Season | 2007–08 |
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Champions |
Lyon (7th title) |
Relegated |
Lens Strasbourg Metz |
Champions League |
Lyon (Group stage) Bordeaux (Group stage) Marseille (Third qualifying round) |
UEFA Cup |
Nancy (First round) Saint-Étienne (First round) PSG (First round; via Coupe de la Ligue) |
Intertoto Cup | Rennes (Third round) |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 868 (2.28 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Karim Benzema (20) |
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The 2007–08 Ligue 1 season is the seventieth since its establishment, and started in August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. The fixtures were announced in June 2007. Lyon became French champions, having won a record seventh consecutive title .
Lens, Strasbourg and Metz were relegated to Ligue 2. The three relegated teams will be replaced by the three promoted teams from Ligue 2. Le Havre were promoted as Ligue 2 champions along with Nantes, who finished in second place, and third-placed Grenoble.
Updated to games played on 10 May 2008.
Source: French Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Metz have been deducted one point by the Discipline Commission and been ordered to play one match behind closed doors as a result of the racist insults inflicted by one of their fans on the Valenciennes player Abdeslam Ouaddou. However, the decision of the point deduction was taken on 27 March 2008.
1 Via Coupe de la Ligue 2007-2008
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Updated to games played on 17 May.
Source: Ligue 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.