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Ligue 1 Seasonal Information 2009/10
Countries: France (19 teams) & Monaco (1 team)
Confederation: UEFA
Founded: 1932
Number of Teams: 20
Relegated to: Ligue 2
Domestic Cups: Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des Champions
Current Champions: FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Most Championships: AS Saint-Etienne (10 titles)



AJ Auxerre
Founded: 1905
From: Auxerre
Ground: Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps (Capacity 24,493)
Chairman: Alain Dujon
Manager: Jean Fernandez
Position in 2008/09: 8th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500220.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500220.jpg
Official Website: http://www.aja.fr/

FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Founded: 1881
From: Bordeaux
Ground: Stade Chaban Delmas (Capacity 34,327)
Chairman: Jean-Louis Triaud
Manager: Laurent Blanc
Position in 2008/09: 1st
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500211.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500211.jpg
Official Website: http://www.girondins.com/

US Boulogne
Founded: 1898
From: Boulogne-sur-Mer
Ground: Stade de la Libération (Capacity 7,300)
Chairman: Jacques Wattez
Manager: Laurent Guyot
Position in 2008/09: 3rd (promoted from Ligue 2)
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500077.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500077.jpg
Official Website: http://www.usbco.com/

Grenoble Foot 38
Founded: 1892/1997
From: Grenoble
Ground: Stade des Alpes (Capacity 20,068)
Chairman: Kazutoshi Watanabe
Manager: Mehmed Bazdarevic
Position in 2008/09: 13th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/546946.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/546946.jpg
Official Website: http://www.gr38.fr/

Le Mans Union Club 72
Founded: 1903/1985
From: Le Mans
Ground: Stade Léon-Bollée (Capacity 17,500)
Chairman: Henri Legarda
Manager: Paulo Duarte
Position in 2008/09: 16th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/537103.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/537103.jpg
Official Website: http://www.muc72.fr/

RC Lens
Founded: 1906
From: Lens
Ground: Stade Félix Bollaert (Capacity 41,233)
Chairman: Gervais Martel
Manager: Jean-Guy Wallemme
Position in 2008/09: 1st (promoted from Ligue 2)
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500369.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500369.jpg
Official Website: http://www.rclens.fr/

Lille OSC
Founded: 1944
From: Lille
Ground: Stadium Lille-Métropole (temporary), Stade Borne L'Espoir (Capacity 18,185)
Chairman: Michel Seydoux
Manager: Rudi Garcia
Position in 2008/09: 5th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500054.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500054.jpg
Official Website: http://www.losc.fr/

FC Lorient Bretagne Sud
Founded: 1926
From: Lorient
Ground: Stade du Moustoir (Capacity 16,669)
Chairman: Alain Le Roche
Manager: Christian Gourcuff
Position in 2008/09: 10th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/501913.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/501913.jpg
Official Website: http://www.fclweb.fr/

Olympique Lyonnais
Founded: 1899/1950
From: Lyon
Ground: Stade Gerland (Capacity 41,044)
Chairman: Jean-Michel Aulas
Manager: Claude Puel
Position in 2008/09: 3rd
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500080.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500080.jpg
Official Website: http://www.olweb.fr/

Olympique de Marseille
Founded: 1899
From: Marseille
Ground: Stade Vélodrome (60,031)
Chairman: Jean-Claude Dassier
Manager: Didier Deschamps
Position in 2008/09: 2nd
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500083.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500083.jpg
Official Website: http://www.om.net/

AS Monaco
Founded: 1924
From: Monaco
Ground: Stade Louis II
Chairman: Etienne Franzi
Manager: Guy Lacombe
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500091.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500091.jpg
Official Website: http://www.asm-fc.com/

Montpellier Hérault SC
Founded: 1974
From: Montpellier
Ground: Stade de la Mosson (Capacity 32,900)
Chairman: Louis Nicollin
Manager: Rene Girard
Position in 2008/09: 2nd (Promoted from Ligue 2)
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500099.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500099.jpg
Official Website: http://www.mhscfoot.com/

AS Nancy-Lorraine
Founded: 1967
From: Nancy
Ground: Stade Marcel Picot (Capacity 20,085)
Chairman: Jacques Rousselot
Manager: Pablo Correa
Position in 2008/09: 15th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500302.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500302.jpg
Official Website: http://www.asnl.net/

OGC Nice
Founded: 1904
From: Nice
Ground: Stade Municipal du Ray (Capacity 17,415)
Chairman: Maurice Cohen
Manager: Didier Ollé-Nicolle
Position in 2008/09: 9th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500208.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500208.jpg
Official Website: http://www.ogcnice.com/

Paris Saint-Germain FC
Founded: 1970
From: Paris
Ground: Parc des Princes (Capacity 48,713)
Chairman: Sébastien Bazin
Manager: Antoine Kombouaré
Position in 2008/09: 6th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500247.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500247.jpg
Official Website: http://www.psg.fr/

Stade Rennais FC
Founded: 1901
From: Rennes
Ground: Route de Lorient (Capacity 31,127)
Chairman: Frédéric de Saint-Sernin
Manager: Frédéric Antonetti
Position in 2008/09: 7th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500015.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500015.jpg
Official Website: http://www.staderennais.com/

AS Saint-Étienne
Founded: 1919
From: Saint-Étienne
Ground: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (Capacity 35,616)
Chairman: Bernard Caiazzo & Roland Romeyer
Manager: Alain Perrin
Position in 2008/09: 17th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500225.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500225.jpg
Official Website: http://www.asse.fr/

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Founded: 1928
From: Montbéliard
Ground: Stade Auguste Bonal (Capacity 20,005)
Chairman: Jean-Claude Plessis
Manager: Francis Gillot
Position in 2008/09: 14th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500303.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500303.jpg
Official Website: http://www.fcsochaux.fr/

Toulouse FC
Founded: 1937/1970
From: Toulouse
Ground: Stadium Municipal (Capacity 35,472)
Chairman: Olivier Sadran
Manager: Alain Casanova
Position in 2008/09: 4th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/524391.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/524391.jpg
Official Website: http://www.tfc.info/

Valenciennes FC
Founded: 1913
From: Valenciennes
Ground: Stade Nungesser (Capacity 16,500)
Chairman: Francis Decourriere
Manager: Philippe Montanier
Position in 2008/09: 12th
Home shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/dom/500250.jpg
Away shirt:http://www.lfp.fr/photo/maillot/ext/500250.jpg
Official Website: http://www.va-fc.com/

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Shirt information updated with pictures from Ligue1.fr .