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2024–25 Première Ligue
The 2024–25 Première Ligue season, also known as Arkema Première Ligue for sponsorship reasons, was the 51st season of top national women's football league in France and the first season since its rebranding as Première Ligue. Lyon were the defending champions, having won their record-extending 17th title in the 2023–24 season. The season began on 20 September 2024 and ended on 16 May 2025 with the play-off final. After a 4–0 win over Fleury on 30 March 2025, Lyon mathematically defended their first place finish, and qualified for the playoffs. They went on to defend their title, defeating Dijon in the semifinals and Paris Saint-Germain in the final. Teams Team changes Regular season Standings Results Play-offs The top four teams from the regular season qualify for the play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first plays the team which finished fourth. Rest of the two teams would face each other. The winner of the play-offs is crowned the champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Première Ligue
The Première Ligue ( ; sponsor name Arkema Première Ligue) is a professional women's association football league at the highest level of the French football league system, and is run by the Ligue féminine de football professionnel (LFFP). Its annual competition features twelve teams playing two series of round-robin matches from September to June, to determine the four participants of a single-elimination tournament. The winners of the tournament are crowned champions of France, and contest the Trophée des Championnes match the following season. At the end of each season, the top three teams qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League, while the two bottom teams are relegated to the Seconde Ligue. The "Première Ligue" is the latest iteration of a competition founded in 1975 by the French Football Federation (FFF) as the amateur Division 1 Féminine. Professionalism was introduced for the first time in the 2009–10 season. The competition was ranked the best women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Avant De Guingamp (women)
En Avant Guingamp Féminines are a French football club based in Saint-Brieuc, a commune in the Brittany region. History The club was previously the women's section of men's football club Stade Briochin and was founded in 1973 under the name Chaffoteaux Sports Saint-Brieuc. From 1999–2003, the club played under the name Saint-Brieuc Football Féminin, switching to Stade Briochin following the end of the 2002–03 season. The club currently plays in the Première Ligue, the first division of women's football in France, and is coached by Frédéric Biancalani. On 18 August 2011, the presidential hierarchy of men's professional club En Avant Guingamp and Stade Briochin announced that the clubs reached an agreement on a merger, which will come into effect at the start of the 2011–12 season. Under the agreement, Stade Briochin will dissolve and play as the women's team of Guingamp. All other remnants of the club remain the same, such as its president, manager, and players. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montpellier
Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Hérault. At the 2020 census, 299,096 people lived in the city proper, while its Functional area (France), metropolitan area had a population of 813,272. The inhabitants are called ''Montpelliérains''. In the Middle Ages, Montpellier was an important city of the Crown of Aragon (and was the birthplace of James I of Aragon, James I), and then of Kingdom of Majorca, Majorca, before its sale to France in 1349. Established in 1220, the University of Montpellier is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world and has the oldest medical school still in operation, with notable alumni such as Petrarch, Nostradamus and François Rabelais. Above the medieval city, the ancient citadel of Montpelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Décines-Charpieu
Décines-Charpieu (; ) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central-eastern France. The name of the city is often shortened and simply called Décines. Geography The centre of Décines is located southwest of the Grand-Large reservoir. The commune is divided in two by the Canal de Jonage, a deviation of the Rhône, on which the reservoir was formed. The centre of Lyon is located 12 km (7.4 mi) west. The surrounding communes are: * Chassieu * Bron * Vaulx-en-Velin * Meyzieu History Décines-Charpieu left the department of Isère and joined the department of Rhône on 21 February 1968 to become a member of the Urban Community of Lyon per 1 January 1969. On 1 January 2015, it administratively left the department of Rhône to join the newly-formed Metropolis of Lyon. Transport Décines-Charpieu is served by Lyon tramway Lines 3 and 7. Population Education there were nine public preschools (''maternelles''), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Montemurro
Joseph Adrian Montemurro (born Giuseppe Montemurro, ; 13 September 1969), nicknamed Pepe, is an Australian soccer coach and former player who has been the head coach of the Australian women's national team since June 2025. Montemurro had played as a midfielder, mainly in Italy in the 1990s, before returning to Australia to play for Victorian State League teams. He began coaching in youth football for various Victorian clubs in 2002 and was promoted to men's teams by 2006. His first international posting was in 2013, as the inaugural manager of Papua New Guinean side, FC Port Moresby. From 2014 to 2017, he managed the women's sides of Melbourne Victory and then Melbourne City. He replaced Pedro Martínez Losa in 2017 as manager of Arsenal womens, where he won the league title in his second season. In 2021, Montemurro moved to Italy to manage Juventus Women, and in 2024, he became coach of the French side, Olympique Lyonnais Féminin. He won league titles at all three Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Havre
Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very close to the Prime Meridian (Greenwich), Prime Meridian. Le Havre is the most populous commune of Upper Normandy, although the total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation is smaller than that of Rouen. It is also the second largest subprefecture in France, after only Reims. The name ''Le Havre'' means "the harbour" or "the port". Its inhabitants are known as ''Havrais'' or ''Havraises''. The city and Port of Le Havre, port were founded by Francis I of France, King Francis I in 1517. Economic development in the early modern period was hampered by European wars of religion, religious wars, conflicts with the English, epidemics, and storms. It was from the end of the 18th century that Le Havre st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Océane
The Stade Océane (; or Grand Stade du Havre) is a football stadium in Le Havre, France. Its capacity is 25,178 all-seated and it is the home ground of club Le Havre AC. It replaced the Stade Jules Deschaseaux as the club's home stadium. Its inauguration was 12 July 2012, with a friendly fixture between Le Havre and Lille. 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The stadium was chosen to host matches up to the quarter-finals of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football, football championship contested by 24 List of women's national association football teams, women's .... References Football venues in France Le Havre AC Sports venues in Seine-Maritime Buildings and structures in Le Havre Sports venues completed in 2012 21st-century architecture in France {{France-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pabu
Pabu (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Pabu are called ''pabuais'' in French. Breton language In 2008, 32.46% of primary school children attended bilingual schools. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''/ref> See also *Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department The following is a list of the 348 communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): References External links Official website * Communes of Côtes-d'Armor {{Brittany-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleury-Mérogis
Fleury-Mérogis () is a commune in the Essonne department in northern France, in the southern suburbs of Paris. The commune has the Fleury-Mérogis Prison, France's and Europe's largest prison. Population Inhabitants of Fleury-Mérogis are known as ''Floriacumois''. Education The commune has three groups of preschools (''écoles maternelles'') and elementary schools: Robert-Desnos, Paul-Langevin, and Joliot-Curie. " Fleury-Mérogis. Retrieved on 4 September 2016. Gallery See also * |
Frédéric Biancalani
Frédéric Biancalani (born 21 July 1974) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Biancalani was born in Villerupt, France. He came from the youth academy at Nancy and played his first professional match in August 1996 against Paris Saint-Germain. The result was 0–0. In 2001, Biancalani moved to Walsall, when they were in the old First Division. He played 15 games, making six substitutes appearances, scoring twice and receiving three yellow cards and one red card. In 2002, he returned to Nancy. On 6 August 2009, Metz announced the signing of Biancalani on a free transfer after seven years with Nancy. Honours Nancy *Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...: 2005–06 References External links * * 1974 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dijon
Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eastern France. the Communes of France, commune had a population of 156,920. The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic Period (geology), period. Dijon later became a Roman Empire, Roman settlement named ''Divio'', located on the road between Lyon and Paris. The province was home to the Duke of Burgundy, Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th centuries, and Dijon became a place of tremendous wealth and power, one of the great European centres of art, learning, and science. The city has retained varied architectural styles from many of the main periods of the past millennium, including Capetian, Gothic architecture, Gothic, and Renaissance architecture, Renaissance. Many still-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Gaston Gérard
Stade Gaston-Gérard is a multi-use stadium in Dijon, France. It is used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Dijon FCO. The stadium is able to hold 15,459 people. A stadium renovation began in 2016, intended to increase the capacity to 20,000 seats. Completion of the renovation is expected in the summer of 2017. The architect for the project is Jean Guervilly and the overall cost is 19 million euros. References External linksDijon stadium entry Football venues in France Athletics (track and field) venues in France Dijon FCO Sports venues in Côte-d'Or Sports venues completed in 1934 1934 establishments in France {{France-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
