2005–06 Ligue 1

Ligue 1
Season	2005–06
Dates	29 July 2005 – 13 May 2006
Champions	Lyon (5th Title)
Relegated	Ajaccio; Strasbourg; Metz
Champions League	Lyon; Bordeaux; Lille
UEFA Cup	Lens; Paris Saint-Germain; Nancy
Matches	380
Goals	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

Lens

Location of teams in 2005–06 Ligue 1

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors (front)	Shirt sponsors (back)	Shirt sponsors (sleeve)	Shorts sponsors
Ajaccio	José Pasqualetti	Legea	Géant Casino, Collectivité Territoriale de Corse/Conseil Général de la Corse du Sud	Conseil Général de la Corse du Sud	Collectivité Territoriale de Corse	None
Auxerre	Jacques Santini	Uhlsport	PlayStation, PlayStation Portable	None	None	None
Bordeaux	Ricardo Gomes	Puma	Motorola/Motorola SLVR L7	Cdiscount	EUROP-LOT	Cdiscount
Le Mans	Frédéric Hantz	Kappa	Le Gaulois (H)/Fermiers de Loué (A), NTN	muc72.fr/NTN	None	Quick
Lens	Francis Gillot	Nike	Orange	Orange	None	None
Lille	Claude Puel	Kipsta	Partouche Casino	Partouche Casino	None	None
Lyon	Gérard Houllier	Umbro	Renault Trucks (H)/LG Mobile (A), Apicil, Renault Trucks	Renault Trucks	Fertiligène	ISS
Marseille	Jean Fernandez	Adidas	Neuf	VK Mobile	Internity	Quick
Metz	Joël Müller	Kappa	Arcelor (H)/Sollac (A), Moselle	None	Cora	BigBen Interactive
Monaco	Francesco Guidolin	Puma	Fedcom, HSBC	Superfund	HSBC	None
Nancy	Pablo Correa	Baliston	Odalys Vacances, Geodis Calberson, Vittel, Grand Nancy	None	Regina	TUI
Nantes	Serge Le Dizet	Airness	Synergie Interim	Synergie Interim	None	None
Nice	Frédéric Antonetti	Puma	Rica Lewis (H)/Gorenje (A), RMC	Gorenje (H)/Rica Lewis (A)	Pizzorno Environnement	Pizzorno Environnement
Paris Saint-Germain	Guy Lacombe	Nike	Thomson	None	PSG.fr	None
Rennes	László Bölöni	Airness	Airness, Samsic Propreté, rennes.fr	Fiat Utilitaires	Association ELA	staderennais.com
Saint-Étienne	Élie Baup	Adidas	Konica Minolta, Conseil général de la Loire en Rhône-Alpes	Vocalcom	None	Loire
Sochaux	Dominique Bijotat	Lotto	Esso, Franche-Comté	Loxam	Megnin Bernard	Adia Job Store
Strasbourg	Jacky Duguépéroux	Adidas	Steelcase (H)/Afflelou (A and in UEFA matches), Strasbourg	Afflelou (H)	None	None
Toulouse	Erick Mombaerts	Lotto	Nicopatch, Monné-Decroix, Eaux d'Alet	Creditec	None	ISS
Troyes	Jean-Marc Furlan	Baliston	Baguépi (H)/Groupe Nasuba (A), Samro, CLCT Studio	Groupe Nasuba (H)/Baguépi (A)	None	LCR

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	25	9	4	73	31	+42	84	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Bordeaux	38	18	15	5	43	25	+18	69	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Lille	38	16	14	8	56	31	+25	62	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Lens	38	14	18	6	48	34	+14	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Marseille	38	16	12	10	44	35	+9	60	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6	Auxerre	38	17	8	13	50	39	+11	59	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	Rennes	38	18	5	15	48	49	−1	59
8	Nice	38	16	10	12	36	31	+5	58
9	Paris Saint-Germain	38	13	13	12	44	38	+6	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
10	Monaco	38	13	13	12	42	36	+6	52
11	Le Mans	38	13	13	12	33	36	−3	52
12	Nancy	38	12	12	14	35	37	−2	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[b]
13	Saint-Étienne	38	11	14	13	29	39	−10	47
14	Nantes	38	11	12	15	37	41	−4	45
15	Sochaux	38	11	11	16	34	47	−13	44
16	Toulouse	38	10	11	17	36	47	−11	41
17	Troyes	38	9	12	17	37	47	−10	39
18	Ajaccio (R)	38	8	9	21	27	53	−26	33	Relegation to Ligue 2
19	Strasbourg (R)	38	5	14	19	33	56	−23	29
20	Metz (R)	38	6	11	21	26	59	−33	29

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de France.
↑ Nancy was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de la Ligue.

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	AUX	BOR	MFC	RCL	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	NAL	NAN	NIC	PSG	REN	STE	SOC	STR	TFC	TRO
Ajaccio		1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	3–3	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1
Auxerre	2–0		1–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	3–0
Bordeaux	1–0	1–0		2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0
Le Mans	1–0	0–2	1–0		0–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Lens	1–0	7–0	1–1	2–0		4–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Lille	2–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	0–0		4–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2
Lyon	3–2	1–1	0–0	8–1	1–1	1–3		2–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–4	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Marseille	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		3–1	2–1	6–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1
Metz	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–4	1–0		2–1	0–0	1–4	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–4
Monaco	3–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–0		2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Nancy	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1		0–0	0–0	1–1	6–0	2–0	0–3	1–2	2–0	2–1
Nantes	0–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	3–0		0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–3	2–0	1–1
Nice	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–1
Paris SG	2–4	4–1	3–1	0–1	3–4	2–1	0–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2		2–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Rennes	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	4–1	2–2	1–3	3–2	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–3	1–0	1–1		0–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–0
Saint-Étienne	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–0		0–0	0–2	1–3	1–1
Sochaux	3–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–0		1–1	0–1	1–1
Strasbourg	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0		2–4	2–0
Toulouse	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2		2–1
Troyes	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1

Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Pauleta	Paris Saint-Germain	21
2	Fred	Lyon	14
2	Peter Odemwingie	Lille	14
4	Daniel Cousin	Lens	13
5	Luigi Pieroni	Auxerre	12
5	Sylvain Wiltord	Lyon	12
7	John Utaka	Rennes	11
8	Péguy Luyindula	Auxerre	10
	Mamadou Niang	Marseille
	Mickaël Pagis	Marseille (6) Strasbourg (4)
	Mamadou Diallo	Nantes
	Ilan	Sochaux
	Javier Chevantón	Monaco
	Daniel Moreira	Toulouse

Awards

Player of the Month ^[2]

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)

Annual

Award	Winner	Club	Ref.
Player of the Season	Juninho	Olympique Lyonnais	^[3]
Young Player of the Season	Franck Ribéry	Olympique de Marseille
Goalkeeper of the Season	Grégory Coupet	Olympique Lyonnais
Manager of the Season	Claude Puel	Lille OSC

Team of the Year^[4]
Goalkeeper	Grégory Coupet (Lyon)
Defenders	David Jemmali (Bordeaux)	Cris (Lyon)	Mario Yepes (Paris Saint-Germain)	Éric Abidal (Lyon)
Midfielders	Mahamadou Diarra (Lyon)	Juninho (Lyon)	Franck Ribéry (Marseille)	Florent Malouda (Lyon)
Forwards	Sylvain Wiltord (Lyon)		Pauleta (Paris Saint-Germain)

Attendances

Source:^[5]

No.	Club	Average attendance	Change	Highest
1	Olympique de Marseille	49,625	-6.4%	57,609
2	Paris Saint-Germain FC	40,486	14.4%	43,906
3	Olympique lyonnais	38,465	2.5%	40,426
4	RC Lens	34,184	-2.2%	40,591
5	AS Saint-Étienne	29,627	-0.8%	43,921
6	FC Nantes	29,450	-4.2%	37,260
7	Stade rennais	25,002	7.5%	29,490
8	Girondins de Bordeaux	24,247	3.3%	32,765
9	RC Strasbourg	18,984	8.8%	26,022
10	Toulouse FC	18,883	-19.0%	28,524
11	AS Nancy	17,164	42.1%	20,064
12	FC Metz	16,040	-11.9%	22,689
13	FC Sochaux	14,257	-9.1%	18,770
14	ESTAC	13,803	57.5%	19,825
15	LOSC	13,221	-0.8%	17,274
16	Le Mans FC	11,438	52.7%	16,531
17	AS Monaco	11,183	-5.0%	17,596
18	OGC Nice	10,903	-5.4%	14,283
19	AJ auxerroise	10,669	-6.2%	19,980
20	AC Ajaccio	3,415	12.1%	4,783

References

↑ Ligue 1 - Saison 2005-2006 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com
↑ "UNFP – Archives". Archived from the original on 13 April 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2007.
↑ "Trophées UNFP: Palmarès des meilleurs joueurs" (in French). Ligue 1. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
↑ "Quiz : Les équipes types de l'année aux Trophées UNFP" (in French). Ligue 1. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
↑ "Historical attendances". European-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2026.

External links

France 2005/06 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

[table_note_res_UCCF0.58716768752186-1] Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de France.

[table_note_res_UCCL0.58716768752186-2] Nancy was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de la Ligue.

[3] Ligue 1 - Saison 2005-2006 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com

[4] "UNFP – Archives". Archived from the original on 13 April 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2007.

[Ligue1Awards2006-5] "Trophées UNFP: Palmarès des meilleurs joueurs" (in French). Ligue 1. Retrieved 23 August 2026.

[UNFP2006Team-6] "Quiz : Les équipes types de l'année aux Trophées UNFP" (in French). Ligue 1. Retrieved 23 August 2026.

[7] "Historical attendances". European-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2026.

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2005–06 in French football
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Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 National
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions
European	Champions League Men Women UEFA Cup
Club seasons
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
Ligue 2	Amiens Bastia Brest Caen Châteauroux Clermont Créteil Dijon Grenoble Gueugnon Guingamp Istres Laval Le Havre Lorient Montpellier Reims Sedan Sète Valenciennes
International competition
Men	2005 Jeux de la Francophonie 2006 Toulon Tournament 2006 FIFA World Cup Group G 2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage 2006 FIFA World Cup final
Women	2006 Four Nations Tournament

2005–06 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '05 '06 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '05 '06 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '05 '06 Faroe Islands '05 '06 Finland '05 '06 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '05 '06 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '05 '06 Latvia '05 '06 Lithuania '05 '06 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '05 '06 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '05 '06 Romania Russia '05 '06 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '05 '06 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '05 '06 Finland '05 '06 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '05 '06 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '05 '06 Latvia '05 '06 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '05 '06 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '05 '06 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '05 '06 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '05 '06 France Germany Iceland '05 '06 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland '05 '06 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying, First round, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup