2005–06 Ligue 1

68th season of top-tier French football April 2016 Ligue 1 2005–06 29 July 2005 – 13 May 2006 Lyon (5th Title) AjaccioStrasbourgMetz Champions League LyonBordeauxLille UEFA Cup LensParis Saint-GermainNancy Pauleta(21 goals) 380 811 2004–05 2006–07 Olympique Lyonnais won Ligue 1 season 2005–06 of the French Association Football League with 84 points. Participating teams France 350 right Location of teams in 2005–06 Ligue 1 France 41.92667 8.73694 Ajaccio left France 47.786753 3.588664 Auxerre left France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 48.014911 0.193153 Le Mans France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens       bottom France 50.621137 3.157519 Lille left France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.120278 6.177778 Metz top France 43.727606 7.415614 AS Monaco France 48.6955 6.210687 Nancy left France 47.255631 -1.525375 Nantes France 43.723328 7.458756 Nice bottom France 48.841422 2.393053 PSG France 48.107458 -1.712839 Rennes France 45.460767 4.490117 St. Étienne left France 47.412417 6.9112 Sochaux top France 48.5844 7.7486 Strasbourg right France 43.583314 1.434047 Toulouse left France 48.307561 4.098458 Troyes Ajaccio Auxerre Bordeaux Le Mans Lens Lille Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Nancy Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Sochaux Strasbourg Toulouse Troyes Personnel and kits TeamManagerKit manufacturerShirt sponsors (front)Shirt sponsors (back)Shirt sponsors (sleeve)Shorts sponsorsAjaccioFrance José PasqualettiLegeaGéant Casino, Collectivité Territoriale de Corse/Conseil Général de la Corse du SudConseil Général de la Corse du SudCollectivité Territoriale de CorseNoneAuxerreFrance Jacques SantiniUhlsportPlayStation, PlayStation PortableNoneNoneNoneBordeauxBRA Ricardo GomesPumaMotorola/Motorola SLVR L7CdiscountEUROP-LOTCdiscountLe MansFrance Frédéric HantzKappaLe Gaulois (H)/Fermiers de Loué (A), NTNmuc72.fr/NTNNoneQuickLensFrance Francis GillotNikeOrangeOrangeNoneNoneLilleFrance Claude PuelKipstaPartouche CasinoPartouche CasinoNoneNoneLyonFrance Gérard HoullierUmbroRenault Trucks (H)/LG Mobile (A), Apicil, Renault TrucksRenault TrucksFertiligèneISSMarseilleFrance Jean FernandezAdidasNeufVK MobileInternityQuickMetzFrance Joël MüllerKappaArcelor (H)/Sollac (A), MoselleNoneCoraBigBen InteractiveMonacoITA Francesco GuidolinPumaFedcom, HSBCSuperfundHSBCNoneNancyUruguay Pablo CorreaBalistonOdalys Vacances, Geodis Calberson, Vittel, Grand NancyNoneReginaTUINantesFRA Serge Le DizetAirnessSynergie InterimSynergie InterimNoneNoneNiceFrance Frédéric AntonettiPumaRica Lewis (H)/Gorenje (A), RMCGorenje (H)/Rica Lewis (A)Pizzorno EnvironnementPizzorno EnvironnementParis Saint-GermainFrance Guy LacombeNikeThomsonNonePSG.frNoneRennesROU László BölöniAirnessAirness, Samsic Propreté, rennes.frFiat UtilitairesAssociation ELAstaderennais.comSaint-ÉtienneFrance Élie BaupAdidasKonica Minolta, Conseil général de la Loire en Rhône-AlpesVocalcomNoneLoireSochauxFrance Dominique BijotatLottoEsso, Franche-ComtéLoxamMegnin BernardAdia Job StoreStrasbourgFrance Jacky DuguépérouxAdidasSteelcase (H)/Afflelou (A and in UEFA matches), StrasbourgAfflelou (H)NoneNoneToulouseFrance Erick MombaertsLottoNicopatch, Monné-Decroix, Eaux d'AletCreditecNoneISSTroyesFrance Jean-Marc FurlanBalistonBaguépi (H)/Groupe Nasuba (A), Samro, CLCT StudioGroupe Nasuba (H)/Baguépi (A)NoneLCR League table main WDL QR 5 OL Lyon BOR Bordeaux LIL Lille RCL Lens OM Marseille AUX Auxerre REN Rennes NIC Nice PSG Paris Saint-Germain ASM Monaco MFC Le Mans NAL Nancy STE Saint-Étienne FCN Nantes SOC Sochaux TFC Toulouse TRO Troyes ACA Ajaccio STR Strasbourg MET Metz 25 9 4 73 31 C 18 15 5 43 25 16 14 8 56 31 14 18 6 48 34 16 12 10 44 35 17 8 13 50 39 18 5 15 48 49 16 10 12 36 31 13 13 12 44 38 13 13 12 42 36 13 13 12 33 36 12 12 14 35 37 11 14 13 29 39 11 12 15 37 41 11 11 16 34 47 10 11 17 36 47 9 12 17 37 47 8 9 21 27 53 R 5 14 19 33 56 R 6 11 21 26 59 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CL CL green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round IC IC blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UCCF Paris Saint-Germain was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de France. blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UCCL Nancy was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2005–06 Coupe de la Ligue. red1 Relegation to Ligue 2 R R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Ligue 1 Results main FBR grey ACA AUX BOR MFC RCL LIL OL OM MET ASM NAL NAN NIC PSG REN STE SOC STR TFC TRO Ajaccio 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–3 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 Auxerre 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 3–0 Bordeaux 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 Le Mans 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 Lens 1–0 7–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 Lille 2–0 1–1 3–2 4–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 Lyon 3–2 1–1 0–0 8–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–4 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 Marseille 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 6–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 Metz 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–4 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–4 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–4 Monaco 3–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 Nancy 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 6–0 2–0 0–3 1–2 2–0 2–1 Nantes 0–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 4–3 2–0 1–1 Nice 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 Paris SG 2–4 4–1 3–1 0–1 3–4 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 Rennes 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–2 1–3 3–2 2–1 1–3 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 Saint-Étienne 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 Sochaux 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 Strasbourg 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–4 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–4 2–0 Toulouse 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 Troyes 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 complete Ligue 1 Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsLigue 1 - Saison 2005-2006 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com 1 POR Pauleta Paris Saint-Germain 21 2 BRA Fred Lyon 14 NGR Peter Odemwingie Lille 4 GAB Daniel Cousin Lens 13 5 BEL Luigi Pieroni Auxerre 12 FRA Sylvain Wiltord Lyon 7 NGR John Utaka Rennes 11 8 FRA Péguy Luyindula Auxerre 10 SEN Mamadou Niang Marseille FRA Mickaël Pagis Marseille (6) Strasbourg (4) MLI Mamadou Diallo Nantes BRA Ilan Sochaux URU Javier Chevantón Monaco FRA Daniel Moreira Toulouse Awards Player of the Month Monthhttp://www.unfp.org/site/page.php?id_rubrique=2825&id_langue=1 UNFP – Archives 10 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20050413205113/http://www.unfp.org/site/page.php?id_rubrique=2825&id_langue=1 13 April 2005 dead dmy-all PlayerAugustFrance Jérôme Leroy (Lens)SeptemberFrance Grégory Coupet (Lyon)OctoberFrance Franck Ribéry (Marseille)NovemberFrance Franck Ribéry (Marseille)DecemberSenegal Mamadou Niang (Marseille)JanuaryJapan Daisuke Matsui (Le Mans)FebruaryNigeria John Utaka (Rennes)MarchFrance Yoann Gourcuff (Rennes)AprilFrance Franck Ribéry (Marseille) Annual Trophées UNFP du football AwardWinnerClubRef.Player of the SeasonBRA JuninhoOlympique Lyonnaishttps://ligue1.com/en/articles/l1_article_285- Trophées UNFP: Palmarès des meilleurs joueurs Ligue 1 fr 23 August 2026Young Player of the SeasonFRA Franck RibéryOlympique de MarseilleGoalkeeper of the SeasonFRA Grégory CoupetOlympique LyonnaisManager of the SeasonFRA Claude PuelLille OSC Team of the Yearhttps://ligue1.com/fr/articles/l1_article_351-quiz-les-equipes-types-de-l-annee-aux-trophees-unfp-l1 Quiz : Les équipes types de l'année aux Trophées UNFP Ligue 1 fr 23 August 2026GoalkeeperFRA Grégory Coupet (Lyon)Defenders TUN David Jemmali (Bordeaux) BRA Cris (Lyon) COL Mario Yepes (Paris Saint-Germain) FRA Éric Abidal (Lyon)Midfielders MLI Mahamadou Diarra (Lyon) BRA Juninho (Lyon) FRA Franck Ribéry (Marseille) FRA Florent Malouda (Lyon)Forwards FRA Sylvain Wiltord (Lyon) PRT Pauleta (Paris Saint-Germain) Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra06.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 29 June 2026 No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Olympique de Marseille 49,625 -6.4% 57,609 2 Paris Saint-Germain FC 40,486 14.4% 43,906 3 Olympique lyonnais 38,465 2.5% 40,426 4 RC Lens 34,184 -2.2% 40,591 5 AS Saint-Étienne 29,627 -0.8% 43,921 6 FC Nantes 29,450 -4.2% 37,260 7 Stade rennais 25,002 7.5% 29,490 8 Girondins de Bordeaux 24,247 3.3% 32,765 9 RC Strasbourg 18,984 8.8% 26,022 10 Toulouse FC 18,883 -19.0% 28,524 11 AS Nancy 17,164 42.1% 20,064 12 FC Metz 16,040 -11.9% 22,689 13 FC Sochaux 14,257 -9.1% 18,770 14 ESTAC 13,803 57.5% 19,825 15 LOSC 13,221 -0.8% 17,274 16 Le Mans FC 11,438 52.7% 16,531 17 AS Monaco 11,183 -5.0% 17,596 18 OGC Nice 10,903 -5.4% 14,283 19 AJ auxerroise 10,669 -6.2% 19,980 20 AC Ajaccio 3,415 12.1% 4,783 References External links France 2005/06 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2005–06 1 France