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Toulouse vs Olympique Lyon (Feb-07) |
St. Etienne vs Monaco (Feb-07) |
Stade Rennes vs Bordeaux (Feb-06) |
Olympique Lyon vs PSG (Jan-31) |
AJ Auxerre vs Saint-Etienne (Jan-31) |
Valenciennes vs Sochaux (Jan-31) |
Nancy vs Lorient (Jan-30) |
PSG vs Evian-Thonon (Jan-24) |
The French Championnat Ligue 1 is also well known as Ligue 1. It is France’s top football division. The competition, which was founded in 1932, is contested by 20 teams, including the team from the independent Principality of Monaco: AS Monaco FC. Like many other leagues, each team plays all the others twice for a total of 38 matches each season, and in the end, the three lowest teams in the final standings get relegated to the French Ligue 2. This is a very strong league and is ranked amongst the top 5 leagues in Europe. Richer more powerful clubs from England, Spain and Italy eventually purchases many of the top Ligue 1 players. AS Saint-Étienne is the most successful French Football Club in this competition; having won it 10 times.