81st season of top-tier French football
Football league season
The 2018–19 Ligue 1 season, also known as Ligue 1 Conforama for sponsorship reasons, was the 81st season since its establishment. The season began on 10 August 2018 and concluded on 24 May 2019. Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions.
On 21 April, Paris Saint-Germain won their second consecutive Ligue 1 title and eighth title overall following Lille's 0–0 draw against Toulouse.[3]
Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league, with two promoted teams from Ligue 2, Reims and Nîmes, replacing the two relegated teams from the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season, Troyes and Metz.
Stadia and locations
Location of teams in
2018–19 Ligue 1
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League table
Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in single league match; 10) Fairplay ranking.[23]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Relegation play-offs
The 2018–19 season ended with a relegation play-off between the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team, Dijon, and the winner of the semi-final of the Ligue 2 play-off, Lens, on a two-legged confrontation.
Dijon won 4–2 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.
Season statistics
Awards
References
- ^ a b "French Premier league Statistics". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Ligue 1 Conforama - Attendances". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "PSG Champions as Lille held at Toulouse". www.ligue1.com. 21 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Unai Emery to leave Paris Saint-Germain at end of season". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Thomas Tuchel devient le nouvel entraîneur du Paris Saint-Germain". PSG (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ "FC Nantes : Waldemar Kita confirme le départ de Claudio Ranieri en fin de saison". L'Équipe (in French). 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Favre Leaves Nice As Borussia Dortmund Post Awaits". Goal. 19 May 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Patrick Vieira, nouvel entraîneur de Nice". L'Équipe (in French). 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Patrice Garande ne sera plus l'entraîneur de Caen la saison prochaine". L'Équipe (in French). 19 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "Fabien Mercadal nouvel entraîneur de Caen (officiel)". L'Équipe (in French). 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Lens : Debève adjoint de Montanier". L'Équipe (in French). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "Transferts : Casanova à Toulouse, c'est signé". L'Équipe (in French). 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Monaco : Thierry Henry nommé officiellement entraîneur". L'Équipe (in French). 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Guingamp se sépare d'Antoine Kombouaré". L'Équipe (in French). 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Guingamp : Jocelyn Gourvennec de retour comme entraîneur". L'Équipe (in French). 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Sabri Lamouchi mis à pied par Rennes". L'Équipe (in French). 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Stade Rennais : Julien Stéphan confirmé comme entraîneur". L'Équipe (in French). 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Dijon : Olivier Dall'Oglio démis de ses fonctions d'entraîneur". L'Équipe (in French). 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Dijon : Antoine Kombouaré succède à Olivier Dall'Oglio au poste d'entraîneur". L'Équipe (in French). 10 January 2019.
- ^ "Leonardo Jardim, le retour". LFP (in French). 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Bordeaux licencie officiellement Ricardo". football.fr (in French). 26 February 2019.
- ^ "Paulo Sousa nouvel entraîneur de Bordeaux (officiel)". L'Équipe (in French). 8 March 2019.
- ^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Le palmarès 2019 des Trophées UNFP". LEFIGARO (in French). 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ "Le palmarès 2019 des Trophées UNFP". LEFIGARO (in French). 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
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