| Season | 2012–13 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 August 2012 – 26 May 2013 |
| Champions | Paris Saint-Germain 3rd Ligue 1 title 3rd French title |
| Relegated | Nancy Troyes Brest |
| Champions League | Paris Saint-Germain Marseille Lyon |
| Europa League | Nice Saint-Étienne Bordeaux |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 967 (2.54 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Zlatan Ibrahimović (30 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Valenciennes 6–1 Lorient (20 October 2012)[1][2] Nice 5–0 Valenciennes (13 January 2013)[2][3] Lille 5–0 Lorient (7 April 2013)[2][4] |
| Biggest away win | Bastia 0–4 Paris Saint-Germain (22 September 2012)[5] Evian 0–4 Toulouse (20 October 2012)[2][6] Lorient 0–4 Bordeaux (11 November 2012) Valenciennes 0–4 Paris Saint-Germain (11 November 2012) Toulouse 0–4 Paris Saint-Germain (1 February 2013) Bordeaux 0–4 Lyon (17 February 2013) |
| Highest scoring | Lorient 4–4 Ajaccio (28 October 2012)[1][2] |
| Longest winning run | 6 games Marseille (10 August – 23 September) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 16 games Saint-Étienne (21 September – 12 May) |
| Longest winless run | 20 games Nancy (17 August – 26 January) |
| Longest losing run | 11 games Brest (9 March – 26 May) |
| Highest attendance | 47,828 – Lille 0–0 Marseille (14 April 2013)[7] |
| Lowest attendance | 0 (behind closed doors) Bastia 1–2 Marseille (12 December 2012)[7] |
| Average attendance | 19,262[7] |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → | |
The 2012–13 Ligue 1 was the 75th season since its establishment.[8] Montpellier were the defending champions. The league schedule was announced in April 2012 and the fixtures were determined on 30 May.[9] The season began on 10 August and ended on 26 May 2013.[10] A winter break was in effect from 24 December to 12 January 2013.[11]
The season marked the 80th anniversary of professional football in France.[9] In addition, German sportswear company Adidas became the official provider of match balls for the season after agreeing to a long-term partnership with the Ligue de Football Professionnel.[9][12] To commemorate the 80th anniversary, adidas unveiled an exclusive ball, known as Le 80, for the new season.
Since France dropped from fifth to sixth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2011–12 season, the league's third place team, Lyon qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, having previously been placed in the playoff round.[13]
On 12 May, Paris Saint-Germain won the league title after a 1–0 away win against Lyon.[14][15][16]
There were three promoted teams from Ligue 2, replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 1 following the 2011–12 season. A total of 20 teams competed in the league with three clubs suffering relegation to the second division, Ligue 2. All clubs that secured Ligue 1 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.[17]
Bastia became the first club to achieve promotion to Ligue 1. The club clinched the second division title on 1 May 2012 with three matches to spare after defeating Metz 3–0 at the Stade Armand Cesari.[18] Bastia is making its return to the first division after a seven-year absence and is entering Ligue 1 on a run of two consecutive promotions.[19] The club had earned promotion to Ligue 2 after winning the 2010–11 edition of the Championnat National.
Reims and Troyes became the second and third clubs, respectively, to earn promotion to Ligue 1 alongside the champions Bastia.[20] Both clubs achieved promotion with one game to spare following league victories on 11 May 2012, which positioned each club in second and third place permanently. Reims, which is a six-time Ligue 1 champion, is returning to the first division after over 33 years playing in the lower divisions.[21] During those 33 years, the club underwent liquidation and had all aspects of the club (its records, trophies, etc.) auctioned off. Troyes is returning to Ligue 1 after spending four years playing in Ligue 2. During its five-year spell outside the first division, Troyes also played in the Championnat National, the third level of French football.[22]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
1Subject to change before the start of the season.
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy |
Position in table |
Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nice |  René Marsiglia
|
Sacked | 21 May 2012[26] | Off-season | Claude Puel
|
24 May 2012[27] | Off-season |
| Brest | Corentin Martins
|
Mutual consent | 31 May 2012 | Off-season | Landry Chauvin
|
31 May 2012[28] | Off-season |
| Ajaccio | Olivier Pantaloni
|
Resigned | 14 June 2012[29] | Off-season | Alex Dupont
|
22 June 2012[30] | Off-season |
| Marseille | Didier Deschamps
|
Mutual consent | 2 July 2012[31] | Off-season | Élie Baup
|
4 July 2012[32] | Off-season |
| Evian |  Pablo Correa
|
Sacked | 3 September 2012[33] | 18th | Pascal Dupraz
|
3 September 2012 | 18th |
| Ajaccio | Alex Dupont
|
Sacked | 17 December 2012[34] | 14th | Albert Emon
|
21 December 2012[35] | 14th |
| Nancy | Jean Fernandez
|
Resigned | 10 January 2013[36] | 20th | Patrick Gabriel
|
11 January 2013[37] | 20th |
| Brest | Landry Chauvin
|
Sacked | 2 April 2013[38] | 18th | Corentin Martins
|
4 April 2013[39] | 18th |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 23 | +46 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Marseille | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 71 | |
| 3 | Lyon | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Nice | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a] |
| 6 | Lille | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 62 | |
| 7 | Bordeaux | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[b] |
| 8 | Lorient | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 53 | |
| 9 | Montpellier | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 52 | |
| 10 | Toulouse | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 51 | |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 48 | |
| 12 | Bastia | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 47 | |
| 13 | Rennes | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 46 | |
| 14 | Reims | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 43 | |
| 15 | Sochaux | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 41 | |
| 16 | Evian | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 40 | |
| 17 | Ajaccio | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 40[c] | |
| 18 | Nancy (R) | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 38 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 19 | Troyes (R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 37 | |
| 20 | Brest (R) | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 29 |
| Home \ Away | ACA | BAS | BOR | BRS | EVI | LIL | LOR | OL | OM | MHS | NAL | NIC | PSG | REI | REN | STE | SOC | TFC | TRO | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajaccio | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Bastia | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | |
| Bordeaux | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Brest | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Evian | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Lille | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Lorient | 4–4 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Lyon | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | |
| Marseille | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Montpellier | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Nancy | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Nice | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | |
| Paris SG | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
| Reims | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Rennes | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| Saint-Étienne | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Sochaux | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Toulouse | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
| Troyes | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Valenciennes | 3–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Top goalscorers
Source: Official Goalscorers' Standings |
Hat-tricks
|
| Award | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Season |  Zlatan Ibrahimović
|
Paris Saint-Germain |
| Young Player of the Season | Florian Thauvin
|
Bastia |
| Goalkeeper of the Season |  Salvatore Sirigu
|
Paris Saint-Germain |
| Goal of the Season |  Saber Khalifa
|
Evian |
| Manager of the Season | Christophe Galtier
|
Saint-Étienne |
| Carlo Ancelotti
|
Paris Saint-Germaim |
| Team of the Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain)
| |||
| Defence | Christophe Jallet (Paris Saint-Germain)
|
 Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain)
|
 Nicolas Nkoulou
(Marseille) |
Maxwell (Paris Saint-Germain)
|
| Midfield | Dimitri Payet (Lille)
|
Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain)
|
Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain)
|
Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)
|
| Attack | Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain)
|
 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Saint-Étienne)
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