Ligue_1_2008–09

Ligue 1
Season	2008–09
Dates	9 August 2008 – 30 May 2009
Champions	Bordeaux; 6th Ligue 1 title; 6th French title
Relegated	Caen; Nantes; Le Havre
Champions League	Bordeaux; Marseille; Lyon
Europa League	Toulouse; Lille
Matches played	380
Goals scored	858 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	André-Pierre Gignac; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Marseille 4–0 Auxerre (17 August 2008); Bordeaux 4–0 Le Havre (28 October 2008); Bordeaux 4–0 Paris Saint-Germain (11 January 2009); Marseille 4–0 Rennes (30 May 2009)
Biggest away win	Nantes 1–4 Le Mans (30 August 2008); Saint-Étienne 1–4 Lorient (29 October 2008); Nantes 1–4 Paris Saint-Germain (7 February 2009)
Highest scoring	Rennes 4–4 Marseille (9 August 2008); (8 goals)
Highest attendance	78,056, Lille 2–0 Lyon (7 March 2009)
Lowest attendance	6,294, AS Monaco 3–0 Le Mans (23 November 2008)
Average attendance	20,913
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

2008–09 Ligue 1

71st season of top-tier French football

The 2008–09 Ligue 1 season was the 71st since its establishment. Bordeaux became champions for the sixth time on the last weekend of the season. The fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008.^[1] The season began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. A total of 20 teams contested the league, consisting of 17 who competed the previous season and three that were promoted from France's second division Ligue 2.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Bordeaux consecutively won their last 11 league games of the season and clinched the title on 30 May 2009 after the 1–0 victory against Caen. This was Bordeaux's sixth title and their first since the 1998–99 season. Bordeaux's title victory ended a historic run for Lyon, who had won seven consecutive titles beginning with the 2001–02 season. Le Havre, Nantes and Caen were relegated to Ligue 2. Both Le Havre and Nantes were promoted from Ligue 2 last season. Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse and Lille all secured European football for the 2009–10 season through their league position.

Teams

Kits

More information Team, Kit maker ...

Team	Kit maker	Main Sponsor	Notes
Auxerre	Airness	Prest Oil	No changes were reported.
Bordeaux	Puma	Kia	The Puma/Kia provider/sponsor partnership remained. Updated home, away, and new alternate kit were used as an away kit for Champions League matches. Home kit was updated with its traditional dark blue colour. The away shirt was white. The alternate Champions League kit was striped black and pink combining the design of logos of the home shirt with the v-design of the away shirt. The v-design remained prominent on all kits.^[2]^[3]
Caen	Nike	GDE Recyclage	GDE Recyclage remained on as primary sponsor and new sponsor Campagne de France came on as secondary sponsor. New home kit, away kit, and alternate kit. Their home shirt was blue and red with a classic blue collar. Their away shirt was light-blue and the third shirt was primarily yellow with black sleeves.^[4]
Grenoble	Nike	Index	New home and away kits. Their home shirt was blue and white striped with new Index sponsor, with blue shorts. Black away shirt with silver style badge and sponsors, with black shorts. Alternative kit was an orange shirt with white shorts.^[5]
Le Havre	Airness	TBA	New kit provider Airness came on. New home kit consisting of sky blue/marine blue two-stripe lining.^[6] New away kit consisted of a fluorescent shirt with black shorts and black socks.
Le Mans	Kappa	Le Gaulois	No changes were reported.
Lille	Canterbury of New Zealand	Groupe Partouche	No changes were reported.
Lorient	Erreà	Biscuits La trinitaine	Both the home and away kits were updated. The away kit was the same design, it was white with a black diagonal stripe from the left shoulder to the right hip. There was a small orange stripe just below with the legendary La trinitaine Biscuits sponsorship on the front.^[7]
Lyon	Umbro	Novotel	New home, away, and Champions League kit was presented on 30 June. New home kit was original white with the red and blue vertical strip, along with single blue stripes along the shoulders. New away kit was all blue with single black stripes along the shoulders and the new Champions League away kit was electric yellow with the red and blue vertical stripe, along with single red and blue stripes on the shoulders.^[8]^[9]
Marseille	adidas	Neuf	Neuf stayed as sponsors and new sponsor Direct Energie came on. New home, away, and alternate kit. New home kit featured new sponsor Direct Energie and also featured the city of Marseille's coat of arms.^[10] New sky blue and black away kit had a trendy design with a cut and polo style collar deriving from a printed jacquard.^[11]
AS Monaco	Puma	Fedcom	Updated home kit and a brand new away kit. New away kit was all sky blue.^[12]
Nancy	Baliston	Odalys Vacances	No changes were reported.
Nantes	Kappa	Profil+	New sponsor Profil+ and new kit provider Kappa came on. Synergy stayed as sponsors. New home shirt had Nantes' traditional colours of yellow, with a green collar and green piping around the bottom of the shirt and the ends of the sleeves. New away kit bore resemblance to Werder Bremen's alternate kit of the previous year.^[13]
Nice	Lotto	Takara	New primary sponsor Takara came on. Secondary sponsors included on kits as well. Updated home kit with thinner black stripes with black shorts and black socks. New away kit with white shirt, white shorts, and white socks. The shirt was white with a red and black stripe going across the chest.^[14]
PSG	Nike	Emirates	Emirates stayed as sponsors. Updated home kit. New away kit, which was bronze, and a new European kit, which was all gray. The red stripe on both the away kit and the European kit was horizontal instead of its usual vertical placement.^[15]^[16]
Rennes	Puma	Samsic	New away kit. Along with a black collar, the white away shirt had black lining on the sides going all the way up to the underarms.^[17]
Saint-Étienne	adidas	Konica Minolta	New home and away kit. Home kit was green with white shorts and green socks with lime entrenched in the shirt. Away shirt was black with lime scaling the top starting from the left shoulder all the way to the right arm. The shorts were lime and the socks were black.^[18]
Sochaux	Lotto	Mobil 1	New home kit, which retained the traditional colours of Sochaux, but for the first time had a vertical stripe on it.^[19] New away kit was sky blue with a yellow collar.^[20]
Toulouse	Airness	IDEC	Toulouse left Lotto for Airness after 8 years with the Italian brand. New home, away, and alternate kit. New home kit had a purple shirt with white stripes, white shorts, and purple socks. Away kit was all black with pink linings on the shirt. Alternate kit was all white with purple linings on the shirt.^[21]
Valenciennes	Diadora	Toyota	Toyota stayed as sponsors and new sponsor SITA came on. Brand new red home kit, new white away kit, and new blue alternate kit. Valenciennes revived their scapular tradition. This was the first time they have worn the scapular since the final of the French Cup in 1951.^[22]

Results

More information Home \ Away, AUX ...

Home \ Away	AUX	BOR	CAE	GRE	LHA	MFC	LIL	LOR	OL	OM	ASM	NAL	NAN	NIC	PSG	REN	STE	SOC	TFC	VAL
Auxerre		0–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Bordeaux	2–0		2–1	1–1	4–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1
Caen	1–0	0–1		2–2	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–1
Grenoble	0–0	0–1	2–1		0–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
Le Havre	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–1		1–2	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–1	2–3	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–4	2–1	0–1	2–1
Le Mans	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0		0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0
Lille	3–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–3		1–1	2–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–0
Lorient	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1		0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–1
Lyon	0–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1		0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–0
Marseille	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–3	1–3		0–0	0–3	2–0	2–1	2–4	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–0
Monaco	0–1	3–4	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–1		3–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–1
Nancy	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–1		2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–0
Nantes	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1		2–0	1–4	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0
Nice	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–1		1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0
Paris SG	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	4–1	1–0	2–1		0–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–2
Rennes	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	4–4	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Saint-Étienne	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–4	0–1	0–3	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–3		2–1	2–2	4–0
Sochaux	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0		1–2	1–1
Toulouse	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	0–0	3–1	2–1		0–0
Valenciennes	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1

Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

The match was played at Stade de France.

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[table_note_1_LIL_OL0.6387721936399-23] The match was played at Stade de France.

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Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	24,493
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Stade Chaban-Delmas	34,327
Caen	Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	21,500
Grenoble	Grenoble	Stade des Alpes	20,000
Le Havre	Le Havre	Stade Jules Deschaseaux	16,454
Le Mans	Le Mans	Stade Léon-Bollée	17,500
Lille	Villeneuve d'Ascq	Stadium Lille-Metropole	21,803
Lorient	Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	16,669
Lyon	Lyon	Stade de Gerland	43,051
Marseille	Marseille	Stade Vélodrome	60,031
Monaco	Fontvieille	Stade Louis II	18,500
Nancy	Tomblaine	Stade Marcel Picot	20,087
Nantes	Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	38,285
Nice	Nice	Stade du Ray	17,415
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Parc des Princes	48,712
Rennes	Rennes	Stade de la Route de Lorient	31,127
Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	35,616
Sochaux	Montbéliard	Stade Auguste Bonal	20,025
Toulouse	Toulouse	Stadium Municipal	35,672
Valenciennes	Valenciennes	Stade Nungesser	16,547

Club	Manager
Auxerre	Jean Fernandez
Bordeaux	Laurent Blanc
Caen	Franck Dumas
Grenoble	Mehmed Baždarević
Le Havre	Jean-Marc Nobilo, replaced in December 2008 by Frédéric Hantz
Le Mans	Yves Bertucci, replaced in February 2009 by Daniel Jeandupeux, replaced in May 2009 by Arnaud Cormier
Lille	Rudi Garcia
Lorient	Christian Gourcuff
Lyon	Claude Puel
Marseille	Eric Gerets
AS Monaco	Ricardo Gomes
Nancy	Pablo Correa
Nantes	Michel Der Zakarian, replaced in September 2008 by Elie Baup
Nice	Frédéric Antonetti
Paris Saint-Germain	Paul Le Guen
Rennes	Guy Lacombe
Saint-Étienne	Laurent Roussey, replaced in November 2008 by Alain Perrin
Sochaux	Francis Gillot
Toulouse	Alain Casanova
Valenciennes	Antoine Kombouaré

Month	Player	Club
August^[23]	Steve Mandanda	Marseille
September^[24]	André-Pierre Gignac	Toulouse
October^[25]	Guillaume Hoarau	Paris Saint-Germain
November^[26]	Olivier Echouafni	Nice
December^[27]	Stéphane Sessègnon	Paris Saint-Germain
January^[28]	Péguy Luyindula	Paris Saint-Germain
February^[29]	Guillaume Hoarau	Paris Saint-Germain
March^[30]	André-Pierre Gignac	Toulouse
April^[31]	Yoann Gourcuff	Bordeaux

Player	Nationality	Club
Michel Bastos	Brazil	Lille
André-Pierre Gignac	France	Toulouse
Yoann Gourcuff	France	Bordeaux
Stéphane Sessègnon	Benin	PSG

Player	Nationality	Club
Étienne Capoue	France	Toulouse
Eden Hazard	Belgium	Lille
Loïc Rémy	France	Nice
Moussa Sissoko	France	Toulouse

Ligue_1_2008–09

2008–09 Ligue 1

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Stadia and locations

Managers

Kits

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Awards

Monthly awards

UNFP Player of the Month

Annual awards

Player of the Year

Young Player of the Year

Keeper of the Year

Manager of the Year

Team of the Year

References

External links

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bordeaux (C)	38	24	8	6	64	34	+30	80	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Marseille	38	22	11	5	67	35	+32	77	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Lyon	38	20	11	7	52	29	+23	71	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Toulouse	38	16	16	6	45	27	+18	64	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Lille	38	17	13	8	51	39	+12	64	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6	Paris Saint-Germain	38	19	7	12	49	38	+11	64
7	Rennes	38	15	16	7	42	34	+8	61
8	Auxerre	38	16	7	15	35	35	0	55
9	Nice	38	13	11	14	40	41	−1	50
10	Lorient	38	10	15	13	47	47	0	45
11	Monaco	38	11	12	15	41	45	−4	45
12	Valenciennes	38	10	14	14	35	42	−7	44
13	Grenoble	38	10	14	14	24	37	−13	44
14	Sochaux	38	10	12	16	40	48	−8	42
15	Nancy	38	10	12	16	38	47	−9	42
16	Le Mans	38	10	10	18	43	54	−11	40
17	Saint-Étienne	38	11	7	20	40	56	−16	40
18	Caen (R)	38	8	13	17	42	49	−7	37	Relegation to Ligue 2
19	Nantes (R)	38	9	10	19	33	54	−21	37
20	Le Havre (R)	38	7	5	26	30	67	−37	26

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	André-Pierre Gignac	Toulouse	24
2	Karim Benzema	Lyon	17
2	Guillaume Hoarau	Paris Saint-Germain	17
4	Michel Bastos	Lille	14
	Ireneusz Jeleń	Auxerre
	Steve Savidan	Caen
7	Fernando Cavenaghi	Bordeaux	13
	Marouane Chamakh	Bordeaux
	Mamadou Niang	Marseille
10	Yoann Gourcuff	Bordeaux	12

Player	Nationality	Club
Cédric Carrasso	France	Toulouse
Hugo Lloris	France	Lyon
Nicolas Douchez	France	Rennes
Steve Mandanda	France	Marseille

GK	Hugo Lloris	Lyon
RB	Rod Fanni	Rennes
CB	Hilton	Marseille
CB	Souleymane Diawara	Bordeaux
LB	Taye Taiwo	Marseille
RM	Benoît Cheyrou	Marseille
CM	Yoann Gourcuff	Bordeaux
CM	Stéphane Sessègnon	Paris Saint-Germain
LM	Michel Bastos	Lille
ST	Guillaume Hoarau	Paris Saint-Germain
ST	André-Pierre Gignac	Toulouse