The 2008–09
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, 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 ...
season was the 71st since its establishment.
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
became champions for the sixth time on the last weekend of the season. The fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008. The season began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. A total of 20 teams contested the league, consisting of 17 who competed
the previous season and three that were promoted from France's second division
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...
.
Bordeaux consecutively won their last 11 league games of the season and clinched the title on 30 May 2009 after the 1–0 victory against
Caen
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. This was Bordeaux's sixth title and their first since the
1998–99 season. Bordeaux's title victory ended a historic run for
Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
, who had won seven consecutive titles beginning with the
2001–02 season.
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, Channe ...
,
Nantes
Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...
and Caen were relegated to Ligue 2. Both Le Havre and Nantes were promoted from Ligue 2 last season.
Marseille
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, Lyon,
Toulouse
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and
Lille
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all secured
European football
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for the 2009–10 season through their league position.
Teams
Promotion and relegation
RC Lens
Racing Club de Lens (), commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply as Lens, is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the department of Pas-de-Calais. The club's nickname, ''Les Sang et Or'' (), comes from i ...
,
RC Strasbourg and
FC Metz
Football Club de Metz () is a Football in France, French association football club based in Metz, Lorraine. The club was formed in 1932 and plays in Ligue 1, the highest division in the French football league system, for the 2025–26 Ligue 1, ...
were relegated to the
2008–09 Ligue 2 after finishing in the bottom three spots of the table at the end of the
2007–08 season. Lens were relegated to the Ligue 2 after 17 seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of France, while Strasbourg and Metz made their immediate return to the second level.
The three relegated teams were replaced by three
2007–08 Ligue 2
The Ligue 2 season 2007–08 was the sixty-sixth since its establishment, and started in August 2007. The fixtures were announced in June 2007.
FC Metz, the champions of Ligue 2, SM Caen, and RC Strasbourg were promoted to France's top division ...
sides. Champions
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, Channe ...
, who terminated their second-level status after five years, runners-up
FC Nantes
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, who returned to the top flight after one season in second level and
Grenoble Foot 38
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returned to highest French league for first time after 35 years.
Stadia and locations
Personnel and sponsoring
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
''Source
Ligue 1''
André-Pierre Gignac won the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur.
Awards
Monthly awards
UNFP Player of the Month
Annual awards
Here are shown the nominees for Ligue 1 annual awards. The winners, displayed in bold, were determined at the annual
UNFP Awards on 24 May 2009.
Le palmarès 2009 complet
Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Keeper of the Year
Manager of the Year
Team of the Year
References
External links
Ligue 1 official website
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Ligue 1 seasons
France
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