2016–17 Ligue 1

Ligue 1 2016–17
Season information
Dates	12 August 2016 – 20 May 2017
Winners	Monaco (8th title)
Relegated	Nancy Bastia
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Monaco Paris Saint-Germain Nice
Europa League	Lyon
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Edinson Cavani (35 goals)
Biggest home win	Monaco 6–0 Nancy (5 November 2016)
Biggest away win	Metz 0–7 Monaco (7 October 2016)
Highest scoring	Monaco 6–2 Montpellier (21 October 2016)
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The 2016–17 Ligue 1 season is the 79th season since its establishment. Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 1 June 2016. The season began on 12 August 2016 and is scheduled to end on 20 May 2017.

Teams

There are 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Ligue 2 replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 1 following the 2015–16 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 1 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.

• Angers
• Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Caen
• Dijon
• Guingamp
• Lille
• Lorient
• Lyon
• Marseille
• Metz
• Monaco
• Montpellier
• Nancy
• Nantes
• Nice
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Rennes
• Saint-Étienne
• Toulouse

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Angers !Angers	Angers	Stade Raymond Kopa	17,835
Bastia !Bastia	Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari	16,480
Bordeaux !Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Matmut Atlantique	42,115
Caen !Caen	Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	20,453
Dijon !Dijon	Dijon	Stade Gaston Gérard	16,098
Guingamp !Guingamp	Guingamp	Stade du Roudourou	18,126
Lille !Lille	Villeneuve-d'Ascq]	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	50,186
Lorient !Lorient	Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	18,890
Lyon !Lyon	Décines-Charpieu	Parc OL	59,186
Marseille !Marseille	Marseille	Stade Vélodrome	67,381
Metz !Metz	Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	25,636
Monaco !Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,500
Montpellier !Montpellier	Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,939
Nancy !Nancy	Tomblaine	Stade Marcel Picot	20,087
Nantes !Nantes	Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	38,285
Nice !Nice	Nice	Allianz Riviera	35,624
Paris Saint-Germain !PSG	Paris	Parc des Princes	48,712
Rennes !Rennes	Rennes	Roazhon Park	29,376
Saint-Étienne !Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	42,000
Toulouse !Toulouse	Toulouse	Stadium Municipal	35,470

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager1	Captain1	Kit Manufacturer1	Main Sponsor1
Angers	Moulin, StéphaneStéphane Moulin	N'Doye, CheikhCheikh N'Doye	Kappa	Scania (H), Bodet (A)
Bastia	Rui Almeida	Cahuzac, YannickYannick Cahuzac	Kappa	Oscaro
Bordeaux	Gourvennec, JocelynJocelyn Gourvennec	Plašil, JaroslavJaroslav Plašil	Puma
Caen	Garande, PatricePatrice Garande	Féret, JulienJulien Féret	Umbro	Maisons France Confort (H), Campagne de France (A & 3)
Dijon	Dall'Oglio, OlivierOlivier Dall'Oglio	Varrault, CédricCédric Varrault	Lotto	DVF, Doras, IPS
Guingamp	Antoine Kombouaré	Briand, JimmyJimmy Briand	Patrick	Servagroupe (H), Aroma Celte (A)
Lille	Franck Passi (caretaker)	Mavuba, RioRio Mavuba	New Balance	Partouche
Lorient	Bernard Casoni	Benjamin Lecomte	Adidas	B&B Hotels, Jean Floc'h
Lyon	Bruno Génésio	Gonalons, MaximeMaxime Gonalons	Adidas	Hyundai, Veolia (European)
Marseille	García, RudiRudi García	Bafétimbi Gomis	Adidas	Intersport (H & A), Mutuelles du Soleil (3)
Metz	Hinschberger, PhilippePhilippe Hinschberger	Lejeune, KévinKévin Lejeune	Nike	Moselle
Monaco	Jardim, LeonardoLeonardo Jardim	Falcao, RadamelRadamel Falcao	Nike	Fedcom
Montpellier	Gasset, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Gasset	Hilton, VitorinoVitorino Hilton	Nike	Sud de France
Nancy	Correa, PabloPablo Correa	Lenglet, ClémentClément Lenglet	Nike	Sopalin
Nantes	Conceição, SérgioSérgio Conceição	Rémy Riou	Umbro	Synergie
Nice	Favre, LucienLucien Favre	Dante	Macron	Mutuelles du Soleil
PSG	Emery, UnaiUnai Emery	Silva, ThiagoThiago Silva	Nike	Emirates
Rennes	Gourcuff, ChristianChristian Gourcuff	Pedro Mendes	Puma	Samsic
Saint-Étienne	Galtier, ChristopheChristophe Galtier	Perrin, LoïcLoïc Perrin	Le Coq Sportif	EoviMcd Mutuelle
Toulouse	Dupraz, PascalPascal Dupraz	Martin Braithwaite	Joma	Triangle Interim

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Nantes	name !Michel Der Zakarian	End of contract	17 May 2016	Pre-season	René Girard	17 May 2016
Rennes	name !Rolland Courbis		17 May 2016		Christian Gourcuff	17 May 2016
Nice	name !Claude Puel	Mutual consent	24 May 2016		Lucien Favre	24 May 2016
Guingamp	name !Jocelyn Gourvennec	Signed by Bordeaux	27 May 2016		Antoine Kombouaré	30 May 2016
Bordeaux	name !Ulrich Ramé	End of contract	27 May 2016		Jocelyn Gourvennec	27 May 2016
PSG	name !Laurent Blanc	Resigned	27 June 2016		Unai Emery	28 June 2016
Marseille	name !Franck Passi	End of interim	20 October 2016	12th	Rudi García	20 October 2016
Lorient	Ripoll, SylvainSylvain Ripoll	Resigned	23 October 2016	20th	Casoni, BernardBernard Casoni	8 November 2016
Lille	Antonetti, FrédéricFrédéric Antonetti		22 November 2016	19th	Patrick Collot (caretaker)	22 November 2016
Nantes	René Girard		1 December 2016	19th	Sérgio Conceição	8 December 2016
Montpellier	Frédéric Hantz	Sacked	30 January 2017	15th	Jean-Louis Gasset	30 January 2017
Lille	Patrick Collot	End of interim	14 February 2017	17th	Franck Passi (caretaker)	14 February 2017
Bastia	François Ciccolini	Sacked	27 February 2017	19th	Rui Almeida	27 February 2017

League table

2016–17 Ligue 1 table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Monaco  (C)	38	30	5	3	107	31	+76	95	Qualification for the  Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	27	6	5	83	27	+56	87
3	Nice	38	22	12	4	63	36	+27	78	Qualification for the  UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Lyon	38	21	4	13	77	48	+29	67	Qualification for the  Europa League group stage
5	Marseille	38	17	11	10	57	41	+16	62
6	Bordeaux	38	15	14	9	53	43	+10	59
7	Nantes	38	14	9	15	40	54	−14	51
8	Saint-Étienne	38	12	14	12	41	42	−1	50
9	Rennes	38	12	14	12	36	42	−6	50
10	Guingamp	38	14	8	16	46	53	−7	50
11	Lille	38	13	7	18	40	47	−7	46
12	Angers	38	13	7	18	40	49	−9	46
13	Toulouse	38	10	14	14	37	41	−4	44
14	Metz	38	11	10	17	39	72	−33	43
15	Montpellier	38	10	9	19	48	66	−18	39
16	Dijon	38	8	13	17	46	58	−12	37
17	Caen	38	10	7	21	36	65	−29	37
18	Lorient  (R)	38	10	6	22	44	70	−26	36	Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
19	Nancy  (R)	38	9	8	21	29	52	−23	35	Relegation to Ligue 2
20	Bastia  (R)	38	8	10	20	29	54	−25	34

Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Positions by round

	Leader
	2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group stage
	2017–18 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
	2017–18 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Qualification to relegation play-offs
	Relegation to Ligue 2

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Monaco	9	6	2	1	1	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Paris Saint-Germain	8	2	5	7	3	2	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Nice	5	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Lyon	1	1	4	8	9	7	9	5	8	10	8	7	4	7	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Marseille	12	16	12	14	15	15	13	14	12	11	10	12	11	12	11	10	9	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Bordeaux	2	14	8	4	5	4	5	6	6	8	9	8	7	6	5	7	10	10	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	6	6	6
Nantes	7	11	17	18	18	16	18	16	13	14	15	16	17	17	19	19	19	19	17	11	11	12	14	15	12	13	11	12	10	11	9	8	10	8	8	8	7	7
Saint-Étienne	13	8	10	12	8	10	7	9	9	7	7	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
Rennes	17	9	11	6	10	8	11	7	7	5	5	5	6	4	6	4	5	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	10	10	8	8	9	8	11	11	9	9	9	10	9	9
Guingamp	10	5	1	5	7	6	8	10	5	5	4	4	5	5	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	8	8	9	8	9	10	11	8	10	8	10	8	10	10	9	10	10
Lille	14	10	13	15	17	18	20	18	18	16	17	18	19	19	17	14	11	13	12	14	14	11	12	13	17	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	12	11	11	12	11
Angers	18	18	18	17	13	11	12	12	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	15	16	18	19	16	18	18	14	12	12	10	12	9	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	12
Toulouse	11	4	9	11	6	5	3	4	4	4	6	6	8	9	9	8	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	11	12	10	9	11	11	12	12	11	13
Metz	4	15	7	3	4	9	6	8	11	12	13	14	12	11	12	13	15	17	18	20	18	19	17	12	16	16	17	16	16	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Montpellier	6	13	14	13	12	13	16	17	15	17	16	13	13	13	14	12	13	11	11	13	13	15	13	14	11	11	13	13	13	15	15	14	12	13	13	13	15	15
Dijon	16	17	15	16	16	19	14	15	17	13	12	11	14	14	15	15	17	18	15	16	15	13	16	17	13	17	18	18	17	17	17	19	19	18	17	18	16	16
Caen	3	12	6	10	14	14	15	13	16	18	18	15	15	15	18	17	18	16	19	15	17	18	15	16	18	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	17	18	16	17	17
Lorient	15	19	19	20	20	20	17	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	16	16	17	18	18
Nancy	20	20	20	19	19	17	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	13	16	14	14	13	12	12	14	11	11	15	18	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	19	19	19	20	19
Bastia	19	7	16	9	11	12	10	11	14	15	14	17	16	16	16	18	16	12	14	17	16	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20

Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel

Relegation play-offs

The 2016–17 season will see the return of a relegation play-off between the 18th placed Ligue 1 team and the 3rd placed team in the Ligue 2 on a two-legged confrontation. The Ligue 2 team will host the first game. The play-off dates were confirmed on 6 May 2017.

25 May 2017 (2017-05-25) 20:45 CEST	Troyes	2 – 1	Lorient	Stade de l'Aube, Troyes Referee: Ruddy Buquet
	Darbion  37' Nivet  90+1'	Report	Waris  82'

Troyes AC

FC Lorient

GK 30 Mamadou Samassa RB 17 Alois Confais 31' 86' CB 13 Jimmy Giraudon 89' CB 24 Christophe Hérelle LB 6 Johann Obiang 65' CM 6 Karim Azamoum CM 19 Tristan Dingomé RW 29 Samuel Grandsir 76' LW 8 Stéphane Darbion 71' AM 10 Benjamin Nivet CF 26 Adama Niane Substitutes: GK 1 Erwin Zelazny DF 2 Jérémy Cordoval 86' DF 4 Johan Martial DF 23 Charles Traoré MF 14 Thiago Xavier 71' MF 28 Jonathan Tinhan 76' 90+2' FW 15 Raphaël Cacérès Manager: Jean-Louis Garcia

GK 40 Benjamin Lecomte (c) RB 20 Steven Moreira CB 15 Mathieu Peybernes CB 13 Michaël Ciani 90+3' LB 25 Vincent Le Goff RM 27 Jimmy Cabot 56' CM 7 Arnold Mvuemba 78' CM 24 Wesley Lautoa LM 19 Romain Philippoteaux CF 22 Benjamin Jeannot 64' CF 9 Abdul Majeed Waris Substitutes: GK 16 Paul Delecroix DF 5 Zargo Touré DF 6 François Bellugou DF 37 Erwin Koffi MF 8 Cafú 78' MF 17 Walid Mesloub 56' FW 12 Benjamin Moukandjo 64' Manager: Bernard Casoni

Assistant referees: Frédéric Cano Guillaume Debart Fourth official: Jérôme Brisard

Match rules: 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

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28 May 2017 (2017-05-28) 21:00 CEST	Lorient	0–0	Troyes	Stade du Moustoir, Lorient Referee: Clément Turpin
		Report

Troyes won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to 2017–18 Ligue 1; Lorient were relegated to 2017–18 Ligue 2.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Edinson Cavani	Paris Saint-Germain	35
2	Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	28
3	Radamel Falcao	Monaco	21
4	Bafétimbi Gomis	Marseille	20
5	Mario Balotelli	Nice	15
	Kylian Mbappé	Monaco
	Ivan Santini	Caen
	Florian Thauvin	Marseille
9	Nicolas de Préville	Lille	14
	Steve Mounié	Montpellier

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Morgan Sanson	Montpellier/Marseille	12
2	Jean Seri	Nice	10
3	Ryad Boudebouz	Montpellier	9
	Thomas Lemar	Monaco
	Bernardo Silva	Monaco
	Florian Thauvin	Marseille
7	Kylian Mbappé	Monaco	8
8	Memphis Depay	Lyon	7
	Ángel Di María	Paris Saint-Germain
	Loïs Diony	Dijon
	Léo Dubois	Nantes
	Valentin Eysseric	Nice
	Thomas Mangani	Angers
	Marçal	Guingamp

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	Nancy	3–0	02016-08-14-14 August 2016
Mevlüt Erdinç	Metz	Nantes	3–0	02016-09-11-11 September 2016
Edinson Cavani4	Paris Saint Germain	Caen	6–0	02016-09-16-16 September 2016
Casimir Ninga	Montpellier	Dijon	3–3	02016-10-01-1 October 2016
Alassane Pléa	Nice	Metz	4–2	02016-10-24-24 October 2016
Radamel Falcao	Monaco	Bordeaux	4–0	02016-12-10-10 December 2016
Ola Toivonen	Toulouse	Lorient	3–2	02016-12-10-10 December 2016
Bafétimbi Gomis	Marseille	Montpellier	5–1	02017-01-27-27 January 2017
Kylian Mbappé	Monaco	Metz	5–0	02017-02-11-11 February 2017
Florian Thauvin	Marseille	Caen	5–1	02017-04-30-30 April 2017
Nicolas de Préville	Lille	Nantes	3–0	02017-05-20-20 May 2017

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

2016–17 in French football
Domestic leagues
Ligue 1 · Ligue 2 · National · CFA (Group A, B, C, D) · CFA 2 (Group A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)
Domestic cups
Coupe de France (Final) · Coupe de la Ligue (Final) · Trophée des Champions
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group A)
2015-16                                                        2017-18