The 2007–08 Ligue 1 season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started in August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. The fixtures were announced in June 2007. Lyon became French champions, having won a record seventh consecutive title.

Participating teams

Promotion and relegation Lens, Strasbourg and Metz were relegated to Ligue 2. The three relegated teams will be replaced by the three promoted teams from Ligue 2. Le Havre were promoted as Ligue 2 champions along with Nantes, who finished in second place, and third-placed Grenoble.

Stadiums Club Location Venue Capacity Avg. attendance Auxerre Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps 24,493 9,613 Bordeaux Stade Chaban-Delmas 34,327 24,689 Caen Stade Michel d'Ornano 21,500 19,526 Le Mans Stade Léon-Bollée 17,500 10,589 Lens Stade Félix-Bollaert 41,233 33,717 Villeneuve d'Ascq Stade Lille-Metropole 21,803 17,553 Lorient Stade du Moustoir 16,669 12,101 Lyon Stade Gerland 43,051 36,968 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 60,031 52,009 Metz Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien 26,671 13,401 Fontvieille Stade Louis II 18,500 10,570 Tomblaine Stade Marcel Picot 20,087 18,591 Nice Stade du Ray 17,415 10,947 Paris Parc des Princes 46,480 36,440 Rennes Stade de la Route de Lorient 31,127 25,515 Saint-Étienne Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 35,616 28,016 Montbéliard Stade Auguste Bonal 20,025 15,189 Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau 29,230 19,135 Toulouse Stade de Toulouse 35,472 18,634 Valenciennes Stade Nungesser 16,547 13,712

Personnel and sponsorships TeamManager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsors (front)Shirt sponsors (back)Shirt sponsors (sleeve)Shorts sponsors Auxerre Airness Airness/Prest Oil, Invicta GroupKindy ChaussettesL'YonneNone Bordeaux Puma KiaCdiscountPichet ImmobilierCdiscount Caen Nike GDE Recyclage (H)/Campagne de France (A), Celeos GroupeCampagne de France (H)/GDE Recyclage (A)Groupe SamroGroupe Samro Le Mans Kappa Fermiers de Loué (H)/Le Gaulois (A), Groupama, NTNNTNSystème UGroupama Lens Nike Atac (only in UEFA matches), Invicta GroupAtacRégion Nord-Pas-de-CalaisNone Lille Airness Partouche CasinoPartouche CasinoRégion Nord-Pas-de-CalaisNone Lorient Erreà La Trinitaine, Cap l'Orient AgglomérationModicomDCNSNone Lyon Umbro Novotel (H)/Ticket Restaurant (A), ApicilTicket Restaurant (H)/Novotel (A)Ticket Restaurant (H)/Novotel (A)Renault Trucks Marseille Adidas NeufGroupamaNasuba ExpressQuick Metz Kappa Nasuba Express, MoselleChausseaGroupe DLSIBigben Interactive Monaco Puma Fedcom, HSBC, Fight Aids MonacoHSBCHSBCNone Nancy BalistonOdalys Vacances, Geodis Calberson, Clairefontaine, Grand NancyTriangle InterimReginaChaussea Nice Lotto CitySport, Takara Multimédia, Communauté Nice Côte d'AzurBotanica GroupePizzorno EnvironnementVille de Nice Paris Saint-Germain Nike Fly EmiratesAlain AfflelouPSG TVGroupe Sendin Rennes Puma Samsic Propreté, Finanpart/Tatex Express,rennes.frBlot ImmobilierAssociation ELAGroupe ROSE Saint-Étienne Adidas Konica Minolta, Conseil général de la Loire en Rhône-AlpesGroupamaInvicta GroupFruité Entreprises Sochaux Lotto Mobil 1, Franche-ComtéLoxamCanéOCreditec Strasbourg Hummel Électricité de Strasbourg (H)/France Pare-Brise (A), Strasbourg en MouvementGroupamaNoneDernières Nouvelles d'Alsace Toulouse Lotto Groupe IDEC, Monné-Decroix, ISSNewrestCreditec/TeambatNone Valenciennes DiadoraToyota (H)/SITA (A)SITA (H)/Toyota (A)Région Nord-Pas-de-CalaisPartouche

League table

Results

Stats

Top goalscorers Karim Benzema wins the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur.

Last updated 17 May 2008 Rank Player Club GoalsLigue 1 - Saison 2007-2008 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com 1 Karim Benzema Lyon 20 2 Mamadou Niang Marseille 18 3 Bafétimbi Gomis Saint-Étienne 16 Djibril Cissé Marseille 5 Fernando Cavenaghi Bordeaux 15 6 Bakari Koné Nice 14 Rafik Saïfi Lorient 8 Steve Savidan Valenciennes 13 Túlio de Melo Le Mans 10 Mickaël Pagis Rennes 12

Attacking Play table Ligue 1 has introduced an Attacking Play Table since the start of the 2006–07 Ligue 1 season to encourage more goal-scoring in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), with the help of the former France national team manager Michel Hidalgo, introduced the idea to reward those teams who score the most goals. Independent from the official league table, points are awarded as follows:

OutcomePoint(s)Loss 0 Draw 1 Victory by one goal2 Victory by multiple goals 3

The sum of 20 million Euros, taken from the LFP's new commercial ventures in 2006/2007 will be dedicated to this initiative. €16.7 million will go to Ligue 1. Prize money is distributed to the teams at the end of the season depending on where they finish in the table.

Last updated 17 May 2008 Pos Club PldWW1W2DLGDPts 1Lyon 38 24 9 15 7 7 +37 70 2Bordeaux 38 22 12 10 9 7 +27 63 3Saint-Étienne 38 16 4 12 10 12 +13 54 4Nancy 38 15 7 8 15 8 +14 53 5Marseille 38 17 10 8 10 10 +13 52 6Rennes 38 16 7 9 10 12 +3 52 7Lille 38 13 7 6 18 7 +13 50 8Nice 38 13 9 4 16 9 +5 46 9Le Mans 38 14 9 5 11 13 -3 44 10Valenciennes 38 12 2 10 9 17 +2 43 11Caen 38 13 8 5 12 13 -1 43 12Monaco 38 13 4 9 8 17 -8 43 13Lorient 38 12 10 2 16 10 -3 42 14Auxerre 38 12 6 6 8 18 -19 38 15Paris Saint-Germain 38 10 6 4 13 15 -8 37 16Sochaux 38 10 7 3 14 14 -9 37 17Toulouse 38 9 5 4 15 14 -6 36 18Lens 38 9 5 4 13 16 -9 35 19Strasbourg 38 9 3 6 8 21 -21 32 20Metz 38 5 5 0 9 24 -36 19 Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; W1 = Wins by one goal; W2 = Wins by more than one goal; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubAugust David Bellion BordeauxSeptember Jérôme Rothen Paris Saint-GermainOctober Jérôme Leroy RennesNovember Sébastien Puygrenier NancyDecember Mamadou Niang MarseilleJanuary Karim Benzema LyonFebruary Steve Mandanda MarseilleMarch Kader Keïta LyonApril Karim Benzema Lyon

Awards

Annual

AwardWinnerClubRef.Player of the Season Karim BenzemaOlympique LyonnaisYoung Player of the Season Hatem Ben ArfaOlympique LyonnaisGoalkeeper of the Season Steve MandandaOlympique de MarseilleGoal of the Season Mathieu ValbuenaOlympique de MarseilleManager of the Season Laurent BlancBordeaux Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Steve Mandanda (Marseille)Defenders Laurent Bonnart (Marseille) Sébastien Puygrenier (Nancy) Vitorino Hilton (Lens) Taye Taiwo (Marseille)Midfielders Jérémy Toulalan (Lyon) Benoît Cheyrou (Marseille) Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille) Wendel (Bordeaux)Forwards Mamadou Niang (Marseille) Karim Benzema (Lyon)

References

External links LFP Official site France 2007/08 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation