Ligue 1 2006/07

	Ligue 1 2006/07
master	Olympique Lyon
Champions League	Olympique Lyon ; Olympique Marseille
Champions League ; qualification	Toulouse FC
Uefa cup	Stade Rennes , ; Girondins Bordeaux ; FC Sochaux
UI cup	Racing Lens
Cup winners	FC Sochaux
Relegated	ES Troyes AC , CS Sedan ; FC Nantes Atlantique
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	855 (ø 2.25 per game)
spectator	8,287,788 (ø 21,810 per game)
Top scorer	Pauleta; (Paris Saint-Germain)
	← Ligue 1 2005/06 Ligue 1 2007/08 →
	Ligue 2 2006/07 ↓

The Ligue 1 2006/07 was the 69th season of the highest French football league. The season began on August 4, 2006 with the opening game FC Nantes Atlantique against defending champions Olympique Lyon (1: 3) and ended on May 26, 2007.

As in the previous two years, Olympique Lyon was the measure of all things. Lyon ended the season with a 17-point lead and won their sixth championship title in a row. Olympique Marseille came in second, Toulouse FC third and Stade Rennes fourth . Descended are ES Troyes AC , newly promoted CS Sedan and FC Nantes.

Teams

Division 1 venues 2006/07

society	city	Stadion	capacity
AJ Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	21,100
AS Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,500
AS Nancy	Nancy	Marcel-Picot Stadium	20,100
AS Saint-Etienne	Saint-Etienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	35,600
CS Sedan	Sedan	Stade Louis-Dugauguez	23,200
ES Troyes AC	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	20,400
FC Lorient	Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	15,900
FC Nantes	Nantes	Louis-Fonteneau stadium	37,900
FC Sochaux	Sochaux	Stade Auguste-Bonal	20,000
Toulouse FC	Toulouse	Municipal Stadium	35,500
Valenciennes FC	Valenciennes	Stade Nungesser	16,200
Girondins Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas	34,200
OGC Nice	Nice	Stade you Ray	18,500
Olympique Lyon	Lyon	Stade Gerland	41,000
Olympique Marseille	Marseille	Stade Velodrome	60,000
Lille OSC	Lille	Nord Lille Métropole stadium	18,100
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Prince Park Stadium	49,500
RC Lens	Lens (Pas-de-Calais)	Stade Félix-Bollaert	41,600
Rennes stadium	Rennes	Stade de la Route de Lorient	31,100
Le Mans UC	Le Mans	Stade Léon-Bollée	16,700

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Olympique Lyon (M)	38	24	9	5	064:270	+37	81
2.	Olympique Marseille	38	19th	7th	12	053:380	+15	64
3.	Toulouse FC	38	17th	7th	14th	044:430	+1	58
4th	Rennes stadium	38	14th	15th	9	038:300	+8	57
5.	Racing Lens	38	15th	12	11	047:410	+6	57
6th	Girondins Bordeaux	38	16	9	13	039:350	+4	57
7th	FC Sochaux	38	15th	12	11	046:480	−2	57
8th.	AJ Auxerre	38	13	15th	10	041:410	± 0	54
9.	AS Monaco	38	13	12	13	045:380	+7	51
10.	Lille OSC	38	13	11	14th	045:430	+2	50
11.	AS Saint-Etienne	38	14th	7th	17th	052:500	+2	49
12.	Le Mans UC	38	11	16	11	045:460	−1	49
13.	AS Nancy (L)	38	13	10	15th	037:440	−7	49
14th	FC Lorient (N)	38	12	13	13	033:400	−7	49
15th	Paris Saint-Germain (P)	38	12	12	14th	042:420	± 0	48
16.	OGC Nice	38	9	16	13	034:400	−6	43
17th	Valenciennes FC (N)	38	11	10	17th	036:480	−12	43
18th	ES Troyes AC	38	9	12	17th	039:540	−15	39
19th	CS Sedan (N)	38	7th	14th	17th	046:580	−12	35
20th	FC Nantes Atlantique	38	7th	14th	17th	029:490	−20	35

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

French football champion and participation in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007

Relegation to Ligue 2 in 2007/08

(M)	reigning French champion
(P)	reigning French cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from Ligue 2 2005/06

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.

2006/07
Olympique Lyon		1: 2	4: 1	3-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	2: 1	3: 1	3: 3	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0
Girondins Bordeaux	1: 2		0: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	1: 2	3: 2	0-0	1-0	1-0	3-0	1-0	0: 1	2-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1
Lille OSC	1: 2	3-0		4-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	2: 2	0-0	2-0	1: 3	4-0	0: 2	2: 1	1-0
Racing Lens	0: 4	3-0	1: 1		1: 1	1-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	1-0	2-0	2: 2	3: 3	2-0	3: 1	2-0	1-0	3-0	1: 1	1: 1
Olympique Marseille	1: 4	2: 1	4: 1	0: 1		3: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	4: 2	3-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 1
AJ Auxerre	0-0	0-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 3		1-0	0-0	0-0	2: 1	2: 3	2-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	2: 1
Rennes stadium	1-0	0-0	1: 2	1-0	0: 2	3: 1		1-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	3: 2	1: 1	1-0	0: 2	4: 1
OGC Nice	1: 4	2: 1	2: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 1		1-0	1: 1	3: 3	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	3-0	2-0	2: 2	3-0
Paris Saint-Germain	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	1: 3	1: 3	0: 1	1-0	0-0		4: 2	2: 1	0-0	0: 2	4-0	0-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	4: 2	2: 3
AS Monaco	1-0	0-0	3: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	0: 2	0-0	1: 2		2: 1	2-0	1: 2	2: 1	3-0	1: 3	0-0	3-0	2: 1	2: 2
Le Mans UC	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 2	0-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 2		0-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	2-0	3: 2	3: 2	1: 1
AS Nancy	0: 3	2: 1	1: 3	2: 1	2-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	0: 3	1-0	1: 1		0: 2	1-0	5: 2	2: 1	1-0	1-0	3: 1	0: 1
AS Saint-Etienne	1: 3	0: 2	2: 1	3: 2	1: 2	2: 3	1: 3	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	2-0	1-0		2: 1	1: 2	3-0	3: 1	3-0	1: 2	2-0
FC Nantes Atlantique	1: 3	0-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 1	2: 2		0: 2	-: - ¹	1: 1	2: 5	0: 1	0: 2
FC Sochaux	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	0: 3	1-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	3: 2	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 2		4: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1
Toulouse FC	2-0	3: 1	1-0	0: 1	3-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	1: 3	1: 1	0: 1	2: 2	1-0	0: 4	1: 2		1: 1	3-0	3: 1	0-0
ES Troyes AC	1-0	1-0	1: 1	3-0	1: 1	3: 3	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	0: 4	2: 2	0-0	3: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 2		1: 3	3: 2	3-0
Valenciennes FC	0-0	2-0	0: 3	1: 3	0-0	1: 3	3: 1	0: 1	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	3: 1		2: 1	0-0
CS Sedan	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 2	0-0	2: 2	1-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	1: 2	2: 2	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1: 1		3: 1
FC Lorient	1: 3	0: 1	0-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 1	2-0	0-0	3: 1	1: 3	0: 1	0-0	1-0	2-0

¹ The game FC Nantes Atlantique against FC Toulouse was abandoned when the score was 0-0 and counted as a goalless victory for Toulouse.

Champion team Olympique Lyon

1.	Olympique Lyon
	Goal: Grégory Coupet (33 / -); Rémy Vercoutre (5 / -) Defense: Éric Abidal (33 / -); Cris (32/4); Anthony Réveillère (30 / -); Sébastien Squillaci (28/3); François Clerc (21 / -); Jérémy Berthod (10 / -); Patrick Mueller (10 / -); Caçapa (6 / -) Midfield: Florent Malouda (35/10); Kim Kallström (33/3); Jérémy Toulalan (32 / -); Juninho (31/10); Sidney Govou (28/1); Tiago (27/5); Alou diarra (14/1); Hatem Ben Arfa (13/1); Fabio Santos (8 / -) Forward: Sylvain Wiltord (22/5); Karim Benzema (21/5); Fred (20/10); Milan Baroš (12/4); John Carew (9/1); Loïc Rémy (6 / -); Grégory Bettiol (4 / -) Coach: Gérard Houllier

* Mahamadou Diarra (2 / -) left the club during the season.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
01.	Portugal Pauleta	Paris Saint-Germain	15th
02.	Steve Savidan	Valenciennes FC	13
03.	Senegal Mamadou Niang	Olympique Marseille	12
	Guinea-a Ismaël Bangoura	Le Mans UC
	Brazil Graphite	Le Mans UC
06th	Nigeria John Utaka	Racing Lens	11
	Ivory Coast Aruna Dindane	Racing Lens
	Brazil Fred	Olympique Lyon
	Mali Seydou Keita	Racing Lens
	Frédéric Piquionne	AS Monaco
	Sweden Johan Elmander	Toulouse FC

Web links

Commons : Ligue 1 2006/07 - collection of images, videos and audio files

Ligue 1 2006/07 on kicker.de

Individual evidence

↑ Goal scorers 2006/07. In: lfp.fr. Retrieved February 10, 2018 .

[1] Goal scorers 2006/07. In: lfp.fr. Retrieved February 10, 2018 .

Ligue 1 2006/07

master	Olympique Lyon
Champions League	Olympique Lyon Olympique Marseille
Champions League qualification	Toulouse FC
Uefa cup	Stade Rennes , Girondins Bordeaux FC Sochaux
UI cup	Racing Lens
Cup winners	FC Sochaux
Relegated	ES Troyes AC , CS Sedan FC Nantes Atlantique
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	855 (ø 2.25 per game)
spectator	8,287,788 (ø 21,810 per game)
Top scorer	Portugal Pauleta (Paris Saint-Germain)
← Ligue 1 2005/06 Ligue 1 2007/08 →
Ligue 2 2006/07 ↓