Schedule of French Ligue 1 2016-17: Beginning & End Expected Date

Ligue 1 which is also known as Division-1, going to executed the 79th edition from August, 2016. By adding 3 qualified clubs from ligue-2, total twenty clubs will take part in the Ligue 1 competition. All the teams have to be approved  by DNCG to qualify for the tournament. The DNCG have already confirmed the twenty teams for 2016-17 season and the process has been completed on 24th April, 2016. Here we made team list with their respective coach and captain.

Ligue 1 2016-17 Fixtures –

Starting Date	August, 2016
Ending Date	May, 2017

• Just after the announcement on release date, French Ligue 1 full schedule (calendar) will be published here to give you download facility

Ligue 1 Team list for 2016-17 season:

Team list	Head Coach	Skipper	Last season Standing
PSG	Laurent Blanc	Thiago Silva	1st
Lyon	Bruno Genesio	Maxime Gonalons	2nd
Monaco	Leonardo Jardim	Jeremy Toulalan	3rd
Nice	Lucien Favre	Nampalys Mendy	4th
Lille	Frederic Antonetti	Rio Mavuba	5th
Saint-Etienne	Christophe Galtier	Loïc Perrin	6th
Caen	Patrice Garande	Julien Feret	7th
Rennes	Christian Gourcuff	Romain Danze	8th
Angers	Stephane Moulin	Olivier Auriac	9th
Bastia	François Ciccolini	Yannick Cahuzac	10th
Bordeaux	Jocelyn Gourvennec	Ludovic Sane	11th
Montpellier	Frederic Hantz	Vitorino Hilton	12th
Marseille	Franck Passi	Steve Mandanda	13th
Nantes	Rene Girard	Oswaldo Vizcarrondo	14th
Lorient	Sylvain Ripoll	Yann Jouffre	15th
Guingamp	TBA	Lionel Mathis	16th
Toulouse	Pascal Dupraz	Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro	17th
Nancy	Pablo Correa	Youssouf Hadji	1st (L2)
Dijon	Olivier Dall’Oglio	Cedric Varrault	2nd (L2)
Metz	Philippe Hinschberger	Kevin Lejeune	3rd (L2)

Past winner list:

Saint-Etienne : 10 times (1956–57, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–81)

Nantes: 8 times (1964–65, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1994–95, 2000–01)

Bordeaux: 6 times (1949–50, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1998–99, 2008–09)

Lyon: 7 times (2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08)

Marseille: 9 times (1936–37, 1947–48, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2009–10)

Monaco: 7 times (1960–61, 1962–63, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1999–00)

Paris Saint-Germain: 6 times (1985–86, 1993–94, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16)

Stade de Reims: 6 times (1948–49, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62)

Lille: 3 times (1945–46, 1953–54, 2010–11)

Sete: 2 times (1933–34, 1938–39)

Sochaux: 2 times (1934–35, 1937–38)

Montpellier: 1 time (2011-12)

Auxerre: 1 time (1995–96)

Olympique Lillois: 1 time (1932–33)

Lens: 1 time (1997–98)

Roubaix-Tourcoing: 1 time (1946–47)

Strasbourg: 1 time (1978–79)

RCF Paris: 1 time ( 1935–36)

Around of 76 clubs have been taking part since the inception of Ligue 1 tournament. The veteran members of the competition have almost lost and there have seen few founding contestant club as well as Nice, Marseille, Montpellier and Rennes. PSG one of the most successful gray-headed participants of the tournament, which yet not stuttered since their debut season 1974-75. Actually PSG was the part of Paris FC who was exiled from 1972 and got the official permission to participate the tournament. But the club return on the club in two years later along with full preparation to warm up the event. From the inception they obtained six title along with last year trophy.  

The feature is consisted twenty (20) clubs for Ligue 1, which is usually held August-May. The one team have to play total 38 games where per team plays in twice against other, one at home and the other in away. There are total 380 matches has been played by the participant 20 teams. The winning team get three points and no point added for loser. One point would add in both side in case of drawn match. The champion has been embarked, the most point holder of the competition. If the equal point held by several teams they both will be announced the crown holder.

The champion along with top three point holder of the tournament will get chance the wild card entry in Champions League competition. The fourth place holder will be automatically qualify for UEFA Europa League. So guys watch let’s what happen and who will be the next winner of the competition.