2017–18 Ligue 1

Ligue 1
Season2017–18
Dates4 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
ChampionsParis Saint-Germain
7th Ligue 1 title
7th French title
RelegatedTroyes
Metz
Champions LeagueParis Saint-Germain
Monaco
Lyon
Europa LeagueMarseille
Rennes
Bordeaux
Matches played380
Goals scored1,033 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorerEdinson Cavani
(28 goals)[1]
Biggest home winParis Saint-Germain 8–0 Dijon
(17 January 2018)
Biggest away winTroyes 0–5 Lyon
(22 October 2017)
Angers 0–5 Paris Saint-Germain
(4 November 2017)
Saint-Étienne 0–5 Lyon
(5 November 2017)
Nice 0–5 Lyon
(26 November 2017)
Metz 0–5 Lyon
(8 April 2018)
Highest scoringMarseille 6–3 Metz
(2 February 2018)
Longest winning run9 matches[2]
Paris Saint-Germain
Longest unbeaten run17 matches[2]
Monaco
Longest winless run11 matches[2]
Lille
Metz
Strasbourg
Longest losing run6 matches[2]
Metz
Highest attendance60,410[3]
Marseille 2–2 Paris Saint-Germain
(22 October 2017)
Lowest attendance6,333[3]
Monaco 3–1 Metz
(21 January 2018)
Total attendance8,559,659[4]
Average attendance22,585[4]

The 2017–18 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Conforama for sponsorship reasons, was the 80th season since its establishment. The season started on 4 August 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018.[5] Monaco were the defending champions.

On 15 April, Paris Saint-Germain won their seventh Ligue 1 title with five games to spare following a 7–1 victory over Monaco.[6]

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league, with three promoted teams from Ligue 2: Strasbourg (Ligue 2 champions, after a nine-year absence), Amiens (Ligue 2 runner-up, their first ever Ligue 1) and Troyes (winner of the relegation play-off against Lorient, with immediate return), replacing the three relegated teams from the 2016–17 Ligue 1 season: Bastia (finished 20th, after five years), Nancy (finished 19th, with immediate return) and Lorient (lost the relegation play-off against Troyes, after 11 years). This season was also the first since the 2010-11 season to not feature a team from the island of Corsica.

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in 2017–18 Ligue 1
Club Location Venue Capacity
Amiens Amiens Stade de la Licorne 12,097
Angers Angers Stade Raymond Kopa 17,835
Bordeaux Bordeaux Matmut Atlantique 42,115
Caen Caen Stade Michel d'Ornano 20,453
Dijon Dijon Stade Gaston Gérard 18,376
Guingamp Guingamp Stade du Roudourou 18,378
Lille Villeneuve-d'Ascq Stade Pierre-Mauroy 50,157
Lyon Décines-Charpieu Groupama Stadium 59,186
Marseille Marseille Orange Vélodrome 67,394
Metz Metz Stade Saint-Symphorien 25,636
Monaco Monaco Monaco Stade Louis II 18,523
Montpellier Montpellier Stade de la Mosson 32,939
Nantes Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 37,473
Nice Nice Allianz Riviera 35,624
Paris Saint-Germain Paris Parc des Princes 48,583
Rennes Rennes Roazhon Park 29,778
Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 41,965
Strasbourg Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau 29,230
Toulouse Toulouse Stadium Municipal 33,150
Troyes Troyes Stade de l'Aube 20,420

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsors (front) Shirt sponsors (back) Shirt sponsors (sleeve) Shorts sponsors Socks sponsors
Amiens France Christophe Pélissier France Thomas Monconduit Adidas Intersport, No Publik, CG2I IGOL Lubrifiants Teddy Smith Amiens Métropole None
Angers France Stéphane Moulin Ivory Coast Ismaël Traoré Kappa Scania (H)/Le Gaulois (A), L'Atoll Angers, Brioche Pasquier, Système U, Angers La Boucherie Algimouss Winamax None
Bordeaux Uruguay Gus Poyet Czech Republic Jaroslav Plašil Puma Groupe Sweetcom (H)/Bistro Régent (A)/Winamax (3), Avenue de la Glisse/Intersport Bistro Régent (H)/Groupe Sweetcom (A) Wiśniowski Winamax, Pitaya Thai None
Caen France Patrice Garande France Julien Féret Umbro Campagne de France (H)/Maisons France Confort (A & 3), Künkel, Groupe IDEC SOS Malus Alticap Petit Forestier None
Dijon France Olivier Dall'Oglio France Cédric Varrault Lotto Groupe Roger Martin (H)/Suez (A & 3), Incendie Protection Sécurité, DVF Group, Dijon Métropole (H)/Groupe Roger Martin (A) DORAS Leader Interim, Auteur des Williams, Coup d'Pouce Engie, Dalkia Caisse d'Épargne
Guingamp New Caledonia Antoine Kombouaré France Jimmy Briand Patrick Servagroupe, Société ADS, Breizh Cola Rapidoprêt Union d'Experts Cre'actuel None
Lille France Christophe Galtier Cameroon Ibrahim Amadou New Balance Partouche None Boulanger No Publik None
Lyon France Bruno Génésio France Nabil Fekir Adidas Hyundai/Hyundai Kona/Veolia (in UEFA matches), Groupama, MDA Electroménager ALILA Promoteur ALILA Promoteur/Sport dans la Ville Intermarché None
Marseille France Rudi Garcia France Dimitri Payet Adidas Orange Boulanger Mutuelles du Soleil Winamax None
Metz France Frédéric Hantz Serbia Milan Biševac Nike Car Avenue, Moselle, Société Parisienne pour l'Industrie Électrique, Inter-Conseil Intérim Bigben Interactive None E.Leclerc Moselle None
Monaco Portugal Leonardo Jardim Colombia Radamel Falcao Nike Fedcom None Triangle Intérim Orezza None
Montpellier Armenia Michel Der Zakarian Brazil Vitorino Hilton Nike Sud de France, Dyneff Gaz, Montpellier Métropole, Mutuelles du Soleil IDEC Sport FAUN-Environnement Système U, Groupe Ilios None
Nantes Italy Claudio Ranieri France Léo Dubois Umbro Synergie, Manitou, Proginov Anvolia LNA Santé Winamax, Flamino None
Nice Switzerland Lucien Favre Brazil Dante Macron Mutuelles du Soleil/7天酒店 (in UEFA matches), Ville de Nice, Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur Ubaldi.com 7天酒店 Winamax None
Paris Saint-Germain Spain Unai Emery Brazil Thiago Silva Nike Fly Emirates Ooredoo QNB None None
Rennes France Sabri Lamouchi France Romain Danzé Puma Samsic, Del Arte, Armor-Lux, Association ELA Blot Immobilier rennes.fr Convivio None
Saint-Étienne France Jean-Louis Gasset France Loïc Perrin Le Coq Sportif EoviMcd Mutuelle, Loire, NetBet Groupe Sweetcom MARKAL Desjoyaux Piscines None
Strasbourg France Thierry Laurey France Ernest Seka Hummel ÉS Énergies (H)/CroisiEurope (A & 3), Hager, Pierre Schmidt (H)/Stoeffler (A) CroisiEurope (H)/ÉS Énergies (A) Würth Severin France, Eurométropole de Strasbourg None
Toulouse France Mickaël Debève France Christopher Jullien Joma Triangle Intérim, LP Promotion Newrest Prévoir Assurances Mairie de Toulouse, Conseil départemental de la Haute-Garonne None
Troyes France Jean-Louis Garcia France Benjamin Nivet Kappa Babeau Seguin, norelem, Les Mousquetaires, Festilight Premium Automobiles Troyes None Troyes, Piscines Dugain PiLeJe

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Saint-Étienne France Christophe Galtier Resigned 20 May 2017[7] Pre-season Spain Óscar García 15 June 2017[8]
Lille France Franck Passi End of interim 20 May 2017[9] Argentina Marcelo Bielsa 30 June 2017[9]
Montpellier France Jean-Louis Gasset End of contract 20 May 2017[10] Armenia Michel Der Zakarian 23 May 2017[11]
Nantes Portugal Sérgio Conceição Resigned to join Porto 6 June 2017[12] Italy Claudio Ranieri 13 June 2017[13]
Metz France Philippe Hinschberger Sacked 22 October 2017[14] 20th France Frédéric Hantz 29 October 2017[15]
Rennes France Christian Gourcuff 8 November 2017[16] 10th France Sabri Lamouchi 8 November 2017[17]
Saint-Étienne Spain Óscar García Resigned 15 November 2017[18] 6th France Julien Sablé 15 November 2017
Lille Argentina Marcelo Bielsa Sacked 15 December 2017[19] 18th France Christophe Galtier 29 December 2017[20]
Saint-Étienne France Julien Sablé 20 December 2017[21] 16th France Jean-Louis Gasset 20 December 2017
Bordeaux France Jocelyn Gourvennec 18 January 2018[22] 13th Uruguay Gus Poyet 20 January 2018[23]
Toulouse France Pascal Dupraz 22 January 2018[24] 19th France Mickaël Debève 22 January 2018

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain (C) 38 29 6 3 108 29 +79 93 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Monaco 38 24 8 6 85 45 +40 80
3 Lyon 38 23 9 6 87 43 +44 78
4 Marseille 38 22 11 5 80 47 +33 77 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 Rennes 38 16 10 12 50 44 +6 58
6 Bordeaux 38 16 7 15 53 48 +5 55 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Saint-Étienne 38 15 10 13 47 50 −3 55
8 Nice 38 15 9 14 53 52 +1 54
9 Nantes 38 14 10 14 36 41 −5 52
10 Montpellier 38 11 18 9 36 33 +3 51
11 Dijon 38 13 9 16 55 73 −18 48
12 Guingamp 38 12 11 15 48 59 −11 47
13 Amiens 38 12 9 17 37 42 −5 45
14 Angers 38 9 14 15 42 52 −10 41
15 Strasbourg 38 9 11 18 44 67 −23 38
16 Caen 38 10 8 20 27 52 −25 38
17 Lille 38 10 8 20 41 67 −26 38
18 Toulouse (O) 38 9 10 19 38 54 −16 37 Qualification for the relegation play-off final
19 Troyes (R) 38 9 6 23 32 59 −27 33 Relegation to Ligue 2
20 Metz (R) 38 6 8 24 34 76 −42 26
Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in one league match; 10) Fair-play points[25]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away AMI ANG BOR SMC DIJ GUI LIL OL OM MET ASM MHS FCN NIC PSG REN STE STR TFC TRO
Amiens — 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–1
Angers 1–0 — 2–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–5 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–1
Bordeaux 3–2 0–0 — 0–2 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 0–3 4–2 2–1
Caen 1–0 0–2 1–0 — 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0
Dijon 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 — 3–1 3–0 2–5 1–3 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–1
Guingamp 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 — 1–0 0–2 3–3 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–3 2–5 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0
Lille 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 — 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2
Lyon 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–2 — 2–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0
Marseille 2–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 3–0 1–0 5–1 2–3 — 6–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1
Metz 0–2 1–2 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–3 0–5 0–3 — 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–5 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–1
Monaco 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 6–0 2–1 3–2 6–1 3–1 — 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 3–2
Montpellier 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 — 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Nantes 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 — 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–0
Nice 1–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–5 2–4 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2
Paris SG 2–0 2–1 6–2 3–1 8–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 5–0 7–1 4–0 4–1 3–0 — 0–2 3–0 5–2 6–2 2–0
Rennes 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–4 — 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0
Saint-Étienne 3–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 2–0 5–0 0–5 2–2 3–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 — 2–2 2–0 2–1
Strasbourg 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 3–2 0–2 3–0 3–2 3–3 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 — 2–1 2–1
Toulouse 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 — 1–0
Troyes 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–5 2–3 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 —
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs

The 2017–18 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team, Toulouse, and the winner of the semifinal of the Ligue 2 play-off, Ajaccio, on a two-legged confrontation.

The first match, which was supposed to be held in Ajaccio, took place behind closed doors in Montpellier.[26]

Ajaccio0–3Toulouse
Report
Attendance: 0[27]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
Toulouse1–0Ajaccio
 Report
Attendance: 16,519

Toulouse won 4–0 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Season statistics

Awards

See also: Trophées UNFP du football
Award[29] Winner Club
Player of the Season Brazil Neymar Paris Saint-Germain
Young Player of the Season France Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain
Goalkeeper of the Season France Steve Mandanda Marseille
Goal of the Season Brazil Malcom Bordeaux
Manager of the Season Spain Unai Emery Paris Saint-Germain
Team of the Year[30]
Goalkeeper France Steve Mandanda (Marseille)
Defenders Brazil Dani Alves (Paris Saint-Germain) BrazilMarquinhos

(Paris Saint-Germain)

Brazil Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) France Ferland Mendy (Lyon)
Midfielders Italy Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain) Brazil Luiz Gustavo (Marseille) France Nabil Fekir (Lyon)
Forwards France Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) Uruguay Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) Brazil Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain)

Attendances

# Football club Home games Average attendance[31]
1 Paris Saint-Germain 19 46,929
2 Olympique de Marseille 19 46,040
3 Olympique lyonnais 19 46,005
4 Lille OSC 19 31,453
5 AS Saint-Étienne 19 28,142
6 Girondins de Bordeaux 19 26,470
7 FC Nantes 19 24,559
8 RC Strasbourg 19 24,083
9 Stade rennais 19 23,111
10 OGC Nice 19 22,876
11 SM Caen 19 17,188
12 Toulouse FC 19 16,924
13 FC Metz 19 14,839
14 EA Guingamp 19 14,506
15 Montpellier HSC 19 13,458
16 Dijon FCO 19 12,228
17 ESTAC 19 12,196
18 Angers SCO 19 11,062
19 Amiens SC 19 9,644
20 AS Monaco 19 9,243

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