2025–26 Ligue 1

The 2025–26 Ligue 1, also known as Ligue 1 McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is the 88th season of the Ligue 1, France's premier football competition. It began on 15 August 2025 and is set to conclude on 17 May 2026. The match schedule was announced on 27 June 2025.

Paris Saint-Germain were the four-time defending champions, and mathematically secured a record-extending fourteenth title with one match to spare on 13 May 2026, following a 2–0 win against closest competitors Lens.

A total of eighteen teams are participating in the 2025–26 edition of the Ligue 1. Lorient, Paris FC, and Metz were promoted after finishing first, second, and winning the play-off final in the 2024–25 Ligue 2, respectively. Both Lorient and Metz returned to the top flight after one year's absence, while Paris FC returned to the top flight after a forty-six year's absence. They replaced Montpellier (relegated after sixteen years in the top flight), Saint-Étienne (relegated after one year in the top flight), and Reims (relegated after seven years in the top flight).

Front: Maison de l'Atoll, Angers Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: Système U Socks: None | | Auxerre | Baptiste Malherbe | Christophe Pélissier | Elisha Owusu | Macron | X1 Xi Wang Sports Nutrition Drink | List

Front: SPPE, JUSSIEU Secours Back: LCR, Acadomia Sleeves: Groupama Shorts: Auxerre, Advise Énergie, Cichy Manutention Socks: None | | Brest | Denis Le Saint | Eric Roy | Brendan Chardonnet | Adidas | Quéguiner Matériaux (H) / Yaourt Malo (A & 3) | List

Front: SILL (H) / Breizh Cola (A & 3), GUYOT Environnement, Oceania Hotels, Les Enfants de la Balle Back: Oriance, J.Bervas Automobiles Sleeves: Le Football à la Pointe Shorts: E.Leclerc, Groupe SOFT Socks: None | | Le Havre | Vincent Volpe | Didier Digard | Arouna Sangante | Joma | Winamax | List

Front: SIM Agences d'emploi Back: SOL'S Sleeves: DF Industrie Shorts: Geodis, Kia Groupe Saint-Clair Socks: None | | Lens | Joseph Oughourlian | Pierre Sage | Florian Sotoca | Puma | Auchan | List

Front: Groupe Lempereur, Nexans Back: Murprotec, Winamax Sleeves: Aushopping Shorts: Boulanger, McDonald's Socks: None | | Lille | Olivier Létang | Bruno Génésio | Benjamin André | New Balance | Boulanger | List

Front: Actual Group Back: Aushopping, Toyota Sleeves: eToro Shorts: Têtes Brûlées Socks: None | | Lyon | Michele Kang | Paulo Fonseca | Corentin Tolisso | Adidas | Emirates | List

Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None Socks: None | | Lorient | Loïc Féry | Olivier Pantaloni | Laurent Abergel | Umbro | Jean Floc'h | List

Front: Acadomia, Breizh Cola Back: World of Tanks, MA Pièces Autos Bretagne Sleeves: Actual Group Shorts: Cité Marine, B&B Hotels Socks: None | | Marseille | Alban Juster | Habib Beye | Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | Puma | CMA CGM | List

Front: Parions Sport Back: Boulanger Sleeves: D'Or et de Platine Shorts: Sublime Côte d'Ivoire Socks: None | | Metz | Bernard Serin | Benoît Tavenot | Gauthier Hein | Kappa | CAR Avenue | List

Front: MOSL Mosselle Sans Limite, Resilium AI, Malezieux, Axia Interim Back: Technitoit, Nacon (H) / Force Glass (A) Sleeves: Eurométropole de Metz Shorts: E. Leclerc, LCR Socks: None | | Monaco | Dmitry Rybolovlev | Sébastien Pocognoli | Denis Zakaria | Mizuno | APM Monaco | List

Front: Triangle Intérim, Renault 4 E-Tech Back: Bang & Olufsen, Teddy Smith Sleeves: RDC Coueur d'Afrique Shorts: VBET, Fom Industrie Socks: None | | Nantes | Waldemar Kita | Vahid Halilhodžić | Kelvin Amian | Macron | Synergie | List

Front: Les Gars Des Eaux Back: Préservation du Patrimoine, Groupe Millet Sleeves: LNA Santé Shorts: Be Green Socks: None | | Nice | Jean-Pierre Rivère | Claude Puel | Dante | Kappa | Robinhood Markets | List

Front: Actual Group Back: Ineos Grenadier Sleeves: INEOS Shorts: VBET Socks: None | | Paris FC | Pierre Ferracci | Antoine Kombouaré | Maxime Lopez | Adidas | Bahrain Victorious | List

Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None Socks: None | | Paris Saint-Germain | Nasser Al-Khelaifi | Luis Enrique | Marquinhos | Nike | Qatar Airways | List

Front: None Back: Snipes Sleeves: None Shorts: None Socks: None | | Rennes | Arnaud Pouille | Franck Haise | Valentin Rongier | Puma | Samsic | List

Front: Association ELA Back: Winamax, Blot Immobilier Sleeves: None Shorts: BWT Socks: None | | Strasbourg | Marc Keller | Gary O'Neil | Emanuel Emegha | Adidas | Électricité de Strasbourg (H) / Winamax (A & 3) | List

Front: Hager Group, Pierre Schmidt (H) / Stoeffler (A & 3) Back: Winamax (H) / Électricité de Strasbourg (A & 3), Soprema Sleeves: Würth Shorts: Atheo Ingenierie Socks: None | | Toulouse | Olivier Cloarec | Carles Martínez Novell | Rasmus Nicolaisen | Nike | None | List

Front: None Back: Newrest Sleeves: None Shorts: None Socks: None |

The 2025–26 season concluded with a relegation play-off between the 16th-placed Ligue 1 team, Nice, and the winner of the semi-final of the Ligue 2 play-off, Saint-Étienne, in a two-legged confrontation.

1st leg

2nd leg

As of 17 May 2026

• First goal of the season: Ludovic Blas (Rennes) vs Marseille (15 August 2025)

1 Lepaul played for Angers until matchday 2 and scored 1 goal.

Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

• Most yellow cards: 11

  • Maxime Lopez (Paris FC)
  • Adrien Thomasson (Lens)

• Most red cards: 2

  • Thibault De Smet (Paris FC)
  • Ismaël Doukouré (Strasbourg)
  • Thilo Kehrer (Monaco)
  • Donovan Léon (Auxerre)
  • Sadibou Sané (Metz)
  • Arouna Sangante (Le Havre)
  • Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)

• Most yellow cards: 79

  • Marseille

• Most red cards: 7

  • Auxerre
  • Lyon

• Fewest yellow cards: 34

  • Paris Saint-Germain

• Fewest red cards: 1

  • Lorient

• 2025–26 Ligue 2

• 2025–26 Championnat National

• 2025–26 Championnat National 2

• 2025–26 Championnat National 3

• 2025–26 Coupe de France

• Official website

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