Ligue 1: Dates, teams, history & betting odds

Ligue 1 is one of the top five leagues in European football and after a series of changes at champions Paris Saint-Germain, it promises to be an even more exciting 2024/25 campaign.

Ligue 1 dates

This 2024/25 Ligue 1 campiagn will begin on Friday 16th August 2024 and the regular season will conclude on the weekend of 18th May 2025.

Relegation playoff matches between the side that finishes 16th and the team that comes through the Ligue 2 semi-finals are likely to begin the following week.

Ligue 1 teams

Auxerre, Angers and Saint-Etienne have returned to the top flight, replacing the relegated trio of Metz, Lorient and Clermont Foot.

The teams that will make up Ligue 1 in 2024/25 are:

• Angers
• Auxerre
• Brest
• Le Havre
• Lens
• Lille
• Lyon
• Marseille
• Monaco
• Montpellier
• Nantes
• Nice
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Reims
• Rennes
• Strasbourg
• Saint-Etienne
• Toulouse

Ligue 1 stadiums

The stadiums for 2024/25 Ligue 1 are:

Team	Stadium
Angers	Stade Raymond Kopa
Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Brest	Stade Francis-Le Blé
Le Havre	Stade Océane
Lens	Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Lille	Decathlon Arena Pierre Mauroy Stadium
Lyon	Groupama Stadium
Marseille	Stade Velodrome
Monaco	Stade Louis II
Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson
Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire
Nice	Allianz Riviera
Paris Saint-Germain	Parc des Princes
Reims	Stade Auguste Delaune
Rennes	Roazhon Park
Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau
Saint-Etienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Toulouse	Stadium Municipal

Ligue 1 how to watch

All Ligue 1 matches will be available on bet365's Sports Live Streaming platform. Selected fixtures will also be shown on TNT Sports.

Ligue 1 history

The Amateur era of French football lasted from 1893 to 1929 before the National Council of the French Football Federation voted in favour of professionalism in 1930.

The first professional season was back in 1932/33 and was won by Olympique Lillois, who were founded in 1902 before merging with SC Fives in 1944 to form Lille OSC.

Due to World War II, the league was suspended from 1939-45, while there was controversy in the 1992/93 campaign when Marseille won the title with 53 points before being stripped of it due to a bribery scandal.

Paris Saint-Germain, who finished second, refused the trophy when it was offered to them, so the winner that season remains unattributed.

Ligue 1 previous winners

PSG have dominated the league in recent years. Here is a list of the recent Ligue 1 winners.

Season	Winner
2014/15	Paris Saint-Germain
2015/16	Paris Saint-Germain
2016/17	Monaco
2017/18	Paris Saint-Germain
2018/19	Paris Saint-Germain
2019/20	Paris Saint-Germain
2020/21	Lille
2021/22	Paris Saint-Germain
2022/23	Paris Saint-Germain
2023/24	Paris Saint-Germain

Who are the favourites to win the 2024/25 Ligue 1?

Despite losing Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid, PSG are still be short-priced favourites to win Ligue 1 this season.

After finishing second last term, Monaco are distant second favourites, with Marseille third favourites after pulling off something of a coup by appointing Roberto De Zerbi as manager.