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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