Ligue 1 2005/06

Ligue 1 2005/06
master	Olympique Lyon
Champions League	Olympique Lyon Girondins Bordeaux
Champions League qualification	Lille OSC
Uefa cup	Racing Lens , Paris Saint-Germain AS Nancy
UI cup	Olympique Marseille AJ Auxerre
Cup winners	Paris Saint-Germain
Relegated	AC Ajaccio , Racing Strasbourg FC Metz
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	811  (ø 2.13 per game)
spectator	8,189,860  (ø 21,552 per game)
Top scorer	Pauleta (Paris Saint-Germain)
← Ligue 1 2004/05 Ligue 1 2006/07 →
Ligue 2 2005/06 ↓

The Ligue 1 2005/06 was the 68th season of the top French football league. The season began on July 29, 2005 with the opening game Paris Saint-Germain against FC Metz (4-1) and ended on May 13, 2006.

As in the previous year, Olympique Lyon dominated the league and won champions three game days before the end of the season.

Teams

Paris Monaco Lens Sochaux Rennes Nantes Marseille Lille Lyon Nice Auxerre Bordeaux Toulouse Strasbourg Metz St. Etienne Ajaccio Le Mans Troyes Nancy

Division 1 venues 2005/06

society	city	Stadion	capacity
AC Ajaccio	Ajaccio	François-Coty Stadium	08,200
AJ Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	23,500
AS Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,500
FC Metz	Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	26,700
FC Nantes Atlantique	Nantes	Louis-Fonteneau stadium	38,300
FC Sochaux	Sochaux	Stade Auguste-Bonal	20,000
Toulouse FC	Toulouse	Municipal Stadium	35,500
Girondins Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Parc Lescure	34,700
OGC Nice	Nice	Stade you Ray	17,400
Olympique Lyon	Lyon	Stade Gerland	40,500
Olympique Marseille	Marseille	Stade Velodrome	60,000
Lille OSC	Lille	Stade Grimonprez-Jooris	21,100
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Parc des Princes	48,500
Racing Lens	Lens	Stade Félix-Bollaert	41,600
Rennes stadium	Rennes	Stade de la Route de Lorient	31,100
AS Saint-Etienne	Saint-Etienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	42,000
Racing Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,000
Le Mans UC	Le Mans	Stade Léon-Bollée	17,800
AS Nancy	Nancy	Marcel-Picot Stadium	20,087
ES Troyes AC	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	20,400

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Olympique Lyon (M)	38	25th	9	4th	073:310	+42	84
2.	Girondins Bordeaux	38	18th	15th	5	043:250	+18	69
3.	Lille OSC	38	16	14th	8th	056:310	+25	62
4th	Racing Lens	38	14th	18th	6th	048:340	+14	60
5.	Olympique Marseille	38	16	12	10	044:350	+9	60
6th	AJ Auxerre (P)	38	17th	8th	13	050:390	+11	59
7th	Rennes stadium	38	18th	5	15th	048:490	−1	59
8th.	OGC Nice	38	16	10	12	036:310	+5	58
9.	Paris Saint-Germain	38	13	13	12	044:380	+6	52
10.	AS Monaco	38	13	13	12	042:360	+6	52
11.	Le Mans UC (N)	38	13	13	12	033:360	−3	52
12.	AS Nancy (N)	38	12	12	14th	035:370	−2	48
13.	AS Saint-Etienne	38	11	14th	13	029:390	−10	47
14th	FC Nantes Atlantique	38	11	12	15th	037:410	−4	45
15th	FC Sochaux	38	11	11	16	034:470	−13	44
16.	Toulouse FC	38	10	11	17th	036:470	−11	41
17th	ES Troyes AC (N)	38	9	12	17th	037:470	−10	39
18th	AC Ajaccio	38	8th	9	21st	027:530	−26	33
19th	Racing Strasbourg (L)	38	5	14th	19th	033:560	−23	29
20th	FC Metz	38	6th	11	21st	026:590	−33	29

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

French football champion and participation in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the UEFA Champions League 2006/07

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006

Relegation to Ligue 2 in 2006/07

(M)	reigning French champion
(P)	reigning French cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from Ligue 2 2004/05

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

2005/06
Olympique Lyon		1: 3	2: 1	1: 4	2: 1	4-0	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 2	0-0	4-0	3: 1	1-0	8: 1	2: 1
Lille OSC	4-0		0: 1	1-0	0-0	2-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	3-0	2-0	4-0	0-0	2-0	3: 2	3: 1	2-0	1-0	4-0	1: 2
AS Monaco	2: 1	0: 1		0: 2	1-0	1-0	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	4: 1	1: 1	0-0	1-0	3-0	0: 1	3-0	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	1: 1
Rennes stadium	1: 3	2: 2	1: 3		3: 2	0: 1	4: 1	3: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	4: 1	3-0	2: 2	2: 1	0: 3	0: 2	1-0	2-0
Olympique Marseille	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0		2-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	2: 2	1-0	0-0	1: 1	0: 2	3: 1	2: 1	6-0	1: 1	2: 1
AS Saint-Etienne	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	2: 1		2-0	1: 1	3-0	0-0	0: 2	0: 1	1: 3	0-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 2	3-0	1: 1
Racing Lens	1: 1	4: 2	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1		7-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	3: 1	1: 2	2-0	1-0
AJ Auxerre	0: 2	3: 2	2: 1	2-0	1: 2	0-0	1-0		2-0	3-0	4-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	4-0	0: 1	0-0	3-0
Paris Saint-Germain	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0	2: 2	3: 4	4: 1		3: 1	1-0	1: 2	2-0	2: 4	3: 1	4: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 1
FC Sochaux	0: 4	0-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	4-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 1		1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	3: 1	0: 3	1: 1	1-0	0: 2	0-0	1: 1
Racing Strasbourg	0: 4	2: 2	1: 2	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-0		0-0	2: 4	2: 2	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 3	1: 2	2-0
OGC Nice	1: 1	2-0	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	1: 2	3: 1		2: 1	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 1
Toulouse FC	0: 1	0-0	3: 3	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 2	0: 2		3-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 2	2: 1
AC Ajaccio	1: 3	3: 3	1-0	0: 1	3: 1	3: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	0: 3	1-0		0: 2	0: 1	0: 2	1-0	0-0	0: 1
Girondins Bordeaux	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0		3: 3	0-0	1-0	2: 2	2-0
FC Metz	0: 4	0: 2	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1-0	0: 1	0-0	1-0	2: 2	2-0	0: 1		1: 4	0-0	0-0	2: 4
FC Nantes Atlantique	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 3	1: 1	2-0	3: 2	0-0	3: 1	4: 3	0-0	2-0	0: 2	0: 1	0-0		3-0	1-0	1: 1
AS Nancy	0: 2	0-0	0: 1	6-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	1: 3	1: 1	0: 3	1: 2	0-0	2-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0		1-0	2: 1
Le Mans UC	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	4-0	3-0	0: 1	0-0	0: 2	0-0	2: 1	2-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	0-0		1-0
ES Troyes AC	0: 1	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	3: 1	3-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 3

Champion team Olympique Lyon

1.

Olympique Lyon

Goal: Grégory Coupet (37 / -); Rémy Vercoutre (2 / -) Defense: Cris (36/3); Caçapa (26/2); Anthony Réveillère (20 / -); Sylvain Monsoreau (19 / -); Jérémy Berthod (16/1); Éric Abidal (14 / -); François Clerc (14 / -); Lamine Diatta (13 / -); Patrick Mueller (12/1) Midfield: Sidney Govou (35/5); Juninho (32/8); Florent Malouda (31/6); Mahamadou Diarra (31/3); Tiago (29/5); Benoit Pedretti (21/2); Jérémy Clément (15 / -); Hatem Ben Arfa (12 / -) Forward: Sylvain Wiltord (35/12); Fred (31/14); John Carew (26/9); Karim Benzema (13/1); Pierre-Alain Frau (4 / -) Coach: Gérard Houllier

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
01.	Pauleta	Paris Saint-Germain	21st
02.	Fred	Olympique Lyon	14th
	Peter Odemwingie	Lille OSC
04th	Daniel cousin	Racing Lens	13
05.	Sylvain Wiltord	Olympique Lyon	12
	Luigi Pieroni	AJ Auxerre
07th	John Utaka	Racing Lens	11

See also

• Ligue 2 2005/06
• Coupe de France 2005/06
• Division 1 Féminine 2005/06

Web links

Commons : Ligue 1 2005/06  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Goal scorers 2005/06. In: lfp.fr. Retrieved February 10, 2018 .