Ligue 1 is a French 🇫🇷 professional league for men’s association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country’s primary football competition contested by 20 clubs. It operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Ligue 2 🏆. See below for predictions for all French Football leagues.
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Seasons run from August to May. Clubs play two matches against other teams in the league – once home and once away – totalling to 38 matches over the course of the season. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January. Ligue 1 is one of the top national leagues, currently ranked fifth in Europe behind Spain’s La Liga 🇪🇸, England’s Premier League 🏴, Germany’s Bundesliga 🇩🇪 and Italy’s Serie A 🇮🇹.
HISTORY
Ligue 1 began in 1932 under the name National before switching to Division 1 after a year of existence. It continued to operate under that name until 2002, when it adopted its current name. PSG are the most successful club with twelve league titles, while Lyon is the club that has won the most consecutive titles (seven between 2002 and 2008). Saint-Étienne was the first club with ten titles.
With the presence of 73 seasons in Ligue 1, Marseille holds the record for most seasons among the elite. However, Paris Saint-Germain hold the league record for longevity with 50 consecutive seasons (from 1974 to present). Nantes is the team with the longest consecutive unbeaten streak (32 matches) and the fewest number of defeats (one match) in a single season, doing so in the 1994–95 campaign. In addition, Nantes also holds the record for the longest time without losing at home with a run of 92 matches from May 1976 to April 1981.
The current champions are Paris Saint-Germain, who won a record twelfth title in the 2023–24 season. The league has been won on multiple occasions by foreign-based club Monaco, who make it a cross-border competition.
