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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.
| Season | 2008–09 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 August 2008 – 30 May 2009 |
| Champions | Bordeaux 6th Ligue 1 title 6th French title |
| Relegated | Caen Nantes Le Havre |
| Champions League | Bordeaux Marseille Lyon |
| Europa League | Toulouse Lille |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 858 (2.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | André-Pierre Gignac (24 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Marseille 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 win | Nantes 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 scoring | Rennes 4–4 Marseille (9 August 2008) (8 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 78,056, Lille 2–0 Lyon (7 March 2009) |
| Lowest attendance | 6,294, AS Monaco 3–0 Le Mans (23 November 2008) |
| Average attendance | 20,913 |
← 2007–08 2009–10 → | |
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
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auxerre | Auxerre | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | 24,493 |
| Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Stade Chaban-Delmas | 34,327 |
| Caen | Caen | Stade Michel d'Ornano | 21,500 |
| Grenoble | Grenoble | Stade des Alpes | 20,000 |
| Le Havre | Le Havre | Stade Jules Deschaseaux | 16,454 |
| Le Mans | Le Mans | Stade Léon-Bollée | 17,500 |
| Lille | Villeneuve d'Ascq | Stadium Lille-Metropole | 21,803 |
| Lorient | Lorient | Stade du Moustoir | 16,669 |
| Lyon | Lyon | Stade de Gerland | 43,051 |
| Marseille | Marseille | Stade Vélodrome | 60,031 |
| Monaco | Fontvieille | Stade Louis II | 18,500 |
| Nancy | Tomblaine | Stade Marcel Picot | 20,087 |
| Nantes | Nantes | Stade de la Beaujoire | 38,285 |
| Nice | Nice | Stade du Ray | 17,415 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Paris | Parc des Princes | 48,712 |
| Rennes | Rennes | Stade de la Route de Lorient | 31,127 |
| Saint-Étienne | Saint-Étienne | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | 35,616 |
| Sochaux | Montbéliard | Stade Auguste Bonal | 20,025 |
| Toulouse | Toulouse | Stadium Municipal | 35,672 |
| Valenciennes | Valenciennes | Stade Nungesser | 16,547 |
Managers
| Club | Manager |
|---|---|
| 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
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
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Source: Ligue 1 (in French)
André-Pierre Gignac won the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André-Pierre Gignac | Toulouse | 24 |
| 2 | Karim Benzema | Lyon | 17 |
| Guillaume Hoarau | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 4 | Michel Bastos | Lille | 14 |
| Ireneusz Jeleń | Auxerre | ||
| Steve Savidan | Caen | ||
| 7 | Fernando Cavenaghi | Bordeaux | 13 |
| Marouane Chamakh | Bordeaux | ||
| Mamadou Niang | Marseille | ||
| 10 | Yoann Gourcuff | Bordeaux | 12 |
Awards
Monthly awards
UNFP Player of the Month
| Month | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| August[23] | Steve Mandanda | Marseille |
| September[24] | André-Pierre Gignac | Toulouse |
| October[25] | Guillaume Hoarau | Paris Saint-Germain |
| November[26] | Olivier Echouafni | Nice |
| December[27] | Stéphane Sessègnon | Paris Saint-Germain |
| January[28] | Péguy Luyindula | Paris Saint-Germain |
| February[29] | Guillaume Hoarau | Paris Saint-Germain |
| March[30] | André-Pierre Gignac | Toulouse |
| April[31] | Yoann Gourcuff | Bordeaux |
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
| Player | Nationality | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Michel Bastos | Brazil | Lille |
| André-Pierre Gignac | France | Toulouse |
| Yoann Gourcuff | France | Bordeaux |
| Stéphane Sessègnon | Benin | PSG |
Young Player of the Year
| Player | Nationality | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Étienne Capoue | France | Toulouse |
| Eden Hazard | Belgium | Lille |
| Loïc Rémy | France | Nice |
| Moussa Sissoko | France | Toulouse |
Keeper of the Year
| Player | Nationality | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Cédric Carrasso | France | Toulouse |
| Hugo Lloris | France | Lyon |
| Nicolas Douchez | France | Rennes |
| Steve Mandanda | France | Marseille |
Manager of the Year
| Player | Nationality | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Frédéric Antonetti | France | Nice |
| Laurent Blanc | France | Bordeaux |
| Eric Gerets | Belgium | Marseille |
| Paul Le Guen | France | PSG |
Team of the Year
References
- ^ Calendrier Ligue 1 25 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ^ Nouveaux maillots 2008/09 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ^ Bordeaux's New Puma Kits
- ^ New Caen Shirts
- ^ Les nouveaux maillots présentés[permanent dead link] (in French)
- ^ . Archived from the original on 29 June 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
- ^ New FC Lorient Home and Away shirts
- ^ Lancement des maillots 2008/2009 (in French)
- ^ Les nouveaux maillots 2008/09, enfin dévoilés (in French)
- ^ . Archived from the original on 30 June 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
- ^ New Monaco Home & Away Shirts
- ^ Profil+, nouveau sponsor du FC Nantes 7 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ^ . Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
- ^ PSG Maillots 2008/2009 (in French)
- ^ . Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
- ^ Rennes Boutique Archived 16 July 2012 at archive.today (in French)
- ^ . Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 26 June 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
- ^ Sochaux Away Shirt
- ^ Les maillots 2008–2009 ! 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ^ . Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
- ^ Résultat du trophée du mois d'août 2008![permanent dead link] (in French)
- ^ Résultat du trophée du mois de septembre 2008![permanent dead link] (in French)
- ^ Résultat du trophée du mois d'octobre 2008![permanent dead link] (in French)
- ^ Résultat du trophée du mois de novembre 2008![permanent dead link] (in French)
- ^ Résultat du trophée du mois de décembre 2008![permanent dead link] (in French)
- ^ Résultat du trophée du mois de janvier 2009![permanent dead link] (in French)
- ^ Résultat du trophée du mois de février 2009![permanent dead link] (in French)
- ^ Résultat du trophée du mois de mars 2009![permanent dead link] (in French)
- ^ Résultat du trophée du mois d'avril 2009![permanent dead link] (in French)
- ^ Les nommés pour les Trophées 14 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ^ Le palmarès 2009 complet 28 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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