2005–06 Ligue 1

Ligue 1

Season	2005–06
Champions	Lyon
Relegated	Ajaccio Strasbourg Metz
Champions League	Lyon Bordeaux Lille
UEFA Cup	Marseille Paris SG Nancy
Matches played	380
Goals scored	811 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pauleta (21 goals)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Olympique Lyonnais won Ligue 1 season 2005–06 of the French Association Football League with 84 points.

Participating teams

Ajaccio

Auxerre

Bordeaux

Le Mans

Lens      

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Rennes

St. Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Troyes

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Location of teams in 2005–06 Ligue 1

Ajaccio Auxerre Bordeaux Le Mans Lens Lille Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco

Nancy Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Sochaux Strasbourg Toulouse Troyes

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
1	Lyon	84	38	25	9	4	73	31	+42		Champion of France Champions League
2	Bordeaux	69	38	18	15	5	43	25	+18		Champions League
3	Lille	62	38	16	14	8	56	31	+25		Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Lens	60	38	14	18	6	48	34	+14		UEFA Cup
5	Marseille	60	38	16	12	10	44	35	+9		Intertoto Cup
6	Auxerre	59	38	17	8	13	50	39	+11		Intertoto Cup
7	Rennes	59	38	18	5	15	48	49	−1
8	Nice	58	38	16	10	12	36	31	+5
9	Paris Saint-Germain	52	38	13	13	12	44	38	+6		UEFA Cup (winner of Coupe de France)
10	Monaco	52	38	13	13	12	42	36	+6
11	Le Mans	52	38	13	13	12	33	36	−3
12	Nancy	48	38	12	12	14	35	37	−2		UEFA Cup (winner of Coupe de la Ligue)
13	Saint-Étienne	47	38	11	14	13	29	39	−10
14	Nantes	45	38	11	12	15	37	41	−4
15	Sochaux	44	38	11	11	16	34	47	−13
16	Toulouse	41	38	10	11	17	36	47	−11
17	Troyes	39	38	9	12	17	37	47	−10
18	Ajaccio	33	38	8	9	21	27	53	−26		Relegated to Ligue 2
19	Strasbourg	29	38	5	14	19	33	56	−23		Relegated to Ligue 2
20	Metz	29	38	6	11	21	26	59	−33		Relegated to Ligue 2

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in the 2006–07 Ligue 1

• • Valenciennes : champion of Ligue 2
  • Sedan : runners-up
  • Lorient : third place

Top goalscorers

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Pauleta	Portugal	Paris Saint-Germain	21
2	Fred	Brazil	Lyon	14
2	Peter Odemwingie	Nigeria	Lille	14
4	Daniel Cousin	Gabon	Lens	13
5	Luigi Pieroni	Belgium	Auxerre	12
5	Sylvain Wiltord	France	Lyon	12
7	John Utaka	Nigeria	Rennes	11
8	Péguy Luyindula	France	Auxerre	10
8	Mamadou Niang	Senegal	Marseille	10
8	Mickaël Pagis	France	Marseille (6) and Strasbourg (4)	10
8	Mamadou Diallo	Mali	Nantes	10
8	Ilan	Brazil	Sochaux	10
8	Javier Chevantón	Uruguay	Monaco	10
8	Daniel Moreira	France	Toulouse	10
15	Juninho	Brazil	Lyon	9
15	Élie Kroupi	France	Nancy	9
15	Bonaventure Kalou	Ivory Coast	Paris Saint-Germain	9
15	Amara Diané	Ivory Coast	Strasbourg	9
15	Sébastien Grax	France	Troyes	9

Player of the Month

Month	Player
August	Jérôme Leroy (Lens)
September	Grégory Coupet (Lyon)
October	Franck Ribéry (Marseille)
November	Franck Ribéry (Marseille)
December	Mamadou Niang (Marseille)
January	Daisuke Matsui (Le Mans)
February	John Utaka (Rennes)
March	Yoann Gourcuff (Rennes)
April	Franck Ribéry (Marseille)