2008–09 Ligue 1

The 2008–09 Ligue 1 season was the 71st since its establishment. Bordeaux became champions for the sixth time on the last weekend of the season. The fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008.[1] The season began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. A total of 20 teams contested the league, consisting of 17 who competed the previous season and three that were promoted from France's second division Ligue 2.

Ligue 1
Season2008–09
ChampionsBordeaux
6th Ligue 1 title
6th French title
RelegatedCaen
Nantes
Le Havre
Champions LeagueBordeaux (group stage)
Marseille (group stage)
Lyon (playoff round)
Europa LeagueToulouse (playoff round)
Lille (third qualifying round)
Matches played380
Goals scored858 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerAndré-Pierre Gignac (24)
Biggest home winMarseille 4–0 Auxerre (17 August 2008)
Bordeaux 4–0 Le Havre (28 October 2008)
Bordeaux 4–0 Paris Saint-Germain (11 January 2009)
Marseille 4–0 Rennes (30 May 2009)
Biggest away winNantes 1–4 Le Mans (30 August 2008)
Saint-Étienne 1–4 Lorient (29 October 2008)
Nantes 1–4 Paris Saint-Germain (7 February 2009)
Highest scoringRennes 4–4 Marseille (9 August 2008)
(8 goals)
Highest attendance78,056, Lille 2–0 Lyon (7 March 2009)
Lowest attendance6,294, AS Monaco 3–0 Le Mans (23 November 2008)
Average attendance20,913

Bordeaux consecutively won their last 11 league games of the season and clinched the title on 30 May 2009 after the 1–0 victory against Caen. This was Bordeaux's sixth title and their first since the 1998–99 season. Bordeaux's title victory ended a historic run for Lyon, who had won seven consecutive titles beginning with the 2001–02 season. Le Havre, Nantes and Caen were relegated to Ligue 2. Both Le Havre and Nantes were promoted from Ligue 2 last season. Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse and Lille all secured European football for the 2009–10 season through their league position.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

RC Lens, RC Strasbourg and FC Metz were relegated to the 2008–09 Ligue 2 after finishing in the bottom three spots of the table at the end of the 2007–08 season. Lens were relegated to the Ligue 2 after 17 seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of France, while Strasbourg and Metz made their immediate return to the second level.

The three relegated teams were replaced by three 2007–08 Ligue 2 sides. Champions Le Havre, who terminated their second-level status after five years, runners-up FC Nantes, who returned to the top flight after one season in second level and Grenoble Foot 38 returned to highest French league for first time after 35 years.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in Ligue 1 2008–09
Club Location Venue Capacity
AuxerreAuxerreStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps24,493
BordeauxBordeauxStade Chaban-Delmas34,327
CaenCaenStade Michel d'Ornano21,500
GrenobleGrenobleStade des Alpes20,000
Le HavreLe HavreStade Jules Deschaseaux16,454
Le MansLe MansStade Léon-Bollée17,500
LilleVilleneuve d'AscqStadium Lille-Metropole21,803
LorientLorientStade du Moustoir16,669
LyonLyonStade de Gerland43,051
MarseilleMarseilleStade Vélodrome60,031
MonacoFontvieilleStade Louis II18,500
NancyTomblaineStade Marcel Picot20,087
NantesNantesStade de la Beaujoire38,285
NiceNiceStade du Ray17,415
Paris Saint-GermainParisParc des Princes48,712
RennesRennesStade de la Route de Lorient31,127
Saint-ÉtienneSaint-ÉtienneStade Geoffroy-Guichard35,616
SochauxMontbéliardStade Auguste Bonal20,025
ToulouseToulouseStadium Municipal35,672
ValenciennesValenciennesStade Nungesser16,547

Managers
ClubManager
Auxerre Jean Fernandez
Bordeaux Laurent Blanc
Caen Franck Dumas
Grenoble Mehmed Baždarević
Le Havre Jean-Marc Nobilo, replaced in December 2008 by Frédéric Hantz
Le Mans Yves Bertucci, replaced in February 2009 by Daniel Jeandupeux, replaced in May 2009 by Arnaud Cormier
Lille Rudi Garcia
Lorient Christian Gourcuff
Lyon Claude Puel
Marseille Eric Gerets
AS Monaco Ricardo Gomes
Nancy Pablo Correa
Nantes Michel Der Zakarian, replaced in September 2008 by Elie Baup
Nice Frédéric Antonetti
Paris Saint-Germain Paul Le Guen
Rennes Guy Lacombe
Saint-Étienne Laurent Roussey, replaced in November 2008 by Alain Perrin
Sochaux Francis Gillot
Toulouse Alain Casanova
Valenciennes Antoine Kombouaré

Kits
Team Kit maker Main Sponsor Notes
Auxerre Airness Prest Oil No changes were reported.
Bordeaux Puma Kia The Puma/Kia provider/sponsor partnership remained. Updated home, away, and new alternate kit were used as an away kit for Champions League matches. Home kit was updated with its traditional dark blue colour. The away shirt was white. The alternate Champions League kit was striped black and pink combining the design of logos of the home shirt with the v-design of the away shirt. The v-design remained prominent on all kits.[2][3]
Caen Nike GDE Recyclage GDE Recyclage remained on as primary sponsor and new sponsor Campagne de France came on as secondary sponsor. New home kit, away kit, and alternate kit. Their home shirt was blue and red with a classic blue collar. Their away shirt was light-blue and the third shirt was primarily yellow with black sleeves.[4]
Grenoble Nike Index New home and away kits. Their home shirt was blue and white striped with new Index sponsor, with blue shorts. Black away shirt with silver style badge and sponsors, with black shorts. Alternative kit was an orange shirt with white shorts.[5]
Le Havre Airness TBA New kit provider Airness came on. New home kit consisting of sky blue/marine blue two-stripe lining.[6] New away kit consisted of a fluorescent shirt with black shorts and black socks.
Le Mans Kappa Le Gaulois No changes were reported.
Lille Canterbury of New Zealand Groupe Partouche No changes were reported.
Lorient Erreà Biscuits La trinitaine Both the home and away kits were updated. The away kit was the same design, it was white with a black diagonal stripe from the left shoulder to the right hip. There was a small orange stripe just below with the legendary La trinitaine Biscuits sponsorship on the front.[7]
Lyon Umbro Novotel New home, away, and Champions League kit was presented on 30 June. New home kit was original white with the red and blue vertical strip, along with single blue stripes along the shoulders. New away kit was all blue with single black stripes along the shoulders and the new Champions League away kit was electric yellow with the red and blue vertical stripe, along with single red and blue stripes on the shoulders.[8][9]
Marseille adidas Neuf Neuf stayed as sponsors and new sponsor Direct Energie came on. New home, away, and alternate kit. New home kit featured new sponsor Direct Energie and also featured the city of Marseille's coat of arms.[10] New sky blue and black away kit had a trendy design with a cut and polo style collar deriving from a printed jacquard.[11]
AS Monaco Puma Fedcom Updated home kit and a brand new away kit. New away kit was all sky blue.[12]
Nancy Baliston Odalys Vacances No changes were reported.
Nantes Kappa Profil+ New sponsor Profil+ and new kit provider Kappa came on. Synergy stayed as sponsors. New home shirt had Nantes' traditional colours of yellow, with a green collar and green piping around the bottom of the shirt and the ends of the sleeves. New away kit bore resemblance to Werder Bremen's alternate kit of the previous year.[13]
Nice Lotto Takara New primary sponsor Takara came on. Secondary sponsors included on kits as well. Updated home kit with thinner black stripes with black shorts and black socks. New away kit with white shirt, white shorts, and white socks. The shirt was white with a red and black stripe going across the chest.[14]
PSG Nike Emirates Emirates stayed as sponsors. Updated home kit. New away kit, which was bronze, and a new European kit, which was all gray. The red stripe on both the away kit and the European kit was horizontal instead of its usual vertical placement.[15][16]
Rennes Puma Samsic New away kit. Along with a black collar, the white away shirt had black lining on the sides going all the way up to the underarms.[17]
Saint-Étienne adidas Konica Minolta New home and away kit. Home kit was green with white shorts and green socks with lime entrenched in the shirt. Away shirt was black with lime scaling the top starting from the left shoulder all the way to the right arm. The shorts were lime and the socks were black.[18]
Sochaux Lotto Mobil 1 New home kit, which retained the traditional colours of Sochaux, but for the first time had a vertical stripe on it.[19] New away kit was sky blue with a yellow collar.[20]
Toulouse Airness IDEC Toulouse left Lotto for Airness after 8 years with the Italian brand. New home, away, and alternate kit. New home kit had a purple shirt with white stripes, white shorts, and purple socks. Away kit was all black with pink linings on the shirt. Alternate kit was all white with purple linings on the shirt.[21]
Valenciennes Diadora Toyota Toyota stayed as sponsors and new sponsor SITA came on. Brand new red home kit, new white away kit, and new blue alternate kit. Valenciennes revived their scapular tradition. This was the first time they have worn the scapular since the final of the French Cup in 1951.[22]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bordeaux (C) 38 24 8 6 64 34 +30 80 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Marseille 38 22 11 5 67 35 +32 77
3 Lyon 38 20 11 7 52 29 +23 71 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Toulouse 38 16 16 6 45 27 +18 64 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5 Lille 38 17 13 8 51 39 +12 64 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 Paris Saint-Germain 38 19 7 12 49 38 +11 64
7 Rennes 38 15 16 7 42 34 +8 61
8 Auxerre 38 16 7 15 35 35 0 55
9 Nice 38 13 11 14 40 41 −1 50
10 Lorient 38 10 15 13 47 47 0 45
11 Monaco 38 11 12 15 41 45 −4 45
12 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 35 42 −7 44
13 Grenoble 38 10 14 14 24 37 −13 44
14 Sochaux 38 10 12 16 40 48 −8 42
15 Nancy 38 10 12 16 38 47 −9 42
16 Le Mans 38 10 10 18 43 54 −11 40
17 Saint-Étienne 38 11 7 20 40 56 −16 40
18 Caen (R) 38 8 13 17 42 49 −7 37 Relegation to Ligue 2
19 Nantes (R) 38 9 10 19 33 54 −21 37
20 Le Havre (R) 38 7 5 26 30 67 −37 26
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
France's third UEFA Europa League spot went to Ligue 2 side Guingamp, winners of 2008–09 Coupe de France.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away AUX BOR CAE GRE LHA MFC LIL LOR OL OM ASM NAL NAN NIC PSG REN STE SOC TFC VAL
Auxerre 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
Bordeaux 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1
Caen 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1
Grenoble 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
Le Havre 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–4 2–1 0–1 2–1
Le Mans 0–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0
Lille 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 1–0
Lorient 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–1
Lyon 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0
Marseille 4–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–3 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–4 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–0
Monaco 0–1 3–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–1
Nancy 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0
Nantes 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0
Nice 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–0
Paris SG 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2
Rennes 2–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 4–4 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
Saint-Étienne 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–4 0–1 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–2 4–0
Sochaux 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–1
Toulouse 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–0
Valenciennes 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–1
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match was played at Stade de France.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: Ligue 1 (in French)

André-Pierre Gignac won the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur.

Position Player Nationality Club Goals
1 André-Pierre Gignac  France Toulouse 24
2 Karim Benzema  France Lyon 17
- Guillaume Hoarau  France PSG 17
4 Michel Bastos  Brazil Lille 14
- Ireneusz Jeleń  Poland Auxerre 14
- Steve Savidan  France Caen 13
7 Fernando Cavenaghi  Argentina Bordeaux 13
- Marouane Chamakh  Morocco Bordeaux 13
- Mamadou Niang  Senegal Marseille 13
10 Yoann Gourcuff  France Bordeaux 12
11 Mevlüt Erdinç  Turkey Sochaux 11
- Kevin Gameiro  France Lorient 11
- Youssouf Hadji  Morocco Nancy 11
- Loïc Rémy  France Nice 11
15 Amadou Alassane  Mauritania Le Havre 10
- Bafétimbi Gomis  France Saint-Étienne 10
- Thorstein Helstad  Norway Le Mans 10
18 5 players 9
22 3 players 8
27 9 players 7
36 11 players 6
47 9 players 5
56 23 players 4
79 24 players 3
102 53 players 2
156 90 players 1
Total: 858
Average after 380 games: 2.26

Assist leaders

Source: Ligue 1

Michel Bastos won the Trophée du Meilleur Passeur.

Position Player Nationality Club Assists
1 Michel Bastos  Brazil Lille 9
2 Kevin Gameiro  France Lorient 8
- Yoann Gourcuff  France Bordeaux 8
- Wendel  Brazil Bordeaux 8
5 6 players 7
9 9 players 6
19 7 players 5
24 15 players 4
38 25 players 3
60 42 players 2
103 98 players 1
Total: 481
Average after 380 games: 1.27

Awards

UNFP Player of the Month
MonthPlayerClub
August[23] Steve MandandaMarseille
September[24] André-Pierre GignacToulouse
October[25] Guillaume HoarauParis Saint-Germain
November[26] Olivier EchouafniNice
December[27] Stéphane SessègnonParis Saint-Germain
January[28] Péguy LuyindulaParis Saint-Germain
February[29] Guillaume HoarauParis Saint-Germain
March[30] André-Pierre GignacToulouse
April[31] Yoann GourcuffBordeaux

Annual awards

Here are shown the nominees for Ligue 1 annual awards.[32] The winners, displayed in bold, were determined at the annual UNFP Awards on 24 May 2009.[33]

Player of the Year
PlayerNationalityClub
Michel Bastos BrazilLille
André-Pierre Gignac FranceToulouse
Yoann Gourcuff FranceBordeaux
Stéphane Sessègnon BeninPSG

Young Player of the Year
PlayerNationalityClub
Étienne Capoue FranceToulouse
Eden Hazard BelgiumLille
Loïc Rémy FranceNice
Moussa Sissoko FranceToulouse

Keeper of the Year
PlayerNationalityClub
Cédric Carrasso FranceToulouse
Hugo Lloris FranceLyon
Nicolas Douchez FranceRennes
Steve Mandanda FranceMarseille

Manager of the Year
PlayerNationalityClub
Frédéric Antonetti FranceNice
Laurent Blanc FranceBordeaux
Eric Gerets BelgiumMarseille
Paul Le Guen FrancePSG

Team of the Year
Ligue 1 Team of the Year
GK Hugo LlorisLyon
RB Rod FanniRennes
CB HiltonMarseille
CB Souleymane DiawaraBordeaux
LB Taye TaiwoMarseille
RM Benoît CheyrouMarseille
CM Yoann GourcuffBordeaux
CM Stéphane SessègnonParis Saint-Germain
LM Michel BastosLille
ST Guillaume HoarauParis Saint-Germain
ST André-Pierre GignacToulouse

See also

References
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  24. Résultat du trophée du mois de septembre 2008! (in French)
  25. Résultat du trophée du mois d'octobre 2008! (in French)
  26. Résultat du trophée du mois de novembre 2008! (in French)
  27. Résultat du trophée du mois de décembre 2008! (in French)
  28. Résultat du trophée du mois de janvier 2009! (in French)
  29. Résultat du trophée du mois de février 2009! (in French)
  30. Résultat du trophée du mois de mars 2009! (in French)
  31. Résultat du trophée du mois d'avril 2009! (in French)
  32. Les nommés pour les Trophées Archived 14 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  33. Le palmarès 2009 complet Archived 28 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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