Division 1 Féminine 2018/19
 
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2018/19: Clubs of Division 1 (yellow dots, name in bold) and Division 2 Féminine, which is divided into two groups (A: red = northwest, B: green = southeast) |
The 2018/19 season of Division 1 Féminine was the 45th staging of the French women's football championship since the official recognition of women's football in 1970 by the FFF, the football association of France , and the first staging 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; in this mode it was the 27th championship. The women of Olympique Lyon , who started the season as defending champions , prevailed again and won their 13th championship in a row.
The season began on August 25, 2018 and ended on May 4, 2019, so that the French women have enough preparation time for the World Cup , which begins on June 7, in their own country . There was a winter break from December 16 to January 5. For the first time, the main match day was Saturday, as requested by the pay TV broadcaster Canal + , which broadcast all 132 point games.
Qualification and mode of competition
For the eligibility to participate, only the performance of the women's teams in the previous season is taken into account; The ten best-placed teams of the previous season as well as two promoted teams, who had each finished their group of Division 2 Féminine as first in the table , are qualified . The following twelve participants start this season:
- from the north: FC Fleury , OSC Lille , newly promoted FC Metz , Paris FC , Paris Saint-Germain FC
- from the west: Girondins Bordeaux , EA Guingamp , ASJ Soyaux
- from the southeast: newly promoted FCO Dijon , defending champions Olympique Lyon , HSC Montpellier , AF Rodez
Participation is a first for Dijon.
The championship is played in a double round of points in which each participant competes in home and away games against each other. The usual " three-point rule " applies with three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss; 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 two bottom of the table have to be relegated, who will be replaced for the coming season by two promoted teams - the winners of the two groups in 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 .
Change of club
The earliest personnel changes before the start of the season concerned the coaching position. Sarah M'Barek's role at Guingamp ended after five years, but there is still a woman in the league as head coach because Sabrina Viguier took over this position in Rodez. Another coach was added from October when Sandrine Soubeyrand signed on in this role at Paris FC, and Angélique Roujas at Metz for the last three matchdays before the end of the season . At Paris SG, former national coach Olivier Echouafni replaced Patrice Lair .
When changing players, there were a number of changes in well-known women in the summer transfer period. In Lyon, Corine Petit and probably also Jessica Houara due to injury ended their careers, Kheira Hamraoui and Morgan Brian went abroad, Kenza Dali and Claire Lavogez , who had been on loan since the beginning of the year, moved to the “small” league rivals from Dijon and Bordeaux respectively. Lisa Weiß , Carolin Simon (both from Germany), Isobel Christiansen from England and the two veterans Jessica Fishlock and - from January 2019 - Florencia Soledad Jaimes are new to Europe's best team . Last year's runner-up PSG also gave up well-known players in Marie-Laure Delie (to newly promoted FC Metz), Jennifer Hermoso and Érika , and brought in three new internationals in Daiane Limera Santos Silva , Wang Shuang and Signe Bruun . Montpellier has to do without Laëtitia Tonazzi (end of career), Laëtitia Philippe (after Rodez) and Marie-Charlotte Léger (after Fleury) this season .
Has left the Paris FC towards Spain Aissatou Tounkara , this are Linda Sällström and eseosa aigbogun new to the second capital club. Soyaux brought Hawa Cissoko from relegated Olympique Marseille , Bordeaux also brought Viviane Asseyi in addition to Claire Lavogez , Fleury besides Marie-Charlotte Léger also Nadjma Ali Nadjim from Bordeaux and Kelly Gadéa from Marseille. In addition to Kenza Dali, goalkeeper Mylène Chavas ( AS Saint-Étienne ) and attacker Lindsey Thomas (Montpellier), the second climber from Dijon was also able to win two sought-after talents, as most clubs this season seemed to be focusing on the youngsters . At the turn of the year 2018/2019, Élise Bussaglia , who is currently the most experienced French national player Dijon, joined after her premature contract termination with FC Barcelona .
Further changes during the winter break: Katrine Veje left Montpellier for Arsenal FC and Stina Blackstenius for Linköpings FC , but Sweden's Marija Banušić came from China; Nadia Nadim moved from Manchester City to Paris Saint-Germain, which Melike Pekel loaned to Bordeaux until the end of the season, as did Lyon Emelyne Laurent to Guingamp.
Results, table and course of the season
Final result: May 4, 2019
|
Gir. boron |
FCO Dij |
FC Fle |
EA Gui |
OSC Lil |
Oly Lyo |
FC Met |
HSC Mon |
FC Par |
SG par |
AF Rod |
ASJ Soy |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girondins Bordeaux | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 7 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | |
| FCO Dijon | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 4 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 5 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | |
| Fleury FC | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | |
| EA Guingamp | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 5 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | |
| Lille OSC | 0: 2 | 1: 3 | 0-0 | 3: 3 | 0: 8 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | |
| Olympique Lyon | 3-0 | 5-0 | 4: 1 | 7-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 5-0 | 5-0 | 4-0 | 4-0 | |
| FC Metz | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 5 | 0: 7 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | |
| HSC Montpellier | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 5 | 11: 0 | 2-0 | 0: 3 | 5-0 | 2-0 | |
| Paris FC | 5-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 4 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 4-0 | 0-0 | |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 6: 2 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 7: 1 | 4-0 | 5: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | |
| AF Rodez | 1: 4 | 1: 4 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 2 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | |
| ASJ Soyaux | 1-0 | 4: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 6 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 6 | 3: 1 |
| Pl. | Womanhood | Sp | G | U | V | Gates | Diff. | Pts. | waste train |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Olympique Lyon (M) | 22nd | 20th | 2 | 0 | 90: 6 | 62 | ||
| 2. | Paris Saint-Germain | 22nd | 18th | 3 | 1 | 62:16 | 57 | ||
| 3. | HSC Montpellier | 22nd | 12 | 3 | 7th | 51:27 | 39 | ||
| 4th | Girondins Bordeaux | 22nd | 10 | 4th | 8th | 26:34 | 34 | ||
| 5. | Paris FC | 22nd | 9 | 5 | 8th | 34:28 | 32 | ||
| 6th | ASJ Soyaux | 22nd | 7th | 6th | 9 | 19:37 | 27 | ||
| 7th | EA Guingamp | 22nd | 6th | 6th | 10 | 24:33 | - 9 | 24 | |
| 8th. | FCO Dijon (N) | 22nd | 7th | 3 | 12 | 29:44 | -15 | 24 | |
| 9. | Fleury FC | 22nd | 5 | 7th | 10 | 24:34 | 22nd | ||
| 10. | FC Metz (N) | 22nd | 6th | 1 | 15th | 21:63 | 19th | ||
| 11. | Lille OSC | 22nd | 4th | 6th | 12 | 20:43 | 18th | ||
| 12. | AF Rodez | 22nd | 3 | 4th | 15th | 14:49 | 13 |
After the first half of the season, the unbeaten top duo Lyon and PSG led the table by a large margin over the field of pursuers. PFC and Montpellier - the latter after an unusually weak start to the season with just four points from the first six games - were in the supposedly secure part of the ranking, ahead of Guingamp, Fleury, Bordeaux and Soyaux. Between Dijon, Metz and Lille, the struggle seems to ease in the second half of the season about who will have to accompany the women from Rodez, who are still winless after eleven encounters, to the second division. The Lorraine climber started this season with seven defeats; but then the Metzinnen were able to turn things around by achieving the remarkable mini-series of three wins and one draw.
On matchday 19, Lyon surprisingly left a point in Fleury, so that in round 20 there was an almost real final between OL and PSG tied on points. Lyon decided this 5-0 in front of the new league record crowd of 25,907 paying spectators, defended their lead in the last three games and secured their 13th title in a row. Paris Saint-Germain also maintained their second place in the table and thus the Champions League qualification without any problems. Thus, on the last day of the game, only the decision of the second relegated team next to Rodez was left, for which only Metz and Lille, separated by a single point, were eligible. Both had a difficult away game in Lyon and Montpellier, respectively, and since both lost there, Metz kept the better end in this long-distance duel. Rodez had to leave Division 1 Féminine after nine years of service.
The following season , the women of Stade Reims rise from Division 2 Féminine - five times French champions in the 1970s and 1980s, but an absolute newcomer in the league - and Olympique Marseille .
The champions' players
Coach Reynald Pedros had the following female footballers in his season squad (the number of point matches in brackets):
- Goal: Sarah Bouhaddi (18), Lisa Weiß (4)
- Defense: Selma Bacha (15), Lucy Bronze (16), Kadeisha Buchanan (11), Griedge Mbock Bathy (16), Wendie Renard (17), Carolin Simon (13)
- Midfield: Lorena Azzaro (1), Isobel Christiansen (14), Jessica Fishlock (14), Amandine Henry (18), Eva Kouache (4), Saki Kumagai (20), Amel Majri (18), Dzsenifer Marozsán (15)
- Attack: Delphine Cascarino (18), Ada Hegerberg (20), Florencia Soledad Jaimes (5), Emelyne Laurent (10), Eugénie Le Sommer (18), Melvine Malard (2), Shanice van de Sanden (19)
Lyon's 90 goals were scored by Hegerberg (20), Le Sommer (13), Majri, Marozsán (10 each), Renard (8), van de Sanden (7), Henry (4), Cascarino (3), Mbock Bathy, Christiansen, Kumagai (2 each) and Bronze, Buchanan, Fishlock, Jaimes and Laurent (1 each). There were also four opposing own goals.
Most successful goalscorers
Most hits scored:
| Pl. | Surname | team | Gates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marie-Antoinette Katoto | Paris SG | 22nd |
| 2. |
 Ada Hegerberg
|
Lyon | 20th |
| 3. | Kadidiatou Diani | Paris SG | 13 |
| Clarisse Le Bihan | Montpellier | 13 | |
| Eugénie Le Sommer | Lyon | 13 | |
| 6th | Viviane Asseyi | Bordeaux | 12 |
 Linda Sällström
|
Paris FC | 12 | |
| 8th. | Amel Majri | Lyon | 10 |
 Dzsenifer Marozsán
|
Lyon | 10 | |
| 10. |
 Janice Cayman
|
Montpellier | 8th |
| Léa Khelifi | Metz | 8th | |
| Wendie Renard | Lyon | 8th | |
| Gaëtane Thiney | Paris FC | 8th | |
| 14th | Adélie Fourre | Guingamp | 7th |
 Shanice van de Sanden
|
Lyon | 7th | |
 Wang Shuang
|
Paris SG | 7th | |
| 17th |
 Stina Blackstenius
|
Montpellier | 6th |
| Laura Bourgouin | Soyaux | 6th | |
| Kimberley Cazeau | Rodez | 6th | |
| Kenza Dali | Dijon | 6th | |
| Léa Declercq | Dijon | 6th | |
| Louise Fleury | Guingamp | 6th | |
| Valérie Gauvin | Montpellier | 6th | |
| Marie-Charlotte Léger | Fleury | 6th |
Kadidiatou Diani (PSG) recorded the most goal preparations with 12 ahead of Ada Hegerberg (Lyon, 11), Amel Majri (Lyon, 9) and, with eight decisive passes each, Daphné Corboz (Fleury), Wang Shuang (PSG) and Shanice van de Sanden (Lyon).
See also
Notes and evidence
- ↑ Source at footofeminin.fr of February 24, 2018
- ↑ Summary of transfers during the summer break at footofeminin.fr, as of August 23, 2018
- ↑ Olympiques season line-up at footofeminin.fr
- ↑ Top scorer list at footofeminin.fr