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2017–18 Ligue 1

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The 2017–18 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Conforama for sponsorship reasons, was the 80th season since its establishment. The season started on 4 August 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018.[5] Monaco were the defending champions.

Ligue 1
Season2017–18
Dates4 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
ChampionsParis Saint-Germain
7th Ligue 1 title
7th French title
RelegatedTroyes
Metz
Champions LeagueParis Saint-Germain
Monaco
Lyon
Europa LeagueMarseille
Rennes
Bordeaux
Matches played380
Goals scored1,033 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorerEdinson Cavani
(28 goals)[1]
Biggest home winParis Saint-Germain 8–0 Dijon
(17 January 2018)
Biggest away winTroyes 0–5 Lyon
(22 October 2017)
Angers 0–5 Paris Saint-Germain
(4 November 2017)
Saint-Étienne 0–5 Lyon
(5 November 2017)
Nice 0–5 Lyon
(26 November 2017)
Metz 0–5 Lyon
(8 April 2018)
Highest scoringMarseille 6–3 Metz
(2 February 2018)
Longest winning run9 matches[2]
Paris Saint-Germain
Longest unbeaten run17 matches[2]
Monaco
Longest winless run11 matches[2]
Lille
Metz
Strasbourg
Longest losing run6 matches[2]
Metz
Highest attendance60,410[3]
Marseille 2–2 Paris Saint-Germain
(22 October 2017)
Lowest attendance6,333[3]
Monaco 3–1 Metz
(21 January 2018)
Total attendance8,559,659[4]
Average attendance22,585[4]

On 15 April, Paris Saint-Germain won their seventh Ligue 1 title with five games to spare following a 7–1 win over Monaco.[6]

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league, with three promoted teams from Ligue 2: Strasbourg (Ligue 2 champions, after a nine-year absence), Amiens (Ligue 2 runner-up, their first ever Ligue 1) and Troyes (winner of the relegation play-off against Lorient, with immediate return), replacing the three relegated teams from the 2016–17 Ligue 1 season: Bastia (finished 20th, after five years), Nancy (finished 19th, with immediate return) and Lorient (lost the relegation play-off against Troyes, after 11 years).

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in 2017–18 Ligue 1
Club Location Venue Capacity
Amiens Amiens Stade de la Licorne 12,097
Angers Angers Stade Raymond Kopa 17,835
Bordeaux Bordeaux Matmut Atlantique 42,115
Caen Caen Stade Michel d'Ornano 20,453
Dijon Dijon Stade Gaston Gérard 18,376
Guingamp Guingamp Stade du Roudourou 18,378
Lille Villeneuve-d'Ascq Stade Pierre-Mauroy 50,157
Lyon Décines-Charpieu Groupama Stadium 59,186
Marseille Marseille Orange Vélodrome 67,394
Metz Metz Stade Saint-Symphorien 25,636
Monaco   Monaco Stade Louis II 18,523
Montpellier Montpellier Stade de la Mosson 32,939
Nantes Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 37,473
Nice Nice Allianz Riviera 35,624
Paris Saint-Germain Paris Parc des Princes 48,583
Rennes Rennes Roazhon Park 29,778
Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 41,965
Strasbourg Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau 29,230
Toulouse Toulouse Stadium Municipal 33,150
Troyes Troyes Stade de l'Aube 20,420

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Amiens   Christophe Pélissier   Thomas Monconduit Adidas Intersport
Angers   Stéphane Moulin   Ismaël Traoré Kappa Scania (H), Bodet (A)
Bordeaux   Gus Poyet   Jaroslav Plašil Puma Groupe Sweetcom (H), Bistro Régent (A)
Caen   Patrice Garande   Julien Féret Umbro Maisons France Confort (H), Campagne de France (A & 3)
Dijon   Olivier Dall'Oglio   Cédric Varrault Lotto DVF, Doras, IPS
Guingamp   Antoine Kombouaré   Jimmy Briand Patrick Servagroupe (H), Aroma Celte (A)
Lille   Christophe Galtier   Ibrahim Amadou New Balance Partouche
Lyon   Bruno Génésio   Nabil Fekir Adidas Hyundai, Veolia (European)
Marseille   Rudi Garcia   Dimitri Payet Adidas Orange
Metz   Frédéric Hantz   Milan Biševac Nike Moselle
Monaco   Leonardo Jardim   Radamel Falcao Nike Fedcom
Montpellier   Michel Der Zakarian   Vitorino Hilton Nike Sud de France
Nantes   Claudio Ranieri   Léo Dubois Umbro Synergie
Nice   Lucien Favre   Dante Macron Mutuelles du Soleil, 7天酒店 (European)
Paris Saint-Germain   Unai Emery   Thiago Silva Nike Emirates
Rennes   Sabri Lamouchi   Romain Danzé Puma Samsic
Saint-Étienne   Jean-Louis Gasset   Loïc Perrin Le Coq Sportif EoviMcd Mutuelle
Strasbourg   Thierry Laurey   Ernest Seka Hummel ÉS Énergies
Toulouse   Mickaël Debève   Christopher Jullien Joma Triangle Interim
Troyes   Jean-Louis Garcia   Benjamin Nivet Kappa Babeau Seguin

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Saint-Étienne   Christophe Galtier Resigned 20 May 2017[7] Pre-season   Óscar García 15 June 2017[8]
Lille   Franck Passi End of interim 20 May 2017[9]   Marcelo Bielsa 30 June 2017[9]
Montpellier   Jean-Louis Gasset End of contract 20 May 2017[10]   Michel Der Zakarian 23 May 2017[11]
Nantes   Sérgio Conceição Resigned to join Porto 6 June 2017[12]   Claudio Ranieri 13 June 2017[13]
Metz   Philippe Hinschberger Sacked 22 October 2017[14] 20th   Frédéric Hantz 29 October 2017[15]
Rennes   Christian Gourcuff 8 November 2017[16] 10th   Sabri Lamouchi 8 November 2017[17]
Saint-Étienne   Óscar García Resigned 15 November 2017[18] 6th   Julien Sablé 15 November 2017
Lille   Marcelo Bielsa Sacked 15 December 2017[19] 18th   Christophe Galtier 29 December 2017[20]
Saint-Étienne   Julien Sablé 20 December 2017[21] 16th   Jean-Louis Gasset 20 December 2017
Bordeaux   Jocelyn Gourvennec 18 January 2018[22] 13th   Gus Poyet 20 January 2018[23]
Toulouse   Pascal Dupraz 22 January 2018[24] 19th   Mickaël Debève 22 January 2018

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain (C) 38 29 6 3 108 29 +79 93 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Monaco 38 24 8 6 85 45 +40 80
3 Lyon 38 23 9 6 87 43 +44 78
4 Marseille 38 22 11 5 80 47 +33 77 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 Rennes 38 16 10 12 50 44 +6 58
6 Bordeaux 38 16 7 15 53 48 +5 55 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Saint-Étienne 38 15 10 13 47 50 −3 55
8 Nice 38 15 9 14 53 52 +1 54
9 Nantes 38 14 10 14 36 41 −5 52
10 Montpellier 38 11 18 9 36 33 +3 51
11 Dijon 38 13 9 16 55 73 −18 48
12 Guingamp 38 12 11 15 48 59 −11 47
13 Amiens 38 12 9 17 37 42 −5 45
14 Angers 38 9 14 15 42 52 −10 41
15 Strasbourg 38 9 11 18 44 67 −23 38
16 Caen 38 10 8 20 27 52 −25 38
17 Lille 38 10 8 20 41 67 −26 38
18 Toulouse (O) 38 9 10 19 38 54 −16 37 Qualification for the relegation play-off final
19 Troyes (R) 38 9 6 23 32 59 −27 33 Relegation to Ligue 2
20 Metz (R) 38 6 8 24 34 76 −42 26
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; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in one league match; 10) Fair-play points[25]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away AMI ANG BOR SMC DIJ GUI LIL OL OM MET ASM MHS FCN NIC PSG REN STE STR TFC TRO
Amiens — 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–1
Angers 1–0 — 2–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–5 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–1
Bordeaux 3–2 0–0 — 0–2 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 0–3 4–2 2–1
Caen 1–0 0–2 1–0 — 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0
Dijon 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 — 3–1 3–0 2–5 1–3 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–1
Guingamp 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 — 1–0 0–2 3–3 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–3 2–5 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0
Lille 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 — 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2
Lyon 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–2 — 2–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0
Marseille 2–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 3–0 1–0 5–1 2–3 — 6–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1
Metz 0–2 1–2 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–3 0–5 0–3 — 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–5 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–1
Monaco 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 6–0 2–1 3–2 6–1 3–1 — 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 3–2
Montpellier 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 — 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Nantes 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 — 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–0
Nice 1–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–5 2–4 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2
Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 2–1 6–2 3–1 8–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 5–0 7–1 4–0 4–1 3–0 — 0–2 3–0 5–2 6–2 2–0
Rennes 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–4 — 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0
Saint-Étienne 3–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 2–0 5–0 0–5 2–2 3–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 — 2–2 2–0 2–1
Strasbourg 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 3–2 0–2 3–0 3–2 3–3 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 — 2–1 2–1
Toulouse 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 — 1–0
Troyes 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–5 2–3 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2018. 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.

Positions by round

Leader and 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage
2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage
2018–19 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage
Qualification to relegation play-offs
Relegation to Ligue 2

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.



Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Paris SG52111111111111111111111111111111111111
Monaco63222222222223433222444322222222223322
Lyon11443578643332322333222444444443332233
Marseille245610653454444244444333233333334444444
Rennes11141719141515151515131011986679109881088756555576555
Bordeaux9765543677899131011141515131312987789911121210119976
Saint-Étienne85334347366678111315161614141614121411121311999865687
Nice1515111811891014141615171814128666666799987877657768
Nantes191915158764535555555555555555675688991010109
Montpellier71191217121313118988778711788776665687667888910
Dijon18201816191817171817141613121210138109111411131213111010101111121212121311
Guingamp41214912101011911111315151614101287791091010101113141010111011111112
Amiens17182017131416161716171712109911131316161315171718151616161513141313131213
Angers106777111112101212141616191919191918151716161819161414121314131414141414
Strasbourg201310141819191919181818181717161291111121012141314141515151616161716171615
Caen14161286985897766679101212101113111112131212131415151515151716
Lille39131316171818161919191919181718181815171817181617191919191919181919161517
Toulouse131016109131414131010121014151816171719191919151516171717171717171617181818
Troyes1288111516129121315111411131517141417181518191915181818181818191818191919
Metz1617192020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020
Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel

Relegation play-offs

The 2017–18 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team, Toulouse, and the winner of the semifinal of the Ligue 2 play-off, Ajaccio, on a two-legged confrontation.

The first match, which was supposed to be held in Ajaccio, took place behind closed doors in Montpellier.[26]

Ajaccio0–3Toulouse
Report
Attendance: 0[27]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
Toulouse1–0Ajaccio
 Report
Attendance: 16,519

Toulouse won 4–0 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Number of teams by regions

Teams Region or country Team(s)
3   Grand Est Metz, Strasbourg and Troyes
2   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon and Saint-Étienne
  Brittany Guingamp and Rennes
  Hauts-de-France Amiens and Lille
  Occitanie Montpellier and Toulouse
  Pays de la Loire Angers and Nantes
  Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Marseille and Nice
1   Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Dijon
  Île-de-France Paris Saint-Germain
  Monaco Monaco
  Normandy Caen
  Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Ligue 1 hat-tricks
Player Club Against Result Date
  Radamel Falcao Monaco Dijon 4–1 (A) 13 August 2017
  Memphis Depay Lyon Troyes 5–0 (A) 22 October 2017
  Neymar4 Paris Saint-Germain Dijon 8–0 (H) 17 January 2018
  Florian Thauvin Marseille Metz 6–3 (H) 2 February 2018
  Alassane Pléa4 Nice Guingamp 5–2 (A) 11 March 2018
  Romain Hamouma Saint-Étienne Lille 5–0 (H) 19 May 2018
  Memphis Depay Lyon Nice 3–2 (H) 19 May 2018
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

[29]

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1   Alphonse Areola Paris Saint-Germain 17
2   Benjamin Lecomte Montpellier 14
  Anthony Lopes Lyon
4   Alban Lafont Toulouse 12
  Stéphane Ruffier Saint-Étienne
  Ciprian Tătărușanu Nantes
7   Régis Gurtner Amiens 11
  Karl-Johan Johnsson Guingamp
  Steve Mandanda Marseille
  Rémy Vercoutre Caen

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