Ligue 1 is a French professional league for men’s association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country’s primary football competition. Administered by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Ligue 1 is contested by 20 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Ligue 2.
Seasons run from August to May. Clubs play two matches against each of the other teams in the league, once home and once away, totalling to 38 matches over the course of the season. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings.
Here are the Ligue 1 winners since 1933.
Winners
All the winners through the years of Ligue 1.
Season | Winner |
2020-2021 | LOSC Lille |
2019-2020 | Paris Saint-Germain |
2018-2019 | Paris Saint-Germain |
2017-2018 | Paris Saint-Germain |
2016-2017 | AS Monaco |
2015-2016 | Paris Saint-Germain |
2014-2015 | Paris Saint-Germain |
2013-2014 | Paris Saint-Germain |
2012-2013 | Paris Saint-Germain |
2011-2012 | Montpellier HSC |
2010-2011 | LOSC Lille |
2009-2010 | Olympique de Marseille |
2008-2009 | Girondins de Bordeaux |
2007-2008 | Olympique Lyonnais |
2006-2007 | Olympique Lyonnais |
2005-2006 | Olympique Lyonnais |
2004-2005 | Olympique Lyonnais |
2003-2004 | Olympique Lyonnais |
2002-2003 | Olympique Lyonnais |
2001-2002 | Olympique Lyonnais |
2000-2001 | FC Nantes |
1999-2000 | AS Monaco |
1998-1999 | Girondins de Bordeaux |
1997-1998 | RC Lens |
1996-1997 | AS Monaco |
1995-1996 | AJ Auxerre |
1994-1995 | FC Nantes |
1993-1994 | Paris Saint-Germain |
1992-1993 | Olympique de Marseille* |
1991-1992 | Olympique de Marseille |
1990-1991 | Olympique de Marseille |
1989-1990 | Olympique de Marseille |
1988-1989 | Olympique de Marseille |
1987-1988 | AS Monaco |
1986-1987 | Girondins de Bordeaux |
1985-1986 | Paris Saint-Germain |
1984-1985 | Girondins de Bordeaux |
1983-1984 | Girondins de Bordeaux |
1982-1983 | FC Nantes |
1981-1982 | AS Monaco |
1980-1981 | Saint-Étienne |
1979-1980 | FC Nantes |
1978-1979 | RC Strasbourg Alsace |
1977-1978 | AS Monaco |
1976-1977 | FC Nantes |
1975-1976 | Saint-Étienne |
1974-1975 | Saint-Étienne |
1973-1974 | Saint-Étienne |
1972-1973 | FC Nantes |
1971-1972 | Olympique de Marseille |
1970-1971 | Olympique de Marseille |
1969-1970 | Saint-Étienne |
1968-1969 | Saint-Étienne |
1967-1968 | Saint-Étienne |
1966-1967 | Saint-Étienne |
1965-1966 | FC Nantes |
1964-1965 | FC Nantes |
1963-1964 | Saint-Étienne |
1962-1963 | AS Monaco |
1961-1962 | Stade de Reims |
1960-1961 | AS Monaco |
1959-1960 | Stade de Reims |
1958-1959 | OGC Nice |
1957-1958 | Stade de Reims |
1956-1957 | Saint-Étienne |
1955-1956 | OGC Nice |
1954-1955 | Stade de Reims |
1953-1954 | LOSC Lille |
1952-1953 | Stade de Reims |
1951-1952 | OGC Nice |
1950-1951 | OGC Nice |
1949-1950 | Girondins de Bordeaux |
1948-1949 | Stade de Reims |
1947-1948 | Olympique de Marseille |
1946-1947 | CO Roubaix-Tourcoing |
1945-1946 | LOSC Lille |
1938-1939 | FC Sète 34 |
1937-1938 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard |
1936-1937 | Olympique de Marseille |
1935-1936 | Racing Colombes 92 |
1934-1935 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard |
1933-1934 | FC Sète 34 |
1932-1933 | Olympique Lillois |
Notes:
- *Olympique de Marseille were stripped of their title by the LFP after being found guilty of bribery. No winner was declared for the 1992-1993 season
Clubs with most titles
Clubs that have won Ligue 1 most times.
Rank | Club | Titles |
1. | Saint-Étienne | 10 |
2. | Olympique de Marseille | 9 |
3. | Paris Saint-Germain | 9 |
4. | FC Nantes | 8 |
5. | AS Monaco | 8 |
6. | Olympique Lyonnais | 7 |
7. | Girondins de Bordeaux | 6 |
8. | Stade de Reims | 6 |
9. | OGC Nice | 4 |
10. | LOSC Lille | 4 |
11. | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard | 2 |
12. | FC Sète 34 | 2 |
13. | CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | 1 |
14. | Montpellier HSC | 1 |
15. | RC Lens | 1 |
16. | AJ Auxerre | 1 |
17. | Olympique Lillois | 1 |
19. | RC Strasbourg Alsace | 1 |
19. | Racing Colombes 92 | 1 |
