2024–25 Ligue 1

2024–25 Ligue 1

The 2024–25 Ligue 1, also known as Ligue 1 McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, was the 87th season of the Ligue 1, France's premier football competition. It began on 16 August 2024 and concluded on 17 May 2025. The relegation play-off was played on 21 and 29 May 2025.

Paris Saint-Germain were the three-time defending champions, and mathematically secured a record-extending thirteenth title with six matches to spare on 5 April 2025, following a 1–0 win against Angers.

Teams

2024–25 Ligue 1

A total of eighteen teams participated in the 2024–25 edition of the Ligue 1. Auxerre and Angers (who both returned to the top flight after one year's absence) were promoted after finishing first and second in the 2023–24 Ligue 2, respectively, and Saint-Étienne (who returned to the top flight after two year's absence) was promoted after winning a play-off against Metz. They replaced Metz, Lorient and Clermont (relegated after one, four and three years in the top flight, respectively), who were relegated to 2024–25 Ligue 2.

Changes

from 2023–24 Ligue 2	to 2024–25 Ligue 2
Auxerre Angers Saint-Étienne (Play-off)	Metz (Play-off) Lorient Clermont

Stadiums and locations

<table><thead><tr><th>Club</th><th>Location</th><th>Venue</th><th>Capacity</th><th>2023–24 season</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Angers</td><td>Angers</td><td>Stade Raymond Kopa</td><td>18,752</td><td>Ligue 2, 2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Auxerre</td><td>Auxerre</td><td>Stade Abbé Deschamps</td><td>21,379</td><td>Ligue 2, 1st</td></tr><tr><td>Brest</td><td>Brest</td><td>Stade Francis-Le Blé</td><td>15,931</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Le Havre</td><td>Le Havre</td><td>Stade Océane</td><td>25,178</td><td>15th</td></tr><tr><td>Lens</td><td>Lens</td><td>Stade Bollaert-Delelis</td><td>37,705</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Lille</td><td>Villeneuve-d'Ascq</td><td>Decathlon Arena Pierre Mauroy Stadium</td><td>50,186</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Lyon</td><td>Décines-Charpieu</td><td>Groupama Stadium</td><td>59,186</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Marseille</td><td>Marseille</td><td>Orange Vélodrome</td><td>67,394</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Monaco</td><td>Monaco</td><td>Stade Louis II</td><td>18,523</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Montpellier</td><td>Montpellier</td><td>Stade de la Mosson</td><td>32,900</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Nantes</td><td>Nantes</td><td>Stade de la Beaujoire</td><td>35,322</td><td>14th</td></tr><tr><td>Nice</td><td>Nice</td><td>Allianz Riviera</td><td>35,624</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>Paris</td><td>Parc des Princes</td><td>47,926</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Reims</td><td>Reims</td><td>Stade Auguste Delaune</td><td>21,684</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Rennes</td><td>Rennes</td><td>Roazhon Park</td><td>29,778</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Strasbourg</td><td>Strasbourg</td><td>Stade de la Meinau</td><td>29,230</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Saint-Étienne</td><td>Saint-Étienne</td><td>Stade Geoffroy Guichard</td><td>41,965</td><td>Ligue 2, 3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Toulouse</td><td>Toulouse</td><td>Stadium de Toulouse</td><td>33,150</td><td>11th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and kits

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Chairman</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit maker</th><th>Sponsors</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Main</td><td>Other(s)0</td></tr><tr><td>Angers</td><td>Romain Chabane</td><td>Alexandre Dujeux</td><td>Pierrick Capelle</td><td>Nike</td><td>École Noir&Blanc</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Auxerre</td><td>Baptiste Malherbe</td><td>Christophe Pélissier</td><td>Jubal</td><td>Macron</td><td>Acadomia</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Brest</td><td>Denis Le Saint</td><td>Eric Roy</td><td>Brendan Chardonnet</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Quéguiner Matériaux (H)/Yaourt Malo (H in UEFA matches, A & 3)</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Le Havre</td><td>Vincent Volpe</td><td>Didier Digard</td><td>Arouna Sangante</td><td>Joma</td><td>Winamax</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Lens</td><td>Joseph Oughourlian</td><td>Will Still</td><td>Florian Sotoca</td><td>Puma</td><td>Auchan</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Lille</td><td>Olivier Létang</td><td>Bruno Génésio</td><td>Benjamin André</td><td>New Balance</td><td>Boulanger</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Lyon</td><td>John Textor</td><td>Paulo Fonseca / Jorge Maciel (caretaker)</td><td>Alexandre Lacazette</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Emirates</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Marseille</td><td>Pablo Longoria</td><td>Roberto De Zerbi</td><td>Leonardo Balerdi</td><td>Puma</td><td>CMA CGM</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Monaco</td><td>Dmitry Rybolovlev</td><td>Adi Hütter</td><td>Denis Zakaria</td><td>Kappa</td><td>APM Monaco/Renault 5 E-Tech (in UEFA matches)</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Montpellier</td><td>Laurent Nicollin</td><td>Zoumana Camara</td><td>Benjamin Lecomte</td><td>Nike</td><td>Swile</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Nantes</td><td>Waldemar Kita</td><td>Antoine Kombouaré</td><td>Pedro Chirivella</td><td>Macron</td><td>Synergie</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Nice</td><td>Jean-Pierre Rivère</td><td>Franck Haise</td><td>Dante</td><td>Le Coq Sportif</td><td>Ineos</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>Nasser Al-Khelaifi</td><td>Luis Enrique</td><td>Marquinhos</td><td>Nike</td><td>Qatar Airways</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Reims</td><td>Jean-Pierre Caillot</td><td>Samba Diawara</td><td>Teddy Teuma</td><td>Puma</td><td>Yasuda Group</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Rennes</td><td>Olivier Cloarec</td><td>Habib Beye</td><td>Steve Mandanda</td><td>Samsic</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Saint-Étienne</td><td>Ivan Gazidis</td><td>Eirik Horneland</td><td>Anthony Briançon</td><td>Hummel</td><td>Kelyps Intérim</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Strasbourg</td><td>Marc Keller</td><td>Liam Rosenior</td><td>Habib Diarra</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Électricité de Strasbourg (H)/Winamax (A & 3)</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Toulouse</td><td>Damien Comolli</td><td>Carles Martínez Novell</td><td>Vincent Sierro</td><td>Nike</td><td>LP Promotion Group</td><td>List</td></tr></tbody></table>

Managerial changes

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Outgoing manager</th><th>Manner of departure</th><th>Date of vacancy</th><th>Position in table</th><th>Incoming manager</th><th>Date of appointment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Reims</td><td>Samba Diawara</td><td>End of caretaker spell</td><td>19 May 2024</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Luka Elsner</td><td>25 June 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Marseille</td><td>Jean-Louis Gasset</td><td>Retired</td><td>20 May 2024</td><td>Roberto De Zerbi</td><td>1 July 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Nice</td><td>Francesco Farioli</td><td>Signed by Ajax</td><td>23 May 2024</td><td>Franck Haise</td><td>1 July 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Lille</td><td>Paulo Fonseca</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>5 June 2024</td><td>Bruno Génésio</td><td>1 July 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Lens</td><td>Franck Haise</td><td>Signed by Nice</td><td>6 June 2024</td><td>Will Still</td><td>10 June 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Le Havre</td><td>Luka Elsner</td><td>Signed by Reims</td><td>25 June 2024</td><td>Didier Digard</td><td>1 July 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Strasbourg</td><td>Patrick Vieira</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>18 July 2024</td><td>Liam Rosenior</td><td>25 July 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Montpellier</td><td>Michel Der Zakarian</td><td>Sacked</td><td>20 October 2024</td><td>18th</td><td>Jean-Louis Gasset</td><td>22 October 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Rennes</td><td>Julien Stéphan</td><td>7 November 2024</td><td>13th</td><td>Jorge Sampaoli</td><td>11 November 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Saint-Étienne</td><td>Olivier Dall'Oglio</td><td>14 December 2024</td><td>16th</td><td>Eirik Horneland</td><td>20 December 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Lyon</td><td>Pierre Sage</td><td>27 January 2025</td><td>6th</td><td>Paulo Fonseca</td><td>31 January 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Rennes</td><td>Jorge Sampaoli</td><td>30 January 2025</td><td>16th</td><td>Habib Beye</td><td>30 January 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Reims</td><td>Luka Elsner</td><td>3 February 2025</td><td>13th</td><td>Samba Diawara</td><td>3 February 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Lyon</td><td>Paulo Fonseca</td><td>Suspended</td><td>5 March 2025</td><td>6th</td><td>Jorge Maciel (caretaker)</td><td>6 March 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Montpellier</td><td>Jean-Louis Gasset</td><td>Sacked</td><td>7 April 2025</td><td>18th</td><td>Zoumana Camara</td><td>8 April 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

League table

2024–25 Ligue 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	34	26	6	2	92	35	+57	84	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Marseille	34	20	5	9	74	47	+27	65
3	Monaco	34	18	7	9	63	41	+22	61
4	Nice	34	17	9	8	66	41	+25	60	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5	Lille	34	17	9	8	52	36	+16	60	Qualification for the Europa League league phase
6	Lyon	34	17	6	11	65	46	+19	57
7	Strasbourg	34	16	9	9	56	44	+12	57	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
8	Lens	34	15	7	12	42	39	+3	52
9	Brest	34	15	5	14	52	59	−7	50
10	Toulouse	34	11	9	14	44	43	+1	42
11	Auxerre	34	11	9	14	48	51	−3	42
12	Rennes	34	13	2	19	51	50	+1	41
13	Nantes	34	8	12	14	39	52	−13	36
14	Angers	34	10	6	18	32	53	−21	36
15	Le Havre	34	10	4	20	40	71	−31	34
16	Reims (R)	34	8	9	17	33	47	−14	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Saint-Étienne (R)	34	8	6	20	39	77	−38	30	Relegation to Ligue 2
18	Montpellier (R)	34	4	4	26	23	79	−56	16

Relegation play-offs

2024–25 Ligue 1

The 2024–25 season concluded with a relegation play-off between the 16th-placed Ligue 1 team, Reims, and the winner of the semi-final of the Ligue 2 play-off, Metz, in a two-legged confrontation.

Metz won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to Ligue 1 while Reims was relegated to Ligue 2.

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) against Le Havre (16 August 2024) • Last goal of the season: Abdoulaye Touré (Le Havre) against Strasbourg (17 May 2025)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ousmane Dembélé	Paris Saint-Germain	21
Mason Greenwood	Marseille
3	Arnaud Kalimuendo	Rennes	17
4	Jonathan David	Lille	16
5	Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	15
6	Bradley Barcola	Paris Saint-Germain	14
Emanuel Emegha	Strasbourg
8	Ludovic Ajorque	Brest	13
Mika Biereth	Monaco
Amine Gouiri	Rennes/Marseille

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Jonathan David	Lille	Le Havre	3–0 (A)	28 September 2024
Zuriko Davitashvili	Saint-Étienne	Auxerre	3–1 (H)	5 October 2024
Arnaud Kalimuendo	Rennes	Saint-Étienne	5–0 (H)	30 November 2024
Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	Nice	4–1 (H)	1 December 2024
Ousmane Dembélé	Paris Saint-Germain	Brest	5–2 (A)	1 February 2025
Mika Biereth	Monaco	Auxerre	4–2 (H)
Monaco	Nantes	7–1 (H)	15 February 2025
Monaco	Reims	3–0 (H)	28 February 2025
Amine Gouiri	Marseille	Brest	4–1 (H)	27 April 2025
Gonçalo Ramos	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier	4–1 (A)	10 May 2025

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Brice Samba	Lens/Rennes	12
2	Lucas Chevalier	Lille	11
3	Marco Bizot	Brest	10
Đorđe Petrović	Strasbourg
Lucas Perri	Lyon
6	Donovan Léon	Auxerre	9
Guillaume Restes	Toulouse
9	Marcin Bułka	Nice	8
Philipp Köhn	Monaco
10	Yehvann Diouf	Reims	7
Yahia Fofana	Angers

Player

• Most yellow cards: 14 • Facundo Medina (Lens) • Most red cards: 2 • Melvin Bard (Nice) • Marcus Coco (Nantes) • Derek Cornelius (Marseille) • Tanguy Coulibaly (Montpellier) • Massadio Haïdara (Brest) • Cédric Kipré (Reims) • Deiver Machado (Lens) • Lilian Raolisoa (Angers)

Team

• Most yellow cards: 83 • Lens • Montpellier • Most red cards: 8 • Lens • Fewest yellow cards: 40 • Paris Saint-Germain • Fewest red cards: 0 • Lyon • Paris Saint-Germain

Awards

Monthly

Month	Player of the Month	Ref.
Player	Club
September	Bradley Barcola	Paris Saint-Germain
October	Zuriko Davitashvili	Saint-Étienne
November	Jonathan David	Lille
December	Mason Greenwood	Marseille
January	Ousmane Dembélé	Paris Saint-Germain
February	Amine Gouiri	Marseille
March	Désiré Doué	Paris Saint-Germain
April	Mason Greenwood	Marseille

Annual

Award	Winner	Club	Ref.
Player of the Season	Ousmane Dembélé	Paris Saint-Germain
Young Player of the Season	Désiré Doué
Goalkeeper of the Season	Lucas Chevalier	Lille
Goal of the Season	Amine Gouiri	Marseille
Manager of the Season	Luis Enrique	Paris Saint-Germain

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Lucas Chevalier (Lille)
Defenders	Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)	Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain)	Willian Pacho (Paris Saint-Germain)	Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)
Midfielders	João Neves (Paris Saint-Germain)	Rayan Cherki (Lyon)	Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain)
Forwards	Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain)	Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain)	Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain)

Attendances

2024–25 Ligue 1

Rank	Club	Home games	Average attendance
1	Marseille	17	63,553
2	Lyon	17	50,994
3	Paris Saint-Germain	17	47,603
4	Lille	17	42,417
5	Lens	17	37,936
6	Saint-Étienne	17	30,288
7	Nantes	17	30,269
8	Rennes	17	27,375
9	Toulouse	17	25,566
10	Nice	17	24,299
11	Le Havre	17	20,218
12	Strasbourg	17	19,380
13	Auxerre	17	16,634
14	Reims	17	15,659
15	Brest	17	14,655
16	Montpellier	17	13,544
17	Angers	17	13,132
18	Monaco	17	9,354