2023–24 Ligue 1

The 2023–24 Ligue 1, also known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th season of the Ligue 1, France's premier football competition. The season began on 11 August 2023 and concluded on 19 May 2024. The relegation play-off was played on 30 May and 2 June 2024.^[2]

Ligue 1

Season	2023–24
Dates	11 August 2023 – 19 May 2024
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain 12th Ligue 1 title 12th French title
Relegated	Metz Lorient Clermont
Champions League	Paris Saint-Germain Monaco Brest Lille
Europa League	Nice Lyon
Conference League	Lens
Matches played	306
Goals scored	826 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kylian Mbappé (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Lorient 5–0 Clermont (19 May 2024)
Biggest away win	Clermont 1–5 Marseille (2 March 2024) Montpellier 2–6 Paris Saint-Germain (17 March 2024)
Highest scoring	Rennes 4–5 Brest (28 April 2024)
Longest winning run	Paris Saint-Germain (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Paris Saint-Germain (26 matches)
Longest winless run	Lorient Lyon Metz Toulouse (10 matches)
Longest losing run	Lorient Metz (7 matches)
Highest attendance	66,046 Marseille 0–2 Paris Saint-Germain (31 March 2024)[1]
Lowest attendance	0 Nantes 1–3 Lyon (7 April 2024)[1]
Attendance	8,233,057 (26,905 per match)[1]
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Paris Saint-Germain were the two-time defending champions, and mathematically secured a record-extending twelfth title with three matches to spare on 28 April 2024, following Monaco's 3–2 defeat against Lyon. It was also the club's tenth Ligue 1 title won in the last twelve seasons.^[3]

Ligue 1 reduced its number of teams from 20 to 18 starting with the 2023–24 season, resulting in a decrease in the number of matches per team from 38 to 34.^[4]

Teams

A total of 18 teams participated in the 2023–24 edition of the Ligue 1. In June 2021, the LFP voted overwhelmingly at its general assembly to contract Ligue 1 back to 18 clubs for the 2023–24 season, by relegating four and promoting two from Ligue 2 after 2022–23.^[4]

Changes

Le Havre and Metz (who returned to the top flight after fourteen and one year's absence, respectively) were promoted after finishing first and second in the 2022–23 Ligue 2, respectively. They replaced Auxerre, Ajaccio (both relegated after one year in the top flight), Troyes and Angers (relegated after two and eight years in the top flight, respectively), who were relegated to 2023–24 Ligue 2.

As part of the UEFA Champions League revamped format, starting from this season, four clubs in Ligue 1 qualified, instead of the previous three. The top three teams qualified directly for the league phase, and the fourth team qualified for the third qualifying round.

from 2022–23 Ligue 2	to 2023–24 Ligue 2
Le Havre Metz	Auxerre Ajaccio Troyes Angers

Stadiums and locations

Brest

Clermont

Le Havre

Lens

Lille

Lorient

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Montpellier

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Reims

Rennes

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Location of teams in 2023–24 Ligue 1

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	2022–23 season
Brest	Brest	Stade Francis-Le Blé	15,931	14th
Clermont	Clermont-Ferrand	Stade Gabriel Montpied	11,980	8th
Le Havre	Le Havre	Stade Océane	25,178	Ligue 2, 1st
Lens	Lens	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	37,705	2nd
Lille	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	Decathlon Arena Pierre Mauroy Stadium	50,186	5th
Lorient	Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	18,890	10th
Lyon	Lyon	Groupama Stadium	59,186	7th
Marseille	Marseille	Orange Vélodrome	67,394	3rd
Metz	Longeville-lès-Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	28,786	Ligue 2, 2nd
Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,523	6th
Montpellier	Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,900	12th
Nantes	Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	35,322	16th
Nice	Nice	Allianz Riviera	35,624	9th
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Parc des Princes	47,926	1st
Reims	Reims	Stade Auguste Delaune	21,684	11th
Rennes	Rennes	Roazhon Park	29,778	4th
Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,230	15th
Toulouse	Toulouse	Stadium Municipal	33,150	13th

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
Brest	Denis Le Saint	Éric Roy	Brendan Chardonnet	Adidas	Quéguiner Matériaux (H)/Yaourt Malo (A & 3)/Le Petit Basque (A & 3), SILL (H)/Breizh Cola (A & 3), GUYOT Environnement, Oceania Hotels, Fée du Bonheur	Écomiam, J.Bervas Automobiles	Eaux de Zilia	E.Leclerc, SOFT-Société d'Organisation Financière et Technique
Clermont	Ahmet Schaefer	Pascal Gastien	Florent Ogier	Uhlsport	Staffmatch, Puy-de-Dôme, Crédit Mutuel	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (H), Pingeon & Fils	Radio SCOOP	Systèmes Solaires
Le Havre	Vincent Volpe	Didier Digard	Arouna Sangante	Joma	Winamax, SIM Agences d'emploi	SOL'S	None	Geodis
Lens	Joseph Oughourlian	Franck Haise	Brice Samba	Puma	Auchan, Groupe Lempereur, Smart Good Things	Randstad, Winamax	Aushopping Noyelles/Winamax (in UEFA matches)	Pas-de-Calais, McDonald's
Lille	Olivier Létang	Paulo Fonseca	Benjamin André	New Balance	Boulanger, RIKA, Actual Group	Essalmi, Teddy Smith	Aushopping V2	Winamax, Blåkläder
Lorient	Loïc Féry	Régis Le Bris	Laurent Abergel	Umbro	Jean Floc'h, Acadomia, Breizh Cola	KarrGreen, MA Pièces Autos Bretagne	Actual Group	BMW/Mousqueton, B&B Hotels
Lyon	John Textor	Pierre Sage	Alexandre Lacazette	Adidas	Emirates	Aushopping, Groupe ALILA	MG Motor	Staffmatch
Marseille	Pablo Longoria	Jean-Louis Gasset	Valentin Rongier	Puma	CMA CGM, Parions Sport	Boulanger	D'Or et de Platine	Sublime Côte d'Ivoire
Metz	Bernard Serin	László Bölöni	Matthieu Udol	Kappa	Car Avenue (H), MOSL Mosselle Sans Limite, Malezieux, Axia Interim	Technitoit, Nacon	Eurométropole de Metz	E.Leclerc Moselle, LCR
Monaco	Dmitry Rybolovlev	Adi Hütter	Wissam Ben Yedder	Kappa	Visit Monaco/APM Monaco, Triangle Intérim	Bang & Olufsen, Royal Caribbean International	Yomoni	VBET, Teddy Smith
Montpellier	Laurent Nicollin	Michel Der Zakarian	Téji Savanier	Nike	Partouche, FAUN-Environnement, Montpellier Métropole	FAUN-Environnement	Loxam	Système U, Viwone
Nantes	Waldemar Kita	Antoine Kombouaré	Pedro Chirivella	Macron	Synergie, Groupe AFD, Proginov	Préservation du Patrimoine, Groupe Millet	LNA Santé	ZEbet, Be Green
Nice	Jean-Pierre Rivère	Francesco Farioli	Dante	Le Coq Sportif	Ineos	Ineos Grenadier	Ineos Science + Performance	VBET
Paris Saint-Germain	Nasser Al-Khelaifi	Luis Enrique	Marquinhos	Nike	Qatar Airways	None	GOAT	None
Reims	Jean-Pierre Caillot	Samba Diawara (caretaker)	Yunis Abdelhamid	Umbro	Hexaom, EVA Air, Crédit Agricole Nord Est	Transports Caillot, Ebury	Triangle Intérim, Grand Reims/Reims	Winamax, Würth Modyf
Rennes	Olivier Cloarec	Julien Stéphan	Steve Mandanda	Puma	Samsic, Del Arte, Groupe Launay, Association ELA	Winamax, Blot Immobilier	Groupe ROSE	Convivio
Strasbourg	Marc Keller	Patrick Vieira	Frederic Guilbert	Adidas	ÉS Énergies (H)/Winamax (A & 3), Hager Group, Pierre Schmidt (H)/Stoeffler (A & 3)	Winamax (H)/ÉS Énergies (A & 3), Soprema	Würth	Atheo
Toulouse	Damien Comolli	Carles Martínez Novell	Vincent Sierro	Craft	LP Promotion Group	Newrest	GLS Group	Sud de France

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Marseille	Igor Tudor	Resigned	1 June 2023[5]	Pre-season	Marcelino	23 June 2023[6]
Monaco	Philippe Clement	Sacked	4 June 2023[7]		Adi Hütter	4 July 2023[8]
Toulouse	Philippe Montanier		14 June 2023[9]		Carles Martínez Novell	14 June 2023[10]
Strasbourg	Frédéric Antonetti	Resigned	27 June 2023[11]		Patrick Vieira	30 June 2023[12]
Nice	Didier Digard	End of interim spell	1 July 2023		Francesco Farioli	1 July 2023[13]
Paris Saint-Germain	Christophe Galtier	Sacked	5 July 2023[14]		Luis Enrique	5 July 2023[15]
Lyon	Laurent Blanc		8 September 2023[16]	18th	Fabio Grosso	16 September 2023[17]
Marseille	Marcelino	Resigned	20 September 2023[18]	3rd	Gennaro Gattuso	27 September 2023[19]
Rennes	Bruno Génésio		19 November 2023	13th	Julien Stéphan	19 November 2023[20]
Nantes	Pierre Aristouy	Sacked	28 November 2023[21]	11th	Jocelyn Gourvennec	29 November 2023[22]
Lyon	Fabio Grosso		30 November 2023[23]	18th	Pierre Sage	30 November 2023[24]
Marseille	Gennaro Gattuso		19 February 2024[25]	9th	Jean-Louis Gasset	20 February 2024[26]
Nantes	Jocelyn Gourvennec		17 March 2024	16th	Antoine Kombouaré	17 March 2024[27]
Reims	Will Still	Mutual consent	2 May 2024[28]	11th	Samba Diawara (caretaker)	3 May 2024[29]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	34	22	10	2	81	33	+48	76	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Monaco	34	20	7	7	68	42	+26	67
3	Brest	34	17	10	7	53	34	+19	61
4	Lille	34	16	11	7	52	34	+18	59	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5	Nice	34	15	10	9	40	29	+11	55	Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a]
6	Lyon	34	16	5	13	49	55	−6	53
7	Lens	34	14	9	11	45	37	+8	51	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
8	Marseille	34	13	11	10	52	41	+11	50
9	Reims	34	13	8	13	42	47	−5	47
10	Rennes	34	12	10	12	53	46	+7	46
11	Toulouse	34	11	10	13	42	46	−4	43
12	Montpellier[b]	34	10	12	12	43	48	−5	41
13	Strasbourg	34	10	9	15	38	50	−12	39
14	Nantes	34	9	6	19	30	55	−25	33
15	Le Havre	34	7	11	16	34	45	−11	32
16	Metz (R)	34	8	5	21	35	58	−23	29[c]	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17	Lorient (R)	34	7	8	19	43	66	−23	29[c]	Relegation to Ligue 2
18	Clermont (R)	34	5	10	19	26	60	−34	25

Source: Ligue 1
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) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[31]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the 2023–24 Coupe de France winners, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for the Champions League via league position, the Europa League berth awarded to the cup winners was passed to the sixth-placed team and the Conference League berth was passed to the seventh-placed team.
2. Montpellier was deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of its match against Clermont.^[30]
3. Metz finished ahead of Lorient on head-to-head away goals scored: Lorient 2–3 Metz, Metz 1–2 Lorient.

Results

Home \ Away	BRE	CLE	HAC	LEN	LIL	LOR	OL	OM	MET	ASM	MON	FCN	NIC	PSG	REI	REN	STR	TFC
Brest	—	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	4–3	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1
Clermont	1–1	—	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–5	0–1	2–4	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	4–1	1–3	1–1	0–3
Le Havre	1–2	2–1	—	0–0	0–2	3–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–0
Lens	1–0	1–0	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–2	4–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1
Lille	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	—	3–0	3–4	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1
Lorient	0–1	5–0	3–3	0–0	4–1	—	0–2	2–4	2–3	2–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–4	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–2
Lyon	4–3	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–2	3–3	—	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–4	1–0	1–0	1–4	1–1	2–3	2–1	3–0
Marseille	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	—	1–1	2–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0
Metz	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	—	2–5	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	0–1	0–1
Monaco	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	3–2	2–1	—	2–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	3–0	1–2
Montpellier	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	—	1–1	0–0	2–6	1–3	0–0	2–2	3–0
Nantes	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	5–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	2–0	—	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–3	1–3	1–2
Nice	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–2	1–2	—	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0
Paris SG	2–2	1–1	3–3	3–1	3–1	0–0	4–1	4–0	3–1	5–2	3–0	2–1	2–3	—	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–3
Reims	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–3	—	2–1	2–1	2–3
Rennes	4–5	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	2–0	5–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	—	1–1	1–2
Strasbourg	0–3	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–0	—	2–0
Toulouse	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	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 2023–24 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 16th-placed Ligue 1 team, Metz, and the winner of the semi-final of the Ligue 2 play-off, Saint-Étienne, on a two-legged confrontation.

1st leg

30 May 2024

20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Saint-Étienne	2–1	Metz
Sissoko 19' Cardona 80'	Report	Traoré 45'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 35,356

Referee: Benoît Millot

2nd leg

2 June 2024

17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Metz	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Saint-Étienne
Camara 17' Mikautadze 25' (pen.)	Report	Pétrot 35' Wadji 116'

Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz

Attendance: 28,500

Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Saint-Étienne won 4–3 on aggregate and were promoted to Ligue 1, while Metz were relegated to Ligue 2.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[32]
1	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	27
2	Jonathan David	Lille	19
	Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon
4	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Marseille	17
5	Wissam Ben Yedder	Monaco	16
6	Thijs Dallinga	Toulouse	14
7	Georges Mikautadze	Metz	13
8	Terem Moffi	Nice	11
	Gonçalo Ramos	Paris Saint-Germain
10	Arnaud Kalimuendo	Rennes	10

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Ligue 1 hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	Reims	3–0 (A)	11 November 2023
Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	Toulouse	3–0 (H)	10 December 2023
Kamory Doumbia4	Brest	Lorient	4–0 (H)	20 December 2023
Jonathan David	Lille	Le Havre	3–0 (H)	17 February 2024
Mahdi Camara	Brest	Strasbourg	3–0 (A)	24 February 2024
Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier	6–2 (A)	17 March 2024

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[33]
1	Marcin Bułka	Nice	17
2	Lucas Chevalier	Lille	15
3	Brice Samba	Lens	14
4	Marco Bizot	Brest	13
5	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Paris Saint-Germain	10
	Benjamin Lecomte	Montpellier
7	Anthony Lopes	Lyon	9
8	Yehvann Diouf	Reims	8
9	Arthur Desmas	Le Havre	7
	Alban Lafont	Nantes
	Pau López	Marseille
	Radosław Majecki	Monaco
	Steve Mandanda	Rennes

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11^[34]
  • Facundo Medina (Lens)
  • Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest)
  • Denis Zakaria (Monaco)
• Most red cards: 2^[35]
  • Maximiliano Caufriez (Clermont)
  • Samuel Grandsir (Le Havre)
  • Rassoul Ndiaye (Le Havre)
  • Elbasan Rashani (Clermont)
  • Denis Zakaria (Monaco)

Team

• Most yellow cards: 80^[36]
  • Brest
• Most red cards: 8^[37]
  • Monaco
• Fewest yellow cards: 49^[36]
  • Paris Saint-Germain
• Fewest red cards: 1^[37]
  • Lorient
  • Toulouse

Awards

Monthly

Month	Player of the Month		Ref.
	Player	Club
August	Takumi Minamino	Monaco	[38]
September	Marcin Bułka	Nice	[39]
October	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	[40]
November			[41]
December	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Marseille	[42]
January	Martin Terrier	Rennes	[43]
February	Pierre Lees-Melou	Brest	[44]
March	Edon Zhegrova	Lille	[45]
April	Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	[46]

Annual

See also: Trophées UNFP du football

Award	Winner	Club	Ref.
Player of the Season	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	[47]
Young Player of the Season	Warren Zaïre-Emery
Goalkeeper of the Season	Gianluigi Donnarumma
Goal of the Season	Kamory Doumbia	Brest
Manager of the Season	Éric Roy

Team of the Year[47]
Goalkeeper	Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain)
Defenders	Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)	Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain)	Dante (Nice)	Bradley Locko (Brest)
Midfielders	Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain)	Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest)		Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain)
Forwards	Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain)	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille)		Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)

Attendances

Olympique de Marseille drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Ligue 1.

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[48]
1	Olympique de Marseille	17	60,799
2	Paris Saint-Germain	17	47,316
3	Olympique Lyonnais	17	43,642
4	Lille OSC	17	39,943
5	RC Lens	17	37,707
6	Stade Rennais	17	27,663
7	FC Nantes	17	27,555
8	Toulouse FC	17	25,802
9	RC Strasbourg	17	25,359
10	OGC Nice	17	24,952
11	FC Metz	17	23,838
12	Havre AC	17	21,879
13	FC Lorient	17	15,676
14	Stade de Reims	17	15,669
15	Stade Brestois 29	17	15,391
16	Montpellier HSC	17	13,901
17	Clermont Foot	17	9,772
18	AS Monaco	17	7,436