2025–26 Ligue 1

Ligue 1
Season2025–26
Dates15 August 2025 – 16 May 2026
Matches144
Goals411 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerMason Greenwood
(11 goals)
Biggest home winStrasbourg 5–0 Angers
(5 October 2025)
Lille 6–1 Metz
(26 October 2025)
Paris Saint-Germain 5–0 Rennes
(6 December 2025)
Biggest away winLorient 1–7 Lille
(30 August 2025)
Highest scoringToulouse 3–6 Paris Saint-Germain
(30 August 2025)
Longest winning runLens
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runParis Saint-Germain
(8 matches)
Longest winless runAuxerre
Metz
(9 matches)
Longest losing runNice
(6 matches)
Highest attendance66,279
Marseille 3–0 Brest
(8 November 2025)[1]
Lowest attendance6,080
Monaco 5–2 Metz
(21 September 2025)[1]
Attendance3,950,453 (27,434 per match)[1]
All statistics correct as of 14 December 2025.

The 2025–26 Ligue 1, also known as Ligue 1 McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is the 88th season of the Ligue 1, France's premier football competition.[2] It began on 15 August 2025 and is set to conclude on 16 May 2026. The match schedule was announced on 27 June 2025.[3]

Teams

A total of eighteen teams are participating in the 2025–26 edition of the Ligue 1. Lorient, Paris FC, and Metz were promoted after finishing first, second, and winning the play-off final in the 2024–25 Ligue 2, respectively. Both Lorient and Metz returned to the top flight after one year's absence, while Paris FC returned to the top flight after forty-six year's absence. They replaced Montpellier (relegated after sixteen years in the top flight), Saint-Étienne (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

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 Décines-Charpieu 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)
Angers Romain Chabane Alexandre Dujeux Haris Belkebla 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 Elisha Owusu 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
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 Corentin Tolisso 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
Marseille Pablo Longoria Roberto De Zerbi Leonardo Balerdi Puma CMA CGM
List
Metz Bernard Serin Stéphane Le Mignan Gauthier Hein Kappa CAR Avenue
List
Monaco Dmitry Rybolovlev Sébastien Pocognoli Denis Zakaria Mizuno APM Monaco
List
Nantes Waldemar Kita Ahmed Kantari Kelvin Amian 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
Paris FC Pierre Ferracci Stéphane Gilli Maxime Lopez 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 Valentin Rongier Puma Samsic
List
    • Front: Association ELA
    • Back: Winamax, Blot Immobilier
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: BWT
    • Socks: None
Strasbourg Marc Keller Liam Rosenior Emanuel Emegha 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 Rasmus Nicolaisen 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[4] Pre-season Pierre Sage 2 June 2025[5]
Nantes Antoine Kombouaré Mutual consent 20 May 2025[6] Luís Castro 16 June 2025[7]
Monaco Adi Hütter Sacked 9 October 2025[8] 5th Sébastien Pocognoli 11 October 2025[9]
Nantes Luís Castro Resigned 11 December 2025[10] 17th Ahmed Kantari 11 December 2025[11]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lens 16 12 1 3 28 13 +15 37 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2 Paris Saint-Germain 16 11 3 2 35 14 +21 36
3 Marseille 16 10 2 4 36 15 +21 32
4 Lille 16 10 2 4 33 20 +13 32 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5 Lyon 16 8 3 5 22 16 +6 27 Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a]
6 Rennes 16 7 6 3 27 24 +3 27 Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7 Strasbourg 16 7 2 7 25 20 +5 23
8 Toulouse 16 6 5 5 24 19 +5 23
9 Monaco 16 7 2 7 26 27 −1 23
10 Angers 16 6 4 6 17 18 −1 22
11 Brest 16 5 4 7 21 27 −6 19
12 Lorient 16 4 6 6 19 28 −9 18
13 Nice 16 5 2 9 19 29 −10 17
14 Paris FC 16 4 4 8 21 29 −8 16
15 Le Havre 16 3 6 7 13 22 −9 15
16 Auxerre 16 3 3 10 14 25 −11 12 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 Nantes 16 2 5 9 14 28 −14 11 Relegation to Ligue 2
18 Metz 16 3 2 11 17 37 −20 11
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 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).[12]
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2025–26 Coupe de France winners also qualify for the Europa League league stage (or the sixth-placed team if the Coupe de France winners finish in the top five of Ligue 1). If the Coupe de France winners finish in the top six of Ligue 1, the Conference League spot will be passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away ANG AUX BRE HAC LEN LIL OL LOR OM MET ASM FCN NIC PFC PSG REN STR TFC
Angers — 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1
Auxerre — 0–1 1–2 3–4 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–0
Brest — 3–3 0–0 a 3–2 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–2 0–3 a
Le Havre 1–0 — 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–2
Lens 3–1 — 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0
Lille 1–0 a — 0–1 1–0 6–1 1–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–1
Lyon 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–3 2–1 1–2
Lorient 3–3 1–7 1–0 — 3–1 a 3–1 1–1 4–0 1–1
Marseille 2–2 3–0 6–2 a 4–0 — 1–0 5–2 1–0 2–2
Metz 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 — 2–1 2–3 0–1 0–1
Monaco 3–1 1–4 5–2 — 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–0
Nantes 1–0 a 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–5 — 0–1 2–2
Nice 0–1 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–5 a 1–0 — 1–1 0–1
Paris FC 1–1 3–3 2–0 3–2 1–2 — a 0–1 2–3 0–3
Paris SG 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 a 1–0 a — 5–0 3–3
Rennes 2–2 3–1 0–0 3–1 a 1–0 4–1 a 1–2 — 4–1
Strasbourg 5–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 —
Toulouse 0–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–2 3–6 2–2 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. 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.

Season statistics

As of 14 December 2025

Scoring

  • First goal of the season:
    Ludovic Blas (Rennes) vs Marseille (15 August 2025)

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[13]
1 Mason Greenwood Marseille 11
2 Esteban Lepaul Angers/Rennes 9
Joaquín Panichelli Strasbourg
4 Odsonne Édouard Lens 7
5 Romain Del Castillo Brest 6
Sofiane Diop Nice
Ilan Kebbal Paris FC
Wesley Saïd Lens
Lassine Sinayoko Auxerre
Pavel Šulc Lyon

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Ligue 1 hat-tricks
Player Club Against Result Date
João Neves Paris Saint-Germain Toulouse 6–3 (A) 30 August 2025
Mason Greenwood4 Marseille Le Havre 6–2 (H) 18 October 2025
Esteban Lepaul Rennes Strasbourg 4–1 (H) 2 November 2025
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets[14]
1 Lucas Chevalier Paris Saint-Germain 7
2 Dominik Greif Lyon 6
Mike Penders Strasbourg
Guillaume Restes Toulouse
5 Mory Diaw Le Havre 5
Hervé Koffi Angers
Berke Özer Lille
Robin Risser Lens
Gerónimo Rulli Marseille
10 Brice Samba Rennes 4

Discipline

Player

Team

  • Most yellow cards: 38[17]
    • Monaco
    • Toulouse
  • Most red cards: 6[18][19]
    • Auxerre
  • Fewest yellow cards: 19[17]
    • Paris Saint-Germain
  • Fewest red cards: 0[18][19]
    • Paris Saint-Germain

Awards

Monthly

Month Player of the Month Ref.
Player Club
August Ilan Kebbal Paris FC [20]
September Florian Thauvin Lens [21]
October Mason Greenwood Marseille [22]
November Florian Thauvin Lens [23]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Rutzler, Peter (21 March 2024). "French football league to be rebranded as Ligue 1 McDonald's from next season". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Les grandes dates de la saison 2025/26 !". Ligue 1. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Will Still : « Je ne serai pas l'entraîneur du RC Lens la saison prochaine »" [Will Still: "I will not be the coach of RC Lens next season"] (in French). L'Équipe. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Pierre Sage a signé un contrat de trois ans à Lens" [Pierre Sage has signed a three-year contract with Lens] (in French). L'Équipe. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Après une saison galère, Nantes se sépare de son entraîneur" [After a difficult season, Nantes parts ways with its coach] (in French). L'Équipe. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  7. ^ "C'est officiel, Luis Castro est le nouvel entraîneur du FC Nantes" [It's official, Luis Castro is the new coach of FC Nantes] (in French). L'Équipe. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  8. ^ "L'AS Monaco se sépare de son entraîneur Adi Hütter" [AS Monaco parts ways with manager Adi Hütter] (in French). L'Équipe. 9 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  9. ^ "Le Belge Sébastien Pocognoli devient le nouvel entraîneur de Monaco" [Belgian Sébastien Pocognoli becomes Monaco's new coach] (in French). L'Équipe. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Ahmed Kantari nommé entraîneur du groupe pro" (in French). FC Nantes. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  11. ^ "1ère séance menée par Ahmed Kantari" (in French). FC Nantes. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  12. ^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Schedule and Results - Ligue 1 McDonald's". Ligue 1. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Ligue 1 Clean Sheets". FootyStats. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Players with the most yellow cards Ligue 1 2026". BeSoccer. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Players with most sending offs Ligue 1 2026". BeSoccer. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  17. ^ a b "Statistiques équipe Cartons jaunes Ligue 1 2025/2026 - France". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  18. ^ a b "Statistiques équipe Cartons rouges directs Ligue 1 2025/2026 - France". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  19. ^ a b "Statistiques équipe Carton rouge - 2e jaune Ligue 1 2025/2026 - France". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  20. ^ "Ilan Kebbal (Paris FC) sacré en Ligue 1 McDonald's !" [Ilan Kebbal (Paris FC) crowned Ligue 1 McDonald's!] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  21. ^ "Florian Thauvin, joueur du Mois de septembre de Ligue 1 McDonald's" [Florian Thauvin, McDonald's Ligue 1 Player of the Month for September] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 12 October 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  22. ^ "Mason Greenwood élu joueur du mois d'octobre de la Ligue 1 McDonald's" [Mason Greenwood voted McDonald's Ligue 1 Player of the Month for October] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 16 November 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  23. ^ "Florian Thauvin, joueur du mois de novembre 2025 de la Ligue 1 McDonald's" [Florian Thauvin, McDonald's Ligue 1 Player of the Month for November 2025] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
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