2009–10 Ligue 1

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Ligue 2

• Champions: Lens
• Runners-up: Montpellier
• 3rd Place: Boulogne

Teams relegated to 2009–10 Ligue 2

• 18th Place: Caen
• 19th Place: Nantes
• 20th Place: Le Havre

Stadia and locations

Personnel & sponsorships

Managerial changes

Transfers

Main article: List of French football transfers summer 2009, List of French football transfers winter 2010

League table

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Mamadou Niang won the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur.

Last updated: 21 May 2010

Source: Règlement du classement des buteurs

Awards

Monthly awards

UNFP Player of the Month

Annual awards

The nominees for the Player of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Manager of the Year and Goal of the Year in Ligue 1. The winner was determine at the annual UNFP Awards, which was held on 9 May. The winners are displayed in bold.

Player of the Year

Young Player of the Year

Goalkeeper of the Year

Manager of the Year

Goal of the Year

Team of the Year

Season statistics

Updated 11 April 2010

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Mamadou Niang for Marseille against Grenoble, 1 minute and 34 seconds. (8 August 2009).
• Fastest goal in a match: 1 minute – Roland Lamah for Le Mans against Montpellier. (10 April 2010).
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+4 minutes and 27 seconds – Sloan Privat for Sochaux against Lens (7 November 2009)
• First own goal of the season: Olivier Monterrubio (Lorient) for Lille, 64 minutes and 38 seconds (9 August 2009)
• First penalty kick of the season: 58 minutes and 44 seconds – Mathieu Coutadeur (scored) for Le Mans against Lyon (8 August 2009).
• First hat-trick of the season: Michel Bastos (Lyon) against Sochaux (21 February 2010).
• Widest winning margin: 5 goals
  • Lorient 5–0 Boulogne (7 November 2009)
  • Grenoble 5–0 Auxerre (6 February 2010)
• Most goals in one match: 10 goals – Lyon 5–5 Marseille (8 November 2009).
• Most goals in one half: 6 goals
  • Lyon v Marseille (8 November 2009); 2–2 at half time, 5–5 final.
  • Boulogne v Paris Saint-Germain (2 December 2009); 1–0 at half time, 2–5 final.

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Sidney Govou for Lyon against Le Mans, 9 minutes and 24 seconds (8 August 2009)
• First red card of the season: Cyril Jeunechamp for Montpellier against Paris Saint-Germain, 32 minutes and 11 seconds (8 August 2009)
• Card given at latest point in a game: Nicolas Penneteau (red) at 90+3 minutes and 44 seconds for Valenciennes against Nancy (8 August 2009)
• Most yellow cards in a single match: 9
  • Rennes 0–1 Auxerre – 4 for Rennes (Fabien Lemoine, Yann M'Vila, Asamoah Gyan, & Lucien Aubey) and 5 for Auxerre (Aurélien Capoue, Cédric Hengbart, Stéphane Grichting, Dennis Oliech, & Jean-Pascal Mignot) (3 October 2009)
• Most red cards in a single match: 3
  • Bordeaux 2–2 Lyon – 2 for Bordeaux (Benoît Trémoulinas and Jussiê) and 1 for Lyon (Anthony Réveillère) (17 April 2010)

Miscellaneous

• Longest second half injury time: 5 minutes and 56 seconds – Lens against Lille (20 September 2009).
• On 9 August 2009, Bordeaux established a record for most consecutive league wins with 12 surpassing Lille who won 11 consecutive matches in 1949, winning their last four games of the 1948–49 season and their first seven in the 1949–50 season. Bordeaux's streak began during the 2008–09 season on 14 March 2009 following a 2–1 victory over Nice. The club broke the record on the opening match day of this season defeating Lens 4–1. The record lasted for 14 matches before coming to an end on 30 August following the club's 0–0 draw with Marseille.
• On 31 October 2009, Grenoble set a record for most consecutive losses in French football following the club's eleven straight league defeat, an 0–2 loss to Lille. The previous record of ten straight defeats, held by Sète, had been intact since 1947. The losing streak came to an end the following week, on 7 November, following the club's 0–0 draw with Monaco.

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