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2025–26 Ligue 1

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Ligue 1
Season2025–26
Dates15 August 2025 – 16 May 2026
Matches128
Goals368 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerMason Greenwood
(10 goals)
Biggest home winStrasbourg 5–0 Angers
(5 October 2025)
Lille 6–1 Metz
(26 October 2025)
Biggest away winLorient 1–7 Lille
(30 August 2025)
Highest scoringToulouse 3–6 Paris Saint-Germain
(30 August 2025)
Longest winning runMarseille
(5 matches)
Longest unbeaten runParis Saint-Germain
(8 matches)
Longest winless runAuxerre
Metz
(9 matches)
Longest losing runAuxerre
Nice
(4 matches)
Highest attendance66,279
Marseille 3–0 Brest
(8 November 2025)[1]
Lowest attendance6,080
Monaco 5–2 Metz
(21 September 2025)[1]
Attendance3,447,655 (26,935 per match)[1]
All statistics correct as of 5 December 2025.

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.[2] It began on 15 August 2025 and is set to conclude on 16 May 2026. The match schedule was announced on 27 June 2025.[3]

Teams

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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

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

Stadiums and locations

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Location of teams in 2025–26 Ligue 1
Club Location Venue Capacity 2024–25 season
Angers Angers Stade Raymond Kopa 18,752 14th
Auxerre Auxerre Stade Abbé Deschamps 21,379 11th
Brest Brest Stade Francis-Le Blé 15,931 9th
Le Havre Le Havre Stade Océane 25,178 15th
Lens Lens Stade Bollaert-Delelis 37,705 8th
Lille Villeneuve-d'Ascq Stade Pierre-Mauroy 50,186 5th
Lorient Lorient Stade du Moustoir 18,890 Ligue 2, 1st
Lyon Décines-Charpieu Groupama Stadium 59,186 6th
Marseille Marseille Stade Vélodrome 67,394 2nd
Metz Longeville-lès-Metz Stade Saint-Symphorien 28,786 Ligue 2, 3rd
Monaco Monaco Monaco Stade Louis II 18,523 3rd
Nantes Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 35,322 13th
Nice Nice Allianz Riviera 35,624 4th
Paris FC Paris (Paris 16) Stade Jean-Bouin 20,000 Ligue 2, 2nd
Paris Saint-Germain Paris (Paris 16) Parc des Princes 47,926 1st
Rennes Rennes Roazhon Park 29,778 12th
Strasbourg Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau 29,230 7th
Toulouse Toulouse Stadium de Toulouse 33,150 10th

Personnel and kits

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Team Chairman Manager Captain Kit maker Sponsors
Main Other(s)
Angers France Romain Chabane France Alexandre Dujeux Algeria Haris Belkebla Nike École Noir&Blanc
List
    • Front: Maison de l'Atoll, Angers
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: Système U
    • Socks: None
Auxerre France Baptiste Malherbe France Christophe Pélissier Ghana Elisha Owusu Macron X1 Xi Wang Sports Nutrition Drink
List
    • Front: SPPE
    • Back: Acadomia
    • Sleeves: Groupama
    • Shorts: Auxerre, Advise Énergie, Cichy Manutention
    • Socks: None
Brest France Denis Le Saint France Eric Roy France Brendan Chardonnet Adidas Quéguiner Matériaux (H) / Yaourt Malo (A & 3)
List
    • Front: SILL (H) / Breizh Cola (A & 3), GUYOT Environnement, Oceania Hotels, Les Enfants de la Balle
    • Back: Oriance, J.Bervas Automobiles
    • Sleeves: Le Football à la Pointe
    • Shorts: None
    • Socks: None
Le Havre United States Vincent Volpe France Didier Digard Senegal Arouna Sangante Joma Winamax
List
    • Front: SIM Agences d'emploi
    • Back: SOL'S
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: Geodis, Kia Groupe Saint-Clair
    • Socks: BSP Sécurité
Lens France Joseph Oughourlian France Pierre Sage France Florian Sotoca Puma Auchan
List
Lille France Olivier Létang France Bruno Génésio France Benjamin André New Balance Boulanger
List
    • Front: Actual Group
    • Back: Aushopping
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
    • Socks: None
Lyon United States Michele Kang Portugal Paulo Fonseca France Corentin Tolisso Adidas Emirates
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
    • Socks: None
Lorient France Loïc Féry France Olivier Pantaloni France Laurent Abergel Umbro Jean Floc'h
List
Marseille Spain Pablo Longoria Italy Roberto De Zerbi Argentina Leonardo Balerdi Puma CMA CGM
List
Metz France Bernard Serin France Stéphane Le Mignan France Gauthier Hein Kappa CAR Avenue
List
Monaco Russia Dmitry Rybolovlev Belgium Sébastien Pocognoli Switzerland Denis Zakaria Mizuno APM Monaco
List
Nantes Poland Waldemar Kita Portugal Luís Castro France Kelvin Amian Macron Synergie
List
    • Front: Les Gars Des Eaux
    • Back: Préservation du Patrimoine, Groupe Millet
    • Sleeves: LNA Santé
    • Shorts: Be Green
    • Socks: None
Nice France Jean-Pierre Rivère France Franck Haise Brazil Dante Kappa Robinhood Markets
List
Paris FC France Pierre Ferracci France Stéphane Gilli France Maxime Lopez Adidas Bahrain Victorious
List
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
    • Socks: None
Paris Saint-Germain Qatar Nasser Al-Khelaifi Spain Luis Enrique Brazil Marquinhos Nike Qatar Airways
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: Snipes
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
    • Socks: None
Rennes France Arnaud Pouille Senegal Habib Beye France Valentin Rongier Puma Samsic
List
    • Front: Association ELA
    • Back: Winamax, Blot Immobilier
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: BWT
    • Socks: None
Strasbourg France Marc Keller England Liam Rosenior Netherlands Emanuel Emegha Adidas Électricité de Strasbourg (H) / Winamax (A & 3)
List
    • Front: Hager Group, Pierre Schmidt (H) / Stoeffler (A & 3)
    • Back: Winamax (H) / Électricité de Strasbourg (A & 3), Soprema
    • Sleeves: Würth
    • Shorts: Atheo Ingenierie
    • Socks: None
Toulouse France Olivier Cloarec Spain Carles Martínez Novell Denmark Rasmus Nicolaisen Nike None
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: Newrest
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
    • Socks: None

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Lens Belgium Will Still Resigned 18 May 2025[4] Pre-season France Pierre Sage 2 June 2025[5]
Nantes France Antoine Kombouaré Mutual consent 20 May 2025[6] Portugal Luís Castro 16 June 2025[7]
Monaco Austria Adi Hütter Sacked 9 October 2025[8] 5th Belgium Sébastien Pocognoli 11 October 2025[9]

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lens 14 10 1 3 24 12 +12 31 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2 Paris Saint-Germain 14 9 3 2 27 12 +15 30
3 Marseille 15 9 2 4 35 15 +20 29
4 Lille 15 9 2 4 29 17 +12 29 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5 Rennes 14 6 6 2 24 18 +6 24 Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a]
6 Lyon 14 7 3 4 21 15 +6 24 Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7 Monaco 15 7 2 6 26 26 0 23
8 Strasbourg 14 7 1 6 25 19 +6 22
9 Brest 15 5 4 6 20 24 −4 19
10 Toulouse 14 4 5 5 20 19 +1 17
11 Nice 14 5 2 7 19 26 −7 17
12 Angers 14 4 4 6 12 17 −5 16
13 Paris FC 14 4 3 7 21 26 −5 15
14 Le Havre 14 3 5 6 13 21 −8 14
15 Lorient 14 3 5 6 18 28 −10 14
16 Nantes 14 2 5 7 12 22 −10 11 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 Metz 14 3 2 9 14 31 −17 11 Relegation to Ligue 2
18 Auxerre 14 2 3 9 8 20 −12 9
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2025. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[10]
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2025–26 Coupe de France winners also qualify for the Europa League league stage (or the sixth-placed team if the Coupe de France winners finish in the top five of Ligue 1). If the Coupe de France winners finish in the top six of Ligue 1, the Conference League spot will be passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results

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Home \ Away LEN PSG OM LIL REN OL ASM STR TFC NIC ANG AUX BRE HAC LOR MET FCN PFC
Lens — 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1
Paris SG 2–0 — a 3–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 a
Marseille 1–0 — a 2–2 2–2 3–0 6–2 4–0 5–2
Lille a 1–1 1–0 — 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 6–1 4–2
Rennes 0–0 1–0 — 3–1 4–1 4–1 1–2 2–2 a a a
Lyon 2–3 1–0 — 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–0
Monaco 1–4 1–0 — 3–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 5–2 0–1
Strasbourg 1–2 2–0 — 5–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–0
Toulouse 3–6 2–2 — 0–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–2
Nice 1–5 2–0 3–2 a 0–1 — 3–1 1–0 1–1
Angers 1–2 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–0
Auxerre 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 — 0–1 1–0
Brest 0–3 3–3 a 0–0 1–0 4–1 — a 3–2 0–0 1–2
Le Havre 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 — 1–1 1–1
Lorient 1–1 1–7 4–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–3 — a
Metz 2–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 —
Nantes 0–1 0–2 2–2 3–5 1–0 a 1–1 0–2 —
Paris FC a 0–1 3–3 2–3 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2025. Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

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As of 30 November 2025

Scoring

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

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[11]
1 England Mason Greenwood Marseille 10
2 Argentina Joaquín Panichelli Strasbourg 9
3 France Esteban Lepaul Angers/Rennes 8
4 France Romain Del Castillo Brest 6
Morocco Sofiane Diop Nice
Algeria Ilan Kebbal Paris FC
7 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Marseille 5
France Bradley Barcola Paris Saint-Germain
France Odsonne Édouard Lens
Spain Ansu Fati Monaco
Morocco Hamza Igamane Lille
Portugal João Neves Paris Saint-Germain
France Wesley Saïd Lens
Czech Republic Pavel Šulc Lyon

Hat-tricks

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Main article: List of Ligue 1 hat-tricks
Player Club Against Result Date
Portugal João Neves Paris Saint-Germain Toulouse 6–3 (A) 30 August 2025
England Mason Greenwood4 Marseille Le Havre 6–2 (H) 18 October 2025
France Esteban Lepaul Rennes Strasbourg 4–1 (H) 2 November 2025
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets[12]
1 France Lucas Chevalier Paris Saint-Germain 7
2 Slovakia Dominik Greif Lyon 5
Belgium Mike Penders Strasbourg
4 Senegal Mory Diaw Le Havre 4
Burkina Faso Hervé Koffi Angers
Turkey Berke Özer Lille
France Guillaume Restes Toulouse
France Robin Risser Lens
Argentina Gerónimo Rulli Marseille
France Brice Samba Rennes

Discipline

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Player

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Team

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  • Most yellow cards: 34[15]
    • Toulouse
  • Most red cards: 4[16][17]
    • Auxerre
    • Lyon
    • Monaco
    • Strasbourg
  • Fewest yellow cards: 18[15]
    • Paris Saint-Germain
  • Fewest red cards: 0[16][17]
    • Paris Saint-Germain

Awards

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Monthly

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Month Player of the Month Ref.
Player Club
August Algeria Ilan Kebbal Paris FC [18]
September France Florian Thauvin Lens [19]
October England Mason Greenwood Marseille [20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ligue 1 2025/2026 – Attendance". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  2. ^ Rutzler, Peter (21 March 2024). "French football league to be rebranded as Ligue 1 McDonald's from next season". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Les grandes dates de la saison 2025/26 !". Ligue 1. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Will Still : « Je ne serai pas l'entraîneur du RC Lens la saison prochaine »" [Will Still: "I will not be the coach of RC Lens next season"] (in French). L'Équipe. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Pierre Sage a signé un contrat de trois ans à Lens" [Pierre Sage has signed a three-year contract with Lens] (in French). L'Équipe. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Après une saison galère, Nantes se sépare de son entraîneur" [After a difficult season, Nantes parts ways with its coach] (in French). L'Équipe. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  7. ^ "C'est officiel, Luis Castro est le nouvel entraîneur du FC Nantes" [It's official, Luis Castro is the new coach of FC Nantes] (in French). L'Équipe. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  8. ^ "L'AS Monaco se sépare de son entraîneur Adi Hütter" [AS Monaco parts ways with manager Adi Hütter] (in French). L'Équipe. 9 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  9. ^ "Le Belge Sébastien Pocognoli devient le nouvel entraîneur de Monaco" [Belgian Sébastien Pocognoli becomes Monaco's new coach] (in French). L'Équipe. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  10. ^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Schedule and Results - Ligue 1 McDonald's". Ligue 1. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Ligue 1 Clean Sheets". FootyStats. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Players with the most yellow cards Ligue 1 2026". BeSoccer. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Players with most sending offs Ligue 1 2026". BeSoccer. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  15. ^ a b "Statistiques équipe Cartons jaunes Ligue 1 2025/2026 - France". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  16. ^ a b "Statistiques équipe Cartons rouges directs Ligue 1 2025/2026 - France". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  17. ^ a b "Statistiques équipe Carton rouge - 2e jaune Ligue 1 2025/2026 - France". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  18. ^ "Ilan Kebbal (Paris FC) sacré en Ligue 1 McDonald's !" [Ilan Kebbal (Paris FC) crowned Ligue 1 McDonald's!] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  19. ^ "Florian Thauvin, joueur du Mois de septembre de Ligue 1 McDonald's" [Florian Thauvin, McDonald's Ligue 1 Player of the Month for September] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 12 October 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  20. ^ "Mason Greenwood élu joueur du mois d'octobre de la Ligue 1 McDonald's" [Mason Greenwood voted McDonald's Ligue 1 Player of the Month for October] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 16 November 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
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