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What is Ligue 1? Memorable moments in Ligue 1 history.
The French National Championship Ligue 1 is one of the top five European football leagues. But the history of the tournament is not known to many people. Let's find out some information about Ligue 1 with BLV Vinh Toan? Memorable moments in Ligue 1 history through the following content.
What is Ligue 1?
Ligue 1 is the highest football championship in France. The league was born in 1932 and is currently managed by the French Professional Football Federation.
The first Ligue 1 season was opened on September 11, 1932 with the name of the national championship. Only 1 year later, the league was renamed Division 1 and it was not until 2002 that it was called Ligue 1 as it is today.
Saint-Etienne is currently the team with the best record in Ligue 1 history with 10 championships, while Olympique Lyonnais is the team with the most consecutive championships in the league with 7 times (2002 to 2008).
Olympique de Marseille has the most seasons in Ligue 1 with 69 seasons. Paris Saint-Germain have the most consecutive seasons in Ligue 1 with a run of 45 seasons. The 2019-20 Ligue 1 champion is PSG, the only team outside of France participating in Ligue 1 is AS Monaco.
Memorable moments in Ligue 1 history
Previously there was no professional football league in France until July 1930 when the National Council of the French Football Federation had 128 votes in favor, 20 votes against and was approved. The founders of the French professional football system are Georges Bayrou, Emmanuel Gambardella and Gabriel Hanot and officially started operating in 1932.
To create a professional league in the country, the Federation limited the tournament to 20 clubs. If you want to play in Ligue 1, you must have all 3 criteria, including that the club must have a good record in the past, must have revenue to balance finance and successfully recruit at least 8 players
These regulations were met with fierce opposition from teams with no financial conditions such as Strasbourg, RC Roubaix, Amiens SC and Stade Francais. Meanwhile Rennes was afraid of bankruptcy, Olympique Lillois (the predecessor of Lille OSC) had a conflict and did not attend the professional tournament.
Olympique Lillois president Henri Jooris, who is also the president of the Ligue du Nord, was concerned that his league would be dissolved and suggested it be a second one. Many teams were already operating professionally and convincing the Northern teams became more difficult when Strasbourg, RC Roubaix and Amiens refused to participate in the new tournament. Meanwhile Mulhouse, Excelsior AC Roubaix, Metz and Fives accepted the professionalism from the Federation. Southern teams supported the new tournament and accepted to attend.
The first professional tournament began in the 1932-33 season with the participation of 20 teams divided into 2 groups of 10 teams each. 3 teams from each group will be relegated and the top team from each group will play the final match at neutral ground. Olympique Lillois is recognized as the first champion of Ligue 1 in history.
The French First Division was suspended in the years of World War II (1939-1945). After the end of World War II, the tournament was reactivated and the number of participating teams was 18. From the 1965-66 season, the number of teams was increased to 20. By 2002, the French first division was called Ligue. 1 as it is today.
In the 2019-20 season, Ligue 1 was canceled due to the heavy impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. At that time, PSG was recognized as the champion of Ligue 1 2019-20, this season's runner-up Marseille won tickets to the group stage of the Champions League 2020-21. And Rennes participated in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. Lillie is the team that won tickets to the Europa League group stage. Two teams down to play in Ligue 2 next season are Amiens SC and Toulouse. The other two teams that won the promotion ticket to Ligue 1 2020-21 are Lorient and Lens.
The format of Ligue 1
In the current Ligue 1 tournament, there are 20 participating teams, playing in a round-robin and each team will play 38 matches. Ligue 1 takes place from August to May. Like most other tournaments, if the teams in Ligue 1 have the same points, it will be considered according to the difference and the total number of goals scored. If they are still equal but are in the position of determining the championship, qualifying for the European Cup and relegation, they will continue to play another positional match at the neutral field.
The top 3 teams in Ligue 1 will win tickets to the Champions League, in which the top 2 teams will go directly to the group stage and the 3rd place team will play the play-off round. The 4th place team will qualify for the Europa League group stage. The bottom 2 teams will be relegated to Ligue 2 next season, while the 18th team will play a play-off match with a team ranked 3-5th in Ligue 2 to compete for the last place in the Ligue 1 season.
Teams that have won Ligue 1
Saint-Etienne (10): 1956–57, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–81
Marseille (9): 1936–37, 1947–48, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2009–10
Paris Saint-Germain (9): 1985–86, 1993–94, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Monaco (8): 1960–61, 1962–63, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2016–17
Nantes (8): 1964–65, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1994–95, 2000–01
Lyon (7): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
Bordeaux (6): 1949–50, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1998–99, 2008–09
Reims (6): 1948–49, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62
Nice (4): 1950–51, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1958–59
Lille (3): 1945–46, 1953–54, 2010–11
Sochaux (2): 1934–35, 1937–38
Sete (2): 1933–34, 1938–39
Các đội từng 1 lần vô địch Ligue 1: Lens (1997–98), RC Paris (1935–36), Strasbourg (1978–79), Olympique Lillois (1932–33), Roubaix-Tourcoing (1946–47), Auxerre (1995–96), Montpellier (2011–12)
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