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 16 May 2026. The match schedule was announced on 27 June 2025.

Teams

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 forty-six year's absence. They replaced Montpellier, Saint-Étienne, and Reims.

Stadiums and locations

ClubLocationVenueCapacity2024–25 season
AngersStade Raymond Kopa18,75214th
AuxerreStade Abbé Deschamps21,37911th
BrestStade Francis-Le Blé15,9319th
Le HavreStade Océane25,17815th
LensStade Bollaert-Delelis37,7058th
Villeneuve-d'AscqStade Pierre-Mauroy50,1865th
LorientStade du Moustoir18,890
Décines-CharpieuGroupama Stadium59,1866th
MarseilleStade Vélodrome67,3942nd
Longeville-lès-MetzStade Saint-Symphorien28,786
Monacosort|Nantes|Nantessort|Nice|Nicesort|Paris|Paris FCSort|17|Ligue 2, 2ndsort|Paris Saint-Germain|Paris Saint-Germainsort|Rennes|Rennessort|Strasbourg|Strasbourgsort|Toulouse|Toulouse

Season statistics

Scoring

Ludovic Blas vs Marseille

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate

Discipline

Player

Team

  • Most yellow cards: 44
  • *Monaco
  • *Toulouse
  • Most red cards: 6
  • *Auxerre
  • Fewest yellow cards: 21
  • *Paris Saint-Germain
  • Fewest red cards: 0
  • *Paris Saint-Germain