List of Ligue 1 records and statistics

The following is a list of records attained in French Football Ligue 1 since the league foundation in 1932.

Club statistics

Titles and points

Wins and unbeaten runs

  • Most wins in a single season:
  • Most home victories in a single season: 19, Saint-Étienne (1974–75)
  • Most away victories in a single season: 15, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16)
  • Most consecutive victories: 16, Monaco (between 25 February 2017 and 17 August 2017)[2]
  • Most consecutive victories in a single season: 14, Paris Saint-Germain (2018–19)
  • Most consecutive home victories: 28, Saint-Étienne (between 13 March 1974 and 27 August 1975)
  • Most consecutive away victories: 9, Marseille (between 15 February 2009 and 8 August 2009)
  • 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)
  • Longest unbeaten run: 36 matches, Paris Saint-Germain (between 15 March 2015 and 20 February 2016)[1]

Losses

  • Fewest losses in a single season: 1, Nantes (1994–95)
  • Fewest home losses in a single season: 0 (58 times)
  • Fewest away losses in a single season: 0, Paris Saint-Germain (2023–24)

Top flight appearances

Goals

  • Highest-scoring season:
    • 38-match season: 1946–47 (134 goals; 3.51 average per match)
    • 34-match season: 1948–49 (113 goals; 3.71 average per match)
  • Most goals scored by a team in a single season:
    • 38-match season: 118, RC Paris (1959–60)
    • 34-match season: 102, Lille (1948–49)
  • Most goals in a single match: 13
  • Fewest goals conceded by a team in a single season: 19, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16)
  • Fewest home goals conceded by a team in a single season: 4, Saint-Étienne (2007–08)
  • Fewest away goals conceded by a team in a single season: 7, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16)
  • Best goal difference in a single season:

Disciplinary

  • Most yellow cards in a season: 654 (2002–03)
  • Most red cards in a season: 131 (2002–03)
  • Most red cards by a team in a single season: 14, Montpellier (2013–14)

Manager

  • Most matches managed: 894, Guy Roux (890 for Auxerre (1961–2000, 2001–2005) and 4 for Lens (2007–2008))

Attendance

  • Highest overall attendance in a season: 8,676,490 (2018–19; 38-match season)[3]
  • Highest average attendance in a season: 23,154 per match (2000–01; 34-match season)
  • Highest overall attendance in a single matchday: 307,775 (2018–19 matchday 1; 30,778 average per match)
  • Highest attendance in a single match: 78,056, Lille v. Lyon at the Stade de France (7 March 2009)

Player statistics

Most appearances

See also: List of Ligue 1 players
Mickaël Landreau
Rank Player Period Club(s)[4] Games[5]
1 Mickaël Landreau 1997–2014 Nantes, Paris Saint-Germain, Lille, Bastia 618
2 Jean-Luc Ettori 1975–1994 Monaco 602
3 Dominique Dropsy 1971–1989 Valenciennes, Strasbourg, Bordeaux 596
4 Dominique Baratelli 1967–1985 Ajaccio, Nice, Paris Saint-Germain 593
5 Alain Giresse 1970–1988 Bordeaux, Marseille 586
6 Sylvain Kastendeuch 1982–2001 Metz, Saint-Étienne, Toulouse 577
7 Patrick Battiston 1973–1991 Bordeaux, Metz, Saint-Étienne, Monaco 558
8 Jacky Novi 1964–1980 Marseille, Nîmes, Paris Saint-Germain, Strasbourg 545
9 Roger Marche 1944–1962 Stade Reims, RC Paris 542
10 Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes 1969–1988 Nantes 532

Goalscorers

See also: List of Ligue 1 top scorers
Rank Player Period Club(s)[6] Goals[7][8] Games Ratio
1 Delio Onnis 1972–1986 Monaco, Reims, Tours, Toulon 299 449 0.67
2 Bernard Lacombe 1969–1987 Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux 255 497 0.51
3 Hervé Revelli 1965–1978 Saint-Étienne, Nice 216 389 0.56
4 Roger Courtois 1932–1956 Sochaux, Troyes 210 288 0.73
5 Thadée Cisowski 1947–1961 Metz, RC Paris, Valenciennes 206 286 0.72
6 Roger Piantoni 1950–1966 FC Nancy, Reims, Nice 203 394 0.52
7 Joseph Ujlaki 1947–1964 Stade Français, Sète, Nîmes, Nice, RC Paris 190 438 0.43
8 Fleury Di Nallo 1960–1975 Lyon, Red Star 187 425 0.44
9 Carlos Bianchi 1973–1980 Reims, Paris Saint-Germain, Strasbourg 179 220 0.81
Gunnar Andersson 1950–1960 Marseille, Bordeaux 179 234 0.76

Most titles won

Marco Verratti holds the joint-record of most Ligue 1 titles for a player, with nine.

Nine titles

Eight titles

Seven titles

Goalkeeping

  • Most consecutive minutes without conceding at home: Jérémie Janot for Saint-Étienne, 1,534 minutes without conceding in 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons (17 games)
  • Most consecutive minutes without conceding: Gaëtan Huard for Bordeaux, 1,176 minutes without conceding in 1992–93 season (13 games)

Goalscoring

Other records

  • Most red cards received by a player: 19, Cyril Rool
  • Youngest player to appear in a match: Kalman Gerencseri, aged 15 years, 225 days (for Lens against Monaco on 21 August 1960)[11]
  • Youngest player to score a hat-trick: Jérémy Ménez, aged 17 years, 260 days (for Sochaux against Bordeaux on 22 January 2005)
  • Fastest goal: 7.9 seconds, Michel Rio (for Caen against Cannes on 15 February 1992)[12]
  • Fastest hat-trick: 4 minutes and 30 seconds, Loïs Openda (for Lens against Clermont Foot on 12 March 2023)[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Season 2015-16: Official Statistics Guide". Ligue 1. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. ^ "AS Monaco: Record run reaps title". Ligue 1. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Record attendances in Ligue 1 Conforama". Ligue 1. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  4. ^ where player played Ligue 1 games.
  5. ^ France - All-Time Most Goals in Ligue 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Position : Forward 75 Goals 2012- Matches Played in Division/League 1
  6. ^ where player scored Ligue 1 goals
  7. ^ France - All-Time Topscorers
  8. ^ "Top guns!". Ligue 1. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Eight French championship titles, Verratti breaks the record!". Paris Saint-Germain. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Thiago Silva and Verratti in seventh heaven". Ligue 1. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Precocious! Ligue 1 Conforama's young talent history (1/2)". Ligue 1. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  12. ^ "MBAPPE AND LEWANDOWSKI BROKE RECORDS !". IFFHS. 22 August 2022.
  13. ^ le Coz, Yohann (12 March 2023). "LIGUE 1 - Loïs Openda (RC Lens) inscrit le triplé le plus rapide de l'histoire du championnat face à Clermont". Eurosport (in French).