Ligue de Football Professionnel
Governing body of French professional football
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| 2024 | McDonald's takes over as the title sponsor of Ligue 1, continuing the league's tradition of corporate sponsorship. |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | Uber Eats becomes the new sponsor of Ligue 1, replacing Conforama and signaling another shift in the league's commercial branding. |
| 2020 | Lille wins their third Ligue 1 championship in the 2020-21 season. |
| 2020 | BKT (Balkrishna Industries Limited) replaces Domino's as the title sponsor of Ligue 2, renaming the league to Ligue 2 BKT. |
| 2020 | Téléfoot broadcasts Ligue 2 during the 2020-21 season |
| 2020 | Paris Saint-Germain wins the Coupe de la Ligue |
| 2020 | Edinson Cavani wins sixth and final Coupe de la Ligue tournament title |
| 2020 | The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) voted to suspend the Coupe de la Ligue indefinitely to reduce the season schedule, with Paris Saint-Germain winning the last edition of the tournament. |
| December 2020 | Mediapro prepares to wind down Téléfoot channel after agreeing to compensate LFP for missed rights payments. |
| October 2020 | Mediapro begins withholding rights payments to LFP due to financial impact of COVID-19. |
| June 2020 | Mediapro announces partnership with TF1 to create Téléfoot channel for broadcasting Ligue 1 matches. |
| 2019 | Strasbourg wins the Coupe de la Ligue |
| 2018 | Mediapro acquires three major packages of LFP media rights for 2020-2024 in a record €1.15 billion deal. |
| 2018 | Metz wins the Ligue 2 championship in the 2018-19 season. |
| 2018 | Edinson Cavani wins fifth of his 6 Coupe de la Ligue tournament titles |
| 2018 | Paris Saint-Germain wins the Coupe de la Ligue |
| 2017 | Ligue 1 enters a new sponsorship era with Conforama, replacing the previous sponsorship arrangement. |
| 2017 | Edinson Cavani wins fourth of his 6 Coupe de la Ligue tournament titles |
| 2017 | Paris Saint-Germain wins the Coupe de la Ligue |
| 2016 | Angelo Fulgini of Valenciennes scored the fastest hat-trick in Ligue 2 history, completing it in just 5 minutes during the 2016–17 season. |
| 2016 | Domino's Pizza becomes the title sponsor of Ligue 2, marking a significant commercial partnership for the football league. |
| 2016 | Laurent Blanc won his fourth and final Coupe de la Ligue tournament as a manager. Edinson Cavani, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, and Marco Verratti won their third Coupe de la Ligue tournament. |
| 2016 | Paris Saint-Germain wins the Coupe de la Ligue |
| September 2016 | The LFP announced that the next three finals would be held outside of Paris, in Lyon, Bordeaux, and Lille respectively, breaking the long-standing tradition of Paris-area finals. |
| 2015 | Kylian Mbappé begins his Ligue 1 career, playing for Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain until 2024 |
| 2015 | Edinson Cavani wins second of his 6 Coupe de la Ligue tournament titles |
| 2015 | Paris Saint-Germain wins their fifth Coupe de la Ligue title |
| 2014 | Paris Saint-Germain wins the Coupe de la Ligue |
| 2014 | Edinson Cavani wins first of his 6 Coupe de la Ligue tournament titles |
| November 2014 | Presidents of Caen and Nîmes were arrested on suspicion of match fixing, related to a 1-1 draw between the clubs in May 2014. |
| May 2014 | A 1-1 draw between Caen and Nîmes occurred, which was later investigated for potential match fixing. |
| 2013 | Metz wins the Ligue 2 championship in the 2013-14 season. |
| 2013 | Saint-Étienne wins their first Coupe de la Ligue title |
| 2012 | Montpellier wins their first and only Ligue 1 championship in the 2011-12 season. |
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