The 2019–20 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Conforama for sponsorship reasons, was a French association football tournament within Ligue 1. It was the 82nd season since its establishment. The season began on 9 August 2019 and ended abruptly on 28 April 2020.[4]

Ligue 1
Season2019–20
Dates9 August 2019 – 28 April 2020
ChampionsParis Saint-Germain
9th Ligue 1 title
9th French title
RelegatedAmiens
Toulouse
Champions LeagueParis Saint-Germain
Marseille
Rennes
Europa LeagueLille
Nice
Reims
Matches played279
Goals scored704 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerWissam Ben Yedder
Kylian Mbappé
(18 goals each)[1]
Biggest home winLyon 6–0 Angers
(16 August 2019)
Bordeaux 6–0 Nîmes
(3 December 2019)
Biggest away winAmiens 0–4 Strasbourg
(23 November 2019)
Nîmes 0–4 Lyon
(6 December 2019)
Saint-Étienne 0–4 Paris Saint-Germain
(15 December 2019)
Highest scoringAmiens 4–4 Paris Saint-Germain
(15 February 2020)
Longest winning runMarseille
Paris Saint-Germain
(6 matches)[2]
Longest unbeaten runParis Saint-Germain
(15 matches)[2]
Longest winless runToulouse
(18 matches)[2]
Longest losing runToulouse
(11 matches)[2]
Highest attendance65,421[2]
Marseille 2–1 Lyon
(10 November 2019)
Lowest attendance3,585[2]
Monaco 1–0 Angers
(4 February 2020)
Total attendance6,244,914[3]
Average attendance22,463[3]

On 13 March 2020, the LFP suspended Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 indefinitely following the outbreak of COVID-19 in France.[5] On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September.[6] On 30 April 2020, Paris Saint-Germain were awarded the championship following the cancellation of the 2019–20 season.[7][8]

PSG topped the standings by 12 points with a game in hand at the time the league was halted. Marseille and Rennes were awarded the other two UEFA Champions League spots based on their rankings at the league's suspension. On 9 June 2020, France's highest administrative court ruled that relegation for Amiens and Toulouse was suspended for this season.[9] This was overruled on 23 June and subsequently Amiens and Toulouse were relegated to the 2020–21 Ligue 2.[10]

Teams

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Changes

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Metz and Brest were promoted from the 2018–19 Ligue 2, replacing the two relegated teams from the 2018–19 Ligue 1, Caen and Guingamp.

Stadium and locations

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Club Location Venue Capacity 2018–19 season
Amiens Amiens Stade de la Licorne 12,097 15th
Angers Angers Stade Raymond Kopa 18,752 13th
Bordeaux Bordeaux Matmut Atlantique 42,115 14th
Brest Brest Stade Francis-Le Blé 15,931 Ligue 2, 2nd
Dijon Dijon Stade Gaston Gérard 15,995 18th
Lille Villeneuve-d'Ascq Stade Pierre-Mauroy 50,186 2nd
Lyon Lyon Groupama Stadium 59,186 3rd
Marseille Marseille Orange Vélodrome 67,394 5th
Metz Metz Stade Saint-Symphorien 25,636 Ligue 2, 1st
Monaco   Monaco Stade Louis II 18,523 17th
Montpellier Montpellier Stade de la Mosson 32,900 6th
Nantes Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 35,322 12th
Nice Nice Allianz Riviera 35,624 7th
Nîmes Nîmes Stade des Costières 18,482 9th
Paris Saint-Germain Paris Parc des Princes 48,583 1st
Reims Reims Stade Auguste Delaune 21,684 8th
Rennes Rennes Roazhon Park 29,778 10th
Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 41,965 4th
Strasbourg Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau 29,230 11th
Toulouse Toulouse Stadium Municipal 33,150 16th

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor Socks sponsor
Amiens   Luka Elsner   Prince-Désir Gouano   Puma Intersport, IGOL Lubrifiants, Teddy Smith IGOL Lubrifiants None Winamax, E.Leclerc None
Angers   Stéphane Moulin   Ismaël Traoré   Kappa Scania (H)/Le Gaulois (A & 3), L'Atoll Angers, Brioche Pasquier, Actual Leader, Angers SOS Malus P2i Système U None
Bordeaux   Paulo Sousa   Benoît Costil   Puma Bistro Régent, Intersport Betclic Wiśniowski None None
Brest   Olivier Dall'Oglio   Gaëtan Belaud   Nike Groupe Quéguiner (H)/Yaourts Malo (A & 3), SILL (H)/Groupe Quéguiner (A & 3), Breizh Cola, GUYOT Environnement, Oceania Hotels Groupe Océanic None E.Leclerc, E.Leclerc Drive BSP Securité
Dijon   Stéphane Jobard   Júlio Tavares   Lotto Groupe Roger Martin, DVF Group, Suez DORAS Leader Interim, Auteur des Williams, Coup d'Pouce LCR, Dalkia Caisse d'Épargne
Lille   Christophe Galtier   José Fonte   New Balance Boulanger, Comarch, Métropole Européenne de Lille (H)/Hello Lille (A & 3) Flunch Midas Trend Winamax None
Lyon   Rudi Garcia   Memphis Depay   Adidas Hyundai/Veolia (only in UEFA matches), Groupama, MDA Electroménager/Pulsat Deliveroo, Groupe ALILA Adéquat Intérim Teddy Smith None
Marseille   André Villas-Boas   Steve Mandanda   Puma Uber Eats Boulanger Iqoniq Hotels.com None
Metz   Vincent Hognon   Renaud Cohade   Nike Car Avenue, MOSL, Blue Habitat, Axia Interim Nacon Gaming (H), Forcepower (A & 3) Eurométropole de Metz E.Leclerc Moselle None
Monaco   Robert Moreno   Kamil Glik   Kappa Fedcom Alain Afflelou Triangle Intérim Orezza None
Montpellier   Michel Der Zakarian   Vitorino Hilton   Nike Pasinobet, FAUN-Environnement, Montpellier Métropole, Groupama Sud de France NG Promotion Système U, Groupe Ilios None
Nantes   Christian Gourcuff   Abdoulaye Toure   New Balance Synergie, Manitou, Proginov Groupe Millet LNA Santé Maisons Pierre, Flamino None
Nice   Patrick Vieira   Dante   Macron Ineos, Ville de Nice, Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur Groupe Actual None Winamax None
Nîmes   Bernard Blaquart   Anthony Briançon   Puma Hectare Amenageur Lotisseur, Nîmes Nîmes Métropole La Région Occitanie None None
Paris Saint-Germain   Thomas Tuchel   Thiago Silva   Nike (H)/Air Jordan (A & T) Accor Live Limitless Ooredoo QNB None None
Reims   David Guion   Alaixys Romao   Umbro Maisons France Confort (H)/Hexaom (A & 3), Transports Caillot, EVA Air Hyper U Reims Village Triangle Intérim, Grand Reims (H), Reims (A & 3) Crédit Agricole Nord-Est None
Rennes   Julien Stephan   Damien da Silva   Puma Samsic, Del Arte, Groupe Launay, Association ELA Blot Immobilier rennes.fr Convivio None
Saint-Étienne   Claude Puel   Loïc Perrin   Le Coq Sportif AÉSIO, Loire, Groupe BYmyCAR, Groupe Atrium Alain Afflelou MARKAL Desjoyaux Piscines None
Strasbourg   Thierry Laurey   Stefan Mitrović   Adidas ÉS Énergies (H)/CroisiEurope (A)/Hager (in UEFA matches), Hager (H), Pierre Schmidt (H)/Stoeffler (A) CroisiEurope (H)/ÉS Énergies (A) Würth Eurométropole de Strasbourg, LCR None
Toulouse   Denis Zanko   Max Gradel   Joma Triangle Intérim, LP Promotion Newrest None Mairie de Toulouse, Conseil départemental de la Haute-Garonne None

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Brest   Jean-Marc Furlan End of contract 17 May 2019[11] Pre-season   Olivier Dall'Oglio 26 May 2019[12]
Metz   Frédéric Antonetti Resigned for personal reasons 18 May 2019[13]   Vincent Hognon 18 May 2019[13]
Lyon   Bruno Génésio End of contract 25 May 2019   Sylvinho 25 May 2019[14]
Saint-Étienne   Jean-Louis Gasset 25 May 2019   Ghislain Printant 25 May 2019[15]
Marseille   Rudi Garcia Resigned 25 May 2019[16]   André Villas-Boas 28 May 2019[17]
Amiens   Christophe Pélissier Signed by Lorient 29 May 2019[18]   Luka Elsner 19 June 2019[19]
Dijon   Antoine Kombouaré Resigned 10 June 2019[20]   Stéphane Jobard 20 June 2019[21]
Nantes   Vahid Halilhodžić Mutual consent 2 August 2019[22]   Christian Gourcuff 8 August 2019[23]
Saint-Étienne   Ghislain Printant Sacked 4 October 2019 19th   Claude Puel 4 October 2019[24]
Lyon   Sylvinho 7 October 2019 14th   Rudi Garcia 14 October 2019[25]
Toulouse   Alain Casanova Mutual consent 10 October 2019[26] 18th   Antoine Kombouaré 14 October 2019[27]
Monaco   Leonardo Jardim Sacked 28 December 2019 7th   Robert Moreno 28 December 2019[28]
Toulouse   Antoine Kombouaré 5 January 2020[29] 20th   Denis Zanko 6 January 2020[30]

League table

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The final standings. [31]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain (C) 27 22 2 3 75 24 +51 68 2.52 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Marseille 28 16 8 4 41 29 +12 56 2.00
3 Rennes 28 15 5 8 38 24 +14 50 1.79
4 Lille 28 15 4 9 35 27 +8 49 1.75 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 Nice 28 11 8 9 41 38 +3 41[b] 1.46[b]
6 Reims 28 10 11 7 26 21 +5 41[b] 1.46[b] Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Lyon 28 11 7 10 42 27 +15 40 1.43
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 35 34 +1 40 1.43
9 Monaco 28 11 7 10 44 44 0 40 1.43
10 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 0 38 1.41
11 Angers 28 11 6 11 28 33 −5 39 1.39
12 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 40 34 +6 37[c] 1.32[c]
13 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 −3 37[c] 1.32[c]
14 Brest 28 8 10 10 34 37 −3 34 1.21
15 Metz 28 8 10 10 27 35 −8 34 1.21
16 Dijon 28 7 9 12 27 37 −10 30 1.07
17 Saint-Étienne 28 8 6 14 29 45 −16 30 1.07
18 Nîmes[d] 28 7 6 15 29 44 −15 27 0.96
19 Amiens (R) 28 4 11 13 31 50 −19 23 0.82 Relegation to Ligue 2
20 Toulouse (R) 28 3 4 21 22 58 −36 13 0.46
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fairplay ranking.[32][33]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot given to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
  2. ^ a b Nice finished ahead of Reims on head-to-head points: Nice 2–0 Reims, Reims 1–1 Nice.
  3. ^ a b Bordeaux finished ahead of Nantes on head-to-head points: Bordeaux 2–0 Nantes, Nantes 0–1 Bordeaux.
  4. ^ Originally, the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team would play in promotion-relegation play-offs at the end of the season with a team from Ligue 2 to decide whether they would remain in Ligue 1 for the 2020–21 season, but the play-offs were cancelled and the 18th-placed team remained in Ligue 1.

Results

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Home \ Away AMI ANG BOR BRE DIJ LIL OL OM MET ASM MON FCN NIC NMS PSG REI REN STE STR TFC
Amiens 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 4–4 1–1 0–4 0–0
Angers 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 4–1 1–0
Bordeaux 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 6–0 0–1 0–1 0–1
Brest 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–2 5–0 1–1
Dijon 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1
Lille 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–0
Lyon 0–0 6–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0
Marseille 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0
Metz 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–2
Monaco 3–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 5–1 0–3 3–4 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 3–2 1–3
Montpellier 4–2 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–0
Nantes 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–1
Nice 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–3 1–4 2–0 1–1 3–0
Nîmes 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–4 2–3 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0
Paris SG 4–1 4–0 4–3 4–0 2–0 4–2 4–0 3–3 5–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 4–0
Reims 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0
Rennes 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 5–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–2
Saint-Étienne 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 4–1 2–1 0–4 1–1 2–2
Strasbourg 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 4–2
Toulouse 2–0 0–2 1–3 2–5 1–0 2–1 2–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–1
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[34]
1   Wissam Ben Yedder Monaco 18
  Kylian Mbappé Paris Saint-Germain
3   Moussa Dembélé Lyon 16
4   Neymar Paris Saint-Germain 13
  Victor Osimhen Lille
6   Habib Diallo Metz 12
  Mauro Icardi Paris Saint-Germain
8   Darío Benedetto Marseille 11
  Kasper Dolberg Nice
10   Denis Bouanga Saint-Étienne 10
  M'Baye Niang Rennes

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Mike Maignan Lille 12
  Steve Mandanda Marseille
  Predrag Rajković Reims
4   Ludovic Butelle Angers 11
  Keylor Navas Paris Saint-Germain
6   Alban Lafont Nantes 10
7   Édouard Mendy Rennes 9
8   Anthony Lopes Lyon 8
  Alexandre Oukidja Metz
  Gerónimo Rulli Montpellier
  Matz Sels Strasbourg

Hat-tricks

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Player Club Against Result Date
  Casimir Ninga Angers Saint-Étienne 4–1 (H) 22 September 2019
  Cristian Battocchio Brest Strasbourg 5–0 (H) 3 December 2019
  Josh Maja Bordeaux Nîmes 6–0 (H) 3 December 2019
  Darío Benedetto Marseille Nîmes 3–2 (A) 28 February 2020

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