The 2018–19 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Conforama for sponsorship reasons, was the 81st season since its establishment. The season began on 10 August 2018 and concluded on 24 May 2019. Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions.

Ligue 1
Season2018–19
Dates10 August 2018 – 24 May 2019
ChampionsParis Saint-Germain
8th Ligue 1 title
8th French title
RelegatedCaen
Guingamp
Champions LeagueParis Saint-Germain
Lille
Lyon
Europa LeagueSaint-Étienne
Rennes
Strasbourg
Matches played380
Goals scored972 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerKylian Mbappé
(33 goals)[1]
Biggest home winParis Saint-Germain 9–0 Guingamp
(19 January 2019)
Biggest away winCaen 0–5 Saint-Étienne
(16 March 2019)
Highest scoringParis Saint-Germain 9–0 Guingamp
(19 January 2019)
Longest winning run14 matches
Paris Saint-Germain
Longest unbeaten run20 matches
Paris Saint-Germain
Longest winless run12 matches
Monaco
Longest losing run6 matches
Guingamp
Highest attendance64,696[2]
Marseille 0–2 Paris Saint-Germain
(28 October 2018)
Lowest attendance5,502[2]
Monaco 0–1 Angers
(25 September 2018)
Total attendance8,676,490[2]
Average attendance22,833[2]

On 21 April, Paris Saint-Germain won their second consecutive Ligue 1 title and eighth title overall following Lille's 0–0 draw against Toulouse.[3]

Teams edit

Twenty teams competed in the league, with two promoted teams from Ligue 2, Reims and Nîmes, replacing the two relegated teams from the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season, Troyes and Metz.

Stadia and locations edit

Club Location Venue Capacity 2017–18 season
Amiens Amiens Stade de la Licorne 12,097 13th
Angers Angers Stade Raymond Kopa 17,835 14th
Bordeaux Bordeaux Matmut Atlantique 42,115 6th
Caen Caen Stade Michel d'Ornano 20,453 16th
Dijon Dijon Stade Gaston Gérard 18,376 11th
Guingamp Guingamp Stade du Roudourou 18,378 12th
Lille Villeneuve-d'Ascq Stade Pierre-Mauroy 50,157 17th
Lyon Décines-Charpieu Groupama Stadium 59,186 3rd
Marseille Marseille Orange Vélodrome 67,394 4th
Monaco   Monaco Stade Louis II 18,523 2nd
Montpellier Montpellier Stade de la Mosson 32,939 10th
Nantes Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 37,473 9th
Nice Nice Allianz Riviera 35,624 8th
Nîmes Nîmes Stade des Costières 18,482 Ligue 2, 2nd
Paris Saint-Germain Paris Parc des Princes 48,583 1st
Reims Reims Stade Auguste Delaune 21,684 Ligue 2, 1st
Rennes Rennes Roazhon Park 29,778 5th
Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 41,965 7th
Strasbourg Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau 29,230 15th
Toulouse Toulouse Stadium Municipal 33,150 18th






Personnel and kits edit

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsors (front) Shirt sponsors (back) Shirt sponsors (sleeve) Shorts sponsors Socks sponsors
Amiens   Christophe Pélissier   Thomas Monconduit   Puma Intersport, CG2I, Teddy Smith IGOL Lubrifiants None Winamax None
Angers   Stéphane Moulin   Ismaël Traoré   Kappa Scania (H)/Le Gaulois (A), L'Atoll Angers, Brioche Pasquier, Angers SOS Malus None Système U None
Bordeaux   Paulo Sousa   Benoît Costil   Puma Groupe Sweetcom (H)/Bistro Régent (A)/Winamax (T), Intersport Bistro Régent (H)/Groupe Sweetcom (A & T) Wiśniowski Winamax None
Caen   Fabien Mercadal   Prince Oniangué   Umbro Isigny Sainte-Mère (H)/Intersport (A & 3), Biostime (H), Künkel, Thalazur Maisons Caen Construction (H)/Biostime (A) Alticap McDonald's, Teddy Smith None
Dijon   Antoine Kombouaré   Júlio Tavares   Lotto Groupe Roger Martin (H)/Suez (A & T), DVF Group, Dijon (H)/Groupe Roger Martin (A) DORAS Leader Interim, Auteur des Williams, Coup d'Pouce Société de Travaux du Centre Est, Dalkia Caisse d'Épargne
Guingamp   Jocelyn Gourvennec   Christophe Kerbrat   Patrick Servagroupe, Armor-Lux, Breizh Cola Rapidoprêt Union d'Experts Cre'actuel None
Lille   Christophe Galtier   Adama Soumaoro   New Balance Comarch, DMAX Lille Flunch Boulanger Winamax None
Lyon   Bruno Génésio   Nabil Fekir   Adidas Hyundai/Veolia (in UEFA matches), Groupama, MDA Electroménager (H)/Pulsat (A) Groupe ALILA Adéquat Intérim None None
Marseille   Rudi Garcia   Dimitri Payet   Puma Orange Boulanger None None None
Monaco   Leonardo Jardim   Radamel Falcao   Nike Fedcom None Triangle Intérim Orezza None
Montpellier   Michel Der Zakarian   Vitorino Hilton   Nike Mutuelles du Soleil, FAUN-Environnement, Montpellier Métropole, Groupama Sud de France NG Promotion Système U, Groupe Ilios None
Nantes   Vahid Halilhodžić   Valentin Rongier   New Balance Synergie, Manitou, Proginov France Confort Habitat LNA Santé Maisons Pierre, Flamino None
Nice   Patrick Vieira   Dante Bonfim   Macron Fonds de Dotation OGC Nice, Ville de Nice, Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur Mutuelles du Soleil Services Pro Express Winamax None
Nîmes   Bernard Blaquart   Féthi Harek   Puma Hectare Amenageur Lotisseur, Nîmes Nîmes Métropole La Région Occitanie RMC Sport None
Paris Saint-Germain   Thomas Tuchel   Thiago Silva   Nike/Air Jordan (in UEFA matches) Fly Emirates Ooredoo QNB None None
Reims   David Guion   Marvin Martin   Hungaria Sport Système U Reims Village, Transports Caillot Euro Deal Agence d'emploi, AMP Groupe (H) Triangle Intérim, Grand Reims (H), Reims (A & 3) Crédit Agricole Nord-Est None
Rennes   Julien Stephan   Benjamin André   Puma Samsic, Del Arte, Groupe Launay, Association ELA Blot Immobilier rennes.fr Convivio None
Saint-Étienne   Jean-Louis Gasset   Loïc Perrin   Le Coq Sportif AÉSIO, Loire Groupe Sweetcom MARKAL Desjoyaux Piscines None
Strasbourg   Thierry Laurey   Stefan Mitrović   Adidas ÉS Énergies (H)/CroisiEurope (A)/Hager (in cup matches), Hager, Pierre Schmidt (H)/Stoeffler (A) CroisiEurope (H)/ÉS Énergies (A) Würth Severin France, Eurométropole de Strasbourg None
Toulouse   Alain Casanova   Max-Alain Gradel   Joma Triangle Intérim, LP Promotion Newrest Prévoir Assurances Mairie de Toulouse, Conseil départemental de la Haute-Garonne None

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Paris Saint-Germain   Unai Emery End of contract 19 May 2018[4] Pre-season   Thomas Tuchel 1 June 2018[5]
Nantes   Claudio Ranieri Mutual consent 19 May 2018[6]   Miguel Cardoso 13 June 2018
Nice   Lucien Favre 19 May 2018[7]   Patrick Vieira 11 June 2018[8]
Caen   Patrice Garande End of contract 19 May 2018[9]   Fabien Mercadal 8 June 2018[10]
Toulouse   Mickaël Debève Signed by Lens as assistant 14 June 2018[11]   Alain Casanova 22 June 2018[12]
Bordeaux   Gustavo Poyet Sacked 17 August 2018 19th   Ricardo Gomes 5 September 2018
Nantes   Miguel Cardoso 1 October 2018 19th   Vahid Halilhodžić 1 October 2018
Monaco   Leonardo Jardim 11 October 2018 18th   Thierry Henry 13 October 2018[13]
Guingamp   Antoine Kombouaré 6 November 2018[14] 20th   Jocelyn Gourvennec 8 November 2018[15]
Rennes   Sabri Lamouchi 3 December 2018[16] 14th   Julien Stephan 3 December 2018[17]
Dijon   Olivier Dall'Oglio 31 December 2018[18] 18th   Antoine Kombouaré 10 January 2019[19]
Monaco   Thierry Henry 24 January 2019 19th   Leonardo Jardim 25 January 2019[20]
Bordeaux   Ricardo Gomes 26 February 2019[21] 13th   Paulo Sousa 8 March 2019[22]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain (C) 38 29 4 5 105 35 +70 91 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Lille 38 22 9 7 68 33 +35 75
3 Lyon 38 21 9 8 70 47 +23 72
4 Saint-Étienne 38 19 9 10 59 41 +18 66 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5 Marseille 38 18 7 13 60 52 +8 61
6 Montpellier 38 15 14 9 53 42 +11 59
7 Nice 38 15 11 12 30 35 −5 56
8 Reims 38 13 16 9 39 42 −3 55
9 Nîmes 38 15 8 15 57 58 −1 53
10 Rennes 38 13 13 12 55 52 +3 52 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
11 Strasbourg 38 11 16 11 58 48 +10 49 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
12 Nantes 38 13 9 16 48 48 0 48
13 Angers 38 10 16 12 44 49 −5 46
14 Bordeaux 38 10 11 17 34 42 −8 41
15 Amiens 38 9 11 18 31 52 −21 38
16 Toulouse 38 8 14 16 35 57 −22 38
17 Monaco 38 8 12 18 38 57 −19 36
18 Dijon (O) 38 9 7 22 31 60 −29 34 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
19 Caen (R) 38 7 12 19 29 54 −25 33 Relegation to Ligue 2
20 Guingamp (R) 38 5 12 21 28 68 −40 27
Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in single league match; 10) Fairplay ranking.[23]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results edit

Home \ Away AMI ANG BOR CAE DIJ GUI LIL OL OM ASM MON FCN NIC NMS PSG REI REN STE STR TFC
Amiens 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–3 4–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–0
Angers 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–4 1–2 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–2 0–0
Bordeaux 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 3–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–1
Caen 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 1–2 0–5 0–0 2–1
Dijon 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–4 0–4 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–1
Guingamp 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–4 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2
Lille 2–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 5–0 5–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–2
Lyon 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 4–2 3–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 5–1
Marseille 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–2 4–0
Monaco 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–5 2–1
Montpellier 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–4 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1
Nantes 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 2–3 2–1 3–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–4 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 4–0
Nice 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–4 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Nîmes 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–4 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–1
Paris SG 5–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 4–0 9–0 2–1 5–0 3–1 3–1 5–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 4–1 4–0 2–2 1–0
Reims 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–1
Rennes 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–3 0–2 3–0 1–4 1–1
Saint-Étienne 0–0 4–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0
Strasbourg 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–1
Toulouse 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–5 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–2
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs edit

The 2018–19 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team, Dijon, and the winner of the semi-final of the Ligue 2 play-off, Lens, on a two-legged confrontation.

Lens1–1Dijon
  • Bellegarde   49'
Report
Attendance: 37,355
Referee: Amaury Delerue

Dijon3–1Lens
Report
Attendance: 15,367
Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Dijon won 4–2 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Season statistics edit

Awards edit

Award[24] Winner Club
Player of the Season   Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain
Young Player of the Season   Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain
Goalkeeper of the Season   Mike Maignan Lille
Goal of the Season   Loïc Rémy Lille
Manager of the Season   Christophe Galtier Lille
Team of the Year[25]
Goalkeeper   Mike Maignan (Lille)
Defenders   Kenny Lala (Strasbourg)   Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain)   Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain)   Ferland Mendy (Lyon)
Midfielders   Nicolas Pépé (Lille)   Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain)   Ángel Di María (Paris Saint-Germain)   Tanguy Ndombele (Lille)   Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain)
Forwards   Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)

References edit

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