2025–26 Ligue 1

2025–26 Ligue 1

The 2025–26 Ligue 1, also known as Ligue 1 McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is the 88th season of the Ligue 1, France's premier football competition. It began on 15 August 2025 and is set to conclude on 16 May 2026. The match schedule was announced on 27 June 2025.

Teams

2025–26 Ligue 1

A total of eighteen teams are participating in the 2025–26 edition of the Ligue 1. Lorient, Paris FC, and Metz were promoted after finishing first, second, and winning the play-off final in the 2024–25 Ligue 2, respectively. Both Lorient and Metz returned to the top flight after one year's absence, while Paris FC returned to the top flight after forty-six year's absence. They replaced Montpellier (relegated after sixteen years in the top flight), Saint-Étienne (relegated after one year in the top flight), and Reims (relegated after seven years in the top flight).

Changes

from 2024–25 Ligue 2	to 2025–26 Ligue 2
Lorient Paris FC Metz	Montpellier Saint-Étienne Reims

Stadiums and locations

<table><thead><tr><th>Club</th><th>Location</th><th>Venue</th><th>Capacity</th><th>2024–25 season</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Angers SCO</td><td>Angers</td><td>Stade Raymond Kopa</td><td>18,752</td><td>14th</td></tr><tr><td>Auxerre</td><td>Auxerre</td><td>Stade Abbé Deschamps</td><td>21,379</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Stade Brestois 29</td><td>Brest</td><td>Stade Francis-Le Blé</td><td>15,931</td><td>9th</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>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Lille</td><td>Villeneuve-d'Ascq</td><td>Stade Pierre-Mauroy</td><td>50,186</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Lorient</td><td>Lorient</td><td>Stade du Moustoir</td><td>18,890</td><td>Ligue 2, 1st</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>Stade Vélodrome</td><td>67,394</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Metz</td><td>Longeville-lès-Metz</td><td>Stade Saint-Symphorien</td><td>28,786</td><td>Ligue 2, 3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Monaco</td><td>Monaco</td><td>Stade Louis II</td><td>18,523</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Nantes</td><td>Nantes</td><td>Stade de la Beaujoire</td><td>35,322</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Nice</td><td>Nice</td><td>Allianz Riviera</td><td>35,624</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Paris FC</td><td>Paris (Paris 16)</td><td>Stade Jean-Bouin</td><td>20,000</td><td>Ligue 2, 2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>Paris (Paris 16)</td><td>Parc des Princes</td><td>47,926</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Rennes</td><td>Rennes</td><td>Roazhon Park</td><td>29,778</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Strasbourg</td><td>Strasbourg</td><td>Stade de la Meinau</td><td>29,230</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Toulouse</td><td>Toulouse</td><td>Stadium de Toulouse</td><td>33,150</td><td>10th</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>Haris Belkebla</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>Elisha Owusu</td><td>Macron</td><td>X1 Xi Wang Sports Nutrition Drink</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 (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>Pierre Sage</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>Michele Kang</td><td>Paulo Fonseca</td><td>Corentin Tolisso</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Emirates</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Lorient</td><td>Loïc Féry</td><td>Olivier Pantaloni</td><td>Laurent Abergel</td><td>Umbro</td><td>Jean Floc'h</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Marseille</td><td>Alban Juster</td><td>Habib Beye</td><td>Leonardo Balerdi</td><td>Puma</td><td>CMA CGM</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Metz</td><td>Bernard Serin</td><td>Benoît Tavenot</td><td>Gauthier Hein</td><td>Kappa</td><td>CAR Avenue</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Monaco</td><td>Dmitry Rybolovlev</td><td>Sébastien Pocognoli</td><td>Denis Zakaria</td><td>Mizuno</td><td>APM Monaco</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Nantes</td><td>Waldemar Kita</td><td>Vahid Halilhodžić</td><td>Kelvin Amian</td><td>Macron</td><td>Synergie</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Nice</td><td>Jean-Pierre Rivère</td><td>Claude Puel</td><td>Dante</td><td>Kappa</td><td>Robinhood Markets</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Paris FC</td><td>Pierre Ferracci</td><td>Antoine Kombouaré</td><td>Maxime Lopez</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Bahrain Victorious</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>Rennes</td><td>Arnaud Pouille</td><td>Franck Haise</td><td>Valentin Rongier</td><td>Puma</td><td>Samsic</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Strasbourg</td><td>Marc Keller</td><td>Gary O'Neil</td><td>Emanuel Emegha</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Électricité de Strasbourg (H) / Winamax (A & 3)</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Toulouse</td><td>Olivier Cloarec</td><td>Carles Martínez Novell</td><td>Rasmus Nicolaisen</td><td>Nike</td><td>None</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>Lens</td><td>Will Still</td><td>Resigned</td><td>18 May 2025</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Pierre Sage</td><td>2 June 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Nantes</td><td>Antoine Kombouaré</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>20 May 2025</td><td>Luís Castro</td><td>16 June 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Monaco</td><td>Adi Hütter</td><td>Sacked</td><td>9 October 2025</td><td>5th</td><td>Sébastien Pocognoli</td><td>11 October 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Nantes</td><td>Luís Castro</td><td>Resigned</td><td>11 December 2025</td><td>17th</td><td>Ahmed Kantari</td><td>11 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Nice</td><td>Franck Haise</td><td>Sacked</td><td>29 December 2025</td><td>13th</td><td>Claude Puel</td><td>29 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Strasbourg</td><td>Liam Rosenior</td><td>Signed by Chelsea</td><td>6 January 2026</td><td>7th</td><td>Gary O'Neil</td><td>7 January 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Metz</td><td>Stéphane Le Mignan</td><td>Sacked</td><td>20 January 2026</td><td>18th</td><td>Benoît Tavenot</td><td>20 January 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Rennes</td><td>Habib Beye</td><td>9 February 2026</td><td>6th</td><td>Franck Haise</td><td>18 February 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Marseille</td><td>Roberto De Zerbi</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>11 February 2026</td><td>4th</td><td>Habib Beye</td><td>18 February 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Paris FC</td><td>Stéphane Gilli</td><td>Sacked</td><td>22 February 2026</td><td>15th</td><td>Antoine Kombouaré</td><td>22 February 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Nantes</td><td>Ahmed Kantari</td><td>10 March 2026</td><td>17th</td><td>Vahid Halilhodžić</td><td>10 March 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

League table

2025–26 Ligue 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain	26	19	3	4	58	22	+36	60	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Lens	27	19	2	6	54	24	+30	59
3	Marseille	27	15	4	8	54	35	+19	49
4	Lyon	27	14	5	8	41	29	+12	47	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5	Lille	27	14	5	8	42	34	+8	47	Qualification for the Europa League league phase
6	Monaco	27	14	4	9	47	38	+9	46	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Rennes	27	12	8	7	43	37	+6	44
8	Strasbourg	27	11	7	9	43	33	+10	40
9	Toulouse	27	10	7	10	38	32	+6	37
10	Lorient	27	9	10	8	37	41	−4	37
11	Brest	27	10	6	11	34	39	−5	36
12	Angers	27	9	5	13	24	37	−13	32
13	Paris FC	27	7	10	10	32	43	−11	31
14	Le Havre	27	6	9	12	22	35	−13	27
15	Nice	27	7	6	14	32	52	−20	27
16	Auxerre	27	5	7	15	22	36	−14	22	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Nantes	26	4	5	17	24	45	−21	17	Relegation to Ligue 2
18	Metz	27	3	5	19	25	60	−35	14

Position by round

	Champions of 2025–26 Ligue 1
	Qualification for Champions League
	Qualification for Europa League
	Qualification for Conference League
	Relegation to Ligue 2

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Ludovic Blas (Rennes) vs Marseille (15 August 2025)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Joaquín Panichelli	Strasbourg	16
2	Mason Greenwood	Marseille	15
3	Esteban Lepaul	Angers/Rennes	14
4	Odsonne Édouard	Lens	12
5	Pavel Šulc	Lyon	11
6	Bradley Barcola	Paris Saint-Germain	10
Wesley Saïd	Lens
8	Folarin Balogun	Monaco	9
Florian Thauvin	Lens
10	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Marseille	8
Romain Del Castillo	Brest
Ousmane Dembélé	Paris Saint-Germain
Ansu Fati	Monaco
Yann Gboho	Toulouse
Ilan Kebbal	Paris FC
Pablo Pagis	Lorient

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
João Neves	Paris Saint-Germain	Toulouse	6–3 (A)	30 August 2025
Mason Greenwood4	Marseille	Le Havre	6–2 (H)	18 October 2025
Esteban Lepaul	Rennes	Strasbourg	4–1 (H)	2 November 2025
Endrick	Lyon	Metz	5–2 (A)	25 January 2026

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Robin Risser	Lens	10
2	Lucas Chevalier	Paris Saint-Germain	9
Dominik Greif	Lyon
Hervé Koffi	Angers
Guillaume Restes	Toulouse
Brice Samba	Rennes
7	Berke Özer	Lille	8
Mike Penders	Strasbourg
9	Donovan Léon	Auxerre	7
Gerónimo Rulli	Marseille

Player

• Most yellow cards: 9 • Ludovic Ajorque (Brest) • Maxime Lopez (Paris FC) • Most red cards: 2 • Thibault De Smet (Paris FC) • Ismaël Doukouré (Strasbourg) • Thilo Kehrer (Monaco) • Donovan Léon (Auxerre) • Sadibou Sané (Metz) • Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)

Team

• Most yellow cards: 63 • Toulouse • Most red cards: 7 • Auxerre • Lyon • Fewest yellow cards: 25 • Paris Saint-Germain • Fewest red cards: 1 • Angers • Lorient • Nantes • Paris Saint-Germain

Awards

Monthly

Month	Player of the Month	Ref.
Player	Club
August	Ilan Kebbal	Paris FC
September	Florian Thauvin	Lens
October	Mason Greenwood	Marseille
November	Florian Thauvin	Lens
December/January	Endrick	Lyon
February	Ludovic Ajorque	Brest