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List of French football champions

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FieldValue
nameList of French football champions
countryFrance (17 teams)
Monaco (1 team)
confedUEFA
founded1893–94
teams18
championsParis Saint-Germain
(13th title)
season2024–25
most_champsParis Saint-Germain
(13 titles)
current2025–26 Ligue 1

Monaco (1 team) (13th title) (13 titles)

The French football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in France, Ligue 1. Since the National Council of the French Football Federation voted in support of professionalism in French football in 1930, the professional football championship of France has been contested through Ligue 1, formerly known as Division 1 from 1933 to 2002. [[File:Club Francais 1898.jpg|thumb|upright|240px|1895–96 champions [[Club Français]], pictured here in 1898]]

Prior to this, the first division championship of French football was contested through a league run by the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA), an organization that supported amateur sport. The USFSA's league run from 1894 to 1919 and awarded 22 league titles before being suspended in 1915 due to World War I and the creation and success of the Coupe de France, which had quickly become the country's national competition.

The first champions of French football were Standard Athletic Club, who defeated The White Rovers 2–0 in Courbevoie on 6 May 1894. The initial championship match was held on 29 April but finished 2–2, so the match was replayed. Standard went on to win the French championship four more times over the next seven years before RC Roubaix took control of the league becoming the first French club to win three straight titles beginning in 1902. Following Roubaix's success, the ownership of the amateur league title began rotating back and forth from the north of France to the south of France with Marseille eventually winning the last amateur title in 1929.

The first French football champions of the professional era were Olympique Lillois, a predecessor of Lille, who defeated Cannes 4–3 on 14 May 1933 at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes. Sète were crowned champions the following season and, in 1939, became the first professional club in France to win two titles. Following the conclusion of World War II, Saint-Étienne became the model club of the country winning four consecutive titles from 1966 to 1970. The club won all its 10 titles in a span of 25 years. Marseille repeated Saint-Étienne's feat of four consecutive titles from 1988 to 1992. It would take the club another 17 years to win another title. During the hiatus between Marseille's title in 1992 and the club's most recent in 2010, Lyon established themselves as a top club winning their first title in 2002. The title started a national record-breaking streak of seven successive league championships with the streak coming to an end following the 2008–09 season when Bordeaux eclipsed them winning their sixth title.

Paris Saint-Germain have the most titles in French football, with 13, followed by Saint-Étienne and Marseille, with 10 each. The majority of Saint-Étienne's titles came during the 1960s and 1970s when the club was led by managers Jean Snella, Albert Batteux, and Robert Herbin. Marseille has nine professional league titles and one amateur title which they won in the 1928–29 season. The club initially equalled Saint-Étienne's number of titles won during the 1992–93 season, but the title was stripped after it was discovered by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) that the club's president Bernard Tapie had bribed the opposition's players. Tapie was later found guilty of bribery and sentenced to two years in prison. In the 2009–10 season, Marseille equalled Saint-Étienne's number of titles, amateur or professional. Paris Saint-Germain won 11 of their 13 titles in a thirteen-year span from 2013 to 2025. Nantes and Monaco are fourth with eight titles each, while Lyon has seven.

List of champions

#Winning team also won UEFA Champions League and Coupe de France in the same season, winning a continental Treble.
Ed.SeasonWinnersRunners-upThird placeAmateur era (1893–1929)Professional era (1932–present)
1893–94Standard Athletic Club (1)The White RoversN/A
1894–95Standard Athletic Club (2)The White RoversN/A
1895–96Club Français (1)The White RoversN/A
1896–97Standard Athletic Club (3)The White RoversN/A
1897–98Standard Athletic Club (4)Club FrançaisN/A
1898–99Le Havre (1)Club FrançaisN/A
1899–1900Le Havre (2)Club FrançaisN/A
1900–01Standard Athletic Club (5)Le HavreN/A
1901–02Roubaix (1)RC ParisN/A
1902–03Roubaix (2)RC ParisN/A
1903–04Roubaix (3)Suisse ParisN/A
1904–05Gallia Club Paris (1)RoubaixN/A
1905–06Roubaix (4)N/A
1906–07RC Paris (1)RoubaixN/A
1907–08Roubaix (5)RC ParisN/A
1908–09Stade Helvétique (1)N/A
1909–10US Tourcoing (1)Stade HelvétiqueN/A
1910–11Stade Helvétique (2)RC ParisN/A
1911–12Saint-Raphaël (1)AS FrançaiseN/A
1912–13Stade Helvétique (3)RouenN/A
1913–14Olympique Lillois (1)SèteN/A
1914–18
1918–19Le Havre (3)MarseilleN/A
1919–26
1926–27(1)Marseille
1927–28Stade Français (1)US TourcoingN/A
1928–29Marseille (1)Club FrançaisN/A
1929–32
1932–33Olympique Lillois (2)CannesRC Paris
1933–34Sète (1)FivesMarseille
1934–35Sochaux (1)StrasbourgRC Paris
1935–36RC Paris (2)LilleStrasbourg
1936–37Marseille (2)SochauxRC Paris
1937–38Sochaux (2)MarseilleSète
1938–39Sète (2)MarseilleRC Paris
1939–45
1945–46Lille (1)Saint-ÉtienneCO Roubaix-Tourcoing
1946–47Roubaix–Tourcoing (1)ReimsStrasbourg
1947–48Marseille (3)LilleReims
1948–49Reims (1)LilleMarseille
1949–50Bordeaux (1)LilleReims
1950–51Nice (1)LilleLe Havre
1951–52Nice (2)BordeauxLille
1952–53Reims (2)SochauxBordeaux
1953–54Lille (2)ReimsBordeaux
1954–55Reims (3)Toulouse (1937)Lens
1955–56Nice (3)LensMonaco
1956–57Saint-Étienne (1)LensReims
1957–58Reims (4)NîmesMonaco
1958–59Nice (4)NîmesRC Paris
1959–60Reims (5)NîmesRC Paris
1960–61Monaco (1)RC ParisReims
1961–62Reims (6)RC ParisNîmes
1962–63Monaco (2)ReimsSedan
1963–64Saint-Étienne (2)MonacoRC Lens
1964–65Nantes (1)BordeauxValenciennes
1965–66Nantes (2)BordeauxValenciennes
1966–67Saint-Étienne (3)NantesAngers
1967–68Saint-Étienne (4)NiceSochaux
1968–69Saint-Étienne (5)BordeauxMetz
1969–70Saint-Étienne (6)MarseilleRC Paris-Sedan
1970–71Marseille (4)Saint-ÉtienneNantes
1971–72Marseille (5)NîmesSochaux
1972–73Nantes (3)NiceMarseille
1973–74Saint-Étienne (7)NantesLyon
1974–75Saint-Étienne (8)MarseilleLyon
1975–76Saint-Étienne (9)NiceSochaux
1976–77Nantes (4)LensBastia
1977–78Monaco (3)NantesStrasbourg
1978–79StrasbourgNantesSaint-Étienne
1979–80Nantes (5)SochauxSaint-Étienne
1980–81Saint-Étienne (10)NantesBordeaux
1981–82Monaco (4)Saint-ÉtienneSochaux
1982–83Nantes (6)BordeauxParis Saint-Germain
1983–84Bordeaux (2)MonacoAuxerre
1984–85Bordeaux (3)NantesMonaco
1985–86Paris Saint-Germain (1)NantesBordeaux
1986–87Bordeaux (4)MarseilleToulouse
1987–88Monaco (5)BordeauxMontpellier
1988–89Marseille (6)Paris Saint-GermainMonaco
1989–90Marseille (7)BordeauxMonaco
1990–91Marseille (8)MonacoAuxerre
1991–92Marseille (9)MonacoParis Saint-Germain
1992–93—Paris Saint-GermainMonaco
1993–94Paris Saint-Germain (2)MarseilleAuxerre
1994–95Nantes (7)LyonParis Saint-Germain
1995–96Auxerre (1)Paris Saint-GermainMonaco
1996–97Monaco (6)Paris Saint-GermainNantes
1997–98Lens (1)MetzMonaco
1998–99Bordeaux (5)MarseilleLyon
1999–2000Monaco (7)Paris Saint-GermainLyon
2000–01Nantes (8)LyonLille
2001–02Lyon (1)LensAuxerre
2002–03Lyon (2)MonacoMarseille
2003–04Lyon (3)Paris Saint-GermainMonaco
2004–05Lyon (4)LilleMonaco
2005–06Lyon (5)BordeauxLille
2006–07Lyon (6)MarseilleToulouse
2007–08Lyon (7)BordeauxMarseille
2008–09Bordeaux (6)MarseilleLyon
2009–10Marseille (10)LyonAuxerre
2010–11Lille (3)MarseilleLyon
2011–12Montpellier (1)Paris Saint-GermainLille
2012–13Paris Saint-Germain (3)MarseilleLyon
2013–14Paris Saint-Germain (4)MonacoLille
2014–15Paris Saint-Germain (5)LyonMonaco
2015–16Paris Saint-Germain (6)LyonMonaco
2016–17Monaco (8)Paris Saint-GermainNice
2017–18Paris Saint-Germain (7)MonacoLyon
2018–19Paris Saint-Germain (8)LilleLyon
2019–20Paris Saint-Germain (9)MarseilleRennes
2020–21Lille (4)Paris Saint-GermainMonaco
2021–22Paris Saint-Germain (10)MarseilleMonaco
2022–23Paris Saint-Germain (11)LensMarseille
2023–24Paris Saint-Germain (12)MonacoBrest
2024–25Paris Saint-Germain (13)MarseilleMonaco

Performance

Performance by club in amateur era and professional era

RankClubWinnersnowrapRunners-upWinning seasonsRunner-up seasons
1Paris Saint-Germain[File:Competitiester.svg1985–86, 1993–94, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–251988–89, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2020–21
2**[Marseille[[File:Competitiester.svg20px]]**1928–29, 1936–37, 1947–48, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2009–101918–19, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1986–87, 1993–94, 1998–99, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2024–25
Saint-Étienne [[File:Competitiester.svg20px]]1956–57, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–811945–46, 1970–71, 1981–82
4Monaco1960–61, 1962–63, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2016–171963–64, 1983–84, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2002–03, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2023–24
Nantes1964–65, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1994–95, 2000–011966–67, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86
6Lyon2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–081994–95, 2000–01, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16
7Bordeaux1949–50, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1998–99, 2008–091951–52, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90, 2005–06, 2007–08
Lille1913–14, 1932–33, 1945–46, 1953–54, 2010–11, 2020–211935–36, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 2004–05, 2018–19
Reims1948–49, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–621946–47, 1953–54, 1962–63
Roubaix1901–02, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1905–06, 1907–08, 1946–471904–05, 1906–07
11Standard Athletic Club1893–94, 1894–95, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1900–01
12Nice1950–51, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1958–591967–68, 1972–73, 1975–76
13Stade Helvétique1908–09, 1910–11, 1912–131909–10
Le Havre1898–99, 1899–1900, 1918–191900–01
15RC Paris1906–07, 1935–361901–02, 1902–03, 1907–08, 1910–11, 1960–61, 1961–62
Sochaux1934–35, 1937–381936–37, 1952–53, 1979–80
Sète1933–34, 1938–391913–14
18Lens1997–981955–56, 1956–57, 1976–77, 2001–02, 2022–23
Club Français1895–961897–98, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1928–29
1926–271905–06, 1908–09
US Tourcoing1909–101927–28
Rouen1944–451912–13
Strasbourg1978–791934–35
Gallia Club Paris1904–05
Saint-Raphaël1911–12
Stade Français1927–28
Auxerre1995–96
Montpellier2011–12
–The White Rovers1893–94, 1894–95, 1895–96, 1896–97
Nîmes1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1971–72
Suisse Paris1903–04
AS Française1911–12
Amiens1926–27
Cannes1932–33
Fives1933–34
Toulouse (1937)1954–55
Metz1997–98

Notes:

  • Bold indicates clubs currently playing in Ligue 1.
  • Lille OSC is the legal heir of Olympique Lillois.
  • Toulouse FC is not the successor to Toulouse FC (1937).

Performance by club in professional era

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning seasons
Paris Saint-Germain [[File:Competitiester.svg20px]]1985–86, 1993–94, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Saint-Étienne [[File:Competitiester.svg20px]]1956–57, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–81
Marseille{{center91936–37, 1947–48, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2009–10
Monaco1960–61, 1962–63, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2016–17
Nantes1964–65, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1994–95, 2000–01
Lyon2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
Bordeaux1949–50, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1998–99, 2008–09
Reims1948–49, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62
Lille1932–33, 1945–46, 1953–54, 2010–11, 2020–21
Nice1950–51, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1958–59
Sochaux1934–35, 1937–38
Sète1933–34, 1938–39
Lens1997–98
RC Paris1935–36
Strasbourg1978–79
Roubaix-Tourcoing1946–47
Auxerre1995–96
Montpellier2011–12
Nîmes–
Cannes–
Fives–
Toulouse (1937)–
Metz–

Notes:

Performance by club in amateur era

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning seasons
Roubaix1901–02, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1905–06, 1907–08
Standard Athletic Club1893–94, 1894–95, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1900–01
Stade Helvétique1908–09, 1910–11, 1912–13
Le Havre1898–99, 1899–1900, 1918–19
Club Français1895–96
RC Paris1906–07
1926–27
US Tourcoing1909–10
Marseille1928–29
Gallia Club Paris1904–05
Saint-Raphaël1911–12
Olympique Lillois1913–14
Stade Français1927–28
The White Rovers–
Suisse Paris–
AS Française–
Rouen–
Sète–
Amiens–

Notes:

  • RC Paris, Marseille and Olympique Lillois are the only teams who managed to win in Amateur era and also in Professional era.

Notes

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