The following is a list of association football managers who won Ligue 1 (French pronunciation:[liɡœ̃], the top French professional league in the French football league system, since its establishment in 1932. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with second-tier Ligue 2. The league was inaugurated on 11 September 1932 under the name National before switching to Division 1 in 1933. The name lasted for almost seven decades before it was changed to its current name in 2002. The reigning champions are Paris Saint-Germain, who won their fourth consecutive title at the end of the 2015–16 season under the management of Laurent Blanc.
Winning managers
Albert Batteux (1919–2003) is the most successful manager in the history of French club football, having won nine league and three French Cup titles with Reims and Saint-Étienne between 1953 and 1970.Belgian Raymond Goethals won two titles with Marseille, in 1991 and 1992.Paul Le Guen won three consecutive titles with Lyon from 2003 to 2005.Italy's Carlo Ancelotti is the most recent foreign manager who won the French league, with Paris Saint-Germain in 2013.Laurent Blanc won four league titles, with Bordeaux (2009) and Paris Saint-Germain (2014, 2015, 2016).
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Winning manager also won Coupe de France in the same season, completing the French domestic Double.
A. ^ Because of World War II, competitive football was suspended by the French government, although its member clubs continued playing in regional competitions. During the "war championships", as they are called, professionalism was abolished by the Vichy regime and clubs were forced to participate in regional leagues, designated Zone Sud (South Zone) and Zone Nord (North Zone). The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) and the French Football Federation (FFF) do not recognize these championships played between 1939 and 1945.
B. ^ The 1992–93 season was originally won by Marseille, under the management of Jean Fernandez (August–November 1992) and Raymond Goethals (November 1992 – June 1993). It would have been Goethals' third successive title with the club. However, in September 1993 the French Football Federation rescinded Marseille's title due to a match fixing scandal in which Marseille had allegedly offered bribes to several Valenciennes players so that they would lose their home fixture against Marseille played in May. Although Paris Saint-Germain, managed by Artur Jorge, finished the season as runners-up with four points behind Marseille, the title eventually remained unattributed and no winner was ever declared for the 1992–93 season.
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Albert Batteux
Conrad Ross
Raymond Goethals
England
Hungary
Argentina
Portugal
Italy
