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The French football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in France, Ligue 1.Since the National Council of the French Football Federation voted in support of professionalism in French football in 1930, the professional football championship of France has been contested through Ligue 1, formerly known as Division 1 from 1933 to 2002.
The Coupe de la Ligue trophy. The Coupe de la Ligue was a knockout cup competition in French football organised by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and comprises clubs of France's top football division, Ligue 1, France's second division, Ligue 2, and the third division, the Championnat National. The current competition was established ...
Ligue 1 (a.k.a. League 1), [A] officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's for sponsorship purposes, [1] [2] is the top-level association football league in France located at the top of the French football league system.
In the 2011–12 season, Montpellier won its first Ligue 1 title, finishing the season with 82 points, three points ahead of runners-up Paris Saint-Germain. On 20 May 2012, in a game marred by stoppages for crowd violence, John Utaka scored a brace to secure a 2–1 victory over Auxerre and win the Ligue 1 title for Montpellier.
Biggest win: Sochaux 12–1 Valenciennes (1 July 1935) Biggest away win: Troyes 0–9 Paris Saint-Germain (13 March 2016) Longest unbeaten run within a single season: 32 matches, Nantes (1994–95) Longest home unbeaten run: 92 matches, Nantes (between 15 May 1976 and 7 April 1981)
The match was contested by the 2020–21 Ligue 1 champions, Lille, and the 2020–21 Coupe de France winners, Paris Saint-Germain, and took place at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel on 1 August 2021. [3] Lille won the match 1–0 for their first Trophée des Champions, ending PSG's run of eight consecutive titles. [4]
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Along with Sidney Govou, Coupet also has the distinction of being the only player in Lyon's history to win all four domestic French titles having been a part of all seven Ligue 1 titles, the club's Coupe de France triumph in 2008, the only Coupe de la Ligue win in 2001, and six of the seven Trophée des Champions titles.