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| Seasons run from August to May. Clubs play two matches against each of the other teams in the league – one home and one away – totalling to 34 matches over the course of the season. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before [[Christmas]] for two weeks before returning in the second week of January. As of 2021, Ligue 1 is one of the [[Big Five (association football)|top national leagues]], ranked [[UEFA coefficient|fifth in Europe]], behind England's [[Premier League]], Spain's [[La Liga]], Italy's [[Serie A]] and Germany's [[Bundesliga]].<ref>{{cite web|title=UEFA rankings for club competitions|website=UEFA.com|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=27 October 2021|url=https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/index.html|access-date=24 February 2018|archive-date=3 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2018110...farankings/country/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | Seasons run from August to May. Clubs play two matches against each of the other teams in the league – one home and one away – totalling to 34 matches over the course of the season. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before [[Christmas]] for two weeks before returning in the second week of January. As of 2021, Ligue 1 is one of the [[Big Five (association football)|top national leagues]], ranked [[UEFA coefficient|fifth in Europe]], behind England's [[Premier League]], Spain's [[La Liga]], Italy's [[Serie A]] and Germany's [[Bundesliga]].<ref>{{cite web|title=UEFA rankings for club competitions|website=UEFA.com|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=27 October 2021|url=https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/index.html|access-date=24 February 2018|archive-date=3 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2018110...farankings/country/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
| Ligue 1 was inaugurated on 11 September 1932 under the name ''National'' before switching to ''Division 1'' after a year of existence. It continued to operate under that name until 2002, when it adopted its current name. [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] are the most successful club with eleven league titles, while [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] is the club that has won the most consecutive titles (seven between 2002 and 2008). [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] was the first club with ten titles. With the presence of 71 seasons in Ligue 1, [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] holds the record for most seasons among the elite, while Paris Saint-Germain hold the league record for longevity with 47 consecutive seasons (from 1974 to present). [[FC Nantes|Nantes]] is the team with the longest consecutive unbeaten streak (32 matches) and the fewest number of defeats (one match) in a single season, doing so in the 1994–95 campaign. In addition, Nantes also holds the record for the longest time without losing at home with a run of 92 matches from May 1976 to April 1981. | Ligue 1 was inaugurated on 11 September 1932 under the name ''National'' before switching to ''Division 1'' after a year of existence. It continued to operate under that name until 2002, when it adopted its current name. [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] are the most successful club with twelve league titles, while [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] is the club that has won the most consecutive titles (seven between 2002 and 2008). [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] was the first club with ten titles. With the presence of 71 seasons in Ligue 1, [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] holds the record for most seasons among the elite, while Paris Saint-Germain hold the league record for longevity with 47 consecutive seasons (from 1974 to present). [[FC Nantes|Nantes]] is the team with the longest consecutive unbeaten streak (32 matches) and the fewest number of defeats (one match) in a single season, doing so in the 1994–95 campaign. In addition, Nantes also holds the record for the longest time without losing at home with a run of 92 matches from May 1976 to April 1981. |
| The current champions are Paris Saint-Germain, who won a record eleventh title in the [[2022–23 Ligue 1|2022–23 season]]. The league has been won on multiple occasions by foreign-based club [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]], the presence of which within the league makes it a cross-border competition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prince Albert II, boss Leonardo Jardim hail Monaco's Ligue 1 title |url=https://global.espn.com/football/as...-paris-saint-germains-leonardo-jardim?src=com |access-date=28 April 2020 |work=ESPN |date=18 May 2017 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2020080...-paris-saint-germains-leonardo-jardim?src=com |url-status=live }}</ref> | The current champions are Paris Saint-Germain, who won a record twelfth title in the [[2023–24 Ligue 1|2023–24 season]]. The league has been won on multiple occasions by foreign-based club [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]], the presence of which within the league makes it a cross-border competition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prince Albert II, boss Leonardo Jardim hail Monaco's Ligue 1 title |url=https://global.espn.com/football/as...-paris-saint-germains-leonardo-jardim?src=com |access-date=28 April 2020 |work=ESPN |date=18 May 2017 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2020080...-paris-saint-germains-leonardo-jardim?src=com |url-status=live }}</ref> |
| Ahead of the 2023–24 season, the number of teams in the league will be reduced to 18; four teams in the 2022–23 Ligue 1 will be relegated to Ligue 2 and only two teams in Ligue 2 will be promoted to Ligue 1.<ref name=Ligue1SkySports>{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/...d-to-18-teams-from-2023-24-season|title=Ligue 1: French top tier reduced to 18 teams from 2023/24 season|publisher=Sky Sports|date=3 June 2021|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref> | Ahead of the 2023–24 season, the number of teams in the league was reduced to 18; four teams in the [[2022–23 Ligue 1]] were relegated to Ligue 2 and only two teams in Ligue 2 were promoted to Ligue 1.<ref name=Ligue1SkySports>{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/...d-to-18-teams-from-2023-24-season|title=Ligue 1: French top tier reduced to 18 teams from 2023/24 season|publisher=Sky Sports|date=3 June 2021|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref> |
| ==History== | ==History== |
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