2006–07 Ligue 1

Ligue 1

Season	2006–07
Champions	Lyon
Relegated	Troyes Sedan Nantes
Champions League	Lyon Marseille Toulouse
UEFA Cup	Rennes Bordeaux Sochaux
Matches played	380
Goals scored	855 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pauleta (15 goals)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Participating teams

Auxerre

Bordeaux

Le Mans

Lens      

Lille

Lorient

Lyon

Marseille

AS Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Rennes

St. Étienne

Sedan

Sochaux

Toulouse

Troyes

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 2006–07 Ligue 1

Lyon were the reigning champions of France for the sixth time running. Following a defeat for their nearest challengers, Lyon won the league with six games to play, on 21 April, becoming the first team in the so-called "Big Five" European leagues to win six consecutive championships.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	24	9	5	64	27	+37	81	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Marseille	38	19	7	12	53	38	+15	64
3	Toulouse	38	17	7	14	44	43	+1	58	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Rennes	38	14	15	9	38	30	+8	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Lens	38	15	12	11	47	41	+6	57	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6	Bordeaux	38	16	9	13	39	35	+4	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7	Sochaux	38	15	12	11	46	48	−2	57
8	Auxerre	38	13	15	10	41	41	0	54
9	Monaco	38	13	12	13	45	38	+7	51
10	Lille	38	13	11	14	45	43	+2	50
11	Saint-Étienne	38	14	7	17	52	50	+2	49
12	Le Mans	38	11	16	11	45	46	−1	49
13	Nancy	38	13	10	15	37	44	−7	49
14	Lorient	38	12	13	13	33	40	−7	49
15	Paris Saint-Germain	38	12	12	14	42	42	0	48
16	Nice	38	9	16	13	34	40	−6	43
17	Valenciennes	38	11	10	17	36	48	−12	43
18	Troyes (R)	38	9	12	17	39	54	−15	39	Relegated to Ligue 2
19	Sedan (R)	38	7	14	17	46	58	−12	35
20	Nantes (R)	38	7	13	18	29	49	−20	34

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in the 2007–08 Ligue 1

• Metz : champion of Ligue 2
• Caen : runners-up
• Strasbourg : third place

Results

Home \ Away	AUX	BOR	MUC	RCL	LIL	LOR	OL	OM	ASM	NAL	NAN	NIC	PSG	SRF	STE	SED	SOC	TFC	TRO	VAN
Auxerre		0–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Bordeaux	0–0		1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1
Le Mans	2–2	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–2
Lens	1–0	3–0	2–0		1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–0
Lille	1–1	3–0	0–2	4–0		1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	4–0	0–2
Lorient	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0		1–3	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–0
Lyon	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	4–1	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	2–1
Marseille	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	1–4		2–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	3–0	2–1	1–0
Monaco	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–2		2–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–3	0–0	3–0
Nancy	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	0–3	2–0	1–0		1–0	3–0	0–3	0–0	0–2	3–1	5–2	2–1	1–0	1–0
Nantes	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–5
Nice	0–0	2–1	3–3	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–4	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–0
Paris SG	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–3	4–2	0–0	4–0	0–0		1–0	0–2	4–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2
Rennes	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0		0–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0
Saint-Étienne	2–3	0–2	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–3		1–2	1–2	3–0	3–1	3–0
Sedan	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2		1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1
Sochaux	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–1		4–2	1–0	1–0
Toulouse	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–4	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–2		1–1	3–0
Troyes	3–3	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–2	0–1	1–2		1–3
Valenciennes	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1

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

Top goalscorers

As of 27 May 2007

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pauleta	Paris Saint-Germain	15
2	Steve Savidan	Valenciennes	13
3	Ismaël Bangoura	Le Mans	12
	Mamadou Niang	Marseille
	Grafite	Le Mans
6	John Utaka	Rennes	11
	Aruna Dindane	Lens
	Fred	Lyon
	Seydou Keita	Lens
	Frédéric Piquionne	Monaco
	Johan Elmander	Toulouse

Player of the Month

Month	Player
August	Steve Savidan (Valenciennes)
September	Jérémie Janot (Saint-Étienne)
October	Juninho (Lyon)
November	Florent Malouda (Lyon)
December	Frédéric Piquionne (Saint-Étienne)
January	Bafétimbi Gomis (Saint-Étienne)
February	Johan Elmander (Toulouse)
March	Samir Nasri (Marseille)
April	Péguy Luyindula (Paris Saint-Germain)

All-League first team

Richert (Sochaux)
Sagna (Auxerre) – Cris (Lyon) – Hilton (Lens) – Abidal (Lyon)
Se.Keita (Lens) – Nasri (Marseille) – F.Malouda (Lyon)
A.Keita (Lille) – Elmander (Toulouse) – Savidan (Valenciennes)

Award of the Year

Player of the Year : Florent Malouda (Lyon)

Goalkeeper of the Year : Teddy Richert (Sochaux)

Youth of the Year: Samir Nasri (Marseille)

Manager of the year : Gérard Houllier (Lyon)

Goal of the Year : Ilan (Saint-Étienne) for his goal against PSG