2017–18 Ligue 1

Ligue 1
Season	2017–18
Dates	4 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain; 7th Ligue 1 title; 7th French title
Relegated	Troyes; Metz
Champions League	Paris Saint-Germain; Monaco; Lyon
Europa League	Marseille; Rennes; Bordeaux
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,033 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Edinson Cavani; (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Paris Saint-Germain 8–0 Dijon; (17 January 2018)
Biggest away win	Troyes 0–5 Lyon; (22 October 2017); Angers 0–5 Paris Saint-Germain; (4 November 2017); Saint-Étienne 0–5 Lyon; (5 November 2017); Nice 0–5 Lyon; (26 November 2017); Metz 0–5 Lyon; (8 April 2018)
Highest scoring	Marseille 6–3 Metz; (2 February 2018)
Longest winning run	9 matches; Paris Saint-Germain
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches; Monaco
Longest winless run	11 matches; Lille; Metz; Strasbourg
Longest losing run	6 matches; Metz
Highest attendance	60,410; Marseille 2–2 Paris Saint-Germain; (22 October 2017)
Lowest attendance	6,333; Monaco 3–1 Metz; (21 January 2018)
Total attendance	8,559,659
Average attendance	22,585
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Conforama for sponsorship reasons, was the 80th season since its establishment. The season started on 4 August 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018.^[5] Monaco were the defending champions.

On 15 April, Paris Saint-Germain won their seventh Ligue 1 title with five games to spare following a 7–1 victory over Monaco.^[6]

Teams[]

Twenty teams competed in the league, with three promoted teams from Ligue 2: Strasbourg (Ligue 2 champions, after a nine-year absence), Amiens (Ligue 2 runner-up, their first ever Ligue 1) and Troyes (winner of the relegation play-off against Lorient, with immediate return), replacing the three relegated teams from the 2016–17 Ligue 1 season: Bastia (finished 20th, after five years), Nancy (finished 19th, with immediate return) and Lorient (lost the relegation play-off against Troyes, after 11 years).

Stadia and locations[]

Amiens

Angers

Bordeaux

SMC

Dijon

Guingamp

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Montpellier

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Rennes

St-Étienne

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Troyes

Location of teams in 2017–18 Ligue 1

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Amiens	Amiens	Stade de la Licorne	12,097
Angers	Angers	Stade Raymond Kopa	17,835
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Matmut Atlantique	42,115
Caen	Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	20,453
Dijon	Dijon	Stade Gaston Gérard	18,376
Guingamp	Guingamp	Stade du Roudourou	18,378
Lille	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	50,157
Lyon	Décines-Charpieu	Groupama Stadium	59,186
Marseille	Marseille	Orange Vélodrome	67,394
Metz	Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	25,636
Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,523
Montpellier	Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,939
Nantes	Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	37,473
Nice	Nice	Allianz Riviera	35,624
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Parc des Princes	48,583
Rennes	Rennes	Roazhon Park	29,778
Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	41,965
Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,230
Toulouse	Toulouse	Stadium Municipal	33,150
Troyes	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	20,420

Personnel and kits[]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Amiens	Christophe Pélissier	Thomas Monconduit	Adidas	Intersport
Angers	Stéphane Moulin	Ismaël Traoré	Kappa	Scania (H), Bodet (A)
Bordeaux	Gus Poyet	Jaroslav Plašil	Puma	Groupe Sweetcom (H), Bistro Régent (A)
Caen	Patrice Garande	Julien Féret	Umbro	Maisons France Confort (H), Campagne de France (A & 3)
Dijon	Olivier Dall'Oglio	Cédric Varrault	Lotto	DVF, Doras, IPS
Guingamp	Antoine Kombouaré	Jimmy Briand	Patrick	Servagroupe (H), Aroma Celte (A)
Lille	Christophe Galtier	Ibrahim Amadou	New Balance	Partouche
Lyon	Bruno Génésio	Nabil Fekir	Adidas	Hyundai, Veolia (European)
Marseille	Rudi Garcia	Dimitri Payet	Adidas	Orange
Metz	Frédéric Hantz	Milan Biševac	Nike	Moselle
Monaco	Leonardo Jardim	Radamel Falcao	Nike	Fedcom
Montpellier	Michel Der Zakarian	Vitorino Hilton	Nike	Sud de France
Nantes	Claudio Ranieri	Léo Dubois	Umbro	Synergie
Nice	Lucien Favre	Dante	Macron	Mutuelles du Soleil, 7天酒店 (European)
Paris Saint-Germain	Unai Emery	Thiago Silva	Nike	Emirates
Rennes	Sabri Lamouchi	Romain Danzé	Puma	Samsic
Saint-Étienne	Jean-Louis Gasset	Loïc Perrin	Le Coq Sportif	EoviMcd Mutuelle
Strasbourg	Thierry Laurey	Ernest Seka	Hummel	ÉS Énergies
Toulouse	Mickaël Debève	Christopher Jullien	Joma	Triangle Interim
Troyes	Jean-Louis Garcia	Benjamin Nivet	Kappa	Babeau Seguin

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Saint-Étienne	Christophe Galtier	Resigned	20 May 2017^[7]	Pre-season	Óscar García	15 June 2017^[8]
Lille	Franck Passi	End of interim	20 May 2017^[9]		Marcelo Bielsa	30 June 2017^[9]
Montpellier	Jean-Louis Gasset	End of contract	20 May 2017^[10]		Michel Der Zakarian	23 May 2017^[11]
Nantes	Sérgio Conceição	Resigned to join Porto	6 June 2017^[12]		Claudio Ranieri	13 June 2017^[13]
Metz	Philippe Hinschberger	Sacked	22 October 2017^[14]	20th	Frédéric Hantz	29 October 2017^[15]
Rennes	Christian Gourcuff	Sacked	8 November 2017^[16]	10th	Sabri Lamouchi	8 November 2017^[17]
Saint-Étienne	Óscar García	Resigned	15 November 2017^[18]	6th	Julien Sablé	15 November 2017
Lille	Marcelo Bielsa	Sacked	15 December 2017^[19]	18th	Christophe Galtier	29 December 2017^[20]
Saint-Étienne	Julien Sablé		20 December 2017^[21]	16th	Jean-Louis Gasset	20 December 2017
Bordeaux	Jocelyn Gourvennec		18 January 2018^[22]	13th	Gus Poyet	20 January 2018^[23]
Toulouse	Pascal Dupraz		22 January 2018^[24]	19th	Mickaël Debève	22 January 2018

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	38	29	6	3	108	29	+79	93	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Monaco	38	24	8	6	85	45	+40	80
3	Lyon	38	23	9	6	87	43	+44	78
4	Marseille	38	22	11	5	80	47	+33	77	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Rennes	38	16	10	12	50	44	+6	58	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Bordeaux	38	16	7	15	53	48	+5	55	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
7	Saint-Étienne	38	15	10	13	47	50	−3	55
8	Nice	38	15	9	14	53	52	+1	54
9	Nantes	38	14	10	14	36	41	−5	52
10	Montpellier	38	11	18	9	36	33	+3	51
11	Dijon	38	13	9	16	55	73	−18	48
12	Guingamp	38	12	11	15	48	59	−11	47
13	Amiens	38	12	9	17	37	42	−5	45
14	Angers	38	9	14	15	42	52	−10	41
15	Strasbourg	38	9	11	18	44	67	−23	38
16	Caen	38	10	8	20	27	52	−25	38
17	Lille	38	10	8	20	41	67	−26	38
18	Toulouse (O)	38	9	10	19	38	54	−16	37	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19	Troyes (R)	38	9	6	23	32	59	−27	33	Relegation to Ligue 2
20	Metz (R)	38	6	8	24	34	76	−42	26	Relegation to Ligue 2

Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in one league match; 10) Fair-play points^[25]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

Results[]

Home \ Away	AMI	ANG	BOR	SMC	DIJ	GUI	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	MHS	FCN	NIC	PSG	REN	STE	STR	TFC	TRO
Amiens	—	0–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–1
Angers	1–0	—	2–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–5	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–1
Bordeaux	3–2	0–0	—	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–0	0–3	4–2	2–1
Caen	1–0	0–2	1–0	—	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0
Dijon	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	—	3–1	3–0	2–5	1–3	1–1	1–4	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	3–1
Guingamp	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	—	1–0	0–2	3–3	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–3	2–5	0–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0
Lille	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	—	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–3	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2
Lyon	3–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	3–3	2–1	1–2	—	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–0
Marseille	2–1	1–1	1–0	5–0	3–0	1–0	5–1	2–3	—	6–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–1
Metz	0–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–3	0–5	0–3	—	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–5	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–1
Monaco	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	6–0	2–1	3–2	6–1	3–1	—	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	3–2
Montpellier	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	—	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Nantes	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	—	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–0
Nice	1–0	2–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–5	2–4	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–2
Paris SG	2–0	2–1	6–2	3–1	8–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	5–0	7–1	4–0	4–1	3–0	—	0–2	3–0	5–2	6–2	2–0
Rennes	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–4	—	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Saint-Étienne	3–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	2–0	5–0	0–5	2–2	3–1	0–4	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	—	2–2	2–0	2–1
Strasbourg	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	3–2	0–2	3–0	3–2	3–3	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	—	2–1	2–1
Toulouse	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–0	2–2	—	1–0
Troyes	1–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–5	2–3	1–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	—

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.

Positions by round[]

	Leader and 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage
	2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage
	2018–19 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
	2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage
	Qualification to relegation play-offs
	Relegation to Ligue 2

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Team ╲ Round
Paris SG	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Monaco	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Lyon	1	1	4	4	3	5	7	8	6	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Marseille	2	4	5	6	10	6	5	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Rennes	11	14	17	19	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	10	11	9	8	6	6	7	9	10	9	8	8	10	8	8	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5
Bordeaux	9	7	6	5	5	4	3	6	7	7	8	9	9	13	10	11	14	15	15	13	13	12	9	8	7	7	8	9	9	11	12	12	10	11	9	9	7	6
Saint-Étienne	8	5	3	3	4	3	4	7	3	6	6	6	7	8	11	13	15	16	16	14	14	16	14	12	14	11	12	13	11	9	9	9	8	6	5	6	8	7
Nice	15	15	11	18	11	8	9	10	14	14	16	15	17	18	14	12	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	8	7	8	7	7	6	5	7	7	6	8
Nantes	19	19	15	15	8	7	6	4	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	5	6	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	9
Montpellier	7	11	9	12	17	12	13	13	11	8	9	8	8	7	7	8	7	11	7	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	8	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	9	10
Dijon	18	20	18	16	19	18	17	17	18	17	14	16	13	12	12	10	13	8	10	9	11	14	11	13	12	13	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	11
Guingamp	4	12	14	9	12	10	10	11	9	11	11	13	15	15	16	14	10	12	8	7	7	9	10	9	10	10	10	11	13	14	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	12
Amiens	17	18	20	17	13	14	16	16	17	16	17	17	12	10	9	9	11	13	13	16	16	13	15	17	17	18	15	16	16	16	15	13	14	13	13	13	12	13
Angers	10	6	7	7	7	11	11	12	10	12	12	14	16	16	19	19	19	19	19	18	15	17	16	16	18	19	16	14	14	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14
Strasbourg	20	13	10	14	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	12	9	11	11	12	10	12	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	15
Caen	14	16	12	8	6	9	8	5	8	9	7	7	6	6	6	7	9	10	12	12	10	11	13	11	11	12	13	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	17	16
Lille	3	9	13	13	16	17	18	18	16	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	18	15	17	18	17	18	16	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	16	15	17
Toulouse	13	10	16	10	9	13	14	14	13	10	10	12	10	14	15	18	16	17	17	19	19	19	19	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	18
Troyes	12	8	8	11	15	16	12	9	12	13	15	11	14	11	13	15	17	14	14	17	18	15	18	19	19	15	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	19	19
Metz	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Source: Ligue 1

Relegation play-offs[]

The 2017–18 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team, Toulouse, and the winner of the semifinal of the Ligue 2 play-off, Ajaccio, on a two-legged confrontation.

The first match, which was supposed to be held in Ajaccio, took place behind closed doors in Montpellier.^[26]

23 May 2018

20:45 CEST

Ajaccio	0–3	Toulouse
	Report	Gradel 45+3' Jullien 51' Sanogo 65'

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 0^[27]

Referee: Ruddy Buquet

27 May 2018

21:00 CEST

Toulouse	1–0	Ajaccio
Durmaz 88'	Report

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse

Attendance: 16,519

Referee: Benoît Bastien

Toulouse won 4–0 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Number of teams by regions[]

Teams	Region or country	Team(s)
3	Grand Est	Metz, Strasbourg and Troyes
2	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Lyon and Saint-Étienne
	Brittany	Guingamp and Rennes
	Hauts-de-France	Amiens and Lille
	Occitanie	Montpellier and Toulouse
	Pays de la Loire	Angers and Nantes
	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Marseille and Nice
1	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	Dijon
	Île-de-France	Paris Saint-Germain
	Monaco	Monaco
	Normandy	Caen
	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Bordeaux

Season statistics[]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Edinson Cavani	Paris Saint-Germain	28
2	Florian Thauvin	Marseille	22
3	Memphis Depay	Lyon	19
3	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain	19
5	Mario Balotelli	Nice	18
	Radamel Falcao	Monaco
	Nabil Fekir	Lyon
	Mariano Díaz	Lyon
9	Karl Toko Ekambi	Angers	17
10	Alassane Pléa	Nice	16

Top assists[]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[28]
1	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain	13
1	Dimitri Payet	Marseille	13
3	Mathieu Dossevi	Metz	11
3	Florian Thauvin	Marseille	11
5	Memphis Depay	Lyon	9
6	Jonathan Bamba	Saint-Étienne	7
	Thomas Lemar	Monaco
	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain
	Allan Saint-Maximin	Nice
10	Fourteen players		6

Hat-tricks[]

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Radamel Falcao	Monaco	Dijon	4–1 (A)	13 August 2017
Memphis Depay	Lyon	Troyes	5–0 (A)	22 October 2017
Neymar⁴	Paris Saint-Germain	Dijon	8–0 (H)	17 January 2018
Florian Thauvin	Marseille	Metz	6–3 (H)	2 February 2018
Alassane Pléa⁴	Nice	Guingamp	5–2 (A)	11 March 2018
Romain Hamouma	Saint-Étienne	Lille	5–0 (H)	19 May 2018
Memphis Depay	Lyon	Nice	3–2 (H)	19 May 2018

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets[]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[29]
1	Alphonse Areola	Paris Saint-Germain	17
2	Benjamin Lecomte	Montpellier	14
2	Anthony Lopes	Lyon	14
4	Alban Lafont	Toulouse	12
	Stéphane Ruffier	Saint-Étienne
	Ciprian Tătărușanu	Nantes
7	Régis Gurtner	Amiens	11
	Karl-Johan Johnsson	Guingamp
	Steve Mandanda	Marseille
	Rémy Vercoutre	Caen

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^ "Montpellier : Michel Der Zakarian a signé comme prévu". lequipe.fr. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
^ "Nantes coach Sérgio Conceição leaves the Ligue 1 soccer club after reaching agreement with Porto". eurosport.co.uk. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
^ "Feu vert pour Claudio Ranieri, nouvel entraîneur du FC Nantes". lequipe.fr. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
^ "Philippe Hinschberger dismissed by Metz after 'catastrophic' Ligue 1 run". espn.com. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ "Le FC Metz nomme Frédéric Hantz au poste d'entraîneur". eurosport.fr (in French). 29 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ "Rennes: À peine intronisé, Létang se sépare de Gourcuff". Le Figaro. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
^ "Rennes : Sabri Lamouchi va succéder à Christian Gourcuff". L'Équipe.fr (in French). 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
^ "Saint-Etienne : Oscar Garcia quitte le club (officiel)". lequipe.fr. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ "Contrat rompu entre le LOSC et Marcelo Bielsa - Lille LOSC". www.losc.fr.
^ "Galtier officiellement présenté à Lille : "Je suis très heureux de faire partie de ce club"". Le Figaro. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
^ "Saint-Étienne : Jean-Louis Gasset nouvel entraîneur". L'Équipe. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
^ "Bordeaux : c'est fini pour Jocelyn Gourvennec". L'Équipe. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
^ "Gustavo Poyet nommé entraîneur de Bordeaux". L'Équipe. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ "Pascal Dupraz n'est plus l'entraîneur de Toulouse". L'Équipe. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "Ajaccio forfeit home field against Toulouse in Ligue 1 promotion playoff". ESPN. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
^ Closed stadium's stands for spectators.
^ "French Ligue 1 Statistics – LFP". lfp.fr. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
^ "Statistical Leaders – 2017–18". FOX Sports. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

External links[]

Official website

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.45669622787121-25] Jump up to: ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

[goalscorers-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "French Ligue 1 Statistics – LFP". lfp.fr. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

[espnfc-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "French Ligue 1 Statistics – ESPN FC". espnfc.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

[ligue1.com-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Ligue 1 Conforama - Attendances". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[ReferenceA-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Ligue 1 Conforama - Attendances". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[5] "Calendrier/Résultats". lfp.fr. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[6] "PSG 7 Monaco 1". BBC Sport. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[7] "Christophe Galtier va quitter Saint-Etienne à la fin de la saison". lequipe.fr. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[8] "[OFFICIEL] Oscar Garcia nouvel entraîneur". 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[Bielsa_Lille-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Marcelo Bielsa to manage Lille in 2017-18 season". bbc.co.uk. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[10] "Jean-Louis Gasset confirme son départ de Montpellier". lequipe.fr. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

[11] "Montpellier : Michel Der Zakarian a signé comme prévu". lequipe.fr. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

[12] "Nantes coach Sérgio Conceição leaves the Ligue 1 soccer club after reaching agreement with Porto". eurosport.co.uk. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

[13] "Feu vert pour Claudio Ranieri, nouvel entraîneur du FC Nantes". lequipe.fr. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

[14] "Philippe Hinschberger dismissed by Metz after 'catastrophic' Ligue 1 run". espn.com. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[15] "Le FC Metz nomme Frédéric Hantz au poste d'entraîneur". eurosport.fr (in French). 29 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[16] "Rennes: À peine intronisé, Létang se sépare de Gourcuff". Le Figaro. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

[17] "Rennes : Sabri Lamouchi va succéder à Christian Gourcuff". L'Équipe.fr (in French). 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

[18] "Saint-Etienne : Oscar Garcia quitte le club (officiel)". lequipe.fr. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

[19] "Contrat rompu entre le LOSC et Marcelo Bielsa - Lille LOSC". www.losc.fr.

[20] "Galtier officiellement présenté à Lille : "Je suis très heureux de faire partie de ce club"". Le Figaro. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

[21] "Saint-Étienne : Jean-Louis Gasset nouvel entraîneur". L'Équipe. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

[22] "Bordeaux : c'est fini pour Jocelyn Gourvennec". L'Équipe. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

[23] "Gustavo Poyet nommé entraîneur de Bordeaux". L'Équipe. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[24] "Pascal Dupraz n'est plus l'entraîneur de Toulouse". L'Équipe. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

[26] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[27] "Ajaccio forfeit home field against Toulouse in Ligue 1 promotion playoff". ESPN. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

[28] Closed stadium's stands for spectators.

[assists-29] "French Ligue 1 Statistics – LFP". lfp.fr. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

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