French Football League Winners
LIGUE 1 WINNERS 1933-2023
The French national football league was first held in the 1932-33 season, under the name Division Nationale, Olympique Lillois winning the inaugural title. The league was renamed to Division 1 in 1972 and stayed that way until 2002, when it was rebranded as Ligue 1.
Over the decades the Championnat de France has seen a great spread of different clubs dominating different eras: Nice and Stade de Reims in the 50s, Saint-Étienne in the 60s, Nantes in the 70s, Bordeaux in the 80s, Marseille in the 90s, Lyon in the 2000s and now Paris Saint-Germain in the 2010s and 2020s (although if you want a proper spread of different clubs then check out the list of Coupe de France winners).
For a long time it was Saint-Étienne who held the record for the number of titles, with 10, but given Paris Saint-Germain's financial power and clout, it was no surprise to see them going past Les Verts total in 2023 and we can expect them to carry on adding to that total in the coming years.
FRENCH LEAGUE WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP
Tweet