2022–23 in French football

Football in France
Season2022–23
Men's football
Ligue 1Paris Saint-Germain
Ligue 2Le Havre
Championnat NationalConcarneau
Coupe de FranceToulouse
Trophée des ChampionsParis Saint-Germain
Women's football
Division 1Lyon
Coupe de FranceLyon
Trophée des ChampionnesLyon
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The following article is a summary of the 2022–23 football season in France, which was the 89th season of competitive football in the country and will run from July 2022 to June 2023.

National team

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France national football team

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Friendlies

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UEFA Nations League

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Group 1
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Croatia Denmark France Austria
1  Croatia 6 4 1 1 8 6 +2 13 Qualification for Nations League Finals 2–1 1–1 0–3
2  Denmark 6 4 0 2 9 5 +4 12 0–1 2–0 2–0
3  France 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5 0–1 1–2 2–0
4  Austria (R) 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4 Relegation to League B 1–3 1–2 1–1
Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated
22 September 2022 France  2–0  Austria Saint-Denis, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 70,188
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
25 September 2022 Denmark  2–0  France Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 36,064
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

FIFA World Cup

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Group D
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
3  Tunisia 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4  Denmark 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
22 November 2022 France  4–1  Australia Al Wakrah, Qatar
22:00 AST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
26 November 2022 France  2–1  Denmark Doha, Qatar
19:00 AST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Stadium 974
Attendance: 42,860
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
30 November 2022 Tunisia  1–0  France Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:00 AST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Education City Stadium
Attendance: 43,627
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Knockout stage
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4 December 2022 R16 France  3–1  Poland Doha, Qatar
Report
Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium
Attendance: 40,989
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
10 December 2022 QF England  1–2  France Al Khor, Qatar
22:00 AST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Al Bayt Stadium
Attendance: 68,895
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
14 December 2022 SF France  2–0  Morocco Al Khor, Qatar
22:00 AST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Al Bayt Stadium
Attendance: 68,294
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
18 December 2022 F Argentina  3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
 France Lusail, Qatar
18:00 AST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Lusail Iconic Stadium
Attendance: 88,966
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Penalties

UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

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Group B
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France Netherlands Greece Republic of Ireland Gibraltar
1  France 8 7 1 0 29 3 +26 22 Qualify for final tournament 4–0 1–0 2–0 14–0
2  Netherlands 8 6 0 2 17 7 +10 18 1–2 3–0 1–0 3–0
3  Greece 8 4 1 3 14 8 +6 13 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 2–2 0–1 2–1 5–0
4  Republic of Ireland 8 2 0 6 9 10 −1 6 0–1 1–2 0–2 3–0
5  Gibraltar 8 0 0 8 0 41 −41 0 0–3 0–6 0–3 0–4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
24 March 2023 (2023-03-24) France  4–0  Netherlands Saint-Denis, France
20:45
Report Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 77,328
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
27 March 2023 (2023-03-27) Republic of Ireland  0–1  France Dublin, Republic of Ireland
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 50,219
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
16 June 2023 (2023-06-16) Gibraltar  0–3  France Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:45 Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 4,065
Referee: Yevhenii Aranovskiy (Ukraine)
19 June 2023 (2023-06-19) France  1–0  Greece Saint-Denis, France
20:45
Report Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 76,500
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

France women's national football team

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Friendlies

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1 July 2022 France  7–0  Vietnam Orléans, France
21:10
Report Stadium: Stade de la Source
7 October 2022 Germany  2–1  France Dresden, Germany
20:30 UTC+2 Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
11 October 2022 Sweden  3–0  France Gothenburg, Sweden
18:30 UTC+2 Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
11 November 2022 France  2–1  Norway
TBC
7 April 2023 France  5–2  Colombia Clermont-Ferrand, France
19:10 Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied
11 April 2023 France  2–1  Canada Le Mans, France
Stadium: MMArena

UEFA Women's Euro

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Group D
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Belgium 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Iceland 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4  Italy 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
10 July 2022 France  5–1  Italy Rotherham, England
21:00
Report Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 8,541
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
14 July 2022 France  2–1  Belgium Rotherham, England
21:00 Report
Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 8,173
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
18 July 2022 Iceland  1–1  France Rotherham, England
21:00 Report
Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 7,392
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)
Knockout stage
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23 July 2022 QF France  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands Rotherham, England
20:00
Report Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 9,764
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
27 July 2022 SF Germany  2–1  France Milton Keynes, England
20:00
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 27,445
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

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Group I
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France Wales Slovenia Greece Estonia Kazakhstan
1  France 10 10 0 0 54 4 +50 30 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 2–0 1–0 5–1 11–0 6–0
2  Wales 10 6 2 2 22 5 +17 20 Play-offs 1–2 0–0 5–0 4–0 6–0
3  Slovenia 10 5 3 2 21 6 +15 18 2–3 1–1 0–0 6–0 2–0
4  Greece 10 4 1 5 12 28 −16 13 0–10 0–1 1–4 3–0 3–2
5  Estonia 10 2 0 8 7 43 −36 6 0–9 0–1 0–4 1–3 4–2
6  Kazakhstan 10 0 0 10 4 34 −30 0 0–5 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
2 September 2022 Estonia  0–9  France Tallinn, Estonia
17:00 Report
Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
6 September 2022 France  5–1  Greece Sedan, France
20:45
Report Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

Tournoi de France

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  France (H, C) 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
2  Denmark 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Norway 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4
4  Uruguay 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) FIFA ranking.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
15 February 2023 France  1–0  Denmark Laval, France
21:10 Report Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser
Attendance: 7,409
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
18 February 2023 France  5–1  Uruguay Angers, France
21:10
Report Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa
Attendance: 9,070
Referee: Lorraine Watson (Scotland)
21 February 2023 France  0–0  Norway Angers, France
21:10 Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

UEFA competitions

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UEFA Champions League

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Qualifying rounds

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Third qualifying round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monaco France 3–4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–1 2–3 (a.e.t.)

Group stage

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Group D
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT FRA SPO MAR
1 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout phase 3–2 1–1 2–0
2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10 0–0 0–3 2–1
3 Portugal Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 Transfer to Europa League 2–0 1–2 0–2
4 France Marseille 6 2 0 4 8 8 0 6 1–2 0–1 4–1
Source: UEFA
Group H
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN PAR JUV MHA
1 Portugal Benfica 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14[a] Advance to knockout phase 1–1 4–3 2–0
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14[a] 1–1 2–1 7–2
3 Italy Juventus 6 1 0 5 9 13 −4 3[b] Transfer to Europa League 1–2 1–2 3–1
4 Israel Maccabi Haifa 6 1 0 5 7 21 −14 3[b] 1–6 1–3 2–0
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results, overall goal difference and overall goals scored. Overall away goals scored: Benfica 9, Paris Saint-Germain 6.
  2. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

Knockout phase

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Round of 16
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain France 0–3 Germany Bayern Munich 0–1 0–2

UEFA Europa League

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Group stage

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Group B
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEN REN AEK DKV
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 4 2 0 13 7 +6 14 Advance to round of 16 3–3 2–0 2–1
2 France Rennes 6 3 3 0 11 8 +3 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–2 1–1 2–1
3 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–2 1–2 3–3
4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 1 5 5 11 −6 1 0–2 0–1 0–1
Source: UEFA
Group G
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FRE NAN QRB OLY
1 Germany SC Freiburg 6 4 2 0 13 3 +10 14 Advance to round of 16 2–0 2–1 1–1
2 France Nantes 6 3 0 3 6 11 −5 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–4 2–1 2–1
3 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 6 2 2 2 9 5 +4 8 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–1 3–0 0–0
4 Greece Olympiacos 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2 0–3 0–2 0–3
Source: UEFA
Group H
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FER MON TRA ZVE
1 Hungary Ferencváros 6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 10[a] Advance to round of 16 1–1 3–2 2–1
2 France Monaco 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10[a] Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 3–1 4–1
3 Turkey Trabzonspor 6 3 0 3 11 9 +2 9 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–0 4–0 2–1
4 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 6 2 0 4 9 11 −2 6 4–1 0–1 2–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head to head points: Ferencváros 4, Monaco 1.

Knockout stage

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Knockout round play-offs
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus Italy 4–1 France Nantes 1–1 3–0
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 3–3 (5–4 p) France Rennes 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 5–5 (5–3 p) France Monaco 2–3 3–2 (a.e.t.)

UEFA Europa Conference League

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Qualifying phase and play-off round

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Play-off round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 1–2 France Nice 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Group stage
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Group D
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NCE PRT KLN SVK
1 France Nice 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9[a] Advance to round of 16 2–1 1–1 1–2
2 Serbia Partizan 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9[a] Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–1 2–0 1–1
3 Germany 1. FC Köln 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 2–2 0–1 4–2
4 Czech Republic Slovácko 6 1 2 3 8 11 −3 5 0–1 3–3 0–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Nice 4, Partizan 1.

Knockout stage

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Round of 16
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 1–4 France Nice 0–1 1–3
Quarter-finals
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Basel Switzerland 4–3 France Nice 2–2 2–1 (a.e.t.)

UEFA Youth League

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UEFA Champions League Path

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Group stage
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Group D
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SPO FRA TOT MAR
1 Portugal Sporting CP 6 4 2 0 13 3 +10 14 Round of 16 1–0 2–0 1–1
2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 Play-offs 1–1 1–0 2–0
3 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 2 0 4 9 10 −1 6 1–2 2–3 3–0
4 France Marseille 6 0 2 4 6 18 −12 2 0–6 2–2 2–3
Source: UEFA
Group H
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR JUV BEN MHA
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 1 1 20 11 +9 13 Round of 16 5–3 2–3 3–1
2 Italy Juventus 6 3 2 1 17 14 +3 11 Play-offs 4–4 1–1 3–1
3 Portugal Benfica 6 2 1 3 12 10 +2 7 0–1 2–3 0–1
4 Israel Maccabi Haifa 6 1 0 5 6 20 −14 3 0–5 1–3 2–6
Source: UEFA

Domestic Champions Path

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First round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nantes France 5–0 Armenia Pyunik 2–0 3–0
Second round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hibernian Scotland 3–1 France Nantes 1–0 2–1

Knockout round

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Play-offs
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Round of 16
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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Borussia Dortmund Germany 1–1
(5–4 p)
France Paris Saint-Germain

UEFA Women's Champions League

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Qualifying rounds

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Round 1
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Semi-finals
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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Paris FC France 3–0 Switzerland Servette
Final
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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Paris FC France 0–0 (4–5 p) Italy Roma
Round 2
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain France 4–1 Sweden BK Häcken 2–1 2–0

Group stage

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Group A
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE PAR MAD VLL
1 England Chelsea 6 5 1 0 19 1 +18 16 Advance to Quarter-finals 3–0 2–0 8–0
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 10 0–1 2–1 5–0
3 Spain Real Madrid 6 2 2 2 9 6 +3 8 1–1 0–0 5–1
4 Albania Vllaznia 6 0 0 6 1 28 −27 0 0–4 0–4 0–2
Source: UEFA
Group C
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS LYO JUV ZÜR
1 England Arsenal 6 4 1 1 19 5 +14 13 Advance to Quarter-finals 0–1 1–0 3–1
2 France Lyon 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 1–5 0–0 4–0
3 Italy Juventus 6 2 3 1 9 3 +6 9 1–1 1–1 5–0
4 Switzerland Zürich 6 0 0 6 2 26 −24 0 1–9 0–3 0–2
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

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Quarter-finals
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lyon France 2–2 (3–4 p) England Chelsea 0–1 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Paris Saint-Germain France 1–2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 0–1 1–1

League season

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Men

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Ligue 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain (C) 38 27 4 7 89 40 +49 85 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 +39 84
3 Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 +27 73 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 +30 68 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 +21 67 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 +12 65
7 Lyon 38 18 8 12 65 47 +18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 −4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 +11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 −1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 +3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 −6 48 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 −10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 −8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 −18 36
17 Auxerre (R) 38 8 11 19 35 63 −28 35 Relegation to Ligue 2
18 Ajaccio (R) 38 7 5 26 23 74 −51 26
19 Troyes (R) 38 4 12 22 45 81 −36 24
20 Angers (R) 38 4 6 28 33 81 −48 18
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Toulouse qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2022–23 Coupe de France winners.

Ligue 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Le Havre (C, P) 38 20 15 3 46 19 +27 75 Promotion to Ligue 1
2 Metz (P) 38 20 12 6 61 33 +28 72
3 Bordeaux 38 20 9 9 51 28 +23 69
4 Bastia 38 17 9 12 52 45 +7 60
5 Caen 38 16 11 11 52 43 +9 59
6 Guingamp 38 15 10 13 51 46 +5 55
7 Paris FC 38 15 10 13 45 43 +2 55
8 Saint-Étienne 38 15 11 12 63 57 +6 53[a]
9 Sochaux (R) 38 15 7 16 54 41 +13 52 Relegation to Championnat National
10 Grenoble 38 14 9 15 33 36 −3 51
11 Quevilly-Rouen 38 12 14 12 47 49 −2 50
12 Amiens 38 13 8 17 40 52 −12 47
13 Pau 38 12 11 15 40 52 −12 47
14 Rodez 38 11 13 14 39 44 −5 46
15 Laval 38 14 4 20 44 56 −12 46
16 Valenciennes 38 10 15 13 42 49 −7 45
17 Annecy 38 11 12 15 39 51 −12 45 Spared from relegation
18 Dijon (R) 38 10 12 16 38 43 −5 42 Relegation to Championnat National
19 Nîmes (R) 38 10 6 22 44 62 −18 36
20 Niort (R) 38 7 8 23 35 67 −32 29
Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Saint-Étienne were deducted three points for a pitch invasion during their relegation play-off the previous season.[2]

Championnat National

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Concarneau (C, P) 34 19 6 9 60 37 +23 62[a