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

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

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors (front)	Shirt sponsors (back)	Shirt sponsors (sleeve)	Shorts sponsors
Auxerre	Jean Fernandez	Uhlsport	PlayStation	None	None	None
Bordeaux	Ricardo Gomes	Puma	Kia	Cdiscount	EUROP-LOT	Cdiscount
Le Mans	Frédéric Hantz	Kappa	Le Gaulois (H)/Fermiers de Loué (A), Groupama, NTN	NTN	Système U	Passenaud Recyclage
Lens	Francis Gillot	Nike	LG Mobile, Orange	Onzéo	None	CAFPI
Lille	Claude Puel	Airness	Partouche Casino	Partouche Casino	None	None
Lorient	Christian Gourcuff	Erreà	La Trinitaine, Cap l'Orient Agglomération	Modicom	DCNS	Bret's Chips
Lyon	Gérard Houllier	Umbro	Novotel (H)/Ticket Restaurant (A), Apicil	Ticket Restaurant (H)/Novotel (A)	Renault Trucks	Renault Trucks
Marseille	Albert Emon	Adidas	Neuf (H & A)/Internity (T)	Groupama	Internity	Quick
Monaco	Laurent Banide	Puma	Bwin.com/Fight Aids Monaco/Fedcom, HSBC	HSBC	HSBC	NGS Technology
Nancy	Pablo Correa	Baliston	Odalys Vacances/Vittel (in UEFA matches), Geodis Calberson, Vittel, Grand Nancy	Clairefontaine	Regina	TUI
Nantes	Michel Der Zakarian	Airness	Synergie Interim	Synergie Interim	Dirickx	None
Nice	Frédéric Antonetti	Puma	Rica Lewis (H)/Gorenje (A), Takara Multimédia	Gorenje (H)/Rica Lewis (A)	Pizzorno Environnement	Pizzorno Environnement
Paris Saint-Germain	Paul Le Guen	Nike	Fly Emirates	Alain Afflelou	PSG TV	None
Rennes	Pierre Dréossi	Airness	Samsic Propreté, TAT Express, rennes.fr	Fiat Utilitaires	Association ELA	Groupe ROSE
Saint-Étienne	Ivan Hašek	Adidas	Konica Minolta, Conseil général de la Loire en Rhône-Alpes	Onzéo/Groupama	Bwin.com	Fruité Entreprises
Sedan	José Pasqualetti	Hummel	Invicta Group, Caisse d'Épargne	Triangle Interim	None	Cora
Sochaux	Alain Perrin	Lotto	Esso Ultron, Franche-Comté	Loxam	Fidest France	None
Toulouse	Elie Baup	Lotto	888.com/Groupe IDEC, Monné-Decroix, ISS	888.com/Newrest	Creditec	Eaux d'Alet
Troyes	Jean-Marc Furlan	Baliston	Baguépi (H)/Groupe Nasuba (A), Samro	Groupe Nasuba (H)/Baguépi (A)	None	LCR
Valenciennes	Antoine Kombouaré	Airness	Toyota (H)/SITA (A)	SITA (H)/Toyota (A)	None	None

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