Ligue 1 is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. It is administered by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and contested by 18 clubs, with promotion and relegation to and from Ligue 2. Seasons run from August to May, and most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays with a few on weekday evenings. The league was inaugurated on 11 September 1932 under the name National, switched to Division 1 after a year, and kept that name until 2002, when it adopted its current one. Paris Saint-Germain is the most successful club, with 14 league titles.
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inaugurated on 11 September 1932
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Seasons run from August to May
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the highest level of the French football league system
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is a professional association football league in France
View the SourceCorentin Martins (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Corentin Martins, Club careerQuote, Competitors Include: Corentin Martins, Club career
He returned to France and its Ligue 1 in January 1998 by joining RC Strasbourg Alsace
Karim Benzema (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Karim Benzema, Lead section, career summaryQuote, Competitors Include: Karim Benzema, Lead section, career summary
three Ligue 1 title wins
Blaise Matuidi (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Blaise Matuidi, Lead section, career summaryQuote, Competitors Include: Blaise Matuidi, Lead section, career summary
four consecutive Ligue 1 titles
Adil Rami (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Adil Rami, Lead paragraphsQuote, Competitors Include: Adil Rami, Lead paragraphs
signing with Ligue 1 club Lille
Adrien Rabiot (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Adrien Rabiot, Lead paragraphQuote, Competitors Include: Adrien Rabiot, Lead paragraph
five Ligue 1 titles
Marquinhos (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Marquinhos, Lead, competitionsQuote, Competitors Include: Marquinhos, Lead, competitions
Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain
Samuel Umtiti (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Samuel Umtiti, Lead, competitionsQuote, Competitors Include: Samuel Umtiti, Lead, competitions
Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais
Emiliano Sala (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Emiliano Sala, Lead, club careerQuote, Competitors Include: Emiliano Sala, Lead, club career
made more than 100 appearances in Ligue 1
Memphis Depay (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Memphis Depay, Lead section [competed-in 2]Quote, Competitors Include: Memphis Depay, Lead section [competed-in 2]
awarded the Ligue 1 Goal of the Year
Alexandre Lacazette (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Alexandre Lacazette, Lead paragraph 2Quote, Competitors Include: Alexandre Lacazette, Lead paragraph 2
finished as Ligue 1 top goalscorer
André-Pierre Gignac (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: André-Pierre Gignac, Lead paragraph 3Quote, Competitors Include: André-Pierre Gignac, Lead paragraph 3
finishing as the league's top scorer with 24 goals
Mathieu Valbuena (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Mathieu Valbuena, Lead, second paragraph [competed-in]Quote, Competitors Include: Mathieu Valbuena, Lead, second paragraph [competed-in]
Ligue 1 club Marseille
David Bellion (source article)
Competitors Include: David Bellion, Honours, BordeauxQuote, Competitors Include: David Bellion, Honours, Bordeaux
Ligue 1: 2008-09
Jérémy Toulalan (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Jérémy Toulalan, Lead section and careerQuote, Competitors Include: Jérémy Toulalan, Lead section and career
earned him the UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year award
Yohan Cabaye (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Yohan Cabaye, Lead section [competed-in]Quote, Competitors Include: Yohan Cabaye, Lead section [competed-in]
Newcastle accepted a £19 million offer for Cabaye from Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain
Wahbi Khazri (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Wahbi Khazri, Lead paragraph 2, Bastia promotionQuote, Competitors Include: Wahbi Khazri, Lead paragraph 2, Bastia promotion
then Ligue 1 in 2012
Grégory Coupet (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Grégory Coupet, Lead sectionQuote, Competitors Include: Grégory Coupet, Lead section
he won seven Ligue 1 titles
Hatem Ben Arfa (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Hatem Ben Arfa, LeadQuote, Competitors Include: Hatem Ben Arfa, Lead
won four Ligue 1 titles
Anthony Réveillère (source article)
Competitors Include: Anthony Réveillère, Career and international career sections [competed-in]Quote, Competitors Include: Anthony Réveillère, Career and international career sections [competed-in]
amassing Ligue 1 totals of 426 matches and five goals during 16 seasons
Rémy Vercoutre (source article)
Competitors Include: Rémy Vercoutre, Career sectionQuote, Competitors Include: Rémy Vercoutre, Career section
avec lequel il remporte notamment cinq titres de champion de France
Sambou Yatabaré (source article)
Competitors Include: Sambou Yatabaré, Career sectionQuote, Competitors Include: Sambou Yatabaré, Career section
debütierte Yatabaré im Spiel gegen den OSC Lille in der französischen Ligue 1
Toifilou Maoulida (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Toifilou Maoulida, Career sectionQuote, Competitors Include: Toifilou Maoulida, Career section
at that time of the bottom three in Ligue 1
Bernard Lacombe (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Bernard Lacombe, Article text, club careerQuote, Competitors Include: Bernard Lacombe, Article text, club career
He won three French Ligue 1 championships.
Johan Micoud (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Johan Micoud, Article text, club careerQuote, Competitors Include: Johan Micoud, Article text, club career
the club were crowned Ligue 1 champions in 1998-99
Sylvain Marveaux (source article)
Competitors Include: Sylvain Marveaux, Career section, league or competitionQuote, Competitors Include: Sylvain Marveaux, Career section, league or competition
Marveaux had joined Ligue 1-club FC Lorient
Rémi Garde (source article)
Competitors Include: Rémi Garde, Career section, league or competitionQuote, Competitors Include: Rémi Garde, Career section, league or competition
helping the club achieve promotion to Ligue 1 in 1989
Johan Martial (source article)
Competitors Include: Johan Martial, Career sectionQuote, Competitors Include: Johan Martial, Career section
Bastia loaned Martial to fellow Ligue 1 team Brest for the entire 2010-11 Ligue 1 season
Mathieu Gorgelin (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Mathieu Gorgelin, Club careerQuote, Competitors Include: Mathieu Gorgelin, Club career
He made his debut in Ligue 1 on 2 November 2013
Yoan Gouffran (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Yoan Gouffran, Club career, BordeauxQuote, Competitors Include: Yoan Gouffran, Club career, Bordeaux
Gouffran opted to stay in Ligue 1, signing a four-year contract with Bordeaux
Mariano (footballer, born 1986) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Mariano (footballer, born 1986), Article textQuote, Competitors Include: Mariano (footballer, born 1986), Article text
French Ligue 1 club Girondins de Bordeaux
Yassine Benzia (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Yassine Benzia, Club career, LyonQuote, Competitors Include: Yassine Benzia, Club career, Lyon
On 16 August 2013, Benzia scored his first Ligue 1 goal, opening a 3-1 win at Sochaux on the first day of the season
Gelson Fernandes (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Gelson Fernandes, Club career, Saint-ÉtienneQuote, Competitors Include: Gelson Fernandes, Club career, Saint-Étienne
On 9 July 2009, Fernandes passed a medical to complete a £2 million move to Ligue 1 side Saint-Étienne and the move was confirmed the next day
Almen Abdi (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Almen Abdi, Career, Le MansQuote, Competitors Include: Almen Abdi, Career, Le Mans
should the club remain in Ligue 1. However, Le Mans failed to avoid relegation to Ligue 2 at the end of the campaign, with Abdi making a total of 13 appearances.
Grégory Sertic (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Grégory Sertic, Club career, BordeauxQuote, Competitors Include: Grégory Sertic, Club career, Bordeaux
Sertic made his debut in Ligue 1 on 29 April 2009, starting in a 3-2 away win against Stade Rennais FC.
M'Baye Niang (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: M'Baye Niang, Club career, CaenQuote, Competitors Include: M'Baye Niang, Club career, Caen
The goal made him the second youngest player to score a goal in Ligue 1 behind Laurent Roussey.
Édouard Cissé (source article)
Competitors Include: Édouard Cissé, Honours, MarseilleQuote, Competitors Include: Édouard Cissé, Honours, Marseille
Ligue 1: 2009-10
Mouhamadou Dabo (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Mouhamadou Dabo, Career sectionQuote, Competitors Include: Mouhamadou Dabo, Career section
He made his Troyes debut on 25 October in an away match against Bordeaux in Ligue 1
Fleury Di Nallo (Wikipedia)
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One of the best forwards in the Division 1 in the 1960s and 1970s
Olympique Lyonnais (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Olympique Lyonnais, LeadQuote, Competitors Include: Olympique Lyonnais, Lead
The club currently competes in Ligue 1, the top division of French football.
Giovane Élber (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Giovane Élber, Club career, LyonQuote, Competitors Include: Giovane Élber, Club career, Lyon
he helped the club to the third of its seven consecutive Ligue 1 accolades
Julian Palmieri (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Julian Palmieri, Lead, leagues played inQuote, Competitors Include: Julian Palmieri, Lead, leagues played in
He has played in Ligue 1 for Lille, in Ligue 2 for SC Bastia, and in Serie B for F.C. Crotone.
FC Lorient (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: FC Lorient, Lead, leagueQuote, Competitors Include: FC Lorient, Lead, league
currently competes in Ligue 1
Sigamary Diarra (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Sigamary Diarra, Career, SochauxQuote, Competitors Include: Sigamary Diarra, Career, Sochaux
where he received opportunities to play in Ligue 1
Johan Cavalli (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Johan Cavalli, Club career, AjaccioQuote, Competitors Include: Johan Cavalli, Club career, Ajaccio
Ligue 1 season, playing 77 minutes
Abdou Traoré (footballer, born 1988) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Abdou Traoré (footballer, born 1988), Club careerQuote, Competitors Include: Abdou Traoré (footballer, born 1988), Club career
he made 91 Ligue 1 appearances
AS Monaco FC (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: AS Monaco FC, LeadQuote, Competitors Include: AS Monaco FC, Lead
currently compete in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football
Brice Dja Djédjé (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Brice Dja Djédjé, Club career, MarseilleQuote, Competitors Include: Brice Dja Djédjé, Club career, Marseille
Dja Djédjé signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille
Lionel Cappone (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Lionel Cappone, Career, LorientQuote, Competitors Include: Lionel Cappone, Career, Lorient
He moved to Ligue 1 club FC Lorient ahead of the 2006-07 season, where he was handed the number 1 shirt.
Eduardo dos Santos (footballer, born 1980) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Eduardo dos Santos (footballer, born 1980), Career, FranceQuote, Competitors Include: Eduardo dos Santos (footballer, born 1980), Career, France
Dos Santos joined promoted Ligue 1 club Lens in July 2009 after agreeing to a three-year deal.
Abdoulaye Keita (footballer, born 1990) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Abdoulaye Keita (footballer, born 1990), CareerQuote, Competitors Include: Abdoulaye Keita (footballer, born 1990), Career
made his first team debut against Paris Saint-Germain on 10 April 2010 in the Ligue 1
Mehdi Mostefa (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Mehdi Mostefa, Club career, Ligue 1Quote, Competitors Include: Mehdi Mostefa, Club career, Ligue 1
newly promoted Ligue 1 side AC Ajaccio
Édouard Kargu (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Édouard Kargu, Lead, Ligue 1Quote, Competitors Include: Édouard Kargu, Lead, Ligue 1
was the Ligue 1 topscorer in the 1953-54 season scoring 27 goals
Ilan (footballer) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ilan (footballer), Club career, AjaccioQuote, Competitors Include: Ilan (footballer), Club career, Ajaccio
returned to the Ligue 1 on 28 July 2011
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