Ligue 1 2011/12

	Ligue 1 2011/12
master	HSC Montpellier
Champions League	HSC Montpellier ; Paris Saint-Germain
Champions League ; qualification	Lille OSC
Europe League	Olympique Lyon (group stage) ; Girondins Bordeaux (play-off round)
Europa League ; qualification	Olympique Marseille
Cup winners	Olympique Lyon
Relegated	SM Caen ; FCO Dijon ; AJ Auxerre
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	956 (ø 2.52 per game)
spectator	7,046,720 (ø 18,544 per game)
Top scorer	Anderson Luiz de Carvalho ( Paris SG ) Olivier Giroud ( HSC Montpellier ) ;
	← Ligue 1 2010/11 Ligue 1 2012/13 →
	Ligue 2 2011/12 ↓

The Ligue 1 2011/12 was the 74th season of the highest French football league. The season started on August 6, 2011 and ended on May 20, 2012. The defending champion was Lille OSC .

The championship was the HSC Montpellier for the first time . Newcomers were FC Évian Thonon Gaillard , AC Ajaccio and FCO Dijon .

Teams

society	city	Stadion	capacity
AC Ajaccio	Ajaccio	François-Coty Stadium	08,200
AJ Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	20,300
AS Nancy	Nancy	Marcel-Picot Stadium	20,085
FCO Dijon	Dijon	Stade Gaston Gérard	10,900
AS Saint-Etienne	Saint-Etienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	35,616
FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	Thonon-les-Bains	Parc des Sports d'Annecy	12,243
FC Lorient	Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	18,110
FC Sochaux	Sochaux	Stade Auguste-Bonal	20.005
Toulouse FC	Toulouse	Municipal Stadium	35,472
Valenciennes FC	Valenciennes	Stade you Hainaut	25,200
Girondins Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas	34,263
HSC Montpellier	Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,950
OGC Nice	Nice	Stade you Ray	18,696
Olympique Lyon	Lyon	Stade Gerland	40,494
Olympique Marseille	Marseille	Stade Velodrome	60,031
Lille OSC	Lille	Nord Lille Métropole stadium	17,754
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Prince Park Stadium	47,428
SM Caen	Caen	Stade Michel-d'Ornano	21,500
Stade Brest	Brest	Stade Francis-Le Blé	16,000
Rennes stadium	Rennes	Stade de la Route de Lorient	29,778

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	HSC Montpellier	38	25th	7th	6th	068:340	+34	82
2.	Paris Saint-Germain	38	23	10	5	075:410	+34	79
3.	OSC Lille (M, P)	38	21st	11	6th	068:360	+32	74
4th	Olympique Lyon	38	19th	7th	12	064:510	+13	64
5.	Girondins Bordeaux	38	16	13	9	053:410	+12	61
6th	Rennes stadium	38	17th	9	12	053:440	+9	60
7th	AS Saint-Etienne	38	16	9	13	049:450	+4	57
8th.	Toulouse FC	38	15th	11	12	037:340	+3	56
9.	Evian Thonon Gaillard (N)	38	13	11	14th	054:550	−1	50
10.	Olympique Marseille (L)	38	12	12	14th	045:410	+4	48
11.	AS Nancy	38	11	12	15th	038:480	−10	45
12.	Valenciennes FC	38	12	7th	19th	040:500	−10	43
13.	OGC Nice	38	10	12	16	039:460	−7	42
14th	FC Sochaux	38	11	9	18th	040:600	−20	42
15th	Stade Brest	38	8th	17th	13	031:380	−7	41
16.	AC Ajaccio (N)	38	9	14th	15th	040:610	−21	41
17th	FC Lorient	38	9	12	17th	035:490	−14	39
18th	SM Caen	38	9	11	18th	039:590	−20	38
19th	FCO Dijon (N)	38	9	9	20th	038:630	−25	36
20th	AJ Auxerre	38	7th	13	18th	046:570	−11	34

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

French football champion and participation in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the UEFA Champions League 2012/13

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the playoff round of the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League

Relegation to Ligue 2 2012/13

(M)	reigning French champion
(P)	reigning French cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from Ligue 2 2010/11

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.

2011/12
Lille OSC		3: 2	3: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2-0	4: 5	2: 1	2: 2	3-0	1: 1	4-0	4: 1	0: 1	3-0	2-0	4: 4	1: 1	4: 1	2-0
Olympique Marseille	2-0		2: 2	3-0	2: 2	0: 1	0-0	0: 1	3-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2-0	2-0	1: 2
Olympique Lyon	2: 1	2-0		4: 4	2: 1	1: 2	3: 1	3: 2	2: 1	2-0	3: 2	4: 1	3: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	3: 4	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1
Paris Saint-Germain	0-0	2: 1	2-0		6: 1	3-0	1: 1	3: 1	3: 2	2-0	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	2: 2	4: 2	1-0	2: 1	3: 1	4: 1	2-0
FC Sochaux	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 1		2: 6	0: 3	3-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 3	1: 2	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	0: 2	1-0
Rennes stadium	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1-0		1-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	3: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3: 2	3: 1	5-0
Girondins Bordeaux	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	2-0		2-0	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 1
Toulouse FC	0-0	0-0	3-0	1: 3	2-0	1-0	3: 2		1-0	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 1	1-0	0-0	0-0	2: 1	0: 2	2-0
AJ Auxerre	1: 3	2: 2	0: 3	1: 1	4: 1	0: 1	2: 4	2-0		0-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 3	1: 2	1: 1	4-0	2: 1	0: 2	4: 1	2: 2
AS Saint-Etienne	1: 3	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	4-0	2: 3	1: 1	1: 1		4: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	2: 3	0: 2	3: 1	1-0
FC Lorient	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	3-0		2-0	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	2-0	0-0
Valenciennes FC	0-0	1: 1	1-0	3: 4	3-0	1-0	1: 2	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	2-0		1-0	1-0	3: 1	0-0	2-0	0: 3	1: 2	4-0
AS Nancy	1: 1	1: 3	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 2	0: 3	0-0	3: 2	2: 2	1: 1		1-0	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	1: 2
HSC Montpellier	1-0	1-0	1-0	0: 3	2: 1	4-0	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	4-0	1-0	2-0		3-0	1-0	1-0	2: 2	3-0	5: 3
SM Caen	1: 2	1: 2	1-0	2: 2	1: 3	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 4	1-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 3		0-0	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	3-0
Stade Brest	3: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	0: 1	0: 2	0-0	1-0	2: 2	3: 1	1-0	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1		1-0	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1
OGC Nice	0: 1	1: 1	1: 3	0-0	1: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 2	2-0	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	0-0		3: 2	3-0	1: 1
FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	0: 3	2-0	1: 3	2: 2	2: 3	1: 3	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	4: 2	2: 4	0: 1	1-0		2: 1	0: 1
AC Ajaccio	2: 3	1-0	1: 1	1: 3	2: 1	1-0	0: 2	0: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	1: 3	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 1		2: 1
FCO Dijon	0: 2	2: 3	1: 2	1: 2	0-0	1: 5	2-0	1: 1	0: 2	1: 2	2-0	1: 2	0: 2	1: 1	2-0	1-0	3-0	3: 1	1: 1

Master team HSC Montpellier

HSC Montpellier
	Goal: Geoffrey Jourdren (35 / -); Laurent Pioneer (3 / -) Defense: Henri Bedimo (36/1); Hilton (35/1); Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (34/1); Garry Bocaly (34 / -); Cyril Jeunechamp (12 / -); Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (5 / -) Midfield: Marco Estrada (30/1); Jamel Saihi (30 / -); Remy Cabella (29/3); Joris Marveaux (29/1); Younès Belhanda (28/12); Benjamin Stambouli (26 / -); Geoffrey Dernis (20/5); Romain Pitau (10 / -); Jonathan Tinhan (4/1) Forward: Olivier Giroud (36/21); John Utaka (35/7); Souleymane Camara (33/9); Karim Ait Fana (11/2); Bengali Fodé Koita (4 / -) Trainer: René Girard

* Hasan Kabze (1 / -) left the club during the season.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Nenê	Paris SG	21st
	Olivier Giroud	HSC Montpellier	21st
3	Eden Hazard	Lille OSC	20th
4th	Lisandro Lopez	Olympique Lyon	16
	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	AS Saint-Etienne	16
6th	Yoan Gouffran	Girondins Bordeaux	14th
	Bafétimbi Gomis	Olympique Lyon	14th
8th	Javier Pastore	Paris SG	13
9	Younès Belhanda	HSC Montpellier	12
	Loïc Rémy	Olympique Marseille	12

Web links

Commons : Ligue 1 2011/12 - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Classement Ligue 1. In: lfp.fr. Retrieved May 21, 2012 .
↑ Goal scorers 2011/12. In: lfp.fr. Retrieved May 21, 2012 .

[1] Classement Ligue 1. In: lfp.fr. Retrieved May 21, 2012 .

[2] Goal scorers 2011/12. In: lfp.fr. Retrieved May 21, 2012 .

Ligue 1 2011/12

master	HSC Montpellier
Champions League	HSC Montpellier Paris Saint-Germain
Champions League qualification	Lille OSC
Europe League	Olympique Lyon (group stage) Girondins Bordeaux (play-off round)
Europa League qualification	Olympique Marseille
Cup winners	Olympique Lyon
Relegated	SM Caen FCO Dijon AJ Auxerre
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	956 (ø 2.52 per game)
spectator	7,046,720 (ø 18,544 per game)
Top scorer	Brazil Anderson Luiz de Carvalho ( Paris SG ) Olivier Giroud ( HSC Montpellier ) France
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Ligue 2 2011/12 ↓