Season 2016–17 Dates 12 Aug 2016 – 20 May 2017 Matches played 248 | Longest winning run 6 matches
Nice Goals scored 636 | |
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Top goalscorer Edinson Cavani
(26 goals) Biggest home win Monaco 6–0 Nancy
(5 November 2016) Biggest away win Metz 0–7 Monaco
(7 October 2016) Highest scoring Monaco 6–2 Montpellier
(21 October 2016) Similar 2015–16 Ligue 1, 2016–17 Serie A, 2016–17 Premier League, 2016–17 Bundesliga, 2016–17 La Liga | ||
The 2016–17 Ligue 1 season is the 79th season since its establishment. Paris Saint-Germain are the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 1 June 2016. The season began on 12 August 2016 and is scheduled to end on 20 May 2017.
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Teams
There are 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Ligue 2 replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 1 following the 2015–16 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 1 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.
Results
Updated to games played on 26 February 2017.
Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel (French)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Last updated: 17 February 2017
Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel
Relegation play-offs
The 2016–17 season will see the return of a relegation play-off between the 18th placed Ligue 1 team and the 3rd placed team in the Ligue 2 on a two-legged confrontation. The Ligue 2 team will host the first game.