2016–17 Ligue 1

The 2016–17 Ligue 1 season was the 79th season since its establishment. Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 1 June 2016.^[4] The season began on 12 August 2016 and ended on 20 May 2017.

Ligue 1

Season	2016–17
Dates	12 August 2016 – 20 May 2017
Champions	Monaco 8th Ligue 1 title 8th French title
Relegated	Lorient Nancy Bastia
Champions League	Monaco Paris Saint-Germain Nice
Europa League	Lyon Marseille Bordeaux
Matches played	380
Goals scored	991 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Edinson Cavani (35 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Monaco 6–0 Nancy (5 November 2016)
Biggest away win	Metz 0–7 Monaco (7 October 2016)
Highest scoring	Monaco 6–2 Montpellier (21 October 2016)
Longest winning run	12 matches Monaco[2]
Longest unbeaten run	20 matches Monaco[2]
Longest winless run	13 matches Bastia[2]
Longest losing run	5 matches Angers Lorient Montpellier[2]
Highest attendance	65,252 Marseille 1–5 Paris Saint-Germain[3] (26 February 2017)
Lowest attendance	4,319 Monaco 2–1 Caen[3] (21 December 2016)
Total attendance	7,806,638[3]
Average attendance	21,099[3]
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

On 17 May 2017, Monaco secured the title after 37 matches, their first since the 1999–2000 season, the first under the Ligue 1 name and their eighth French title in total.^[5][6]

Teams

There were 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Ligue 2 replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 1 following the 2015–16 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 1 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.

Stadia and locations

Angers

Bastia

Bordeaux

Caen

Dijon

Guingamp

Lille

Lorient

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Montpellier

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Rennes

St-Étienne

Toulouse

Location of teams in 2016–17 Ligue 1

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Angers	Angers	Stade Raymond Kopa	17,835
Bastia	Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari	16,480
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Matmut Atlantique	42,115
Caen	Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	20,453
Dijon	Dijon	Stade Gaston Gérard	16,098
Guingamp	Guingamp	Stade du Roudourou	18,126
Lille	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	50,186
Lorient	Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	18,890
Lyon	Décines-Charpieu	Parc OL	59,186
Marseille	Marseille	Stade Vélodrome	67,381
Metz	Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	25,636
Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,500
Montpellier	Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,939
Nancy	Tomblaine	Stade Marcel Picot	20,087
Nantes	Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	38,285
Nice	Nice	Allianz Riviera	35,624
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Parc des Princes	48,712
Rennes	Rennes	Roazhon Park	29,376
Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	42,000
Toulouse	Toulouse	Stadium Municipal	35,470

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt sponsors (front)	Shirt sponsors (back)	Shirt sponsors (sleeve)	Shorts sponsors	Socks sponsors
Angers	Stéphane Moulin	Cheikh N'Doye	Kappa	Scania (H)/Bodet (A)/Rénoval vérandas (in league cup matches), L'Atoll Angers, Brioche Pasquier, Angers	La Boucherie	Algimouss	Système U	None
Bastia	Rui Almeida	Yannick Cahuzac	Kappa	Oscaro, Collectivité Territoriale de Corse, Corsica Ferries, Vito Corse, Athys Ltd	Pago	Qwant, Haute-Corse	Che Rebel Spirit Energy Drink, No Publik	None
Bordeaux	Jocelyn Gourvennec	Jaroslav Plašil	Puma	Mon Cartable Connecté/Hôpital des Enfants du CHU de Bordeaux/Groupe Sweetcom (H)/MonAlbumPhoto.fr (A)/PSI (in league cup matches), Sports Weather	MonAlbumPhoto.fr (H)/Groupe Sweetcom (A)	Heart Protekt	Winamax, Pitaya Thai	None
Caen	Patrice Garande	Julien Féret	Umbro	Maisons France Confort (H)/ Campagne de France (A & 3), Künkel, Petit Forestier	Groupe IDEC	Alticap	None	None
Dijon	Olivier Dall'Oglio	Cédric Varrault	Lotto	Groupe Roger Martin (H)/Suez (A), Incendie Protection Sécurité, DVF	DORAS (H)/Transalp Renouvellement (A)	Leader Interim, Auteur des Williams, Coup d'Pouce	Engie, Dalkia	Caisse d'Épargne
Guingamp	Antoine Kombouaré	Jimmy Briand	Patrick	Servagroupe (H)/Aroma Celte (A), Société ADS, Breizh Cola	Rapidoprêt	None	BRIEUC biscuiterie, caramelerie, confiturerie	None
Lille	Franck Passi (caretaker)	Rio Mavuba	New Balance	Partouche	Vacansoleil	Boulanger	No Publik	None
Lorient	Bernard Casoni	Benjamin Lecomte	Adidas	B&B Hotels (H)/Jean Floc'h (A), Jean Floc'h (H)/B&B Hotels (A), Breizh Cola	Salaün Holidays	Ria Money Transfer	Virage Conseil	None
Lyon	Bruno Génésio	Maxime Gonalons	Adidas	Hyundai/Veolia (in UEFA matches), Groupama, MDA Electroménager	ALILA Promoteur	Cegid/24Option.com	Intermarché	None
Marseille	Rudi Garcia	Bafétimbi Gomis	Adidas	Intersport (H & A)/Mutuelles du Soleil (3)	Boulanger	Mutuelles du Soleil	Winamax	None
Metz	Philippe Hinschberger	Kévin Lejeune	Nike	Tchad: Oasis du Sahel/Force Glass/Groupe Rega, Moselle, Théobald Automobiles, Inter-Conseil Intérim	Tchad: Oasis du Sahel/Force Glass	Bigben	E.Leclerc Moselle	None
Monaco	Leonardo Jardim	Radamel Falcao	Nike	Fedcom	None	Triangle Intérim	Orezza	None
Montpellier	Jean-Louis Gasset	Vitorino Hilton	Nike	Sud de France, Dyneff Gaz, Montpellier Métropole, Mutuelles du Soleil	SOS Malus	FAUN-Environnement	Système U, O'Tacos, Myprotein	None
Nancy	Pablo Correa	Youssouf Hadji	Nike	Groupe Sweetcom, Groupe dlsi, Lorraine Repro (H)/MDA Electroménager (A)	Casino JOA	Wati B	Caisse d'Épargne	None
Nantes	Sérgio Conceição	Rémy Riou	Umbro	Synergie, Manitou, Proginov	Anvolia	Flamino	Winamax, etixx	None
Nice	Lucien Favre	Dante	Macron	Mutuelles du Soleil, Ville de Nice, Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur	Pizzorno Environnement	Airton France	Winamax	None
Paris Saint-Germain	Unai Emery	Thiago Silva	Nike	Fly Emirates	Ooredoo	QNB	None	None
Rennes	Christian Gourcuff	Pedro Mendes	Puma	Samsic, Del Arte, Armor-Lux, Association ELA	Blot Immobilier	rennes.fr	Bretagne Structures	None
Saint-Étienne	Christophe Galtier	Loïc Perrin	Le Coq Sportif	EoviMcd Mutuelle, Loire	BewellConnect	MARKAL	Desjoyaux Piscines	None
Toulouse	Pascal Dupraz	Martin Braithwaite	Joma	Triangle Intérim, Natur House, LP Promotion	Newrest	Prévoir Assurances	So Toulouse	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Nantes	Michel Der Zakarian	End of contract	17 May 2016[7]	Pre-season	René Girard	17 May 2016[8]
Rennes	Rolland Courbis		17 May 2016		Christian Gourcuff	17 May 2016[9]
Nice	Claude Puel	Mutual consent	24 May 2016[10]		Lucien Favre	24 May 2016[11]
Guingamp	Jocelyn Gourvennec	Signed by Bordeaux	27 May 2016[12]		Antoine Kombouaré	30 May 2016[13]
Bordeaux	Ulrich Ramé	End of contract	27 May 2016		Jocelyn Gourvennec	27 May 2016[12]
Paris Saint-Germain	Laurent Blanc	Resigned	27 June 2016[14]		Unai Emery	28 June 2016[15]
Marseille	Franck Passi	End of interim	20 October 2016[16]	12th	Rudi Garcia	20 October 2016[16]
Lorient	Sylvain Ripoll	Resigned	23 October 2016	20th	Bernard Casoni	8 November 2016[17]
Lille	Frédéric Antonetti		22 November 2016	19th	Patrick Collot (caretaker)	22 November 2016[18]
Nantes	René Girard		1 December 2016	19th	Sérgio Conceição	8 December 2016[19]
Montpellier	Frédéric Hantz	Sacked	30 January 2017	15th	Jean-Louis Gasset	30 January 2017[20]
Lille	Patrick Collot	End of interim	14 February 2017	17th	Franck Passi (caretaker)	14 February 2017[21]
Bastia	François Ciccolini	Sacked	27 February 2017	19th	Rui Almeida	27 February 2017[22]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monaco (C)	38	30	5	3	107	31	+76	95	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	27	6	5	83	27	+56	87
3	Nice	38	22	12	4	63	36	+27	78	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Lyon	38	21	4	13	77	48	+29	67	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5	Marseille	38	17	11	10	57	41	+16	62	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
6	Bordeaux	38	15	14	9	53	43	+10	59
7	Nantes	38	14	9	15	40	54	−14	51
8	Saint-Étienne	38	12	14	12	41	42	−1	50
9	Rennes	38	12	14	12	36	42	−6	50
10	Guingamp	38	14	8	16	46	53	−7	50
11	Lille	38	13	7	18	40	47	−7	46
12	Angers	38	13	7	18	40	49	−9	46
13	Toulouse	38	10	14	14	37	41	−4	44
14	Metz	38	11	10	17	39	72	−33	43
15	Montpellier	38	10	9	19	48	66	−18	39
16	Dijon	38	8	13	17	46	58	−12	37
17	Caen	38	10	7	21	36	65	−29	37
18	Lorient (R)	38	10	6	22	44	70	−26	36	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19	Nancy (R)	38	9	8	21	29	52	−23	35	Relegation to Ligue 2
20	Bastia (D, R)	38	8	10	20	29	54	−25	34	Relegation to National 3[b]

Source: Ligue 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[25]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2016–17 Coupe de France and the 2016–17 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.
2. After being relegated to Ligue 2, Bastia was initially further relegated to National due to financial difficulties.^[23] On 10 August 2017, the FFF announced that Bastia was denied entry to National. The club therefore took the place of its reserve team in Championnat National 3.^[24]

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	BAS	BOR	CAE	DIJ	GUI	LIL	LOR	OL	OM	MET	ASM	MHS	NAL	FCN	NIC	PSG	REN	STE	TFC
Angers	—	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–3	0–0
Bastia	1–2	—	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–3[a]	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Bordeaux	0–1	2–0	—	0–0	3–2	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–4	5–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	3–2	1–0
Caen	2–3	2–0	0–4	—	3–3	1–1	0–1	3–2	3–2	1–5	3–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–6	0–1	0–2	1–0
Dijon	3–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	—	3–3	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	3–0	0–1	2–0
Guingamp	1–0	5–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	—	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1
Lille	1–2	2–1	2–3	4–2	1–0	3–0	—	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–4	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2
Lorient	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	—	1–0	1–4	5–1	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1
Lyon	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	4–2	1–3	1–2	1–4	—	3–1	5–0	1–2	5–1	4–0	3–2	3–3	1–2	1–0	2–0	4–0
Marseille	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	—	1–0	1–4	5–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–5	2–0	4–0	0–0
Metz	2–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	3–3	0–3	1–0	—	0–7	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–4	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–1
Monaco	2–1	5–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	4–0	4–0	1–3	4–0	5–0	—	6–2	6–0	4–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–1
Montpellier	1–0	2–1	4–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–2	—	0–0	2–3	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–1
Nancy	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–3	0–3	0–0	4–0	0–3	0–3	—	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–0
Nantes	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	0–6	3–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–1
Nice	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	—	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0
Paris SG	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	5–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	—	4–0	1–1	0–0
Rennes	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	—	2–0	1–0
Saint-Étienne	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–5	1–1	—	0–0
Toulouse	4–0	4–1	4–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–3	—

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.
Notes:

1. Match awarded 3–0 to Lyon due to the match being abandoned at half-time, with no score, when Bastia fans stormed the pitch and attacked the Lyon players.^[26]

Relegation play-offs

The 2016–17 season saw the return of relegation play-offs between the 18th placed Ligue 1 team, Lorient, and the 3rd placed Ligue 2 team, Troyes, on a two-legged confrontation.

Troyes	2–1	Lorient
Darbion 37' Nivet 90+1'	Report	Waris 82'

25 May 2017 (2017-05-25)

20:45 CEST

Stade de l'Aube, Troyes

Attendance: 14,081^[27]

Referee: Ruddy Buquet

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Lorient	0–0	Troyes
	Report

28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)

21:00 CEST

Stade du Moustoir, Lorient

Attendance: 16,000^[28]

Referee: Clément Turpin

Troyes won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to 2017–18 Ligue 1; Lorient were relegated to 2017–18 Ligue 2.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Edinson Cavani	Paris Saint-Germain	35
2	Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	28
3	Radamel Falcao	Monaco	21
4	Bafétimbi Gomis	Marseille	20
5	Mario Balotelli	Nice	15
	Kylian Mbappé	Monaco
	Ivan Santini	Caen
	Florian Thauvin	Marseille
9	Nicolas de Préville	Lille	14
	Steve Mounié	Montpellier

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Ligue 1 hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	Nancy	3–0 (A)	14 August 2016
Mevlüt Erdinç	Metz	Nantes	3–0 (A)	11 September 2016
Edinson Cavani4	Paris Saint-Germain	Caen	6–0 (A)	16 September 2016
Casimir Ninga	Montpellier	Dijon	3–3 (A)	1 October 2016
Alassane Pléa	Nice	Metz	4–2 (A)	24 October 2016
Radamel Falcao	Monaco	Bordeaux	4–0 (A)	10 December 2016
Ola Toivonen	Toulouse	Lorient	3–2 (H)	10 December 2016
Bafétimbi Gomis	Marseille	Montpellier	5–1 (H)	27 January 2017
Kylian Mbappé	Monaco	Metz	5–0 (H)	11 February 2017
Florian Thauvin	Marseille	Caen	5–1 (A)	30 April 2017
Nicolas de Préville	Lille	Nantes	3–0 (H)	20 May 2017

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[29]
1	Yohann Pelé	Marseille	18
2	Danijel Subašić	Monaco	17
3	Kevin Trapp	Paris Saint-Germain	15
4	Benoît Costil	Rennes	12
	Anthony Lopes	Lyon
6	Yoan Cardinale	Nice	11
	Stéphane Ruffier	Saint-Étienne
8	Alban Lafont	Toulouse	10
9	Cédric Carrasso	Bordeaux	9
	Thomas Didillon	Metz

Awards

See also: Trophées UNFP du football

Award[30]	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Edinson Cavani	Paris Saint-Germain
Young Player of the Season	Kylian Mbappé	Monaco
Goalkeeper of the Season	Danijel Subašić	Monaco
Goal of the Season	Memphis Depay	Lyon
Manager of the Season	Leonardo Jardim	Monaco

Team of the Year[30]
Goalkeeper	Danijel Subašić (Monaco)
Defenders	Djibril Sidibé (Monaco)	Kamil Glik (Monaco)	Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain)	Ferland Mendy (Lyon)
Midfielders	Jean Michaël Seri (Nice)	Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain)		Bernardo Silva (Monaco)
Forwards	Kylian Mbappé (Monaco)	Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain)		Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon)

Attendances

These are the average attendances of the teams.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Paris Saint-Germain	861,020	47,929		45,317	n/a†
2	Marseille	758,061	65,252		39,898	n/a†
3	Lyon	744,248	57,050		39,171	n/a†
4	Lille	560,257	40,485		29,487	n/a†
5	Saint-Étienne	490,263	37,029		25,803	n/a†
6	Bordeaux	460,127	41,265		24,217	n/a†
7	Nantes	439,886	32,858		23,152	n/a†
8	Nice	436,035	33,190		22,949	n/a†
9	Rennes	431,082	29,054		22,689	n/a†
10	Nancy	332,801	20,087		17,516	n/a†
11	Toulouse	324,294	29,425		17,068	n/a†
12	Caen	300,119	20,054		15,796	n/a†
13	Metz	291,508	21,009		15,343	n/a†
14	Guingamp	281,003	18,033		14,790	n/a†
15	Montpellier	234,763	22,217		12,356	n/a†
16	Angers	227,121	15,909		11,954	n/a†
17	Lorient	224,802	15,884		11,832	n/a†
18	Dijon	192,433	13,416		10,128	n/a†
19	Monaco	180,485	16,049		9,499	n/a†
20	Bastia	178,682	13,135		9,405	n/a†
	League total	0	0	0	0	n/a†

Source: worldfootball.net