Ligue 1 is the top division of French football, one of two divisions making up the Championnats Nationaux, the other being Ligue 2. The 20 Ligue 1 teams play each other twice during the season, for a 38 match schedule. At the end of the season, the bottom three teams in the division are relegated to Ligue 2.
Current Teams (2004/05)
Previous Winners
- 1932/33 - Olympique Lillois
- 1933/34 - FC Sète
- 1934/35 - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
- 1935/36 - Racing Club de Paris
- 1936/37 - Olympique de Marseille
- 1937/38 - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
- 1938/39 - FC Sète
- 1939 - 1945 - league interrupted due to World War II
- 1945/46 - Lille OSC
- 1946/47 - CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
- 1947/48 - Olympique de Marseille
- 1948/49 - Stade de Reims
- 1949/50 - Girondins de Bordeaux
- 1950/51 - OGC Nice
- 1951/52 - OGC Nice
- 1952/53 - Stade de Reims
- 1953/54 - Lille OSC
- 1954/55 - Stade de Reims
- 1955/56 - OGC Nice
- 1956/57 - AS Saint-Étienne
- 1957/58 - Stade de Reims
- 1958/59 - OGC Nice
- 1959/60 - Stade de Reims
- 1960/61 - AS Monaco FC
- 1961/62 - Stade de Reims
- 1962/63 - AS Monaco FC
- 1963/64 - AS Saint-Étienne
- 1964/65 - FC Nantes
- 1965/66 - FC Nantes
- 1966/67 - AS Saint-Étienne
- 1967/68 - AS Saint-Étienne
- 1968/69 - AS Saint-Étienne
- 1969/70 - AS Saint-Étienne
- 1970/71 - Olympique de Marseille
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- 1971/72 - Olympique de Marseille
- 1972/73 - FC Nantes
- 1973/74 - AS Saint-Étienne
- 1974/75 - AS Saint-Étienne
- 1975/76 - AS Saint-Étienne
- 1976/77 - FC Nantes
- 1977/78 - AS Monaco FC
- 1978/79 - RC Strasbourg
- 1979/80 - FC Nantes
- 1980/81 - AS Saint-Étienne
- 1981/82 - AS Monaco FC
- 1982/83 - FC Nantes
- 1983/84 - FC Girondins de Bordeaux
- 1984/85 - FC Girondins de Bordeaux
- 1985/86 - Paris Saint-Germain FC
- 1986/87 - FC Girondins de Bordeaux
- 1987/88 - AS Monaco FC
- 1988/89 - Olympique de Marseille
- 1989/90 - Olympique de Marseille
- 1990/91 - Olympique de Marseille
- 1991/92 - Olympique de Marseille
- 1992/93 - no champion (Olympique de Marseille stripped of title)
- 1993/94 - Paris Saint-Germain FC
- 1994/95 - FC Nantes
- 1995/96 - AJ Auxerre
- 1996/97 - AS Monaco FC
- 1997/98 - RC Lens
- 1998/99 - FC Girondins de Bordeaux
- 1999/00 - AS Monaco FC
- 2000/01 - FC Nantes
- 2001/02 - Olympique Lyonnais
- 2002/03 - Olympique Lyonnais
- 2003/04 - Olympique Lyonnais
- 2004/05 -
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Records
- Biggest win: 12-1, Sochaux v. Valenciennes (1936-1937 season)
