Ligue 1 2007/08

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Ligue 1 2007/08
master Olympique Lyon
Champions League Olympique Lyon,
Girondins Bordeaux
Champions League
qualification		 Olympique Marseille
Uefa cup AS Nancy , AS Saint-Étienne ,
Paris Saint-Germain (League Cup)
UI cup Rennes stadium
Cup winners Olympique Lyon
Relegated Racing Lens , FC Metz ,
Racing Strasbourg
Teams 20th
Games 380
Gates 868  (ø 2.28 per game)
spectator 8,285,686  (ø 21,804 per game)
Top scorer Karim Benzema ( Olympique Lyon )
← Ligue 1 2006/07

The Ligue 1 2007/08 was the 70th season of the highest French football league. The season began on August 4, 2007 with the opening game Racing Strasbourg against Olympique Marseille and ended on May 17, 2008.

Olympique Lyon won the championship for the seventh time in a row ahead of Girondins Bordeaux . The title decision was only made on the last day of the match when Lyon beat Auxerre 3-1.

Racing Lens and the two newcomers Racing Strasbourg and FC Metz had to relegate .

Teams

The clubs of Ligue 1 in the 2007/08 season
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
FC Metz Metz Stade Saint-Symphorien 26,700
SM Caen Caen Stade Michel-d'Ornano 21,500
FC Lorient Lorient Stade du Moustoir 15,900
Racing Strasbourg Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau 29,000
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
Racing 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  7th  7th 074:370 +37 79
 2. Girondins Bordeaux (L)  38  22nd  9  7th 065:380 +27 75
 3. Olympique Marseille  38  17th  11  10 058:450 +13 62
 4th AS Nancy  38  15th  15th  8th 044:300 +14 60
 5. AS Saint-Etienne  38  16  10  12 047:340 +13 58
 6th Rennes stadium  38  16  10  12 047:440  +3 58
 7th Lille OSC  38  13  18th  7th 045:320 +13 57
 8th. OGC Nice  38  13  16  9 035:300  +5 55
 9. Le Mans UC  38  14th  11  13 046:490  −3 53
10. FC Lorient  38  12  16  10 032:350  −3 52
11. SM Caen (N)  38  13  12  13 048:530  −5 51
12. AS Monaco  38  13  8th  17th 040:480  −8 47
13. Valenciennes FC  38  12  9  17th 042:400  +2 45
14th FC Sochaux (P)  38  10  14th  14th 034:430  −9 44
15th AJ Auxerre  38  12  8th  18th 033:530 −20 44
16. Paris Saint-Germain  38  10  13  15th 037:450  −8 43
17th Toulouse FC  38  9  15th  14th 036:420  −6 42
18th Racing Lens  38  9  13  16 043:520  −9 40
19th Racing Strasbourg (N)  38  9  8th  21st 034:550 −21 35
20th FC Metz (N) 1  38  5  9  24 028:640 −36 24

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

1Metz FC has been sentenced to play a game behind closed doors for racist attacks by its fans against Valenciennes player Abdeslam Ouaddou . The additional deduction of one point was later withdrawn.
  • French football champion and participation in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the UEFA Champions League 2008/09
  • Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
  • Relegation to Ligue 2 in 2008/09
    • (M) reigning French champion
    (P) reigning French cup winner
    (L) reigning league cup winner
    (N) Newcomers from Ligue 2 2006/07

    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.

    2007/08 AJ Auxerre Girondins Bordeaux SM Caen UC Le Mans RC Lens Lille OSC Olympique Lyon Olympique Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco AS Nancy OGC Nice Paris SG Rennes stadium AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux Toulouse FC Valenciennes FC
    AJ Auxerre 0: 2 1-0 3-0 0-0 0: 1 5: 3 1: 2 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0: 1 0: 2 1: 3 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 2-0
    Girondins Bordeaux 4: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 0-0 2: 2 1: 3 2: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 3-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 4: 3 2: 1
    SM Caen 0-0 5-0 3: 2 1: 4 1-0 0-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 2 4: 1 0-0 1-0 3-0 2: 2 1: 3 2: 2 2-0 2: 1 1-0
    Le Mans UC 3-0 1: 2 1: 1 3: 2 1: 1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 2: 1 2-0 0: 2 1: 1 3: 2 0: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2-0
    Racing Lens 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 1: 3 1: 2 1: 1 3-0 3: 3 1: 1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1: 2 3: 2 3: 2 2: 2 1: 1 0-0
    Lille OSC 0: 2 1: 1 5-0 3: 1 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 3: 1 3-0 1: 1 0: 3 3: 2 3-0
    FC Lorient 1: 1 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 2-0 2: 1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 3
    Olympique Lyon 2-0 4: 2 2: 2 3: 2 3-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 2-0 3: 1 1-0 0-0 4: 2 1: 1 1-0 4: 1 5-0 3: 2 2-0
    Olympique Marseille 2: 1 1: 2 6: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 3 0-0 3: 1 3: 1 2-0 2: 2 0: 2 2: 1 0-0 2-0 0: 1 4: 3 1: 2 3: 1
    FC Metz 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 4: 3 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 1: 5 1: 2 1: 4 0-0 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1: 2 0: 2 2: 1
    AS Monaco 3-0 0: 6 0-0 3: 1 2-0 0-0 1-0 0: 3 2: 3 2-0 1: 3 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 3-0 0: 2 0-0
    AS Nancy 4: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 1-0 2: 3 2-0 1: 1 3-0 1-0 0-0
    OGC Nice 1: 2 1: 1 3: 1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1: 2 0-0 0: 2 3: 1 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 0-0 1-0 1: 1 1-0
    Paris Saint-Germain 3: 1 0: 2 0: 1 0-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 3 2: 3 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 0-0 2: 3 1: 3 1: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 1
    Rennes stadium 1: 2 0: 2 1: 2 3-0 3: 1 2: 2 2-0 0: 2 3: 1 2-0 0: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 2 3-0 2: 1 1-0
    AS Saint-Etienne 0-0 0-0 3-0 4: 1 2-0 0-0 1-0 1: 1 1-0 2-0 4-0 4-0 0-0 0: 1 2-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 3: 1
    FC Sochaux 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 3 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 0-0 0: 3 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 1-0
    Racing Strasbourg 3-0 1: 1 1: 4 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 2 0-0 2: 3 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1: 2 3-0 3-0 0: 2 2-0 0-0
    Toulouse FC 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 0: 2 1: 2 1: 3 2: 1
    Valenciennes FC 3-0 3: 1 3-0 1: 2 1: 2 0-0 3-0 1: 2 2: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 2 0-0 3-0 2-0 3: 1 2-0 3: 1

    Champion team Olympique Lyon

    1. Olympique Lyon
    Olympique Lyon

    List of goalscorers

    Pl. player society Gates
    1 Karim Benzema Olympique Lyon 20th
    2 SenegalSenegal Mamadou Niang Olympique Marseille 18th
    3 Bafétimbi Gomis AS Saint-Etienne 16
    Djibril Cissé Olympique Marseille 16
    5 ArgentinaArgentina Fernando Cavenaghi Girondins Bordeaux 15th
    6th Ivory CoastIvory Coast Bakari Koné OGC Nice 14th
    AlgeriaAlgeria Rafik Saïfi FC Lorient 14th
    8th Steve Savidan Valenciennes FC 13
    BrazilBrazil Túlio de Melo UC Le Mans 13
    10 Mickaël Pagis Rennes stadium 12
    David Bellion Girondins Bordeaux 12
    BrazilBrazil Helix Girondins Bordeaux 12

    Awards

    Awards from the players' union UNFP

    Karim Benzema from the champion Lyon was named the best player of the season, other candidates for this award were Mamadou Niang , his teammate Jérémy Toulalan and Wendel . Hatem Ben Arfa , who also works for Lyon , received the award for the best young player . The other nominees for this award were Yohan Cabaye , Miralem Pjanić and Mevlüt Erdinç .

    Seven players from third-placed Olympique Marseille were selected into the team of the season. Laurent Blanc was chosen as coach by runner-up Bordeaux.

    goalkeeper Defense midfield striker

    Steve Mandanda (Marseille)

    Laurent Bonnart (Marseille)
    Sébastien Puygrenier (Nancy)
    Vitorino Hilton (Lens)
    Taye Taiwo (Marseille)

    Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)
    Jérémy Toulalan (Marseille)
    Benoît Cheyrou (Lyon)
    Wendel (Marseille)

    Mamadou Niang (Marseille)
    Karim Benzema (Lyon)

    Best players of the season ("Étoile d'Or")

    The France Football “ Golden Stars ” for the best players of the season went to Karim Benzema (just ahead of his club mate Jérémy Toulalan and Stéphane Sessegnon from Le Mans) for the field players and Hugo Lloris (Nice) for the goalkeepers , followed by Fabien Audard (Lorient ) and Steve Mandanda.

    See also

    Web links

    Commons : Ligue 1 2007/08  - collection of images, videos and audio files

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ 2007/08 goalscorers. In: lfp.fr. Retrieved February 10, 2018 .