# 2014–15 Ligue 1

The 2014–15 Ligue 1 season was the 77th season since its establishment. Paris Saint-Germain were the two-time defending champions and successfully defended their title.

## Teams

There were 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Ligue 2 replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 1 following the 2013–14 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 1 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.
Metz was the first team to win promotion from Ligue 2 after a 3–0 victory against Auxerre at the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, ending a six-year span in the lower divisions. Lens returned to the top level after a 2–0 victory against CA Bastia on 16 May 2014 and finished a three-year span in 2nd level. Finally, Caen returned for the first time in two years following a 2–2 draw with Dijon on 16 May 2014.
* Bastia
* Bordeaux
* Caen
* Evian
* Guingamp
* Lens
* Lille
* Lorient
* Lyon
* Marseille
* Metz
* Monaco
* Montpellier
* Nantes
* Nice
* Paris Saint-Germain
* Reims
* Rennes
* Saint-Étienne
* Toulouse

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Bastia | Bastia | Stade Armand Cesari | 16,480 |
| Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Stade Chaban-Delmas | 34,462 |
| Caen | Caen | Stade Michel d'Ornano$^1$ | 21,215 |
| Évian | Annecy | Parc des Sports | 15,660 |
| Guingamp | Guingamp | Stade du Roudourou | 18,126 |
| Lens | Lens | Stade de la Licorne Stade de France | 12,097 81,338 |
| Lille | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | Stade Pierre-Mauroy | 50,186 |
| Lorient | Lorient | Stade du Moustoir | 18,890 |
| Lyon | Lyon | Stade de Gerland | 41,842 |
| Marseille | Marseille | Stade Vélodrome$^3$ | 67,000 |
| Metz | Metz | Stade Saint-Symphorien | 26,661 |
| Monaco | Monaco | Stade Louis II | 18,500 |
| Montpellier | Montpellier | Stade de la Mosson | 32,939 |
| Nantes | Nantes | Stade de la Beaujoire | 38,285 |
| Nice | Nice | Allianz Riviera | 35,624 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Paris | Parc des Princes | 48,712 |
| Reims | Reims | Stade Auguste Delaune | 21,684 |
| Rennes | Rennes | Stade de la Route de Lorient | 31,127 |
| Saint-Étienne | Saint-Étienne | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard$^4$ | 38,458 |
| Toulouse | Toulouse | Stadium Municipal$^5$ | 35,470 |
* $^1$Due to Stade Michel d'Ornano hosting the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, Caen will host its two first home games at MMArena in Le Mans.
* $^2$Lens home stadium, Stade Félix-Bollaert will be closed for the entire season, due to a renovation in preparation for UEFA Euro 2016. Lens will play their home games in various venues which are to be determined.
* $^3$The Stade Vélodrome is currently undergoing renovation in preparation for UEFA Euro 2016. The stadium will be completed in time for the 2014-15 season, where capacity will be 67,000 - up from 48,000 the previous season.
* $^4$The Stade Geoffroy-Guichard is currently undergoing renovation in preparation for UEFA Euro 2016. The current capacity is 38,458, the final capacity will be 41,965.
* $^5$The Stadium Municipal is currently undergoing renovation in preparation for UEFA Euro 2016. The current capacity is not published yet but is a decrease from the original capacity of 35,470.

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt sponsors (front) | Shirt sponsors (back) | Shirt sponsors (sleeve) | Shorts sponsors |
| Bastia | Ghislain Printant | Yannick Cahuzac | Kappa | Oscaro, Collectivité Territoriale de Corse, Corsica Ferries | Citroën | Technitoit, Haute-Corse | La Boucherie, Kontakt |
| Bordeaux | Willy Sagnol | Ludovic Sané | Puma | Kia | Yezz | Groupe Pichet | None |
| Caen | Patrice Garande | Laurent Agouazi | Nike | Guy Dauphin Environnement (H)/Campagne de France (A & 3), Groupe IDEC (H)/Guy Dauphin Environnement (A), Vizzy | SOS Malus | Wati B | Wati B |
| Evian | Pascal Dupraz | Olivier Sorlin | Kappa | MSC Croisières, Bontaz Centre | Bontaz Centre | SAT Autocars | Les Gets, No Publik |
| Guingamp | Jocelyn Gourvennec | Lionel Mathis | Patrick | Celtigel, Geodis Calberson, Breizh Cola | Mère Lalie | Celtarmor | BRIEUC biscuiterie, caramelerie, confiturerie |
| Lens | Antoine Kombouaré | Jérôme Lemoigne | Umbro | Azerbaijan: Land of Fire, Invicta | Unibet | Triangle Intérim | McCain Foods |
| Lille | René Girard | Rio Mavuba | Nike | etixx, Groupe DLSI, NetBet | Yezz | Vacansoleil | None |
| Lorient | Sylvain Ripoll | Bruno Ecuele Manga | Adidas | Jean Floc'h (H)/B&B Hotels (A), B&B Hotels (H)/Jean Floc'h (A) | Salaün Holidays | Virage Conseil | Lorient Agglomération |
| Lyon | Hubert Fournier | Maxime Gonalons | Adidas | Hyundai/Veolia (T, in UEFA matches), Cegid, MDA Electroménager | Intermarché | 12ème homme d’Orange | Oknoplast |
| Marseille | Marcelo Bielsa | Steve Mandanda | Adidas | Intersport | Turkish Airlines | Mutuelles du Soleil | Quick |
| Metz | Albert Cartier | Sylvain Marchal | Nike | Volvo Théobald (H)/Inter-Conseil Intérim (A), Moselle | Bigben | None | E.Leclerc Moselle |
| Monaco | Leonardo Jardim | Jérémy Toulalan | Nike | Fedcom, Alain Afflelou | Alain Afflelou | Triangle Intérim | Orezza |
| Montpellier | Rolland Courbis | Vitorino Hilton | Nike | Sud de France, Dyneff Gaz, Montpellier Métropole, Mutuelles du Soleil | La Région Languedoc-Roussillon | FAUN-Environnement | Système U, Wati B |
| Nantes | Michel Der Zakarian | Olivier Veigneau | Umbro | Synergie, Système U, Proginov | Anvolia | Vitrans | etixx |
| Nice | Claude Puel | Didier Digard | Burrda | Mutuelles du Soleil, Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, NetBet | Pizzorno Environnement | Rémanence | Ville de Nice |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Laurent Blanc | Thiago Silva | Nike | Fly Emirates | Ooredoo | QNB | None |
| Reims | Olivier Guégan | Mickaël Tacalfred | Hummel | Sanei Ascenseurs, Geodis, Transports Caillot | Epsilon Global | Reims Métropole (H)/Reims (A) | None |
| Rennes | Philippe Montanier | Romain Danzé | Puma | Samsic, Del Arte, rennes.fr, Association ELA | Blot Immobilier | Armor-Lux | Bretagne Structures |
| Saint-Étienne | Christophe Galtier | Loïc Perrin | Adidas | Winamax, Conseil départemental de la Loire | BewellConnect | MARKAL | Loire, Saint-Étienne Métropole, Rapid CroQ' |
| Toulouse | Dominique Arribagé | Abel Aguilar | Kappa | Triangle Intérim, LP Promotion | Newrest | Prévoir Assurances | So Toulouse, Natur House |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Marseille | José Anigo | Resigned | 17 May 2014 | Pre-season | Marcelo Bielsa | 21 May 2014 |
| Bastia | Frédéric Hantz | End of contract | 17 May 2014 | Pre-season | Claude Makélélé | 24 May 2014 |
| Bordeaux | Francis Gillot | End of contract | 17 May 2014 | Pre-season | Willy Sagnol | 23 May 2014 |
| Lorient | Christian Gourcuff | End of contract | 17 May 2014 | Pre-season | Sylvain Ripoll | 25 May 2014 |
| Monaco | Claudio Ranieri | End of contract | 17 May 2014 | Pre-season | Leonardo Jardim | 6 June 2014 |
| Lyon | Rémi Garde | End of contract | 21 May 2014 | Pre-season | Hubert Fournier | 23 May 2014 |
| Reims | Hubert Fournier | Signed by Olympique Lyonnais | 23 May 2014 | Pre-season | Jean-Luc Vasseur | 13 June 2014 |
| Bastia | Claude Makélélé | Sacked | 3 November 2014 | 19th | Ghislain Printant | 27 November 2014 |
| Toulouse | Alain Casanova | Sacked | 16 March 2015 | 18th | Dominique Arribagé | 16 March 2015 |
| Reims | Jean-Luc Vasseur | Sacked | 8 April 2015 | 16th | Olivier Guégan | 8 April 2015 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 83 | 36 | +47 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Lyon | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Marseille | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Montpellier | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 56 | |
| 8 | Lille | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 56 | |
| 9 | Rennes | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 50 | |
| 10 | Guingamp | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 49 | |
| 11 | Nice | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 48 | |
| 12 | Bastia | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 47 | |
| 13 | Caen | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 46 | |
| 14 | Nantes | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 45 | |
| 15 | Reims | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 47 | 66 | −19 | 44 | |
| 16 | Lorient | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 43 | |
| 17 | Toulouse | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 42 | |
| 18 | Evian (R) | 38 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 37 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 19 | Metz (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 30 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 20 | Lens (D, R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 61 | −29 | 29 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
* ↑ Since winners of the 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winner (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the next best team in the table not already qualified for any European competition (in this case, the fifth-placed team).
* ↑ It was announced on 29 January 2015 that Lens' promotion from Ligue 2 at the end of the 2013–14 season has been ruled invalid, and will thus be automatically relegated to Ligue 2 for the 2015–16 season, regardless of where the team place this season. It has been confirmed by the French Football Federation that the decision of the Administrative Court of Besançon will be appealed.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAS | BOR | CAE | EVI | GUI | RCL | LIL | LOR | OL | OM | MET | ASM | MHS | NAN | NIC | PSG | REI | REN | STE | TFC |
| Bastia | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Bordeaux | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Caen | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Evian | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Guingamp | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–7 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Lens | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Lille | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Lorient | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Lyon | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Marseille | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Metz | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Monaco | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Montpellier | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Nantes | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Nice | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Paris SG | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Reims | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Rennes | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Saint-Étienne | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 |
| Toulouse | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |

## Awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Player of the Season | Alexandre Lacazette | Lyon |
| Young Player of the Season | Nabil Fekir | Lyon |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Steve Mandanda | Marseille |
| Goal of the Season | Julian Palmieri | Bastia |
| Manager of the Season | Laurent Blanc | Paris Saint-Germain |
Team of the Year :
| Goalkeeper | Steve Mandanda (Marseille) | Steve Mandanda (Marseille) | Steve Mandanda (Marseille) | Steve Mandanda (Marseille) |
| Defenders | Christophe Jallet (Lyon) | David Luiz (Paris Saint-Germain) | Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) | Maxwell (Paris Saint-Germain) |
| Midfielders | Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain) | Javier Pastore (Paris Saint-Germain) | Javier Pastore (Paris Saint-Germain) | Nabil Fekir (Lyon) |
| Forwards | Dimitri Payet (Marseille) | Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain) | Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain) | Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) |