French Football League Winners



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LIGUE 1 WINNERS 1933-2023


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1930s
Olympique Lillois
Sète
Sochaux
RCF Paris
Marseille
Sochaux
Sète
1930s

1940s
Lille
Roubaix-Tourcoing
Marseille
Stade de Reims
1940s

1950s
Bordeaux
Nice
Nice
Stade de Reims
Lille
Stade de Reims
Nice
Saint-Étienne
Stade de Reims
Nice
1950s

1960s
Stade de Reims
Monaco
Stade de Reims
Monaco
Saint-Étienne
Nantes
Nantes
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne
1960s

1970s
Saint-Étienne
Marseille
Marseille
Nantes
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne
Nantes
Monaco
Racing Strasbourg
1970s

1980s
Nantes
Saint-Étienne
Monaco
Nantes
Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Paris Saint-Germain
Bordeaux
Monaco
Marseille
1980s

1990s
Marseille
Marseille
Marseille
Paris Saint-Germain
Nantes
Auxerre
Monaco
RC Lens
Bordeaux
1990s

2000s
Monaco
Nantes
Lyon
Lyon
Lyon
Lyon
Lyon
Lyon
Lyon
Bordeaux
2000s

2010s
Marseille
Lille
Montpellier
Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain
Monaco
Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain
2010s

2020s
Paris Saint-Germain
Lille
Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain
2020s




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

Year Winner Runner-up
1932-33 Olympique Lillois Cannes
1933-34 Sète SC Fives
1934-35 Sochaux Racing Strasbourg
1935-36 RCF Paris Lille
1936-37 Marseille Sochaux
1937-38 Sochaux Marseille
1938-39 Sète Marseille
1939-40 No league.
1940-41 No league.
1941-42 No league.
1942-43 No league.
1943-44 No league.
1944-45 No league.
1945-46 Lille Saint-Étienne
1946-47 Roubaix-Tourcoing Stade de Reims
1947-48 Marseille Lille
1948-49 Stade de Reims Lille
1949-50 Bordeaux Lille
1950-51 Nice Lille
1951-52 Nice Bordeaux
1952-53 Stade de Reims Sochaux
1953-54 Lille Stade de Reims
1954-55 Stade de Reims Toulouse FC 1937
1955-56 Nice RC Lens
1956-57 Saint-Étienne RC Lens
1957-58 Stade de Reims Nimes
1958-59 Nice Nimes
1959-60 Stade de Reims Nimes
1960-61 Monaco RCF Paris
1961-62 Stade de Reims RCF Paris
1962-63 Monaco Stade de Reims
1963-64 Saint-Étienne Monaco
1964-65 Nantes Bordeaux
1965-66 Nantes Bordeaux
1966-67 Saint-Étienne Nantes
1967-68 Saint-Étienne Nice
1968-69 Saint-Étienne Bordeaux
1969-70 Saint-Étienne Marseille
1970-71 Marseille Saint-Étienne
1971-72 Marseille Nimes
1972-73 Nantes Nice
1973-74 Saint-Étienne Nantes
1974-75 Saint-Étienne Marseille
1975-76 Saint-Étienne Nice
1976-77 Nantes RC Lens
1977-78 Monaco Nantes
1978-79 Racing Strasbourg Nantes
1979-80 Nantes Sochaux
1980-81 Saint-Étienne Nantes
1981-82 Monaco Saint-Étienne
1982-83 Nantes Bordeaux
1983-84 Bordeaux Monaco
1984-85 Bordeaux Nantes
1985-86 Paris Saint-Germain Nantes
1986-87 Bordeaux Marseille
1987-88 Monaco Bordeaux
1988-89 Marseille Paris Saint-Germain
1989-90 Marseille Bordeaux
1990-91 Marseille Monaco
1991-92 Marseille Monaco
1992-93 No Winner Paris Saint-Germain
1993-94 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
1994-95 Nantes Lyon
1995-96 Auxerre Paris Saint-Germain
1996-97 Monaco Paris Saint-Germain
1997-98 RC Lens Metz
1998-99 Bordeaux Marseille
1999-00 Monaco Paris Saint-Germain
2000-01 Nantes Lyon
2001-02 Lyon RC Lens
2002-03 Lyon Monaco
2003-04 Lyon Paris Saint-Germain
2004-05 Lyon Lille
2005-06 Lyon Bordeaux
2006-07 Lyon Marseille
2007-08 Lyon Bordeaux
2008-09 Bordeaux Marseille
2009-10 Marseille Lyon
2010-11 Lille Marseille
2011-12 Montpellier Paris Saint-Germain
2012-13 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
2013-14 Paris Saint-Germain Monaco
2014-15 Paris Saint-Germain Lyon
2015-16 Paris Saint-Germain Lyon
2016-17 Monaco Paris Saint-Germain
2017-18 Paris Saint-Germain Monaco
2018-19 Paris Saint-Germain Lille
2019-20 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
2020-21 Lille Paris Saint-Germain
2021-22 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
2022-23 Paris Saint-Germain RC Lens