2007–08 Ligue 1

Ligue 1
Season	2007–08
Dates	4 August 2007 – 17 May 2008
Champions	Lyon (7th title)
Relegated	Lens; Strasbourg; Metz
Champions League	Lyon; Bordeaux; Marseille
UEFA Cup	Nancy; Saint-Étienne; Paris Saint-Germain
Intertoto Cup	Rennes
Matches played	380
Goals scored	868 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Karim Benzema; (20 goals)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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.

Participating teams

Lens

Location of teams in 2006–07 Ligue 1

Promotion and relegation

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

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

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

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	Qualification to Champions League group stage
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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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:

^ Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue.
^ 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

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:

^ Match was played at the Stade de France

Stats

Top goalscorers

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
3	Djibril Cissé	Marseille	16
5	Fernando Cavenaghi	Bordeaux	15
6	Bakari Koné	Nice	14
6	Rafik Saïfi	Lorient	14
8	Steve Savidan	Valenciennes	13
8	Túlio de Melo	Le Mans	13
10	Mickaël Pagis	Rennes	12

Attacking Play table

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

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

Player of the Year

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

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

Coach: Laurent Blanc – Bordeaux

References

^ Ligue 1 - Saison 2007-2008 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com

External links

LFP Official site (in English)
France 2007/08 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

[table_note_res_UC1b0.18137964055938-1] Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue.

[table_note_MET0.18137964055938-2] 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.

[table_note_1_LIL_OL0.22334408444508-3] Match was played at the Stade de France

[4] Ligue 1 - Saison 2007-2008 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com

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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