Ligue 1

Top-level football league in France

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April 7 2025 Montpellier sacks manager Jean-Louis Gasset
2025 Marquinhos wins his tenth Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint-Germain, achieving a remarkable milestone of ten championship victories.
April 5 2025 Paris Saint-Germain mathematically secured their record-extending thirteenth Ligue 1 title with a 1-0 win against Angers, clinching the championship with six matches remaining in the season.
March 5 2025 Lyon suspends manager Paulo Fonseca
February 3 2025 Reims parts ways with manager Luka Elsner
January 30 2025 Rennes parts ways with manager Jorge Sampaoli
January 27 2025 Lyon parts ways with manager Pierre Sage
2024 The 2024–25 Ligue 1 season will feature a new relegation play-off format where the 16th-placed Ligue 1 team will face the winner of the Ligue 2 play-off semi-final in a two-legged confrontation to determine the final team in the top-flight league for the next season.
2024 Auxerre, Angers, and Saint-Étienne are promoted to Ligue 1 after their successful performances in the 2023–24 Ligue 2 season, returning to the top flight of French football.
2024 McDonald's takes over as the title sponsor of Ligue 1, continuing the league's tradition of corporate sponsorship.
2024 Presnel Kimpembe wins his eighth Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint-Germain, setting a record for most titles won.
2024 Marquinhos wins Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint-Germain
2024 Kylian Mbappé continues his top scorer career with Paris Saint-Germain, currently ranking 7th all-time with 191 goals.
2024 beIN Sports secures exclusive broadcasting rights for all Ligue 2 matches from 2024-25 to 2028-29
2024 Three clubs are relegated from Ligue 1 to Ligue 2 for the 2024-25 season: Clermont (18th), Lorient (17th), and Metz (16th).
December 14 2024 Saint-Étienne parts ways with manager Olivier Dall'Oglio
November 7 2024 Rennes parts ways with manager Julien Stéphan
October 20 2024 Montpellier sacks manager Michel Der Zakarian
October 17 2024 New Ligue 1 trophy designed by Mathias Kiss is announced, featuring a hexagonal base and gold-plated sphere supported by '1'-shaped columns, set to be first awarded in the 2024-25 season.
August 2024 2024–25 season of Ligue 2 commenced, featuring 20 professional football clubs competing for promotion to Ligue 1.
August 16 2024 The 2024–25 Ligue 1 season officially begins, marking the 87th edition of France's premier football competition.
July 2024 Start of the 2024-25 Ligue 2 season with 18 clubs, including two newly promoted teams: Red Star (1st in Championnat National) and Martigues (2nd in Championnat National).
July 18 2024 Strasbourg and Patrick Vieira part ways by mutual consent
June 6 2024 Lens manager Franck Haise signs with Nice, leaving the club
June 5 2024 Lille and Paulo Fonseca part ways by mutual consent
May 23 2024 Nice's Francesco Farioli signs with Ajax, leaving the club
May 20 2024 Marseille's manager Jean-Louis Gasset retires
May 19 2024 Reims parts ways with manager Samba Diawara at the end of his caretaker spell
March 17 2024 Kylian Mbappé scored a hat-trick, becoming part of the top 10 players with multiple hat-tricks in Ligue 1.
March 16 2024 Kevin Gameiro scores his hundredth goal in Ligue 1, becoming the most recent player to reach this milestone.
2023 Presnel Kimpembe wins his seventh Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint-Germain.
2023 Paris Saint-Germain achieved zero away losses in the Ligue 1 season.
2023 Kylian Mbappé wins the Ligue 1 top scorer title for the 2023–24 season, setting a new record with 6 top scorer titles.
2023 Ligue 1 reduces from 20 to 18 teams for the 2023-24 season.
August 2023 Canal+ announces sub-licensing agreement with DAZN to stream matches during DAZN's local launch.
June 2023 Most recent top goalscorer season recorded, with Alexandre Mendy of Caen scoring 22 goals
March 12 2023 Loïs Openda sets the record for the fastest hat-trick in Ligue 1, scoring three goals in just 4 minutes and 30 seconds while playing for Lens against Clermont Foot.
February 11 2023 Paris Saint-Germain began their ongoing record away unbeaten run of 37 matches
2022 Presnel Kimpembe wins his sixth Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint-Germain.
2022 Kylian Mbappé wins the Ligue 1 top scorer title for the 2022–23 season, extending his record.
2022 VTVCab begins broadcasting all Pau FC matches in Vietnam for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons
January 2022 Le Havre wins its most recent Ligue 2 championship in the 2022-23 season.
2021 Lille wins their fourth Ligue 1 championship in the 2020-21 season.
2021 Paris Saint-Germain achieved zero home losses.
2021 Kylian Mbappé wins the Ligue 1 top scorer title for the 2021–22 season, showcasing consistent goal-scoring prowess.
2021 Mixed broadcasting rights begin for Ligue 2, with beIN Sports (2 matches), Amazon Prime Video (8 matches), and L'Equipe (1 match from Amazon) sharing coverage from 2021-22 to 2023-24
December 2021 LFP member clubs vote to reduce Ligue 2 from 20 to 18 clubs, with the change to take effect in the 2024-25 season, following a similar reduction in Ligue 1.
June 2021 LFP resells broadcast rights to Canal+ and Amazon Prime Video through 2024 for €663 million.
February 8 2021 Téléfoot shuts down after Canal+ reaches interim agreement to acquire Mediapro's rights packages.
2020 Marquinhos wins his sixth Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint-Germain.

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