2015–16 Ligue 1

Ligue 1

Season	2015–16
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain (6th title)
Relegated	Troyes
Champions League	Paris Saint-Germain
Matches played	330
Goals scored	823 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zlatan Ibrahimović (34 goals)
Biggest home win	Marseille 6–0 Troyes (23 August 2015)
Biggest away win	Troyes 0–9 PSG (13 March 2016)
Highest scoring	Troyes 0–9 PSG (13 March 2016)
Longest winning run	Paris Saint-Germain (9 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Paris Saint-Germain (27 games)
Longest winless run	Troyes (21 games)
Longest losing run	Reims (6 games)
Highest attendance	63,235 - Marseille vs Paris Saint-Germain [1] (08 February 2016)
Lowest attendance	3,465 - Gazélec vs Toulouse[2] (03 October 2015)
Average attendance	20,560
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 10 April 2016.

The 2015–16 Ligue 1 season is the 78th season of the Ligue de Football Professionnel first division since its establishment. Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions, and retained the title with a 9–0 win at Troyes on 13 March.^[3] It was their fourth consecutive Ligue 1 title.^[4][5]

Teams

There are 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Ligue 2 replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 1 following the 2014–15 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 1 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate. Originally, only two teams were planned to be relegated at the end of the season.^[6] However, this proposal was appealed and eventually overturned, so as in past seasons, three teams are to be relegated.^[7] Evian, Metz and Lens were relegated to Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2014–15 season. Troyes, Gazelec Ajaccio and Angers were promoted to the top level. Troyes returned after being relegated in 2013–14 season. Gazelec Ajaccio secured their second consecutive promotion and joined Ligue 1 for the first time in the club's history. Angers returned to the top level after 21 years.

Stadia and locations

Angers

Bastia

Bordeaux

Caen

Gazélec

Guingamp

Lille

Lorient

Lyon

Marseille

Monaco

Montpellier

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Reims

Rennes

St-Étienne

Toulouse

Troyes

Location of teams in 2015–16 Ligue 1

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Angers	Angers	Stade Jean Bouin	17,835
Bastia	Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari	16,480
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Matmut Atlantique	42,115
Caen	Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	21,215
Gazélec Ajaccio	Ajaccio	Stade Ange Casanova	6,000
Guingamp	Guingamp	Stade du Roudourou	18,126
Lille	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	50,186
Lorient	Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	18,890
Lyon	Lyon	Stade de Gerland (fall 2015) Parc Olympique Lyonnais (spring 2016)	41,842 59,186
Marseille	Marseille	Stade Vélodrome (revamped for Euro 2016)	67,000
Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,500
Montpellier	Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,939
Nantes	Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	38,285
Nice	Nice	Allianz Riviera	35,624
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Parc des Princes	48,712
Reims	Reims	Stade Auguste Delaune	21,684
Rennes	Rennes	Roazhon Park	29,376
Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	42,000
Toulouse	Toulouse	Stadium Municipal	35,470
Troyes	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	21,684

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager^1	Captain^1	Kit Manufacturer[8]^1	Main Sponsor[9]^1
Angers	Moulin, StéphaneStéphane Moulin	Auriac, OlivierOlivier Auriac	Kappa	Scania (H), Bodet (A)
Bastia	Ciccolini, FrançoisFrançois Ciccolini	Cahuzac, YannickYannick Cahuzac	Kappa	Oscaro
Bordeaux	Ramé, UlrichUlrich Ramé	Sané, LudovicLudovic Sané	Puma	Kia
Caen	Garande, PatricePatrice Garande	Féret, JulienJulien Féret	Nike	Maisons France Confort (H), Campagne de France (A & 3)
Gazélec Ajaccio	Laurey, ThierryThierry Laurey	Louis Poggi	Macron	Carrefour, Casino D'Ajaccio
Guingamp	Gourvennec, JocelynJocelyn Gourvennec	Mathis, LionelLionel Mathis	Patrick	Celtigel
Lille	Antonetti, FrédéricFrédéric Antonetti	Mavuba, RioRio Mavuba	Nike	Partouche
Lorient	Ripoll, SylvainSylvain Ripoll	Yann Jouffre	Adidas	B&B Hotels, Jean Floc'h
Lyon	Bruno Génésio	Gonalons, MaximeMaxime Gonalons	Adidas	Hyundai, Veolia (European)
Marseille	Passi, FranckFranck Passi	Mandanda, SteveSteve Mandanda	Adidas	Intersport
Monaco	Jardim, LeonardoLeonardo Jardim	Toulalan, JérémyJérémy Toulalan	Nike	Fedcom
Montpellier	Frederic Hantz	Hilton, VitorinoVitorino Hilton	Nike	Sud de France
Nantes	Der Zakarian, MichelMichel Der Zakarian	Oswaldo Vizcarrondo	Umbro	Synergie
Nice	Puel, ClaudeClaude Puel	Nampalys Mendy	BURRDA	Mutuelles du Soleil
Paris Saint-Germain	Blanc, LaurentLaurent Blanc	Silva, ThiagoThiago Silva	Nike	Emirates
Reims	Guion, DavidDavid Guion	Aïssa Mandi	Hummel	Sanei Ascenseurs
Rennes	Courbis, RollandRolland Courbis	Danzé, RomainRomain Danzé	Puma	Samsic
Saint-Étienne	Galtier, ChristopheChristophe Galtier	Perrin, LoïcLoïc Perrin	Le Coq Sportif	EoviMcd Mutuelle
Toulouse	Arribagé, DominiqueDominique Arribagé	Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro	Joma	Triangle Interim
Troyes	Mohamed Bradja	Nivet, BenjaminBenjamin Nivet	Kappa	Babeau Seguin

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Lille	René Girard	Mutual consent	24 May 2015[10]	Pre-season	Hervé Renard	25 May 2015[11]
Marseille	Marcelo Bielsa	Resigned	8 August 2015[12]	19th	Míchel	19 August 2015[13]
Lille	Hervé Renard	Mutual consent	11 November 2015 [14]	16th	Frédéric Antonetti	22 November 2015 [15]
Troyes	Jean-Marc Furlan		3 December 2015 [16]	20th	Claude Robin	8 December 2015 [17]
Montpellier	Rolland Courbis	Resigned	23 December 2015 [18]	15th	Frederic Hantz	27 December 2015 [19]
Lyon	Hubert Fournier	Sacked	24 December 2015 [20]	9th	Bruno Génésio	24 December 2015
Rennes	Philippe Montanier		20 January 2016 [21]	6th	Rolland Courbis	21 January 2016
Bastia	Ghislain Printant		28 January 2016 [22]	15th	François Ciccolini	29 January 2016
Troyes	Claude Robin		4 February 2016 [23]	20th	Mohamed Bradja	5 February 2016
Toulouse	Dominique Arribagé	Resigned	27 February 2016 [24]	19th	Pascal Dupraz	2 March 2016 [25]
Bordeaux	Willy Sagnol	Sacked	14 March 2016 [26]	14th	Ulrich Ramé	14 March 2016 [27]
Marseille	Míchel		19 April 2016[28]	15th	Franck Passi (caretaker)	19 April 2016
Reims	Olivier Guégan		23 April 2016[29]	17th	David Guion (caretaker)	23 April 2016

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C, Q)	35	28	5	2	93	18	+75	89	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Lyon (X)	36	18	8	10	60	38	+22	62
3	Monaco (X)	36	16	14	6	54	44	+10	62	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Saint-Étienne	36	17	7	12	42	34	+8	58	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Nice	36	16	9	11	53	39	+14	57
6	Lille	36	14	14	8	38	27	+11	56
7	Rennes	36	13	13	10	51	50	+1	52
8	Angers	36	13	11	12	38	34	+4	50
9	Nantes	36	12	12	12	32	38	−6	48
10	Caen	36	14	6	16	36	51	−15	48
11	Montpellier	36	13	7	16	47	45	+2	46
12	Bordeaux	35	11	13	11	46	55	−9	46
13	Marseille	36	9	17	10	46	41	+5	44
14	Bastia	36	12	8	16	33	41	−8	44
15	Guingamp	36	11	10	15	45	53	−8	43
16	Lorient	36	10	13	13	46	55	−9	43
17	Gazélec Ajaccio	36	8	13	15	37	53	−16	37
18	Reims	36	9	9	18	40	55	−15	36	Relegation to Ligue 2[lower-alpha 2]
19	Toulouse	36	7	13	16	41	53	−12	34
20	Troyes (R)	36	3	8	25	27	81	−54	17

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fairplay ranking.^[32]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (X) Assured of at least UEFA Europa League, but may still qualify for UEFA Champions League.
Notes:

1. Since the winners of 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the League Cup winner (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the next best team in the table not already qualified for European competitions (in this case, the fifth-placed team).
2. Starting this season, Ligue 1 decided to reduce the number of relegation spots from three to two.^[30] However, the decision was appealed and overturned so three teams are to be relegated.^[31]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

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
Angers	1	4	3	4	7	6	6	5	2	2	2	3	4	5	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	5	3	4	5	8	9	9	9	12	10	9	8	8	8
Bastia	4	5	2	6	9	15	16	11	14	15	16	15	15	18	17	16	18	17	16	16	15	15	13	15	14	12	14	11	10	13	11	11	11	12	14
Bordeaux	15	15	14	10	12	13	17	12	15	14	13	14	11	13	14	17	12	14	14	12	10	10	7	11	11	9	10	12	13	14	14	12	12	13	15
Caen	6	3	6	9	5	4	7	6	3	3	3	5	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	5	7	7	5	6	8	10	7	4	6	7	6	8	9	9	9
GFC Ajaccio	12	17	18	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	19	18	18	16	16	13	15	16	12	14	13	13	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Guingamp	18	18	20	16	14	8	12	13	11	12	12	11	12	10	12	14	17	18	18	19	18	16	14	13	13	15	16	16	17	16	15	15	15	14	12
Lille	19	16	16	12	13	14	14	16	13	13	15	16	16	17	18	18	13	11	11	13	14	14	15	14	15	13	12	15	14	9	9	7	7	6	6	6
Lyon	10	7	12	5	6	7	4	8	6	6	4	2	2	2	4	4	5	6	9	6	9	9	11	10	6	5	5	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	2	2
Lorient	11	12	15	18	17	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	10	12	11	13	14	13	11	13
Marseille	17	19	13	15	11	12	13	15	17	16	14	12	13	12	11	8	9	9	10	11	8	8	10	8	10	11	11	13	11	10	12	13	14	15	16
Monaco	2	6	8	13	8	11	10	9	10	11	9	6	9	6	7	7	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3
Montpellier	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	18	18	18	17	17	17	14	13	15	16	13	15	15	16	18	17	18	18	16	15	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	11
Nantes	7	8	4	8	10	16	11	14	12	8	6	7	10	11	10	11	11	12	13	10	11	11	9	7	7	6	6	8	8	6	8	10	10	10	10
Nice	16	13	9	11	15	9	8	7	8	5	7	8	6	4	6	5	7	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	5
PSG	8	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	1
Reims	3	2	7	2	3	5	5	4	7	9	11	13	14	15	15	12	14	15	17	17	17	17	18	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18
Rennes	14	9	5	3	2	2	3	3	4	7	8	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	7	8	6	4	6	9	9	7	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	7	7
Saint-Étienne	13	14	10	7	4	3	2	2	5	4	5	4	5	7	5	6	6	7	6	7	5	6	8	5	4	4	4	7	7	8	7	6	6	5	5	4
Toulouse	5	10	11	14	16	17	15	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Troyes	9	11	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	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

Last updated: 23 April 2016
Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel

	Leader
	2016–17 UEFA Champions League Group stage
	2016–17 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
	2016–17 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Relegation to Ligue 2

Results

Home ╲ Away

ANG

BAS

BOR

CAE

GAZ

GUI

LIL

LOR

OL

OM

ASM

MHS

NAN

NIC

PSG

REI

REN

STE

TFC

TRO

Angers

1–0

1–1

2–0

0–0

0–0

2–0

5–1

0–3

0–1

3–0

2–3

0–0

1–1

0–0

0–0

0–2

0–0

1–0

Bastia

1–0

1–0

1–2

3–0

1–2

0–0

1–0

2–1

1–2

1–0

0–0

1–3

0–2

2–0

2–1

0–1

3–0

2–0

Bordeaux

1–3

1–1

1–4

1–1

1–0

1–0

3–1

1–1

3–1

0–0

2–0

0–0

1–2

4–0

1–4

1–1

1–0

Caen

0–0

0–0

2–0

2–1

1–2

1–2

0–4

1–3

2–2

2–1

0–2

2–0

0–3

0–2

1–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

Gazélec Ajaccio

0–2

3–2

2–0

1–0

0–0

2–4

1–1

2–1

1–1

0–1

0–4

1–1

3–1

2–2

1–1

0–2

2–2

2–3

Guingamp

2–2

1–0

2–4

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–2

0–1

2–0

3–3

2–2

2–2

0–2

1–2

0–2

2–0

2–0

4–0

Lille

0–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

1–0

3–0

1–0

1–2

4–1

2–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–3

Lorient

3–1

1–1

3–2

2–0

4–3

0–1

1–3

1–1

0–2

1–1

0–0

0–0

1–2

2–0

1–1

0–1

1–1

4–1

Lyon

0–2

2–0

3–0

4–1

2–1

5–1

0–0

0–0

1–1

2–4

2–0

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–2

3–0

3–0

4–1

Marseille

1–2

4–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–3

2–2

1–1

0–1

1–2

2–5

1–1

1–1

6–0

Monaco

1–0

2–0

1–2

1–1

2–2

3–2

0–0

2–3

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

0–3

2–2

1–1

1–0

4–0

3–1

Montpellier

0–2

2–0

0–1

1–2

0–2

2–1

3–0

2–1

0–2

0–1

2–3

2–1

0–2

0–1

3–1

1–2

2–0

4–1

Nantes

2–0

0–0

2–2

3–1

1–0

0–3

2–1

0–0

0–1

0–0

0–2

1–0

1–4

1–0

0–2

2–1

1–1

3–0

Nice

2–1

0–2

6–1

2–1

3–0

0–1

0–0

2–1

3–0

1–1

1–2

1–0

1–2

0–3

2–0

3–0

1–0

2–1

Paris Saint-Germain

5–1

2–0

2–2

6–0

2–0

3–0

0–0

3–1

5–1

2–1

0–2

0–0

4–1

4–1

4–0

4–1

5–0

4–1

Reims

2–1

0–1

4–1

0–1

1–2

0–1

1–0

4–1

1–0

0–1

2–3

2–1

1–1

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–3

1–1

Rennes

1–0

2–2

1–1

1–0

0–3

1–1

2–2

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–0

4–1

1–4

0–1

3–1

0–1

3–1

1–1

Saint-Étienne

1–0

2–1

1–1

1–2

2–0

3–0

2–0

1–0

0–2

1–1

3–0

2–0

1–4

0–2

3–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

Toulouse

1–2

4–0

4–0

2–0

1–1

1–2

1–1

2–3

2–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–0

2–0

0–1

2–2

1–2

2–1

Troyes

0–1

1–1

2–4

1–3

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

0–0

0–1

3–3

0–9

2–1

2–4

0–1

0–3

Updated to games played on 1 May 2016.
Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Number of teams by regions

Number of teams	Region or country	Team(s)
3	Brittany	Guingamp, Lorient and Rennes
2	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine	Reims and Troyes
	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Lyon and Saint-Étienne
	Corsica	Bastia and Gazélec Ajaccio
	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées	Montpellier and Toulouse
	Pays de la Loire	Angers and Nantes
	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Marseille and Nice
1	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes	Bordeaux
	Île-de-France	Paris Saint-Germain
	Normandy	Caen
	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie	Lille
	Monaco	Monaco

Season statistics

Top goalscorers As of matches played on 1 May 2016.[33] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain 34 2 Alexandre Lacazette Lyon 18 3 Hatem Ben Arfa Nice 17 4 Michy Batshuayi Marseille 16 Wissam Ben Yedder Toulouse Edinson Cavani Paris Saint-Germain 7 Ousmane Dembélé Rennes 12 Valère Germain Nice Benjamin Moukandjo Lorient 10 Sofiane Boufal Lille 11 Majeed Waris Lorient Top assists As of matches played on 1 May 2016.[34] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Ángel Di María Paris Saint-Germain 13 Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain 3 Ryad Boudebouz Montpellier 11 4 Michy Batshuayi Marseille 9 Nicolas de Préville Reims 6 Nabil Dirar Monaco 8 Julien Féret Caen 8 Rachid Ghezzal Lyon 7 Billy Ketkeophomphone Angers Wahbi Khazri Bordeaux

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Nabil Fekir	Lyon	Caen	4–0	29 August 2015
Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	Saint-Étienne	3–0	8 November 2015
Wissam Ben Yedder	Toulouse	Reims	3–1	9 January 2016
Ousmane Dembélé	Rennes	Nantes	4–1	6 March 2016
Zlatan Ibrahimović^4	Paris Saint Germain	Troyes	9–0	13 March 2016
Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint Germain	Nice	4–1	2 April 2016
Hatem Ben Arfa	Nice	Rennes	3–0	10 April 2016
Sofiane Boufal	Lille	Gazélec Ajaccio	4–2	16 April 2016

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Marseille	487,718	60,458	22,596	44,338	−16.2%^†
2	PSG	444,147	47,381	27,385	44,414	−2.8%^†
3	Lille	333,753	39,601	26,431	30,341	−16.9%^†
4	Lyon	397,118	56,506	25,658	36,101	+3.2%^†
5	Saint-Étienne	324,666	36,503	24,556	29,515	−8.4%^†
6	Nantes	274,695	31,410	18,851	24,972	−3.8%^†
7	Bordeaux	273,501	39,672	18,830	24,863	+5.9%^†
8	Rennes	250,590	28,844	18,022	22,780	+13.1%^†
9	Nice	195,265	31,008	13,600	17,751	−8.0%^†
10	Caen	196,252	20,679	15,069	17,841	+5.0%^†
11	Reims	159,502	20,950	9,289	13,291	−10.8%^†
12	Guingamp	161,202	18,022	12,737	14,654	−1.3%^†
13	Toulouse	150,123	30,178	8,883	15,012	−3.3%^†
14	Montpellier	147,144	27,163	9,076	12,262	−4.4%^†
15	Bastia	129,304	14,702	10,135	11,754	−8.1%^†
16	Angers	146,140	16,381	10,166	13,285	+54.1%^†
17	Monaco	86,192	16,124	5,388	7,835	+0.3%^†
18	Troyes	142,672	16,266	10,117	11,889	+23.0%^†
19	Lorient	128,500	15,340	9,067	11,681	−14.3%^†
20	Gazélec Ajaccio	37,029	4,125	3,465	3,702	+60.3%^†
	League total	4,332,173	60,458	3,465	21,662	n/a^†

Updated to games played on 1 January 2016
Source: Soccerstats

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