2005–06 Ligue 1

Olympique Lyonnais won Ligue 1 season 2005–06 of the French Association Football League with 84 points.

Ligue 1

Season	2005–06
Dates	29 July 2005 – 13 May 2006
Champions	Lyon (5th Title)
Relegated	Ajaccio Strasbourg Metz
Champions League	Lyon Bordeaux Lille
UEFA Cup	Marseille Paris Saint-Germain Nancy
Matches played	380
Goals scored	811 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pauleta (21 goals)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Participating teams

 

 

Ajaccio

 

Auxerre

 

Bordeaux

 

Le Mans

 

Lens      

 

Lille

 

Lyon

 

Marseille

 

Metz

 

AS Monaco

 

Nancy

 

Nantes

 

Nice

 

PSG

 

Rennes

 

St. Étienne

 

Sochaux

 

Strasbourg

 

Toulouse

 

Troyes

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Location of teams in 2005–06 Ligue 1

• Ajaccio
• Auxerre
• Bordeaux
• Le Mans
• Lens
• Lille
• Lyon
• Marseille
• Metz
• Monaco
• Nancy
• Nantes
• Nice
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Rennes
• Saint-Étienne
• Sochaux
• Strasbourg
• Toulouse
• Troyes

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	25	9	4	73	31	+42	84	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Bordeaux	38	18	15	5	43	25	+18	69
3	Lille	38	16	14	8	56	31	+25	62	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Lens	38	14	18	6	48	34	+14	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Marseille	38	16	12	10	44	35	+9	60	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6	Auxerre	38	17	8	13	50	39	+11	59
7	Rennes	38	18	5	15	48	49	−1	59
8	Nice	38	16	10	12	36	31	+5	58
9	Paris Saint-Germain	38	13	13	12	44	38	+6	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
10	Monaco	38	13	13	12	42	36	+6	52
11	Le Mans	38	13	13	12	33	36	−3	52
12	Nancy	38	12	12	14	35	37	−2	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[b]
13	Saint-Étienne	38	11	14	13	29	39	−10	47
14	Nantes	38	11	12	15	37	41	−4	45
15	Sochaux	38	11	11	16	34	47	−13	44
16	Toulouse	38	10	11	17	36	47	−11	41
17	Troyes	38	9	12	17	37	47	−10	39
18	Ajaccio (R)	38	8	9	21	27	53	−26	33	Relegation to Ligue 2
19	Strasbourg (R)	38	5	14	19	33	56	−23	29
20	Metz (R)	38	6	11	21	26	59	−33	29

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de France.
2. Nancy was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de la Ligue.

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	AUX	BOR	MFC	RCL	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	NAL	NAN	NIC	PSG	REN	STE	SOC	STR	TFC	TRO
Ajaccio		1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	3–3	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1
Auxerre	2–0		1–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	3–0
Bordeaux	1–0	1–0		2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0
Le Mans	1–0	0–2	1–0		0–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Lens	1–0	7–0	1–1	2–0		4–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Lille	2–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	0–0		4–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2
Lyon	3–2	1–1	0–0	8–1	1–1	1–3		2–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–4	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Marseille	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		3–1	2–1	6–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1
Metz	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–4	1–0		2–1	0–0	1–4	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–4
Monaco	3–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–0		2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Nancy	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1		0–0	0–0	1–1	6–0	2–0	0–3	1–2	2–0	2–1
Nantes	0–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	3–0		0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–3	2–0	1–1
Nice	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–1
Paris SG	2–4	4–1	3–1	0–1	3–4	2–1	0–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2		2–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Rennes	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	4–1	2–2	1–3	3–2	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–3	1–0	1–1		0–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–0
Saint-Étienne	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–0		0–0	0–2	1–3	1–1
Sochaux	3–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–0		1–1	0–1	1–1
Strasbourg	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0		2–4	2–0
Toulouse	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2		2–1
Troyes	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1

Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Pauleta	Paris Saint-Germain	21
2	Fred	Lyon	14
	Peter Odemwingie	Lille
4	Daniel Cousin	Lens	13
5	Luigi Pieroni	Auxerre	12
	Sylvain Wiltord	Lyon
7	John Utaka	Rennes	11
8	Péguy Luyindula	Auxerre	10
	Mamadou Niang	Marseille
	Mickaël Pagis	Marseille (6) Strasbourg (4)
	Mamadou Diallo	Nantes
	Ilan	Sochaux
	Javier Chevantón	Monaco
	Daniel Moreira	Toulouse

Player of the Month

Month	Player
August	Jérôme Leroy (Lens)
September	Grégory Coupet (Lyon)
October	Franck Ribéry (Marseille)
November	Franck Ribéry (Marseille)
December	Mamadou Niang (Marseille)
January	Daisuke Matsui (Le Mans)
February	John Utaka (Rennes)
March	Yoann Gourcuff (Rennes)
April	Franck Ribéry (Marseille)

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References

1. Ligue 1 - Saison 2005-2006 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com
2. . Archived from the original on 13 April 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2007.

 

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External links

• France 2005/06 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation