The 2025–26 Première Ligue season, also known as Arkema Première Ligue for sponsorship reasons, was the 52nd season of top national women's football league in France and the second season since its rebranding as Première Ligue. Lyon were the defending champions, having won their record-extending 18th title in the 2024–25 season.
The season began on 6 September 2025 and ended on 29 May 2026 with the play-off final.
Lyon successfully defended their title after defeating Paris FC in the final 5–0.
Teams
Team Home city Home ground Dijon Dijon Stade Gaston Gérard Fleury Fleury-Mérogis Stade Robert Bobin Le Havre Le Havre Stade Océane Lens Lens Stade François Blin Lyon Lyon Parc Olympique Lyonnais Marseille Marseille OM Campus Montpellier Montpellier Bernard Gasset Training Centre Nantes Nantes Stade Marcel-Saupin Paris FC Paris Stade Sébastien Charléty Paris Saint-Germain Paris Campus PSG Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne Stade Salif-Keita Strasbourg Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau
Team changes Promoted from 2024–25 Seconde Ligue Relegated from 2024–25 Première LigueMarseille LensGuingamp Reims
Regular season Standings
Results
Playoffs The top four teams from the regular season (Lyon, Paris FC, Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes, the latter of whom are making their first ever playoffs appearance) qualified for the playoffs. In the semi-finals, Lyon (the team that finished first) will play the team which finished fourth, while the team that finished second plays the team that finished third. The two winners play each other in the final.
The winner of the play-offs is crowned the champion for the 2025–26 season and secures the first qualification spot for the 2026–27 Champions League. The remaining two qualification spots are allocated to the two best-ranked teams based on the regular season standings (excluding the play-off winner). Lyon have guaranteed qualification to the League Phase as regular season winners, while Paris FC and Paris Saint-Germain have guaranteed qualification at least into round 3 of the qualifying rounds as the second-place and third-place finishers.
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics As of 6 May 2026
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Romée LeuchterParis Saint-Germain182 Mathilde BourdieuMarseille11 Lucie CalbaNantes Tabitha ChawingaLyon Aude GbedjissiLens Merveille KanjingaParis Saint-Germain7 Emelyne LaurentFleury108 Maëlle GarbinoParis FC9 Justine RouquetMontpellier10 Lorena AzzaroParis FC8 Vicki BèchoLyon Clara MateoParis FC
Hat-tricks
PlayerClubAgainstResultDate Korbin ShraderLyonParis Saint-Germain6–1 (H) Vicki BèchoLyonLens8–1 (A) Liana Joseph Emelyne LaurentFleuryLens4–0 (H) Mathilde Bourdieu4MarseilleStrasbourg4–2 (A) Romée LeuchterParis Saint-GermainLens3–0 (H)
(H) – Home; (A) – Away 4 – Player scored four goals.
Most clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Mylène ChavasParis FC12 Mary EarpsParis Saint-Germain3 Constance PicaudFleury84 Katriina TalaslahtiDijon7 Manon WahlStrasbourg6 Emily BurnsNantes5 Christiane EndlerLyon Margot ShoreMarseille9 Féerine BelhadjLyon4 Teagan MicahLyon
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 7 Anaïs Ebayilin (Paris Saint-Germain)
Most red cards: 1 Eseosa Aigbogun Nadjma Ali Nadjim Faustine Bataillard (Saint-Étienne) Annaïg Butel (Fleury) Shana Chossenotte Alex Lamontagne (Saint-Étienne) Monique Ngock (Fleury) Fátima Pinto (Strasbourg) (Lens)
Club Most yellow cards: 46 Le Havre
Most red cards: 4 Saint-Étienne
Fewest yellow cards: 23 Lyon
Fewest red cards: 0 Le Havre Lyon Marseille Nantes Paris FC Paris Saint-Germain
Awards Player of the Month
MonthWinnerClubSeptember 2025 Clara MateoParis FCOctober 2025 Sonia OucheneMontpellierNovember 2025 Jule BrandLyonDecember 2025 Lucie CalbaNantesJanuary 2026 Mariam TolobaFebruary 2026 Romée LeuchterParis Saint-GermainMarch 2026 Sakina KarchaouiApril 2026 Maeline MendyParis FC
UNFP Annual Awards
These awards are presented by Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels. The winners were announced on 11 May 2026.
AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Year Melchie DumornayLyonYoung Player of the Year Justine RouquetMontpellierGoalkeeper of the Year Mylène ChavasParis FC
Team of the Year Goalkeeper Mylène Chavas (Paris FC) Defenders Melween N'Dongala (Paris FC) Griedge Mbock (Paris Saint-Germain) Wendie Renard (Lyon) Sakina Karchaoui (Paris Saint-Germain) Midfielders Mélissa Bethi (Nantes) Lily Yohannes (Lyon) Melchie Dumornay (Lyon) Forwards Tabitha Chawinga (Lyon) Clara Mateo (Paris FC) Romée Leuchter (Paris Saint-Germain)
LFFP Annual Awards These awards are presented by Ligue féminine de football professionnel. The winners were announced on 18 May 2026.
AwardWinnerClubBest Player Melchie DumornayLyonBest Young Player Justine RouquetMontpellierBest Goalkeeper Mylène ChavasParis FCBest Manager Nicolas ChabotNantesGoal of the Season Lucie CalbaNantes
Team of the Season Goalkeeper Mylène Chavas (Paris FC) Defenders Melween N'Dongala (Paris FC) Wendie Renard (Lyon) Alice Sombath (Lyon) Selma Bacha (Lyon) Midfielders Sakina Karchaoui (Paris Saint-Germain) Julie Swierot (Nantes) Melchie Dumornay (Lyon) Forwards Merveille Kanjinga (Paris Saint-Germain) Romée Leuchter (Paris Saint-Germain) Mathilde Bourdieu (Marseille)
See also 2025–26 Seconde Ligue 2025–26 Coupe de France Féminine 2025–26 Coupe LFFP
References
External links FFF website