2018–19 Ligue 1

The 2018–19 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Conforama for sponsorship reasons, was the 81st season since its establishment. The season began on 10 August 2018 and concluded on 24 May 2019. Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions.

Ligue 1

Season	2018–19
Dates	10 August 2018 – 24 May 2019
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain 8th Ligue 1 title 8th French title
Relegated	Caen Guingamp
Champions League	Paris Saint-Germain Lille Lyon
Europa League	Saint-Étienne Rennes Strasbourg
Matches played	380
Goals scored	972 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kylian Mbappé (33 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Paris Saint-Germain 9–0 Guingamp (19 January 2019)
Biggest away win	Caen 0–5 Saint-Étienne (16 March 2019)
Highest scoring	Paris Saint-Germain 9–0 Guingamp (19 January 2019)
Longest winning run	14 matches Paris Saint-Germain
Longest unbeaten run	20 matches Paris Saint-Germain
Longest winless run	12 matches Monaco
Longest losing run	6 matches Guingamp
Highest attendance	64,696[2] Marseille 0–2 Paris Saint-Germain (28 October 2018)
Lowest attendance	5,502[2] Monaco 0–1 Angers (25 September 2018)
Total attendance	8,676,490[2]
Average attendance	22,833[2]
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

On 21 April, Paris Saint-Germain won their second consecutive Ligue 1 title and eighth title overall following Lille's 0–0 draw against Toulouse.^[3]

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league, with two promoted teams from Ligue 2, Reims and Nîmes, replacing the two relegated teams from the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season, Troyes and Metz.

Stadia and locations

Amiens

Angers

Bordeaux

Caen

Dijon

Guingamp

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Monaco

Montpellier

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

PSG

Reims

Rennes

St-Étienne

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Location of teams in 2018–19 Ligue 1

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	2017–18 season
Amiens	Amiens	Stade de la Licorne	12,097	13th
Angers	Angers	Stade Raymond Kopa	17,835	14th
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Matmut Atlantique	42,115	6th
Caen	Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	20,453	16th
Dijon	Dijon	Stade Gaston Gérard	18,376	11th
Guingamp	Guingamp	Stade du Roudourou	18,378	12th
Lille	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	50,157	17th
Lyon	Décines-Charpieu	Groupama Stadium	59,186	3rd
Marseille	Marseille	Orange Vélodrome	67,394	4th
Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,523	2nd
Montpellier	Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,939	10th
Nantes	Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	37,473	9th
Nice	Nice	Allianz Riviera	35,624	8th
Nîmes	Nîmes	Stade des Costières	18,482	Ligue 2, 2nd
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Parc des Princes	48,583	1st
Reims	Reims	Stade Auguste Delaune	21,684	Ligue 2, 1st
Rennes	Rennes	Roazhon Park	29,778	5th
Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	41,965	7th
Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,230	15th
Toulouse	Toulouse	Stadium Municipal	33,150	18th

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors (front)	Shirt sponsors (back)	Shirt sponsors (sleeve)	Shorts sponsors	Socks sponsors
Amiens	Christophe Pélissier	Thomas Monconduit	Puma	Intersport, CG2I, Teddy Smith	IGOL Lubrifiants	None	Winamax	None
Angers	Stéphane Moulin	Ismaël Traoré	Kappa	Scania (H)/Le Gaulois (A), L'Atoll Angers, Brioche Pasquier, Angers	SOS Malus	None	Système U	None
Bordeaux	Paulo Sousa	Benoît Costil	Puma	Groupe Sweetcom (H)/Bistro Régent (A)/Winamax (T), Intersport	Bistro Régent (H)/Groupe Sweetcom (A & T)	Wiśniowski	Winamax	None
Caen	Fabien Mercadal	Prince Oniangué	Umbro	Isigny Sainte-Mère (H)/Intersport (A & 3), Biostime (H), Künkel, Thalazur	Maisons Caen Construction (H)/Biostime (A)	Alticap	McDonald's, Teddy Smith	None
Dijon	Antoine Kombouaré	Júlio Tavares	Lotto	Groupe Roger Martin (H)/Suez (A & T), DVF Group, Dijon (H)/Groupe Roger Martin (A)	DORAS	Leader Interim, Auteur des Williams, Coup d'Pouce	Société de Travaux du Centre Est, Dalkia	Caisse d'Épargne
Guingamp	Jocelyn Gourvennec	Christophe Kerbrat	Patrick	Servagroupe, Armor-Lux, Breizh Cola	Rapidoprêt	Union d'Experts	Cre'actuel	None
Lille	Christophe Galtier	Adama Soumaoro	New Balance	Comarch, DMAX Lille	Flunch	Boulanger	Winamax	None
Lyon	Bruno Génésio	Nabil Fekir	Adidas	Hyundai/Veolia (in UEFA matches), Groupama, MDA Electroménager (H)/Pulsat (A)	Groupe ALILA	Adéquat Intérim	None	None
Marseille	Rudi Garcia	Dimitri Payet	Puma	Orange	Boulanger	None	None	None
Monaco	Leonardo Jardim	Radamel Falcao	Nike	Fedcom	None	Triangle Intérim	Orezza	None
Montpellier	Michel Der Zakarian	Vitorino Hilton	Nike	Mutuelles du Soleil, FAUN-Environnement, Montpellier Métropole, Groupama	Sud de France	NG Promotion	Système U, Groupe Ilios	None
Nantes	Vahid Halilhodžić	Valentin Rongier	New Balance	Synergie, Manitou, Proginov	France Confort Habitat	LNA Santé	Maisons Pierre, Flamino	None
Nice	Patrick Vieira	Dante Bonfim	Macron	Fonds de Dotation OGC Nice, Ville de Nice, Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur	Mutuelles du Soleil	Services Pro Express	Winamax	None
Nîmes	Bernard Blaquart	Féthi Harek	Puma	Hectare Amenageur Lotisseur, Nîmes	Nîmes Métropole	La Région Occitanie	RMC Sport	None
Paris Saint-Germain	Thomas Tuchel	Thiago Silva	Nike/Air Jordan (in UEFA matches)	Fly Emirates	Ooredoo	QNB	None	None
Reims	David Guion	Marvin Martin	Hungaria Sport	Système U Reims Village, Transports Caillot	Euro Deal Agence d'emploi, AMP Groupe (H)	Triangle Intérim, Grand Reims (H), Reims (A & 3)	Crédit Agricole Nord-Est	None
Rennes	Julien Stephan	Benjamin André	Puma	Samsic, Del Arte, Groupe Launay, Association ELA	Blot Immobilier	rennes.fr	Convivio	None
Saint-Étienne	Jean-Louis Gasset	Loïc Perrin	Le Coq Sportif	AÉSIO, Loire	Groupe Sweetcom	MARKAL	Desjoyaux Piscines	None
Strasbourg	Thierry Laurey	Stefan Mitrović	Adidas	ÉS Énergies (H)/CroisiEurope (A)/Hager (in cup matches), Hager, Pierre Schmidt (H)/Stoeffler (A)	CroisiEurope (H)/ÉS Énergies (A)	Würth	Severin France, Eurométropole de Strasbourg	None
Toulouse	Alain Casanova	Max-Alain Gradel	Joma	Triangle Intérim, LP Promotion	Newrest	Prévoir Assurances	Mairie de Toulouse, Conseil départemental de la Haute-Garonne	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Paris Saint-Germain	Unai Emery	End of contract	19 May 2018[4]	Pre-season	Thomas Tuchel	1 June 2018[5]
Nantes	Claudio Ranieri	Mutual consent	19 May 2018[6]		Miguel Cardoso	13 June 2018
Nice	Lucien Favre		19 May 2018[7]		Patrick Vieira	11 June 2018[8]
Caen	Patrice Garande	End of contract	19 May 2018[9]		Fabien Mercadal	8 June 2018[10]
Toulouse	Mickaël Debève	Signed by Lens as assistant	14 June 2018[11]		Alain Casanova	22 June 2018[12]
Bordeaux	Gustavo Poyet	Sacked	17 August 2018	19th	Ricardo Gomes	5 September 2018
Nantes	Miguel Cardoso		1 October 2018	19th	Vahid Halilhodžić	1 October 2018
Monaco	Leonardo Jardim		11 October 2018	18th	Thierry Henry	13 October 2018[13]
Guingamp	Antoine Kombouaré		6 November 2018[14]	20th	Jocelyn Gourvennec	8 November 2018[15]
Rennes	Sabri Lamouchi		3 December 2018[16]	14th	Julien Stephan	3 December 2018[17]
Dijon	Olivier Dall'Oglio		31 December 2018[18]	18th	Antoine Kombouaré	10 January 2019[19]
Monaco	Thierry Henry		24 January 2019	19th	Leonardo Jardim	25 January 2019[20]
Bordeaux	Ricardo Gomes		26 February 2019[21]	13th	Paulo Sousa	8 March 2019[22]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	38	29	4	5	105	35	+70	91	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Lille	38	22	9	7	68	33	+35	75
3	Lyon	38	21	9	8	70	47	+23	72
4	Saint-Étienne	38	19	9	10	59	41	+18	66	Qualification to Europa League group stage
5	Marseille	38	18	7	13	60	52	+8	61
6	Montpellier	38	15	14	9	53	42	+11	59
7	Nice	38	15	11	12	30	35	−5	56
8	Reims	38	13	16	9	39	42	−3	55
9	Nîmes	38	15	8	15	57	58	−1	53
10	Rennes	38	13	13	12	55	52	+3	52	Qualification to Europa League group stage[a]
11	Strasbourg	38	11	16	11	58	48	+10	49	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[b]
12	Nantes	38	13	9	16	48	48	0	48
13	Angers	38	10	16	12	44	49	−5	46
14	Bordeaux	38	10	11	17	34	42	−8	41
15	Amiens	38	9	11	18	31	52	−21	38
16	Toulouse	38	8	14	16	35	57	−22	38
17	Monaco	38	8	12	18	38	57	−19	36
18	Dijon (O)	38	9	7	22	31	60	−29	34	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
19	Caen (R)	38	7	12	19	29	54	−25	33	Relegation to Ligue 2
20	Guingamp (R)	38	5	12	21	28	68	−40	27

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 scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in single league match; 10) Fairplay ranking.^[23]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Rennes qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2018–19 Coupe de France.
2. Strasbourg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue.

Results

Home \ Away	AMI	ANG	BOR	CAE	DIJ	GUI	LIL	OL	OM	ASM	MON	FCN	NIC	NMS	PSG	REI	REN	STE	STR	TFC
Amiens	—	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–1	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–3	4–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0
Angers	0–0	—	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–4	1–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–2	0–0
Bordeaux	1–1	0–1	—	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	3–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	2–1
Caen	1–0	0–1	0–1	—	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–2	1–2	0–5	0–0	2–1
Dijon	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–2	—	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–4	0–4	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–1
Guingamp	1–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	—	0–2	2–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2
Lille	2–1	5–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	—	2–2	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	4–0	5–0	5–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–2
Lyon	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–1	2–2	—	4–2	3–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	5–1
Marseille	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	0–3	—	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–0	3–2	4–0
Monaco	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–3	—	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–0	1–2	2–3	1–5	2–1
Montpellier	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	—	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	2–4	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1
Nantes	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	5–0	2–3	2–1	3–2	1–3	2–0	—	1–2	2–4	3–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	4–0
Nice	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–4	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	—	2–0	0–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Nîmes	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–3	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	—	2–4	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–1
Paris SG	5–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	9–0	2–1	5–0	3–1	3–1	5–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	—	4–1	4–1	4–0	2–2	1–0
Reims	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	3–1	—	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–1
Rennes	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–3	0–2	—	3–0	1–4	1–1
Saint-Étienne	0–0	4–3	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	—	2–1	2–0
Strasbourg	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–3	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	—	1–1
Toulouse	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–5	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–2	—

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 2018–19 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team, Dijon, and the winner of the semi-final of the Ligue 2 play-off, Lens, on a two-legged confrontation.

30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)

20:45 CEST

Lens	1–1	Dijon
Bellegarde 49'	Report	Kwon Chang-hoon 81'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 37,355

Referee: Amaury Delerue

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2 June 2019 (2019-06-02)

21:15 CEST

Dijon	3–1	Lens
Sliti 28', 90' Saïd 70'	Report	Duverne 39'

Stade Gaston Gérard, Dijon

Attendance: 15,367

Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Dijon won 4–2 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals[1] 1 Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain 33 2 Nicolas Pépé Lille 22 3 Edinson Cavani Paris Saint-Germain 18 4 Florian Thauvin Marseille 16 5 Moussa Dembélé Lyon 15 Radamel Falcao Monaco Neymar Paris Saint-Germain 8 Andy Delort Montpellier 14 9 Jonathan Bamba Lille 13 Wahbi Khazri Saint-Étienne

Hat-tricks Main article: List of Ligue 1 hat-tricks Player Club Against Result Date Nicolas Pépé Lille Amiens 3–2 (A) 15 September 2018 Kylian Mbappé4 Paris Saint-Germain Lyon 5–0 (H) 7 October 2018 Emiliano Sala Nantes Toulouse 4–0 (H) 20 October 2018 Edinson Cavani Paris Saint-Germain Monaco 4–0 (A) 11 November 2018 Florian Thauvin Marseille Amiens 3–1 (A) 25 November 2018 Edinson Cavani Paris Saint-Germain Guingamp 9–0 (H) 19 January 2019 Kylian Mbappé Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain Monaco 3–1 (H) 21 April 2019 Youcef Atal Nice Guingamp 3–0 (H) 28 April 2019 Note 4 Player scored 4 goals

Awards

See also: Trophées UNFP du football

Award[24]	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain
Young Player of the Season	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain
Goalkeeper of the Season	Mike Maignan	Lille
Goal of the Season	Loïc Rémy	Lille
Manager of the Season	Christophe Galtier	Lille

Team of the Year[25]
Goalkeeper	Mike Maignan (Lille)
Defenders	Kenny Lala (Strasbourg)	Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain)	Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain)	Ferland Mendy (Lyon)
Midfielders	Nicolas Pépé (Lille)	Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain)	Ángel Di María (Paris Saint-Germain)		Tanguy Ndombele (Lille)	Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain)
Forwards	Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[26]
1	Olympique de Marseille	19	50,361
2	Olympique lyonnais	19	49,079
3	Paris Saint-Germain	19	46,911
4	Lille OSC	19	34,079
5	AS Saint-Étienne	19	28,400
6	FC Nantes	19	25,238
7	RC Strasbourg	19	25,213
8	Stade rennais	19	23,675
9	Girondins de Bordeaux	19	21,183
10	OGC Nice	19	19,123
11	SM Caen	19	16,778
12	Toulouse FC	19	16,224
13	EA Guingamp	19	14,731
14	Stade de Reims	19	14,341
15	Montpellier HSC	19	13,829
16	Nîmes Olympique	19	13,827
17	Dijon FCO	19	13,041
18	Angers SCO	19	11,185
19	Amiens SC	19	11,050
20	AS Monaco	19	8,447