Division 1 Féminine 2014/15

The 2014/15 season of Division 1 Féminine was the 41st edition of the French women's football championship since the official recognition of women's football by the FFF, the Football Association of France , in 1970 and the first edition in the 1974/75 season . The Division 1 Féminine called league is in pure League mode played in a group consisting of a single group, comprising twelve teams, national top division.

The season started on August 30, 2014 and ended on May 9, 2015; Between December 21st and January 11th there was only a short winter break due to the World Cup , during which the first division had to intervene in the national cup . The last eight rounds in the 2015 calendar year were spread over an unusually long period. From January to March as well as in May there were only two match days due to the cup and international matches of the national team , in April there were even none.

Defending champion Olympique Lyon won the championship for the ninth time in a row.

Qualification and mode of competition

For the eligibility to participate, only the performance of the women's teams in the previous season was taken into account; Qualified were the nine best-placed teams of the previous season as well as three promoted teams, who had each finished their group in Division 2 Féminine as first in the table. The place of AS Algrange , whose women's department joined FC Metz after their promotion, has taken the latter. Thus the following twelve participants started this season:

from the north: Arras FCF , promoted FF Issy , Juvisy FCF , promoted FC Metz , Paris Saint-Germain
from the west: EA Guingamp , ASJ Soyaux
from the south: newcomers ASPTT Albi , defending champions Olympique Lyon , HSC Montpellier , AF Rodez , AS Saint-Étienne

The championship is played in a double round of points in which each participant competes in home and away games against each other. The " modified three-point rule " , which is also common in French amateur football well into the 21st century, applies with four points for a win, two for a draw and one for a defeat won on the field; In the event of a tie, the direct comparison first and, if necessary, then the better total goal difference , if there is still a tie, the higher number of hits, if applicable, is decisive. At the end of the season, the three bottom of the table have to be relegated, who will be replaced for the coming season by three promoted teams - the winners of the three groups of the second division.

The French champions as well as the runners-up in Division 1 Féminine qualify for the women's European Cup competition of the following season .

Results, table and course of the season

	ASP Alb	FCF Arr	EA Gui	FF Iss	FCF Juv	Oly Lyo	FC Met	HSC Mon	SG par	AF Rod	AS StÉ	ASJ Soy
ASPTT Albi		3: 1	1: 2	5-0	0: 3	0: 4	2-0	1: 7	0: 4	2: 1	1-0	1: 1
Arras FCF	0: 3		0: 2	3: 1	0: 4	2: 8	0: 2	0: 6	0: 3	0: 5	1: 1	2: 3
EA Guingamp	3-0	2-0		1-0	1: 6	0: 3	2: 2	1: 1	0: 3	4: 2	3: 2	1: 2
FF Issy	0: 2	1: 1	0: 4		1: 5	0: 9	0: 1	1: 3	0: 2	2: 3	0: 3	0-0
Juvisy FCF	4-0	4-0	1: 2	3: 1		1: 4	4-0	1: 3	0: 3	2-0	3-0	3-0
Olympique Lyon	14: 0	14: 0	3-0	6-0	4-0		11: 0	4-0	2: 1	7-0	5: 1	9-0
FC Metz	7-0	3: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1: 3	0:15		2: 2	0: 9	2: 3	0: 1	1: 1
HSC Montpellier	3-0	8-0	0-0	9-0	3: 1	1: 5	5-0		0: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0
Paris Saint-Germain	6-0	5-0	2: 1	5-0	2-0	0: 4	7-0	2: 1		5-0	2-0	6-0
AF Rodez	2-0	1: 1	2: 4	5: 1	0: 1	0: 6	1: 2	0: 4	1: 3		1-0	0-0
AS Saint-Etienne	2-0	5: 1	1: 2	1: 2	0: 1	0: 6	2: 1	0: 4	0: 7	1: 4		2-0
ASJ Soyaux	1-0	5: 1	0: 4	3: 2	0: 3	0: 4	5: 2	1: 1	0:10	3: 2	1: 2

Pl.	Womanhood	Sp	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pts.
1.	Olympique Lyon (TV)	22nd	22nd	0	0	147: 06	+141	88
2.	Paris Saint-Germain	22nd	20th	0	2	088: 09	+79	82
3.	Juvisy FCF	22nd	15th	0	7th	053:25	+28	67
4th	HSC Montpellier	22nd	13	5	4th	063:20	+43	66
5.	EA Guingamp	22nd	13	3	6th	041:31	+10	63
6th	ASJ Soyaux	22nd	7th	5	10	026:57	-31	48
7th	AF Rodez	22nd	7th	3	12	033:50	-17	46
8th.	AS Saint-Etienne	22nd	7th	1	14th	024:46	-22 ^(a)	44
9.	ASPTT Albi (N)	22nd	7th	1	14th	021:65	-44 ^(a)	44
10.	FC Metz (N)	22nd	5	4th	13	027:77	-50	41
11.	FF Issy (N)	22nd	1	3	18th	013:75	-62	28
12.	Arras FCF	22nd	1	3	18th	014:89	-75	25 ^(b)
TV = defending champion; N = New to D1F (promoted)

^(a) In a direct comparison Saint-Étienne has the better record against Albi with 2-1 goals.

^(b)After the games were over, Arras was deducted three points for "non-compliance with youth team regulations". As a result, the northern French women lost one place, because in a direct comparison with Issy, who had previously tied for points, Arras had the better record with a win and a draw.

In the summer transfer period there were comparatively few spectacular personnel changes this time, because only Paris has notably strengthened itself (additions from Caroline Seger , Fatmire Alushi , Josephine Henning and Ann-Katrin Berger , while Tobin Heath and Caroline Pizzala left the capital); PSG's stated goal is to win the championship. At Lyon, the change of coach from Patrice Lair to Gérard Prêcheur caused a stir; Otherwise, the club continued its course of thrift and signed Ada Hegerberg and goalkeeper Méline Gérard only two better-known players. These two clubs are also the only ones whose entire line-up consists of " full-time proettes ". The league favorites met in the first half of the season on November 1st; In addition, the Champions League draw showed that they also had to play two round of 16 matches at European level in the following two weeks. The league game in Lyon took place in front of a good 10,100, the two matches in the European Cup in front of 6,300 and 8,500 spectators respectively.

Juvisy has only supplemented its squad for the "first season after the Soubeyrand era " at certain points and without significant investments, but nevertheless aims to "tickle" the title favorites. Finally, Montpellier is increasingly relying on its young players such as Claire Lavogez or Sandie Toletti , who shone at the U-20 World Cup in August . For this, the MHSC has grown from the ex-internationals Hoda Lattaf (End of career), Ludivine Diguelman , Élodie Ramos and Ophélie Meilleroux (all three for second division FF Nîmes Métropole Gard ) and by Josefine Öqvist and Christmas by Jennifer Beattie separately with Laëtitia Tonazzi from Lyon and the Swede Sofia Jakobsson also brought in two experienced attackers. Last year's fifth from Guingamp also increased moderately (additions from Marine Dafeur from Hénin-Beaumont , Aminata Diallo from Arras, Ugochi Desire Oparanozie and at the beginning of the second half of the season still Ami Ōtaki ), who can rely on at least seven current U-20 World Cup participants And by the way, Sarah M'Barek is the only woman on a coaching chair in this league. Arras alone has five newcomers from the northern French neighbor and relegated FCF Hénin-Beaumont. Of the newcomers, only Albi has invested more and signed three foreigners: Stephanie Roche from Ireland and the Americans Catherine Fitzsimmons and Caroline Brown ; Metz finally brought the 33-year-old Brazilian Simone back to France, who worked in Lyon until 2009.

After the first half of the season, the ranking of the last few years was at the top of the table - Lyon ahead of Paris and Juvisy; only Montpellier could not keep up and could only place behind Guingamp due to numerous draws against weaker teams. Otherwise, the first half of the season brought little surprise, apart from the fact that new league Albi established himself in the middle of the table. The other two newcomers are fighting against relegation together with Arras and Saint-Étienne, who had only been able to keep a hair's breadth in the D1F in the preseason.
The first preliminary decision was made at the beginning of January when, thanks to its victory at Juvisy, Paris turned the three into a duel for championship and Champions League places. The decisive clash for the title took place on February 21, when Lyon clearly prevailed in Paris. At least mathematically, all major decisions were made prematurely - three game days before the end of the season, the relegation of Arras and Issy, a round later that of Metz and the renewed title win by Lyon were certain. For the third time, Olympique have played a season without any point loss and have also significantly increased their own league goal record set in 2012/13 (so far: 132 hits).

The second division climbers for the following season are VGA Saint-Maur (six-time national champion in the 1980s and D1F returnees after 17 years ), ESOF La Roche (most recently in the top division in 2011) and as an absolute newcomer to FF Nîmes Métropole Gard .

The champions' players

Coach Gérard Prêcheur had the following 25 female footballers in his seasonal squad (the number of point matches in brackets):

Goal: Sarah Bouhaddi (18), Méline Gérard (4), Cindy Perrault (0)
Defense: Noémi Carage (1), Estelle Cascarino (1), Saki Kumagai (22), Corine Petit (17), Mélissa Plaza (2), Wendie Renard (21)
Midfield: Camille Abily (19), Élise Bussaglia (17), Delphine Cascarino (2), Lara Dickenmann (20), Maëlle Garbino (3), Amandine Henry (19), Amel Majri (20), Louisa Nécib (16), Eve Périsset (10), Mylaine Tarrieu (1), Makan Mouchou Traoré (3)
Attack: Ada Hegerberg (22), Eugénie Le Sommer (22), Lucie Pingeon (8), Lotta Schelin (21), Élodie Thomis (15)

Olympiques scored 147 hits: Schelin 34, Le Sommer 29, Hegerberg 26, Abily 12, Dickenmann, Renard 10 each, Majri 8, Pingeon, Thomis 4 each, Bussaglia, Kumagai, Nécib 2 each, Bouhaddi, Henry and Périsset 1 each came an own goal by an opposing player.

Most successful goalscorers

Final score

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1.	Sweden Lotta Schelin	Lyon	34
2.	Eugénie Le Sommer	Lyon	29
3.	Norway Ada Hegerberg	Lyon	26th
4th	Sweden Sofia Jakobsson	Montpellier	16
5.	Sarah Palacin	Saint-Etienne	15th
6th	Marie-Laure Delie	Paris	14th
	Flavie Lemaître	Rodez	14th
	Gaëtane Thiney	Juvisy	14th
9.	Sweden Kosovars Asllani	Paris	13
10.	Camille Abily	Lyon	12
	Sandrine Brétigny	Juvisy	12
12.	Kenza Dali	Paris	11
	Nigeria Desire Oparanoia	Guingamp	11
14th	Camille Catala	Juvisy	10
	Switzerland Lara Dickenmann	Lyon	10
	Wendie Renard	Lyon	10
17th	United States Lindsey Horan	Paris	9
18th	Gwendoline Djebbar	Soyaux	8th
	Claire Lavogez	Montpellier	8th
	Marie-Charlotte Léger	Metz	8th
	Amel Majri	Lyon	8th
22nd	Ludivine Bultel	Arras	7th
	Costa Rica Shirley Cruz Traña	Paris	7th
	United States Megan Lindsay	Metz	7th
	Julie Peruzzetto	Albi	7th
	Sweden Caroline Seger	Paris	7th