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2008–09 Ligue 1

71st season of top-tier French football

Field	Value
competition	Ligue 1
season	2008–09
dates	9 August 2008 – 30 May 2009
winners	Bordeaux
6th Ligue 1 title
6th French title
relegated	Caen
Nantes
Le Havre
continentalcup1	[Champions League](2009-10-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Bordeaux
Marseille
Lyon
continentalcup2	[Europa League](2009-10-uefa-europa-league)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Toulouse
Lille
league topscorer	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)
matches	380
total goals	858
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
prevseason	[2007–08](2007-08-ligue-1)
nextseason	[2009–10](2009-10-ligue-1)

6th Ligue 1 title 6th French title Nantes Le Havre Marseille Lyon Lille (24 goals) Bordeaux 4–0 Le Havre (28 October 2008) Bordeaux 4–0 Paris Saint-Germain (11 January 2009) Marseille 4–0 Rennes (30 May 2009) Saint-Étienne 1–4 Lorient (29 October 2008) Nantes 1–4 Paris Saint-Germain (7 February 2009) (8 goals)

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. 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.

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

Promotion and relegation

RC Lens, RC Strasbourg and FC Metz were relegated to the 2008–09 Ligue 2 after finishing in the bottom three spots of the table at the end of the 2007–08 season. Lens were relegated to the Ligue 2 after 17 seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of France, while Strasbourg and Metz made their immediate return to the second level.

The three relegated teams were replaced by three 2007–08 Ligue 2 sides. Champions Le Havre, who terminated their second-level status after five years, runners-up FC Nantes, who returned to the top flight after one season in second level and Grenoble Foot 38 returned to highest French league for first time after 35 years.

Stadia and locations

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

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors (front)	Shirt sponsors (back)	Shirt sponsors (sleeve)	Shorts sponsors
Auxerre	France Jean Fernandez	Airness	Nasuba Express, Invicta Group	Creditec	Conseil général de l'Yonne	None
Bordeaux	France Laurent Blanc	Puma	Kia	Cdiscount	Pichet Immobilier	Cdiscount
Caen	France Franck Dumas	Nike	GDE Recyclage (H)/Campagne de France (A), Celeos Groupe/Groupe CTI	Campagne de France (H)/GDE Recyclage (A)	Groupe Samro	Groupe Samro
Grenoble	Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehmed Baždarević	Nike	Index, Gaz Électricité de Grenoble (H), ISS	None	None	Samse
Le Havre	France Frédéric Hantz	Airness	Système U	Region Haute Normandie	Poweo	None
Le Mans	France Arnaud Cormier	Kappa	Fermiers de Loué (H)/Le Gaulois(A), NTN	Groupama	Système U	NTN
Lille	France Rudi Garcia	Canterbury of New Zealand	Partouche	Partouche	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	None
Lorient	France Christian Gourcuff	Erreà	La Trinitaine, Cap l'Orient Agglomération, B&B Hotels	Thermoseme	None	None
Lyon	France Claude Puel	Umbro	Novotel (H)/Ticket Restaurant (A), Apicil	Ticket Restaurant (H)/Novotel (A)	Ticket Restaurant (H)/Novotel (A)	Renault Trucks
Marseille	Belgium Eric Gerets	Adidas	Direct Énergie (H)/Neuf (A & in UEFA matches)	Groupama	Nasuba Express	Groupama
AS Monaco	Brazil Ricardo Gomes	Puma	Fedcom, HSBC, Fight Aids Monaco	HSBC	HSBC	None
Nancy	Uruguay Pablo Correa	Baliston	Odalys Vacances, Geodis Calberson, Clairefontaine, Grand Nancy	Triangle Interim	Regina	Chaussea
Nantes	France Elie Baup	Kappa	Synergie Interim (H)/Profil Plus (A), Paprec Recyclage	Profil Plus (H)/Synergie Interim (A)	None	Complémentaire Retraite Mutualiste COREM
Nice	France Frédéric Antonetti	Lotto	Nasuba Express (H)/Ubaldi (A), Takara Multimédia, Communauté Nice Côte d'Azur	Ubaldi (H)/Nasuba Express (A)	Pizzorno Environnement	Minea Électroménager
PSG	France Paul Le Guen	Nike	Fly Emirates	Alain Afflelou	Poweo	Groupe Sendin
Rennes	France Guy Lacombe	Puma	Samsic Propreté, rennes.fr	Blot Immobilier	Association ELA	Groupe ROSE
Saint-Étienne	France Alain Perrin	Adidas	Konica Minolta, Conseil général de la Loire en Rhône-Alpes	Groupama	None	Fruité Entreprises
Sochaux	France Francis Gillot	Lotto	Mobil 1, Franche-Comté	Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération	CanéO	Meri/Creditec
Toulouse	France Alain Casanova	Airness	Groupe IDEC, Monné-Decroix, ISS	Newrest	None	Loft Groupe
Valenciennes	France Antoine Kombouaré	Diadora	Toyota (H)/SITA (A)	SITA (H)/Toyota (A)	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Partouche

League table

France's third UEFA Europa League spot went to Ligue 2 side Guingamp, winners of 2008–09 Coupe de France.

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

*Source: Ligue 1 *

André-Pierre Gignac won the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur.

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

Awards

Monthly awards

UNFP Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club
date=September 2018	bot=InternetArchiveBot	fix-attempted=yes }}	France Steve Mandanda	Marseille
date=September 2018	bot=InternetArchiveBot	fix-attempted=yes }}	France André-Pierre Gignac	Toulouse
date=September 2018	bot=InternetArchiveBot	fix-attempted=yes }}	France Guillaume Hoarau	Paris Saint-Germain
date=September 2018	bot=InternetArchiveBot	fix-attempted=yes }}	France Olivier Echouafni	Nice
date=September 2018	bot=InternetArchiveBot	fix-attempted=yes }}	Benin Stéphane Sessègnon	Paris Saint-Germain
date=September 2018	bot=InternetArchiveBot	fix-attempted=yes }}	France Péguy Luyindula	Paris Saint-Germain
date=September 2018	bot=InternetArchiveBot	fix-attempted=yes }}	France Guillaume Hoarau	Paris Saint-Germain
date=September 2018	bot=InternetArchiveBot	fix-attempted=yes }}	France André-Pierre Gignac	Toulouse
date=September 2018	bot=InternetArchiveBot	fix-attempted=yes }}	France Yoann Gourcuff	Bordeaux

Annual awards

Here are shown the nominees for Ligue 1 annual awards. The winners, displayed in bold, were determined at the annual UNFP Awards on 24 May 2009.

Player of the Year

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

Young Player of the Year

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

Keeper of the Year

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

Manager of the Year

Player	Nationality	Club
Frédéric Antonetti		Nice
Laurent Blanc		Bordeaux
Eric Gerets	****	Marseille
Paul Le Guen		PSG

Team of the Year

	ST	France André-Pierre Gignac	Toulouse

Attendances

Source:

No.		Club		Average attendance		Change		Highest
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References

[http://www.lfp.fr/calendrier_2008_2009/Ligue1_2008_2009.htm Calendrier Ligue 1] {{webarchive. link. (25 May 2008 {{in lang). fr
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[https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/20090512_201040_les-nomines-pour-le-trophee-unfp.html Les nommés pour les Trophées] {{webarchive. link. (14 June 2009 {{in lang). fr
[https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090524_214422_le-palmares-2009-complet.html Le palmarès 2009 complet] {{Webarchive. link. (28 August 2009 {{in lang). fr
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra09.htm

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