2024–25 Ligue 1

The 2024–25 Ligue 1, also known as Ligue 1 McDonald’s for sponsorship reasons, was the 87th season of the Ligue 1, France's premier football competition.^[2] It began on 16 August 2024 and concluded on 17 May 2025. The relegation play-off was played on 21 and 29 May 2025.^[3][4]

Ligue 1

Season	2024–25
Dates	16 August 2024 – 17 May 2025
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain 13th Ligue 1 title 13th French title
Relegated	Reims Saint-Étienne Montpellier
Champions League	Paris Saint-Germain Marseille Monaco Nice
Europa League	Lille Lyon
Conference League	Strasbourg
Matches played	306
Goals scored	911 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ousmane Dembélé Mason Greenwood (21 goals each)
Biggest home win	Nice 8–0 Saint-Étienne (20 September 2024)
Biggest away win	Montpellier 0–5 Marseille (20 October 2024) Saint-Étienne 1–6 Paris Saint-Germain (29 March 2025)
Highest scoring	Nice 8–0 Saint-Étienne (20 September 2024) Monaco 7–1 Nantes (15 February 2025)
Longest winning run	Paris Saint-Germain (10 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Paris Saint-Germain (30 matches)
Longest winless run	Montpellier Reims (15 matches)
Longest losing run	Montpellier (11 matches)
Highest attendance	66,312 Marseille 5–1 Montpellier (19 April 2025)[1]
Lowest attendance	5,336 Monaco 4–2 Auxerre (1 February 2025)[1]
Attendance	8,519,028 (27,840 per match)[1]
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

Paris Saint-Germain were the three-time defending champions,^[5] and mathematically secured a record-extending thirteenth title with six matches to spare on 5 April 2025, following a 1–0 win against Angers.^[6]

Teams

A total of eighteen teams participated in the 2024–25 edition of the Ligue 1. Auxerre and Angers (who both returned to the top flight after one year's absence) were promoted after finishing first and second in the 2023–24 Ligue 2, respectively, and Saint-Étienne (who returned to the top flight after two year's absence) was promoted after winning a play-off against Metz. They replaced Metz, Lorient and Clermont (relegated after one, four and three years in the top flight, respectively), who were relegated to 2024–25 Ligue 2.

Changes

from 2023–24 Ligue 2	to 2024–25 Ligue 2
Auxerre Angers Saint-Étienne (Play-off)	Metz (Play-off) Lorient Clermont

Stadiums and locations

Angers

Auxerre

Brest

Le Havre

Lens

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Monaco

Montpellier

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Reims

Rennes

Saint-Étienne

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Location of teams in 2024–25 Ligue 1

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	2023–24 season
Angers	Angers	Stade Raymond Kopa	18,752	Ligue 2, 2nd
Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade Abbé Deschamps	21,379	Ligue 2, 1st
Brest	Brest	Stade Francis-Le Blé	15,931	3rd
Le Havre	Le Havre	Stade Océane	25,178	15th
Lens	Lens	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	37,705	7th
Lille	Lille	Decathlon Arena Pierre Mauroy Stadium	50,186	4th
Lyon	Lyon	Groupama Stadium	59,186	6th
Marseille	Marseille	Orange Vélodrome	67,394	8th
Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,523	2nd
Montpellier	Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,900	12th
Nantes	Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	35,322	14th
Nice	Nice	Allianz Riviera	35,624	5th
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Parc des Princes	47,926	1st
Reims	Reims	Stade Auguste Delaune	21,684	9th
Rennes	Rennes	Roazhon Park	29,778	10th
Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,230	13th
Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy Guichard	41,965	Ligue 2, 3rd
Toulouse	Toulouse	Stadium de Toulouse	33,150	11th

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Manager	Captain	Kit maker	Sponsors
					Main	Other(s)0
Angers	Romain Chabane	Alexandre Dujeux	Pierrick Capelle	Nike	École Noir&Blanc	List Front: Maison de l'Atoll, Angers Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: Système U Socks: None
Auxerre	Baptiste Malherbe	Christophe Pélissier	Jubal	Macron	Acadomia	List Front: X1, SPPE, Servistores Back: LCR, X1 Sleeves: Groupama Shorts: Auxerre, Advise, Actis Location Socks: None
Brest	Denis Le Saint	Eric Roy	Brendan Chardonnet	Adidas	Quéguiner Matériaux (H)/Yaourt Malo (H in UEFA matches, A & 3)	List Front: SILL (H)/Breizh Cola (A & 3), GUYOT Environnement, Oceania Hotels, Fée du Bonheur Back: Oriance, J.Bervas Automobiles Sleeves: Quéguiner Matériaux (in UEFA matches) Shorts: E.Leclerc, Groupe SOFT Socks: BSP Sécurité
Le Havre	Vincent Volpe	Didier Digard	Arouna Sangante	Joma	Winamax	List Front: SIM Agences d'emploi Back: SOL'S Sleeves: None Shorts: Geodis, Kia Groupe Saint-Clair Socks: BSP Sécurité
Lens	Joseph Oughourlian	Will Still	Florian Sotoca	Puma	Auchan	List Front: Groupe Lempereur, Nexans Back: Randstad, Winamax Sleeves: Aushopping Noyelles/Winamax (in UEFA matches) Shorts: Boulanger, McDonald's Socks: None
Lille	Olivier Létang	Bruno Génésio	Benjamin André	New Balance	Boulanger	List Front: RIKA, Actual Group Back: Essalmi, Teddy Smith Sleeves: Aushopping V2 Shorts: Winamax, Blåkläder Socks: None
Lyon	John Textor	Paulo Fonseca / Jorge Maciel (caretaker)	Alexandre Lacazette	Adidas	Emirates	List Front: None Back: Aushopping Sleeves: MG Motor Shorts: Staffmatch Socks: None
Marseille	Pablo Longoria	Roberto De Zerbi	Leonardo Balerdi	Puma	CMA CGM	List Front: Parions Sport Back: Boulanger Sleeves: D'Or et de Platine Shorts: Sublime Côte d'Ivoire Socks: None
Monaco	Dmitry Rybolovlev	Adi Hütter	Denis Zakaria	Kappa	APM Monaco/Renault 5 E-Tech (in UEFA matches)	List Front: Triangle Intérim, Renault 5 E-Tech Back: Bang & Olufsen, Teddy Smith Sleeves: Bang & Olufsen (in UEFA matches) Shorts: VBET, Fom Industrie Socks: None
Montpellier	Laurent Nicollin	Zoumana Camara	Benjamin Lecomte	Nike	Swile	List Front: FAUN-Environnement, Montpellier Métropole, Big M Burger Back: FAUN-Environnement, Kaporal Jeans Sleeves: Loxam Shorts: Viwone Socks: None
Nantes	Waldemar Kita	Antoine Kombouaré	Pedro Chirivella	Macron	Synergie	List Front: Les Gars Des Eaux Back: Préservation du Patrimoine, Groupe Millet Sleeves: LNA Santé Shorts: Be Green Socks: None
Nice	Jean-Pierre Rivère	Franck Haise	Dante	Le Coq Sportif	Ineos	List Front: Les Gars Des Eaux Back: Ineos Grenadier Sleeves: JD Sports Shorts: VBET Socks: None
Paris Saint-Germain	Nasser Al-Khelaifi	Luis Enrique	Marquinhos	Nike	Qatar Airways	List Front: None Back: Snipes Sleeves: None Shorts: None Socks: None
Reims	Jean-Pierre Caillot	Samba Diawara	Teddy Teuma	Puma	Yasuda Group	List Front: EVA Air, Crédit Agricole Nord Est Back: Transports Caillot, Winamax Sleeves: Triangle Intérim, Grand Reims (H)/Reims (A) Shorts: Würth Modyf Socks: None
Rennes	Olivier Cloarec	Habib Beye	Steve Mandanda		Samsic	List Front: Groupe Launay, Association ELA Back: Winamax, Blot Immobilier Sleeves: Groupe ROSE Shorts: BWT Socks: None
Saint-Étienne	Ivan Gazidis	Eirik Horneland	Anthony Briançon	Hummel	Kelyps Intérim	List Front: Loire, BYmyCAR, Terroir Halles Back: Siléane Sleeves: None Shorts: Kapriol, Desjoyaux Socks: None
Strasbourg	Marc Keller	Liam Rosenior	Habib Diarra	Adidas	Électricité de Strasbourg (H)/Winamax (A & 3)	List Front: Hager Group, Pierre Schmidt (H)/Stoeffler (A & 3) Back: Winamax (H)/Électricité de Strasbourg (A & 3), Soprema Sleeves: Würth Shorts: Atheo Ingenierie Socks: None
Toulouse	Damien Comolli	Carles Martínez Novell	Vincent Sierro	Nike	LP Promotion Group	List Front: None Back: Newrest Sleeves: None Shorts: Sud de France Socks: None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Reims	Samba Diawara	End of caretaker spell	19 May 2024[7]	Pre-season	Luka Elsner	25 June 2024[8]
Marseille	Jean-Louis Gasset	Retired	20 May 2024[9]		Roberto De Zerbi	1 July 2024[10]
Nice	Francesco Farioli	Signed by Ajax	23 May 2024[11]		Franck Haise	1 July 2024[12]
Lille	Paulo Fonseca	Mutual consent	5 June 2024[13]		Bruno Génésio	1 July 2024[14]
Lens	Franck Haise	Signed by Nice	6 June 2024[15]		Will Still	10 June 2024[16]
Le Havre	Luka Elsner	Signed by Reims	25 June 2024[8]		Didier Digard	1 July 2024[17]
Strasbourg	Patrick Vieira	Mutual consent	18 July 2024[18]		Liam Rosenior	25 July 2024[19]
Montpellier	Michel Der Zakarian	Sacked	20 October 2024[20]	18th	Jean-Louis Gasset	22 October 2024[21]
Rennes	Julien Stéphan		7 November 2024[22]	13th	Jorge Sampaoli	11 November 2024[23]
Saint-Étienne	Olivier Dall'Oglio		14 December 2024[24]	16th	Eirik Horneland	20 December 2024[25]
Lyon	Pierre Sage		27 January 2025[26]	6th	Paulo Fonseca	31 January 2025[27]
Rennes	Jorge Sampaoli		30 January 2025[28]	16th	Habib Beye	30 January 2025[29]
Reims	Luka Elsner		3 February 2025[30]	13th	Samba Diawara	3 February 2025
Lyon	Paulo Fonseca	Suspended[31]	5 March 2025[32]	6th	Jorge Maciel (caretaker)	6 March 2025
Montpellier	Jean-Louis Gasset	Sacked	7 April 2025[33]	18th	Zoumana Camara	8 April 2025[34]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	34	26	6	2	92	35	+57	84	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Marseille	34	20	5	9	74	47	+27	65
3	Monaco	34	18	7	9	63	41	+22	61
4	Nice	34	17	9	8	66	41	+25	60	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5	Lille	34	17	9	8	52	36	+16	60	Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a]
6	Lyon	34	17	6	11	65	46	+19	57
7	Strasbourg	34	16	9	9	56	44	+12	57	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round[a]
8	Lens	34	15	7	12	42	39	+3	52
9	Brest	34	15	5	14	52	59	−7	50
10	Toulouse	34	11	9	14	44	43	+1	42
11	Auxerre	34	11	9	14	48	51	−3	42
12	Rennes	34	13	2	19	51	50	+1	41
13	Nantes	34	8	12	14	39	52	−13	36
14	Angers	34	10	6	18	32	53	−21	36
15	Le Havre	34	10	4	20	40	71	−31	34
16	Reims (R)	34	8	9	17	33	47	−14	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Saint-Étienne (R)	34	8	6	20	39	77	−38	30	Relegation to Ligue 2
18	Montpellier (R)	34	4	4	26	23	79	−56	16

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).^[35]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the 2024–25 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.

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	AUX	BRE	HAC	LEN	LIL	OL	OM	ASM	MON	FCN	NIC	PSG	REI	REN	STE	STR	TFC
Angers	—	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	2–4	1–3	0–3	4–2	2–1	0–4
Auxerre	1–0	—	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–3	3–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	2–2
Brest	2–0	2–2	—	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–5	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	2–5	0–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0
Le Havre	0–1	3–1	0–1	—	1–2	0–3	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–3	1–4	0–3	1–5	1–1	0–3	1–4
Lens	1–0	0–4	2–0	3–4	—	0–2	0–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1
Lille	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	4–1	3–3	2–1
Lyon	2–0	2–2	2–1	4–2	1–2	2–1	—	2–3	0–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–3	4–0	4–1	1–0	4–3	0–0
Marseille	1–1	1–3	4–1	5–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	—	2–1	5–1	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–2	4–2	5–1	1–1	3–2
Monaco	0–1	4–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	—	2–1	7–1	2–1	2–4	3–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–0
Montpellier	1–3	3–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–5	2–1	—	1–3	2–2	1–4	0–0	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–3
Nantes	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0
Nice	2–1	1–1	6–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	—	1–1	1–0	3–2	8–0	2–1	1–1
Paris SG	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	3–1	4–1	6–0	1–1	1–3	—	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	3–0
Reims	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	4–2	1–2	2–4	1–1	—	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–0
Rennes	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–4	1–0	—	5–0	1–0	0–2
Saint-Étienne	3–3	3–1	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–6	3–1	0–2	—	2–0	2–3
Strasbourg	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–2	2–1	4–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	—	2–1
Toulouse	1–1	2–0	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	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 2024–25 season concluded with a relegation play-off between the 16th-placed Ligue 1 team, Reims, and the winner of the semi-final of the Ligue 2 play-off, Metz, in a two-legged confrontation.

1st leg

21 May 2025

20:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Metz	1–1	Reims
Udol 38'	Report	Kipré 52'

Stade Saint-Symphorien, Longeville-lès-Metz

Attendance: 27,767

Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

2nd leg

29 May 2025

20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Reims	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Metz
Tia 57'	Report	Udol 78' Touré 110' Hein 114'

Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims

Referee: Eric Wattellier

Metz won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to Ligue 1 while Reims was relegated to Ligue 2.

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) against Le Havre (16 August 2024)
• Last goal of the season:
  Abdoulaye Touré (Le Havre) against Strasbourg (17 May 2025)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[36]
1	Ousmane Dembélé	Paris Saint-Germain	21
	Mason Greenwood	Marseille
3	Arnaud Kalimuendo	Rennes	17
4	Jonathan David	Lille	16
5	Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	15
6	Bradley Barcola	Paris Saint-Germain	14
	Emanuel Emegha	Strasbourg
8	Ludovic Ajorque	Brest	13
	Mika Biereth	Monaco
	Amine Gouiri	Rennes/Marseille

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Ligue 1 hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Jonathan David	Lille	Le Havre	3–0 (A)	28 September 2024
Zuriko Davitashvili	Saint-Étienne	Auxerre	3–1 (H)	5 October 2024
Arnaud Kalimuendo	Rennes	Saint-Étienne	5–0 (H)	30 November 2024
Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	Nice	4–1 (H)	1 December 2024
Ousmane Dembélé	Paris Saint-Germain	Brest	5–2 (A)	1 February 2025
Mika Biereth	Monaco	Auxerre	4–2 (H)
	Monaco	Nantes	7–1 (H)	15 February 2025
	Monaco	Reims	3–0 (H)	28 February 2025
Amine Gouiri	Marseille	Brest	4–1 (H)	27 April 2025
Gonçalo Ramos	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier	4–1 (A)	10 May 2025

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[37]
1	Brice Samba	Lens/Rennes	12
2	Lucas Chevalier	Lille	11
3	Marco Bizot	Brest	10
	Đorđe Petrović	Strasbourg
	Lucas Perri	Lyon
6	Donovan Léon	Auxerre	9
	Guillaume Restes	Toulouse
9	Marcin Bułka	Nice	8
	Philipp Köhn	Monaco
10	Yehvann Diouf	Reims	7
	Yahia Fofana	Angers

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 14^[38]
  • Facundo Medina (Lens)

• Most red cards: 2^[39]
  • Melvin Bard (Nice)
  • Marcus Coco (Nantes)
  • Derek Cornelius (Marseille)
  • Tanguy Coulibaly (Montpellier)
  • Massadio Haïdara (Brest)
  • Cédric Kipré (Reims)
  • Deiver Machado (Lens)
  • Lilian Raolisoa (Angers)

Team

• Most yellow cards: 83^[40]
  • Lens
  • Montpellier

• Most red cards: 8^[41][42]
  • Lens

• Fewest yellow cards: 40^[40]
  • Paris Saint-Germain

• Fewest red cards: 0^[41][42]
  • Lyon
  • Paris Saint-Germain

Awards

Monthly

Month	Player of the Month		Ref.
	Player	Club
September	Bradley Barcola	Paris Saint-Germain	[43]
October	Zuriko Davitashvili	Saint-Étienne	[44]
November	Jonathan David	Lille	[45]
December	Mason Greenwood	Marseille	[46]
January	Ousmane Dembélé	Paris Saint-Germain	[47]
February	Amine Gouiri	Marseille	[48]
March	Désiré Doué	Paris Saint-Germain	[49]
April	Mason Greenwood	Marseille	[50]

Annual

See also: Trophées UNFP du football

Award	Winner	Club	Ref.
Player of the Season	Ousmane Dembélé	Paris Saint-Germain	[51]
Young Player of the Season	Désiré Doué
Goalkeeper of the Season	Lucas Chevalier	Lille
Goal of the Season	Amine Gouiri	Marseille
Manager of the Season	Luis Enrique	Paris Saint-Germain

Team of the Year[51]
Goalkeeper	Lucas Chevalier (Lille)
Defenders	Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)	Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain)	Willian Pacho (Paris Saint-Germain)	Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)
Midfielders	João Neves (Paris Saint-Germain)	Rayan Cherki (Lyon)		Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain)
Forwards	Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain)	Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain)		Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain)

See also

• 2024–25 Ligue 2
• 2024–25 Championnat National
• 2024–25 Championnat National 2
• 2024–25 Championnat National 3
• 2024–25 Coupe de France