2006–07 Ligue 1

The 2006–07 Ligue 1 season was the 69th since its establishment, and started in August 2006 and ended in May 2007. Lyon became French champions, having won their sixth consecutive title.

Ligue 1

Season	2006–07
Dates	4 August 2006 – 26 May 2007
Champions	Lyon (6th Title)
Relegated	Troyes Sedan Nantes
Champions League	Lyon Marseille Toulouse
UEFA Cup	Rennes Bordeaux Sochaux
Matches played	380
Goals scored	855 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pauleta (15 goals)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Teams

 

 

Auxerre

 

Bordeaux

 

Le Mans

 

Lens      

 

Lille

 

Lorient

 

Lyon

 

Marseille

 

AS Monaco

 

Nancy

 

Nantes

 

Nice

 

PSG

 

Rennes

 

St. Étienne

 

Sedan

 

Sochaux

 

Toulouse

 

Troyes

 

Valenciennes

class=notpageimage|

Location of teams in 2006–07 Ligue 1

Lyon were the reigning champions of France for the sixth time running. Following a defeat for their nearest challengers, Lyon won the league with six games to play, on 21 April, becoming the first team in the so-called "Big Five" European leagues to win six consecutive championships.

• Auxerre
• Bordeaux
• Le Mans
• Lens
• Lille
• Lorient
• Lyon
• Marseille
• Monaco
• Nancy
• Nantes
• Nice
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Rennes
• Saint-Étienne
• Sedan
• Sochaux
• Toulouse
• Troyes
• Valenciennes

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	24	9	5	64	27	+37	81	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Marseille	38	19	7	12	53	38	+15	64
3	Toulouse	38	17	7	14	44	43	+1	58	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Rennes	38	14	15	9	38	30	+8	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Lens	38	15	12	11	47	41	+6	57	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6	Bordeaux	38	16	9	13	39	35	+4	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
7	Sochaux	38	15	12	11	46	48	−2	57
8	Auxerre	38	13	15	10	41	41	0	54
9	Monaco	38	13	12	13	45	38	+7	51
10	Lille	38	13	11	14	45	43	+2	50
11	Saint-Étienne	38	14	7	17	52	50	+2	49
12	Le Mans	38	11	16	11	45	46	−1	49
13	Nancy	38	13	10	15	37	44	−7	49
14	Lorient	38	12	13	13	33	40	−7	49
15	Paris Saint-Germain	38	12	12	14	42	42	0	48
16	Nice	38	9	16	13	34	40	−6	43
17	Valenciennes	38	11	10	17	36	48	−12	43
18	Troyes (R)	38	9	12	17	39	54	−15	39	Relegation to Ligue 2
19	Sedan (R)	38	7	14	17	46	58	−12	35
20	Nantes (R)	38	7	13	18	29	49	−20	34

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

1. Bordeaux, the winner of the Coupe de la Ligue, is awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. The winners of the Coupe de France, Sochaux also have been awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	AUX	BOR	MFC	RCL	LIL	LOR	OL	OM	ASM	NAL	NAN	NIC	PSG	REN	STE	SED	SOC	TFC	TRO	VAL
Auxerre		0–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Bordeaux	0–0		1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1
Le Mans	2–2	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–2
Lens	1–0	3–0	2–0		1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–0
Lille	1–1	3–0	0–2	4–0		1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	4–0	0–2
Lorient	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0		1–3	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–0
Lyon	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	4–1	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	2–1
Marseille	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	1–4		2–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	3–0	2–1	1–0
Monaco	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–2		2–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–3	0–0	3–0
Nancy	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	0–3	2–0	1–0		1–0	3–0	0–3	0–0	0–2	3–1	5–2	2–1	1–0	1–0
Nantes	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–0^[a]	1–1	2–5
Nice	0–0	2–1	3–3	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–4	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–0
Paris SG	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–3	4–2	0–0	4–0	0–0		1–0	0–2	4–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2
Rennes	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0		0–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0
Saint-Étienne	2–3	0–2	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–3		1–2	1–2	3–0	3–1	3–0
Sedan	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2		1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1
Sochaux	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–1		4–2	1–0	1–0
Toulouse	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–4	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–2		1–1	3–0
Troyes	3–3	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–2	0–1	1–2		1–3
Valenciennes	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1

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

1. French League proclaimed Toulouse to be winners of the match after invasion of the playground by supporters of Nantes

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Pauleta	Paris Saint-Germain	15
2	Steve Savidan	Valenciennes	13
3	Ismaël Bangoura	Le Mans	12
	Mamadou Niang	Marseille
	Grafite	Le Mans
6	John Utaka	Rennes	11
	Aruna Dindane	Lens
	Fred	Lyon
	Seydou Keita	Lens
	Frédéric Piquionne	Monaco
	Johan Elmander	Toulouse

Player of the Month

Month	Player
August	Steve Savidan (Valenciennes)
September	Jérémie Janot (Saint-Étienne)
October	Juninho (Lyon)
November	Florent Malouda (Lyon)
December	Frédéric Piquionne (Saint-Étienne)
January	Bafétimbi Gomis (Saint-Étienne)
February	Johan Elmander (Toulouse)
March	Samir Nasri (Marseille)
April	Péguy Luyindula (Paris Saint-Germain)

All-League first team

Richert (Sochaux)
Sagna (Auxerre) – Cris (Lyon) – Hilton (Lens) – Abidal (Lyon)
Se.Keita (Lens) – Nasri (Marseille) – F.Malouda (Lyon)
A.Keita (Lille) – Elmander (Toulouse) – Savidan (Valenciennes)

Award of the Year

Player of the Year : Florent Malouda (Lyon)

Goalkeeper of the Year : Teddy Richert (Sochaux)

Youth of the Year: Samir Nasri (Marseille)

Manager of the year : Gérard Houllier (Lyon)

Goal of the Year : Ilan (Saint-Étienne) for his goal against PSG

References

1. Ligue 1 - Saison 2006-2007 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ligue 1 season 2006-2007.

External links

• France 2006/07 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation