The following is a list of records attained in French Football

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

since the league foundation in 1932.

Club statistics

Titles and points

*Most titles: 11, Paris Saint-Germain *Most consecutive titles: 7, Lyon (2002–2008) *Most points in a single season: 96, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16)

Wins and unbeaten runs

*Most wins in a single season: **38-match season: 30, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16) and Monaco (2016–17) **34-match season: 25,

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

(1969–70) *Most home victories in a single season: 19,

(1974–75) *Most away victories in a single season: 15, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16) *Most consecutive victories: 16, Monaco (between 25 February 2017 and 17 August 2017) *Most consecutive victories in a single season: 14, Paris Saint-Germain (2018–19) *Most consecutive home victories: 28,

(between 13 March 1974 and 27 August 1975) *Most consecutive away victories: 9, Marseille (between 15 February 2009 and 8 August 2009) *Biggest win: Sochaux 12–1 Valenciennes (1 July 1935) *Biggest away win:

Troyes Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...

0–9 Paris Saint-Germain (13 March 2016) *Longest unbeaten run within a single season: 32 matches,

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

(1994–95) *Longest home unbeaten run: 92 matches,

(between 15 May 1976 and 7 April 1981) *Longest unbeaten run: 36 matches, Paris Saint-Germain (between 15 March 2015 and 20 February 2016)

Losses

*Fewest losses in a single season: 1,

(1994–95) *Fewest home losses in a single season: 0 (53 times) *Fewest away losses in a single season: 1, Sochaux (1934–35),

(1969–70),

(1994–95), Marseille (2008–09) and Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16)

Top flight appearances

*Most seasons in top flight: 72, Marseille *Most consecutive seasons in top flight: 49, Paris Saint-Germain (1974–present)

Goals

*Highest-scoring season: **38-match season: 1946–47 (134 goals; 3.51 average per match) **34-match season: 1948–49 (113 goals; 3.71 average per match) *Most goals scored by a team in a single season: **38-match season: 118, RC Paris (1959–60) **34-match season: 102, Lille (1948–49) *Most goals in a single match: 13 ** Sochaux 12–1 Valenciennes (1 July 1935) ** Marseille 3–10

(16 September 1951) ** RC Paris 11–2 Metz (19 November 1961) *Fewest goals conceded by a team in a single season: 19, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16) *Fewest home goals conceded by a team in a single season: 4,

(2007–08) *Fewest away goals conceded by a team in a single season: 7, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16) *Best

goal difference Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...

in a single season: **38-match season: +83, Paris Saint-Germain (2015–16) **34-match season: +62, Lille (1948–49)

Disciplinary

*Most yellow cards in a season: 654 (2002–03) *Most red cards in a season: 131 (2002–03) *Most red cards by a team in a single season: 14,

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

(2013–14)

Manager

*Most matches managed: 894, Guy Roux (890 for Auxerre (1961–2000, 2001–2005) and 4 for Lens (2007–2008))

Attendance

*Highest overall attendance in a season: 8,676,490 (2018–19; 38-match season) *Highest average attendance in a season: 23,154 per match (2000–01; 34-match season) *Highest overall attendance in a single matchday: 307,775 (2018–19 matchday 1; 30,778 average per match) *Highest attendance in a single match: 78,056, Lille v. Lyon at the

Stade de France The Stade de France (, ) is the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis. Its seating capacity of 80,698 makes it the sixth-largest stadium in Europe. The stadium is used by the France national foot ...

(7 March 2009)

Player statistics

Most appearances

Goalscorers

Most titles won

Nine titles

* Marco Verratti ( Paris Saint-Germain) (

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Eight titles

Marquinhos Marcos Aoás Corrêa (born 14 May 1994), known as Marquinhos, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, which he captains, and the Brazil national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can ...

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Seven titles

* Sidney Govou,

Grégory Coupet Grégory Coupet (born 31 December 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Throughout his playing career, he represented Saint-Étienne, Lyon, Atlético Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, as well as the France n ...

and Juninho ( Lyon) (

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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Jean-Michel Larqué Jean-Michel Larqué (born 8 September 1947) is a French former professional footballer, and now a sports journalist. He has also been player-coach of RC Paris, his only experience as head-coach. Career Larqué was born in Bizanos, Pyrénées-Atl ...

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Hervé Revelli Hervé Revelli (born 5 May 1946) is a French former footballer who played as a forward. He is well–known for having won the French Championship a joint–record seven times. Career Revelli scored 31 Ligue 1 goals during the calendar year of ...

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1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

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Presnel Kimpembe Presnel Kimpembe (born 13 August 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. He was part of the France squad that won the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Early ...

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Goalkeeping

*Most consecutive minutes without conceding at home:

Jérémie Janot Jérémie Janot (born 11 October 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Saint-Étienne for 16 years of his career, and last played for Le Mans. He set a record of 1,534 minutes without letting ...

for Saint-Étienne, 1,534 minutes without conceding in 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons (17 games) * Most consecutive minutes without conceding:

Gaëtan Huard Gaëtan Huard (born 12 January 1962) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Football career Born in Montargis, Loiret, Huard played 357 Ligue 1 matches for RC Lens, FC Girondins de Bordeaux and Olympique de Mar ...

for Bordeaux, 1,176 minutes without conceding in 1992–93 season (13 games)

Goalscoring

*Most goals in a single season: Josip Skoblar, 44 **Each season: See

List of Ligue 1 top scorers The following is the list of French Ligue 1 top scorers by season, since the inception of the French First Division in 1932 until the present day. Josip Skoblar holds the record for most goals in a single season at 44. Carlos Bianchi, Delio Onni ...

*Most goals in a single match: 7, Jean Nicolas, for

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...

against Valenciennes, 1938;

André Abegglen André Abegglen (7 March 1909 – 8 November 1944) was a Swiss football player and manager. As a forward he played for Grasshopper Club Zürich, the French club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and the Swiss national team, for whom he appeared in tw ...

, for Sochaux against Valenciennes, 1935 *Most games scored in a row: Vahid Halilhodžić (

), 9 matches in a row (1984–1985); Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Paris Saint-Germain), 9 matches in a row (2015–2016)

Other records

*Most red cards received by a player: 19,

Cyril Rool Cyril Rool (born 15 April 1975) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Rool was born in Pertuis, Vaucluse. He is known for his tough game, which is confirmed by a record of 25 red cards and 187 yellow car ...

*Youngest player to appear in a match: Kalman Gerencseri, aged (for Lens against Monaco on 21 August 1960) * Youngest player to score a hat-trick:

Jérémy Ménez Jérémy Ménez (born 7 May 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie B club Reggina. Ménez has been described as an ambipedal, technically skilled, pacy playmaker. Ménez began his career spending t ...

, aged (for Sochaux against Bordeaux on 22 January 2005) * Fastest goal: 7.9 seconds, Michel Rio (for

Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Cannes on 15 February 1992) * Fastest hat-trick: 4 minutes and 30 seconds, Loïs Openda (for Lens against

Clermont Foot Clermont Foot 63 (Occitan language, Occitan: ''Clarmont d'Auvèrnhe''; commonly referred to as Clermont Foot or simply Clermont) is a Football in France, French association football club based in Clermont-Ferrand. The first incarnation of the c ...

on 12 March 2023)

References

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