seasons: Nîmes (2021)
• 36 seasons: Toulouse (2026)
• 35 seasons: Auxerre (2026)
• 34 seasons: Bastia (2017)
• 33 seasons: Valenciennes (2014), Angers (2026)
• 30 seasons: Racing Club (1990), Nancy (2017)
• 27 seasons: Le Havre (2026)
• 23 seasons: Sedan (2007)
• 22 seasons: Cannes (1998)
• 20 seasons: Brest (2026)
• 19 seasons: Toulouse (1937) (1967), Rouen (1985)
• 18 seasons: Caen (2019), Lorient (2026)
• 16 seasons: Sète (1954), Red Star (1975), Troyes (2023)
• 15 seasons: FC Nancy (1963), Stade Français (1967)
• 14 seasons: Ajaccio (2023)
• 13 seasons: Laval (1989), Guingamp (2019)
• 12 seasons: Toulon (1993)
• 10 seasons: Roubaix-Tourcoing (1955)
• 7 seasons: Antibes (1939), Excelsior (1939), Fives (1939), Lillois (1939)
• 6 seasons: Alès (1959), Mulhouse (1990), Le Mans (2010), Dijon (2021)
• 4 seasons: Tours (1985), Grenoble (2010), Thonon Evian (2015), Paris FC (2026)
• 3 seasons: RC Roubaix (1939), Limoges (1961), Troyes-Savinienne (1961), Angoulême (1972), Martigues (1996), Amiens (2020), Clermont (2024)
• 2 seasons: CA Paris (1934)
• 1 season: Club Français (1933), Hyères (1933), Colmar (1949), Béziers Hérault (1958), Aix (1968), Avignon (1976), Niort (1988), Gueugnon (1996), Châteauroux (1998), Istres (2005), Boulogne (2010), Arles (2011), Gazélec Ajaccio (2016)

Finances

Ligue 1 clubs' finances and budgets are managed by the DNCG (Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion), an organisation responsible for monitoring the accounts of professional association football clubs in France. It was founded in 1984 and is an administrative directorate of the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP). The mission of the DNCG is to oversee all financial operations of the 44 member clubs of the LFP, develop the resources of professional clubs, apply sanctions to those clubs breaking the rules of operation, defend the morals and interests of French football in general.

Following a report by the DNCG, it was determined that the combined budget of Ligue 1 clubs was €910 million for the 2005–06 season, a 39% increase from the 2002–03 season. The prominent reason for the rise was mainly associated with the television rights deal the league regularly signs. Excluding Paris Saint-Germain, many of the top division clubs are extremely healthy with clubs such as Auxerre, Bordeaux, Lille and Lyon being referred to as "managed to perfection". However, recently the DNCG has encouraged clubs to concentrate on limiting their "skyrocketing wage bills and the magnitude of their debts" after it was discovered that the LFP clubs accounts as a whole were in the red for the third consecutive season (2008–2011) with an estimated deficit of €130 million. In 2012, the LFP announced that the clubs deficit had been cut in half from €130 million to €65 million. Ligue 1 ranks fifth in terms of revenue brought in by clubs with the league bringing in £0.6 billion for the 2006–07 season trailing England, Italy, Spain and Germany.

In terms of world football, clubs Lyon and Marseille are among the richest football clubs in the world and regularly feature in the Deloitte Football Money League ranking of football clubs by revenue generated from football operations. In the list compiled in the 2008–09 season, Lyon ranked 13th among clubs generating approximately €139.6 million, while Marseille were right behind them in 14th position generating €133.2 million.

In 2016, just Paris Saint-Germain was in the top 30 of the Deloitte Football Money League (ranked 4). From 2017 to 2020, Paris Saint-Germain (ranked between five and seven) and Lyon (ranked between 17 and 28) were part of the top 30.

Champions

Bold indicates clubs playing in 2025–26 Ligue 1.

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning seasons
Paris Saint-Germain	13	9	1985–86, 1993–94, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Saint-Étienne	10	3	1956–57, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–81
Marseille	9	13	1936–37, 1947–48, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2009–10
Monaco	8	7	1960–61, 1962–63, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2016–17
Nantes	8	7	1964–65, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1994–95, 2000–01
Lyon	7	5	2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
Bordeaux	6	9	1949–50, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1998–99, 2008–09
Reims	6	3	1948–49, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62
Lille	4	6	1945–46, 1953–54, 2010–11, 2020–21
Nice	4	3	1950–51, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1958–59
Sochaux	2	3	1934–35, 1937–38
Sète	2	–	1933–34, 1938–39
Lens	1	5	1997–98
RC Paris	1	2	1935–36
Olympique LilloisTemplate:Efn	1	1	1932–33
Strasbourg	1	1	1978–79
Roubaix-Tourcoing	1	–	1946–47
Auxerre	1	–	1995–96
Montpellier	1	–	2011–12
Nîmes	–	4	–
Cannes	–	1	–
FivesTemplate:Efn	–	1	–
Toulouse (1937)	–	1	–
Metz	–	1	–

Notes

Records

Appearances

Rank	Player	Period	Club(s)Template:Efn	Games
1	Template:Flagicon Mickaël Landreau	1996–2014	Nantes, Paris Saint-Germain, Lille, Bastia	618
2	Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Ettori	1975–1994	Monaco	602
3	Template:Flagicon Dominique Dropsy	1971–1989	Valenciennes, Strasbourg, Bordeaux	596
4	Template:Flagicon Dominique Baratelli	1967–1985	Ajaccio, Nice, Paris Saint-Germain	593
5	Template:Flagicon Alain Giresse	1970–1988	Bordeaux, Marseille	586
6	Template:Flagicon Sylvain Kastendeuch	1982–2001	Metz, Saint-Étienne, Toulouse	577
7	Template:Flagicon Patrick Battiston	1973–1991	Bordeaux, Metz, Saint-Étienne, Monaco	558
8	Template:Flagicon Steve Mandanda	2007–2016 2017–2025	Marseille, Rennes	555
9	Template:Flagicon Jacky Novi	1964–1980	Marseille, Nîmes, Paris Saint-Germain, Strasbourg	545
10	Template:Flagicon Roger Marche	1944–1962	Reims, RC Paris	542

Notes

Italics denotes players still playing professional football,
Bold denotes players still playing in Ligue 1.

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Period	Club(s)Template:Efn	Goals	Games	Ratio
1	Template:Flagicon Delio Onnis	1971–1986	Monaco, Reims, Tours, Toulon	299	449	0.67
2	Template:Flagicon Bernard Lacombe	1969–1987	Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux	255	497	0.51
3	Template:Flagicon Hervé Revelli	1965–1978	Saint-Étienne, Nice	216	389	0.56
4	Template:Flagicon Roger Courtois	1932–1956	Sochaux, Troyes	210	288	0.73
5	Template:Flagicon Thadée Cisowski	1947–1961	Metz, RC Paris, Valenciennes	206	286	0.72
6	Template:Flagicon Roger Piantoni	1950–1966	Nancy, Reims, Nice	203	394	0.52
7	Template:Flagicon Kylian Mbappé	2015–2024	Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain	191	246	0.78
8	Template:Flagicon Joseph Ujlaki	1947–1964	Stade Français, Sète, Nîmes, Nice, RC Paris	190	438	0.43
9	Template:Flagicon Fleury Di Nallo	1960–1975	Lyon, Red Star	187	425	0.44
10	Template:Flagicon Carlos Bianchi	1973–1980	Reims, Paris Saint-Germain, Strasbourg	179	220	0.81
	Template:Flagicon Gunnar Andersson	1950–1960	Marseille, Bordeaux	179	234	0.76

Notes

Italics denotes players still playing professional football,
Bold denotes players still playing in Ligue 1.

Media coverage

The LFP formerly had rights agreements with the premium channels Canal+ and BeIN Sports. The agreement with BeIN Media Group, reached on 23 June 2011, paid the LFP €510 million over four seasons. Following the announcement of the agreement, it was revealed that Canal+ had acquired four television packages, while BeIN Sports acquired two packages.

In 2018, Mediapro acquired three of the four major packages of LFP media rights for the 2020–21 season through to the 2023–24 season, largely replacing Canal+ in a deal valued at a record €1.15 billion. BeIN Sports maintained "lot 3", which contained two matches per-week on Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons. Mediapro was expected to establish a new channel to house these rights. BeIN Sports later sub-licensed its package to Canal+. In June 2020, Mediapro announced a partnership with TF1, under which the new channel would leverage the network's talent and resources, and be branded as Téléfoot—an extension of TF1's long-running football programme. Téléfoot presenters Grégoire Margotton and Bixente Lizarazu served as the lead broadcast team for at least 20 matches per-season.

Seeking to renegotiate its contract due to the financial impact of COVID-19, Mediapro began withholding its rights payments to the LFP in October 2020. LFP CEO Arnaud Rouger stated in October 2020 that they may have to pursue a new broadcaster if they are unable to resolve the dispute with Mediapro. In December 2020, it was reported that Mediapro were preparing to wind down Téléfoot, after it agreed to compensate the LFP for the two missed rights payments. In February 2021, Canal+ reached an interim agreement to acquire the rights packages held by Mediapro for the remainder of the season, and later sub-licensed Ligue 2 to BeIN; Téléfoot shut down on 8 February 2021.

In June 2021, the LFP resold the broadcast rights packages for Ligue 1 to Canal+ and Amazon Prime Video for the 2021–22 season through to the 2024–25 season, with the two broadcasters paying a total of €663 million in total. Canal+ held the rights to two matches per week. In August 2023, it announced a sub-licensing agreement with DAZN to stream its matches on a branded channel within the service as part of DAZN's local launch. Canal+ did not plan to renew its rights after the conclusion of the 2024–25 season.

In April 2025, both the LFP and DAZN came to an agreement to end the rights broadcast deal due to a legal dispute between the two parties over unpaid rights payments. L'Équipe reported that DAZN was to pay the LFP €100m to exit the agreement, as well as the remaining €140m it owed to the organisation for the final two instalments.

In July 2025, the LFP announced that an in-house streaming service named Ligue 1+ would be launched on 15 August, in time for the 2025–26 season. Of the nine weekly matches in Ligue 1's 18-team configuration, Ligue 1+ will exclusively broadcast eight, and BeIN will retain its allocation of one, broadcast on Saturdays.

For the 2025-26 season, the Ligue 1 will distribute approximately €142 million in media-revenue to its clubs via its new direct-to-consumer streaming service Ligue 1+. 

International broadcasters

Africa

Country	Broadcasters
Sub-Saharan Africa	Canal+ Afrique
	SuperSport

Americas

Country	Broadcasters
Brazil	Cazé TV
Canada	BeIN Sports
Central America	ESPN
Mexico	Fox
South America	ESPN
United States	BeIN Sports
Puerto Rico

Asia and Oceania

Country	Broadcasters
Australia	Template:TableTBD
Brunei	Template:TableTBD
Cambodia	JAS
Central Asia	Setanta Sports
China	Migu, CCTV-5
Hong Kong	beIN Sports
Indian Subcontinent	Template:TableTBD
Indonesia	Template:TableTBD
Iran	IRIB Varzesh, Persiana Sports
Japan	DAZN
Laos	JAS
Macau	Template:TableTBD
Malaysia	Template:TableTBD
Myanmar	Bebee TV Sports
New Zealand	Template:TableTBD
Philippines	Template:TableTBD
Singapore	Template:TableTBD
South Korea	Coupang
Taiwan	ELTA
Tajikistan	TV Varzish, TV Football
Thailand	JAS
Uzbekistan	Sport
Vietnam	On Sports, VTV9

Europe

Country	Broadcasters
Albania	SuperSport
Andorra	Template:TableTBD
Armenia	Setanta Sports Eurasia, Fast Sports
Austria	DAZN
Azerbaijan	Setanta Sports Eurasia, SportTV
Belarus	Kinopoisk
Belgium	DAZN
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Arena Sport
Bulgaria	Diema Sport
Croatia	Arena Sport
Cyprus	Cablenet Sports
Czech Republic	Nova Sport
Denmark	Viaplay
Estonia	Setanta Sports Eurasia, Go3 Sport
Finland	Viaplay
Georgia	Setanta Sports Eurasia
Germany	DAZN
Greece	Template:TableTBD
Hungary	Template:TableTBD
Iceland	Livey
Ireland	Ligue 1 Pass
Italy	Sky Sport
Kosovo	Sport
Latvia	Setanta Sports Eurasia, Go3 Sport
Liechtenstein	DAZN
Lithuania	Setanta Sports Eurasia, Go3 Sport
Luxembourg	DAZN
Malta	TVMSport+
Moldova	Setanta Sports Eurasia
Montenegro	Arena Sport
Netherlands	Viaplay
North Macedonia	Arena Sport
Norway	Viaplay
Poland	Eleven Sports
Portugal	Sport TV
Romania	Voyo
Russia	Okko Sport
San Marino	Sky Sport
Serbia	Arena Sport
Slovakia	Nova Sport
Slovenia	Arena Sport
Spain	Template:TableTBD
Sweden	Viaplay
Switzerland	DAZN
Turkey	beIN Sports
Ukraine	MEGOGO
United Kingdom	Ligue 1 Pass

Middle East and North Africa

Country	Broadcasters
MENA	beIN Sports, TV5 Monde Orient Maghreb
Israel	Sport5

Awards

Trophy

File:Hexagoal.jpg

2007–2024 Ligue 1 trophy: L'Hexagoal.

The previous Ligue 1 trophy, L'Hexagoal, was developed by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and designed and created by Pablo Reinoso. The trophy has been awarded to the champion of France since the end of the 2006–07 season, replacing the previous Ligue 1 trophy that had existed for only five years. The name Hexagoal was derived from an official competition created by the LFP and French TV channel TF1 to determine a name for the new trophy. Over 9,000 proposals were sent in and, on 20 May 2007, French Football Federation member Frédéric Thiriez announced that, following an online vote, the term Hexagoal had received half of the votes. The first club to hoist the new trophy was Olympique Lyonnais who earned the honour after winning the 2007–08 season.

The current Ligue 1 trophy, which was created by Mathias Kiss, will be awarded beginning with the 2024–25 season. Announced on 17 October 2024, the yet-to-be-named trophy features a hexagonal base at the bottom and a gold-plated sphere at the top that is supported by "1"-shaped columns.

Monthly and annual

In addition to the winner's trophy and the individual winner's medal players receive, Ligue 1 also awards the monthly Player of the Month award. Following the season, the UNFP Awards are held and awards such as the Player of the Year, Manager of the Year, and Young Player of the Year from both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 are handed out.

Sponsorship names

• Ligue 1 Orange (2002–2008)
• Ligue 1 Conforama (2017–2020)
• Ligue 1 Uber Eats (2020–2024)
• Ligue 1 McDonald's (2024–)

See also

• Football records in France
• List of football clubs in France
• List of foreign Ligue 1 players

External links

• Ligue1.fr (official website) Template:In lang
• Ligue1.com (official website) Template:In lang