Lyon, AS Monaco and Olympique Marseille (qualifying) managed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. Ligue 1 recorded a slight decline in attendances from the previous season for the third consecutive year, this time from 7.999 to 7.634m; accordingly, visits per game dropped from 21,050 to 20,089. Only seven clubs were above this average: champions Marseille (50,044), Lyon (35,766), promoted Lens (34,196), Paris, Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne and Rennes. Seven players from third-placed Olympique Marseille were voted into the team of the season. Defending champions Olympique Lyon ended the season as champions. Grenoble Foot was the first to be relegated after matchday 32 – earlier than any other first division club since the 1979/80 season (then Stade Brest). Champion was the team that is in first place at the end of the 36 matchdays. In the event of a tie, the better goal difference decides. Another secret price increase: The monthly subscriptions cannot be canceled at short notice at the end of the term, as they used to be. The defending champion was Girondins Bordeaux, coached by 1998 world champion Laurent Blanc.
Girondins Bordeaux, FC Sochaux and AJ Auxerre qualified for the UEFA Cup via the two cup competitions and Racing Lens via fair play. Olympique Lyon won ahead of Girondins Bordeaux for the seventh time in a row. Olympique Lyon became champions for the fourth time in a row. As in the previous year, Olympique Lyon dominated the league and were crowned champions three games before the end of the season. Champions Lyon's Karim Benzema was named player of the season, alongside Mamadou Niang, his team-mate Jérémy Toulalan and Wendel. All the floats that circled around the Victory Column in 2006 were rolling advertising space for Schaller's McFit chain, which advertises itself with the slogan "Simply look good". Crosby contributed one goal and five assists in an 8-4 win against the Flyers in December 2006, scoring six points in a game for the first time and taking the lead in scoring. In 2008 and 2009, the agile player made four appearances and scored one goal in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In his first season, he made his debut for Palermo in Serie A on March 15, 2009 against US Lecce, he played a total of six games in the Italian top flight in which he failed to score.
On July 29, 2020, it was decided to abandon the season and declare CR Belouizdad champions, as well as suspend this year's relegation. Young players like Andreas Weimann and Christian Benteke (19 goals) managed to stay up in the 2012/13 season. In the 2021/22 Bundesliga season, VfB started as leaders after a 5-1 win against Greuther Fürth on matchday 1, but found themselves in the bottom of the table over the course of the season and fought for relegation or direct relegation until the last matchday. ↑ Coronavirus: Algerian Ligue 1 season canceled without relegation. The name change meant that from this season 20 teams played in the first French league, which means that only two teams were relegated in the previous season, but four teams from Ligue 2 were added. Up to $500 million is said to have been paid for the expansion team's MLS license. The teams meet in a knockout system with two-legged games. The twelve participating teams play in a single round (return match) in the mode "everyone against everyone" from the best four teams, which then contest the final round. The 0:1 on April 17, 2016 in the home game against 1. FFC Frankfurt was the first defeat of the season – and thus the first after 40 unbeaten games.