2025–26 Ligue 1

The 2025–26 Ligue 1, also known as Ligue 1 McDonald’s for sponsorship reasons, will be the 88th season of the Ligue 1, France's premier football competition.^[1] It is set to begin on 15 August 2025 and is set to conclude on 16 May 2026. The match schedule was announced on 27 June 2025.^[2]

Ligue 1

Season	2025–26
Dates	15 August 2025 – 16 May 2026
← 2024–25

Teams

A total of eighteen teams will participate in the 2025–26 edition of the Ligue 1. Lorient (who returned to the top flight after one year's absence), Paris FC (who return to the top flight after forty-six year's absence) and Metz (who returned to the top flight after one year's absence) were promoted after finishing first, second and third in the 2024–25 Ligue 2, respectively. They replaced Montpellier (relegated after sixteen years in the top flight), Saint-Etienne (relegated after one year in the top flight) and Reims (relegated after seven years in the top flight).

Changes

from 2024–25 Ligue 2	to 2025–26 Ligue 2
Lorient Paris FC Metz	Montpellier Saint-Étienne Reims

Stadiums and locations

Paris

Angers

Auxerre

Brest

Le Havre

Lens

Lille

Lorient

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Nantes

Nice

Paris teams:
Paris FC
Paris Saint-Germain

Rennes

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Location of teams in 2025–26 Ligue 1

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	2024–25 season
Angers	Angers	Stade Raymond Kopa	18,752	14th
Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade Abbé Deschamps	21,379	11th
Brest	Brest	Stade Francis-Le Blé	15,931	9th
Le Havre	Le Havre	Stade Océane	25,178	15th
Lens	Lens	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	37,705	8th
Lille	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	50,186	5th
Lorient	Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	18,890	Ligue 2, 1st
Lyon	Lyon	Groupama Stadium	59,186	6th
Marseille	Marseille	Stade Vélodrome	67,394	2nd
Metz	Longeville-lès-Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	28,786	Ligue 2, 3rd
Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,523	3rd
Nantes	Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	35,322	13th
Nice	Nice	Allianz Riviera	35,624	4th
Paris FC	Paris (Paris 16)	Stade Jean-Bouin	20,000	Ligue 2, 2nd
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris (Paris 16)	Parc des Princes	47,926	1st
Rennes	Rennes	Roazhon Park	29,778	12th
Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,230	7th
Toulouse	Toulouse	Stadium de Toulouse	33,150	10th

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	TBD	Macron	X1 Xi Wang Sports Nutrition Drink	List Front: SPPE Back: Acadomia Sleeves: Groupama Shorts: Auxerre, Advise Énergie, Cichy Manutention Socks: None
Brest	Denis Le Saint	Eric Roy	Brendan Chardonnet	Adidas	Quéguiner Matériaux (H) / Yaourt Malo (A & 3)	List Front: SILL (H) / Breizh Cola (A & 3), GUYOT Environnement, Oceania Hotels, Les Enfants de la Balle Back: Oriance, J.Bervas Automobiles Sleeves: Le Football à la Pointe Shorts: None Socks: None
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	Pierre Sage	Florian Sotoca	Puma	Auchan	List Front: Groupe Lempereur, Nexans Back: Winamax Sleeves: Aushopping Shorts: Boulanger, McDonald's Socks: None
Lille	Olivier Létang	Bruno Génésio	Benjamin André	New Balance	Boulanger	List Front: Actual Group Back: Aushopping Sleeves: None Shorts: None Socks: None
Lyon	Michele Kang	Paulo Fonseca Jorge Maciel (caretaker until 15 September)	TBD	Adidas	Emirates	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None Socks: None
Lorient	Loïc Féry	Olivier Pantaloni	Laurent Abergel	Umbro	Jean Floc'h	List Front: Acadomia, Breizh Cola Back: World of Tanks, MA Pièces Autos Bretagne Sleeves: Actual Group Shorts: Cité Marine, B&B Hotels 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
Metz	Bernard Serin	Stéphane Le Mignan	TBD	Kappa	CAR Avenue	List Front: MOSL Mosselle Sans Limite, Resilium AI, Malezieux, Axia Interim Back: Technitoit, Nacon (H) / Force Glass (A) Sleeves: Eurométropole de Metz Shorts: E. Leclerc, LCR Socks: None
Monaco	Dmitry Rybolovlev	Adi Hütter	Denis Zakaria	Mizuno	APM Monaco	List Front: Triangle Intérim, Renault 4 E-Tech Back: Bang & Olufsen, Teddy Smith Sleeves: RDC Coueur d'Afrique Shorts: VBET, Fom Industrie Socks: None
Nantes	Waldemar Kita	Luís Castro	TBD	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	Kappa	Robinhood Markets	List Front: Actual Group Back: Ineos Grenadier Sleeves: INEOS Shorts: VBET Socks: None
Paris FC	Pierre Ferracci	Stéphane Gilli	Timothée Kolodziejczak	Adidas	Bahrain Victorious	List Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None 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
Rennes	Arnaud Pouille	Habib Beye	TBD	Puma	Samsic	List Front: Association ELA Back: Winamax, Blot Immobilier Sleeves: None Shorts: BWT Socks: None
Strasbourg	Marc Keller	Liam Rosenior	TBD	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	Olivier Cloarec	Carles Martínez Novell	Vincent Sierro	Nike	None	List Front: None Back: Newrest Sleeves: None Shorts: None Socks: None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Lens	Will Still	Resigned	18 May 2025[3]	Pre-season	Pierre Sage	2 June 2025[4]
Nantes	Antoine Kombouaré	Mutual consent	20 May 2025[5]		Luís Castro	16 June 2025[6]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Angers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Auxerre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Brest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Le Havre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5	Lens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Europa League league phase
6	Lille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Lorient	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Lyon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Marseille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Metz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Nantes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Nice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Paris FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Paris Saint-Germain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Rennes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Strasbourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Ligue 2
18	Toulouse	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 15 August 2025. 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).^[7]

See also

• 2025–26 Ligue 2
• 2025–26 Championnat National
• 2025–26 Championnat National 2
• 2025–26 Championnat National 3
• 2025–26 Coupe de France