When Ligue 1 Was The Most Chaotic League In Europe

Ligue 1 has been referred to as a boring league in recent years. Despite this, not too long ago, it was arguably the most competitive top 5 league in Europe.
In the six year period between 2008 and 2013, there was a new champion each and every single season. It's wild, I know.
So how did this happen?
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00:00 - Introduction
02:17 - The end of the Lyon dynasty
03:41 - The Rise of Bordeaux
05:32 - Up Next: Marseille
06:32 - The youth of Lille
07:59 - Montpellier: The unexpected victors
10:00 - PSG: The birth of a new dynasty
11:11 - The Aftermath
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[@mrmeeseeks2534]

Its interesting to note that Ligue produced a lot of young talent between 2006-2012 such as Ben arfa,Nasri,Eric Abidal,and Frank Ribery

[@roadtodawn8088]

Benzema as well

[@ebbewedstedt5642]

And Hazard

[@miguel_silva__]

Pogba with Le Havre

[@hridoyabdullah5133]

Boss Benzema too

[@FootballIconic]

It's still doing so today! Seems some of the best players in the world all played in Ligue 1 early in their careers

[@leobullis3980]

That time when Toulouse and Auxerre were contenders for the Champions League. We still can't get over this anomaly.

[@MaxLeCnkerant]

Auxerre 2010 CL semi finalist - - - > 2012 relegated and mid table in the second tier ever since

[@oleas6905]

@@MaxLeCnkerant Auxerre 2010 UCL semi finalist ? It was Lyon, not Auxerre

[@luchogonzealaise3717]

Also Nancy was really close to a CL qualification in 2008

[@leobullis3980]

@@luchogonzealaise3717 As a supporter of Marseille, that 38th game day in 2008 was nuts !

[@GCAbleism158]

Its super capitalism. Super capitalism has ruined football.

[@scoobysnacks6548]

Lille just lost 4-0 at home to their old manager and nice and PSG have just signed Messi, Ramos, Wijnaldum, Hakimi and Donarumma to go with neymar, veratti, marquinhos and mbappe so ye, I think Clermont have this one in the bag

[@RafsanS15]

Huge task for Pochettino. Handling bunch of big names isn't easy

[@2kmichaeljordan438]

@@RafsanS15 how can you fuck up with that lineup? If there’s injuries, then sure, but this team is filled with amazing talent

[@RafsanS15]

@@2kmichaeljordan438 Madrid first galacticos was abysmal after del Bosque left. Had 6 different coaches but only achieved 1 La Liga and 1 Supercopa de España during 2003-2007.

[@ermesesiriochannel401]

clermont is doing pretty well now

[@depthstrider4900]

luckily in football having expensive players doesnt mean that you will always win everything

[@mortezz1268]

As a German im dreaming about a new title winner for 10 years now

[@wellaname221]

dude I from time to time follow bundes always On dormund site but they manage to bottle it every single time. even your supercup Last week Right when Dortmund was back a Bit in the game akenji makes a HORRENDOUS mistake... had to change channel after that so disapointing.

[@shikhargovil9579]

@@wellaname221 dortmund is a club which has potential to challenge bayern but unfortunately it never seems like they want to compete, they are happy to come 2nd in the league, getting in the champions league regularly only to lose and making huge profits from player sales.

[@anshujoshi2162]

For a fact lewandowski won title 11 years

[@noah95v99]

@@shikhargovil9579 It's not they don't want to they just get all of their team bought as soon as they are seen as a menace

[@tomminho]

@@noah95v99 by who? bc if u’re talking abt bayern, the last time they got a dortmund player was back in 2016

[@fishyfish6510]

Ligue 1 young players do very well in the PL. They usually do better than most from other leagues like Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga in England

[@FootballIconic]

Definitely!

[@man4437]

Tell that to Newcastle

[@akhdanwirataram4911]

@@man4437 What about ASM?

[@Hamdini10]

Pepe?

[@unbiasedsportsnews883]

Not la liga, David Silva, Aguero, Fernando Torres are better than any player from Ligue 1 in prem, because La Liga is the best league in the world no other league has 5 out of top 7 that's won a European trophy in the last 10 years

[@user-cm1bv2jr5x]

The streets wont forget Yoann Gourcuff💫.

[@jacobzacks]

this is an underrated comment my friend

[@FootballIconic]

They literally cannot

[@alsukharsky]

What does that mean? That kids were in love with Gourcuff?

[@jacobzacks]

@@alsukharsky yeah Gourcuff was an incredible player, termed the next Zidane. many loved him before he "burnt out"

[@nelsonbosscv]

@@alsukharsky he was my favorite young player back there, it was delightful to watch him play. Unfortunatly, he was one of those young players that never really got where people thought he would go, same as Pastore as mentioned in the video

[@Lyendith]

This illustrates a deep problem − every time a small-to-medium club reveals promising players one season, those players are immediately snatched by much richer clubs the next season, making sure that none of those small teams can ever get big or compete on the European stage. Thus the rich clubs get even richer, and can snatch even more players. It’s a vicious cycle. Only Lyon managed to be somewhat competitive in Champion’s League for a while (with Bordeaux or Monaco performing great just one time before disappearing), but I’m not sure that would be possible nowadays.

[@oyunboldboldbaatar5519]

This. This is why I’m not too annoyed when billionaires buy out clubs and have them contending, it’s nice to see a new team that is able to contend to be a top team.

[@Lostouille]

​@@oyunboldboldbaatar5519 exact. I am done with them taking our players then calling us farmer league after that

[@fitzgeraldhaler8705]

As a french, i was actually surprised to found this video. I mean, even here we're joking about the 'quality' and the 'visibility' of our league. And it's pretty sad, knowing how much young talent there was, and are still present here. I'd say, it's even a very good league for young players. Ligue 1 still have more visibility than other smaller leagues, is, and without joking a platform for young African talents because of our colonial past (and i know for a fact that this continent is full of potential, just don't have the correct means there to profit of it) and finally, we don't have multiple big clubs like the PL, so it gives them more chance to, when in their club, evolving smoothly and have more play time if possible.

[@TheDonkey666]

What's ur pfp

[@usersixnine347]

Ligue 1 is not a small league. It’s literally top 5. It’s just a way smaller league when compared to the other 4.

[@totisotomayor9190]

@@usersixnine347 nop, portuguese league and dutch league are better.

[@Lostouille]

@@totisotomayor9190 no there is a top 5 and that's not for nothing...

[@tomminho]

@@totisotomayor9190maybe for u but as for the uefa and the world in genral, Ligue 1 is a Top 5 league

[@heimanlee5955]

PSG may dominate most of the time, but keep in mind that even bottom clubs of Ligue 1 can make a difference of the title race-a scene perhaps not as frequent in other "big" leagues.

[@steevenbrunner3261]

Yeah, clearly I come from a small place near Sochaux so I used to follow and support the club FC Sochaux Montbéliard (FCSM), and they were able to beat the biggest clubs and lose to the worst next week. Also they prove it in Europe where they manage to get a draw 2-2 against Inter Milan or when they beat Dortmund 4-0 in 2002-2003. There are many other examples such as Guingamp a couple of years ago in Europa League. The main issue of Ligue 1 clubs is that they have to sell players to balances their business, so what they want is to qualify to UCL or Europa league, sell their best players and not giving a fuck about the competition...But it's slowly changing with Paris not needing at all to sell and it works (final + semi-final the past 2 years), Nice bought by Jim Radcliff (billionaire and boss of Ineos in biking) that got Galtier the coach of Lille with whom he won the league last year, Monaco and Lyon that have decent budget (although they still need to sell...).

[@linus4693]

But they never win it and never are a real threat to psg

[@boatymcboatface7984]

I remember watching Lyon, Bordeaux, Auxerre and even Marseille (despite their controversy) in Europe. They always impressed me and played good football.

[@didly_4126]

Watch olympiques de Marseille they are the second best Ligue 1 team rn

[@brrrrrtenjoyer]

Wait is Marseille still controversial because of that 1993 match fixing?

[@Dark0_004]

Marseille UCL was not concerned by the 1993 affair

[@folarinalabi3250]

Remember following that 08/09 season on Goalissimo as a kid. Thought Marseille would win it, but they lost 3-1 to Lyon, allowing Bourdeux to sneak in and win the title. Thought Gourcuff would be the next big thing. Unfortuately, injuries and that transfer to Lyon Curtailed his Career. As a bonus, you could have mentioned Ligue 1 Champions League Peformances. For instance, Bourdeux topping a Group containing Bayern Munich and Juventus, Lyon Beating Galacticos Mdrid and reaching the Semi and Marseille beating Inter Milan in 2012. Not to mention the tight games Lyon had against united and Barcelona (1st leg at least). That united game introduced a lot of us to a certain young striker.

[@EmenussGOamazing]

Benzema?

[@sluggyranks8594]

There was that period when Lyon faced Real in the group stage of the CL for about 4 seasons straight. Guess who had the upper hands in those head to head encounters.

[@EmenussGOamazing]

@@sluggyranks8594 Didn't stop Benzema from upgrading.

[@MisterElPatrick]

Bordeaux not Bourdeux ;)

[@Dude0000]

@@MisterElPatrick maybe right first time…Bourdeux means ‘Blunderbuss’ in French.

[@Haarwyvern]

I'm from Montpellier and it was like a miracle. 3 years ago we were in ligue 2

[@Lostouille]

Moi j'attends qu'on remonte au dessus de la 10ieme place cette année pour faire la folle 😂

[@jamestyler12JT]

Honestly cannot stand people who call leagues farmer leagues

[@Usario321]

It’s so annoying, and they clearly never watched like 5 Ligue 1 games

[@hannasaad495]

Me too! They don't even watch them to know if they're competitive or not. I mean, how can one of Europe's top 5 leagues be a farmers league. Lol for the most part they are english plastic fans who are obsessed with the EPL.

[@unbiasedsportsnews883]

It's mostly EPL fan's I watch multiple leagues and overall I think La Liga is the best based on pure football but the broadcasting is better in EPL and is the richest but don't think Ligue 1 is the worst, Serie A was easily the best 15-20 years ago but the last decade it has been nowhere near that and shocking at times, Bundesliga is ok as team's press high but you already know Bayern Munich are going to win it no matter what

[@number1chesschampionsket683]

@@unbiasedsportsnews883 bayern gonna lose this season

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Last season had a 4 team title race! They saw 4 teams actually competing for the title and they were still like "what a Farmer's League, PSG can't even win the title against Lille". But, apparently, Liverpool or City winning months in advance somehow doesn't make the Premier League a Farmer's League

[@FootballDrawn]

I still remember as a Milan fan when we signed Yoann Gourcuff as a vice-Kaka. Sadly, his star burnt bright too fast 🔴⚫🔴⚫🔴

[@doggerlander]

Milan somehow crashed so damn hard. like, even it's wonderkids just dissappeared too. like el shaarawy and pato. hope they can get back to the top, cause they were my fav team in italy as a kid

[@roadtodawn8088]

@@doggerlander we’re getting back there

[@matthewhernandez8342]

@@doggerlander We finished 2nd place last year, not so bad. But we gotta make the round of 16 at least in the UCL this year.

[@marioskapetanakis]

@@matthewhernandez8342 you'll make it.

[@matthewhernandez8342]

@@marioskapetanakis I’m hoping so my friend.

[@freshcola6301]

Montpellier's win in 2012 was like Leicester's win in 2015 !! revenge of the Underdogs

[@gontrandjojo9747]

It makes me laugh when people claim that Ligue 1 is a farmers league dominated by 1 team while 90% of the leagues in Europe are the same... and not for less than 10 years like Ligue 1 but for DECADES. Juventus won 10 titles last decade and more than 30 overall, same with Bayern, same with Real/Barcelona, same with Ajax, Porto/Benfica, Olympiakos, Celtics, Dinamo Zagreb, etc... The fact is: Ligue 1 was a very competitive league and is dominated by 1 team for less than 10 years, while other leagues are dominated by 1 team for decades but yet it's Ligue 1 the farmers league? And about the quality of the league claiming that the players are part time farmers, Ligue 1 has the best young players and all the big leagues especially the English come every summer in France like bloodsuckers to buy these "farmers".

[@ryubix5724]

Yes, it's sad. For example, Bayern have won 33% of Bundesliga titles alone. When you look at the all time board for our neighbouring leagues, you'll see that the ranking is quite tied in the number of titles per club, while the other leagues are quite... dominated outrageously... Let's not talk about La Liga, Scotland Premiership, etc

[@Dark0_004]

Afterwards, Ligue 1 also experienced periods of long domination (Lyon during the 2000s, Marseille during the 80s and 90s, Bordeaux during the 80s, etc.). But at least that changed, besides I think that the air of PSG will soon end if Marseille is bought by Saudi Arabia

[@gontrandjojo9747]

@@Dark0_004 "Long domination"? Bordeaux won 3 titles in the 1980s, Marseille 4 titles. You have a strange definition of what is a "long domination".

[@Dark0_004]

@@gontrandjojo9747 long domination compared to Ligue 1 I mean. Winning three or four titles in a row is not nothing. But yeah I expressed myself badly because compared to a foreign point of view, it's nothing at all

[@pkingglazersout6665]

This is legit the first video I have watched on this topic, amazing research and topic selection buddy.

[@FootballIconic]

Thanks so much! It's such an interesting story!

[@fotballaddict]

@@FootballIconic still a farmer league now

[@mr_niceman]

@@fotballaddict stop hating bro

[@fotballaddict]

@@mr_niceman im just sayin facts now it is a farmer league that is the past the present is different

[@mr_niceman]

@@fotballaddict wdym Lille just won the league last year?

[@zeo4481]

Btw PSG has won less Leagues in the last 15 years in France , Than Barca in Spain . So , Spain farmers league? Juve won 9 out of the last 10 Italian league trophys. So ? Farmers league? Bayern won 7 out of 10. Bundesliga farmers league??? No, saying that shit undermineds the work All clubs put in to win!!

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Ligue 1 is so good that PSG can spend Billions of Euros to buy the best players in the World and yet they don't always win. When Inter dominated in the late 2000s and Juventus in the 2010s, only them won

[@maxence1866]

Ahahah yes, seems like numbers can be used how everyone wants

[@BlackHmar]

PSG never won C1 even though they spend Burundi’s GDP to build their team so yeah that’s questionnable

[@tsuki_lou]

@@BlackHmar Let's talk about ManCity then?? Money doesn't buy LDC, and a dominating team doesn't mean bad league

[@nejeken9790]

Yeah, between 2008 and 2018 La Liga was a farmers league with Real Madrid and Barcelona ending the seasons on top and with 90+ goals scored in most cases

[@jacobzacks]

i am a simple man: i see football iconic posts, i watch and enjoy

[@FootballIconic]

My guy!

[@alainmagera502]

i am a complicated demon: i see football iconic posts, i don't watch and don't enjoy

[@technikleo3797]

Lille just lost 4-0 at home to Nice so I personnally think they are heading to a season with,at best, Europa League spots,especially since they sold Maignan,but they might do better.

[@hugoumero9723]

@TGDS and they got lose by their former manager in 4-0

[@technikleo3797]

@@hugoumero9723 Quite funny (and sad) situation,looks so "Ligue 1"-ey. These kind of funny stories happen a few times every season in French football. For example, in May some FC Nantes fans buried a "RIP FC Kita" coffin to protest against Walder Kita leadership of the club since FC Nantes went in a relegation play-off. Nantes managed to win this play-off due to away-goal rule (At the expanse of my club) and two players agents who are friends of the club unburied this coffin to celebrate this decisive win. A few years ago,at Toulouse,some fans passed through all the stadium to fight with the club president. French football maybe exceeded English football in terms of drama since the start of the century,especially if you include all the French NT drama (Laporte,Benzema,Valbuena, Ribéry,Domenech,Knysna...)

[@RafsanS15]

@@technikleo3797 for Domenech, did he choose his squad based on Zodiac?

[@erzzn3851]

Bordeaux during the season 2010 finished 1st of his group with 16 points in front of Bayern and Juventus !

[@AliBaba-hf9jx]

Et lyon les a sorti en quart 😋

[@dannym6313]

Lille bantered PSG twice then lose to nice 4-0 😂

[@ireplytostupidpeople4750]

It's because Nice manager was Lille's last season.

[@leratodhlamini6078]

@TGDS stop making excuses,lille winning last season proves they were very lucky as psg were missing just 1 point .

[@Noname-rn4gl]

@TGDS Brazil lost 7-1 to Germany because they lost their key forward and key defender/captain but people still mock them for so that excuse is no longer valid to me

[@ctid7037]

@@leratodhlamini6078 and man city winning the title with the aguero shows they were lucky as well idiot hypocrite prem fanboy

[@meuboui]

Where is aguero now ?

[@lucaslonchampt613]

I remember my hometown Brest getting first place for a short while during the 2010-11 season, after 11 games and after 13 games, just after we were promoted to Ligue 1. To give you an idea how incredible it was, imagine if Brentford was in first place come December. That's how unlikely it was, and while it didn't last, I was the happiest 10 year old kid when it happened

[@leonilpena8918]

Nasser Al-Khelaifi after watching his team miss out on a 4th consecutive league title last season: "And I took that personally"

[@luchogonzealaise3717]

And the other previous time they haven't won Ligue 1, they bought Neymar and Mbappe... How entertaining...

[@m.c.martin]

And the way they lost in the Champions League 😂

[@valentinnanchev5596]

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[@adaldi_]

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[@FootballIconic]

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[@jeremyr3616]

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[@maxkelly6855]

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[@barrywalsh3275]

Germany was a fun league to back in the day I'm remember wolfsburg stuttgart dortmund taking over bayern Munich The good days of setanta sports free German and French games

[@luchogonzealaise3717]

Dont forget the great Werder of Micoud, Klasnic and Ailton

[@YannCaubet91]

Most of those teams were not as much "unable" to retain talents as they were counting on them to get money in. This seems like a Catch 22 for French football, because on the one hand, there is no reason for owners to push for more than European football/profit with young players and obscure talents from the continent, since they're going to get snatched away from them regardless. At the same time, you cannot really expect the league to blossom on a competitive level if you're passing on these substantial fees, mostly from the speculative Premier League, as there is not enough money apart from the big guns that are PSG and, in a more modest way, Lyon and Marseille, to keep up. As a Frenchman, and a smaller team fan (now in Ligue 2), Ligue 1 is great fun. But between the constant bad results on the European stage, PSG being the exception (but with much more money than anybody else), the exodus of the strongest talents who seek a bigger fortune, and the overall mentality, strongly supported by the negative press, there is no improvement. I would guess the main thing to change is the way football is being thought and played in France. There's quite the contradiction between the successful national team, which is losing its magical power as we speak, and the generally recognised poor level of the league, focusing on physicality and dated philopsophies, that goes in accordance with the uproar of French coaches within the league when they are criticised about that very fact, and when foreigners come in. I live in the UK and obviously there is a sense of superiority within English football fans, as the Premier League is probably the best product when it comes to football. But the notion of "product" is very important, as money has taken over and dictates most of the results we see today. Leicester winning the league, Montpellier or Monaco in France, are the only exceptions. I think it would be very optimistic to think the French league can catch up with the Premier League, or at least the Bundesliga, but there are definitely things that can be changed for it to catch the eye a bit more, even of pure PL fans that would only watch one or two Championship games on the side. To bring a point to this long monologue, I'd say my biggest hope is not necessarily to see French clubs regularly compete with the very best for UCL titles, or Ligue 1 reaching 1 billion euros or pounds in TV revenue, but to see football fans drop the money goggles for a bit, and focus on the game in its purest form, then worry about making dodgy comparisons and start sterile debates about who's a farmer, and who's worth watching.

[@aidygooner]

The Premier League fanboys are so engrossed in the "English product" that they don't realise that it's actually one of the most unexciting leagues in Europe in terms of title races as there are usually the same 2 winners if you ignore Liverpool ending their drought and Leicester's fairytale season. There are supposed to be 6 big clubs yet there's never been a 3 or 4 horse race for the title, let alone 6. Hopefully this season there will be 4 teams (realistically Chelsea, Man City, Man United and Liverpool) going for the title right till the end to get us neutrals excited, something which I need whilst my (Arsenal) have another horrible season. However, English football as a whole is definitely the best as they have over 100 professional and well supported clubs which creates an exciting Cup competition too. As for Ligue 1, it'd be brilliant if clubs like Marseille, Lyon and Monaco could challenge PSG.

[@evan_pgs3405]

I m French and honestly I m so sad to see every year out best players go to PL SeriA or LigA I m for PSG but it’s sad for Ligue 1 we have many great players but clubs always sell them cuz they don’t have money

[@maxence1866]

The lack of money from our clubs is the only reason of why we cannot compete with other big European clubs, like we are the country with the most superstar production with Brazil, and like for Brazil we cannot keep them in our Ligue... Sad but money can make you seems good even if u have no talent from ur own country (talking about England ofc)

[@fitzgeraldhaler8705]

Bah après, faut aussi penser à l'envie des joueurs. Franchement si tu te mets à leurs place, entre par exemple Lille et Leicester, je pense que le choix est vite fait, car en PL ils auront beaucoup plus de visibilité, un meilleur salaire, plus de défis et...Un peu de voyage! Après ça reste triste en effet, moi personnellement, je serai bien rester. Kimpembe est bien rester lui, et regardez ou il en est!

[@yoann8056]

@@fitzgeraldhaler8705 C’est encore une question d’argent ça

[@evan_pgs3405]

@@fitzgeraldhaler8705 ce choix ne devrait pas être si évident si les clubs de ligue 1 se bougaient le cul

[@Lostouille]

@@fitzgeraldhaler8705 justement le choix des joueurs de partir c'est ce qui nous met dans ce cercle vicieux. Ils partent et génèrent plus d'argent aux autres ligues (marketing, victoires etc..) du coup le fossé se creuse avec nous...

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Fun fact: The seven league titles lyon won are the only league titles they have ever won in their history. Imagine, 2001 - lyon 0 titles 2008 - 7 titles!

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[@Yantwerpen]

This is a great video, but it lacks a bit of context. The year where Marseille won Ligue 1, Bordeaux completely fell apart after losing the Coupe de la Ligue final against Marseille, and then went on to lose in the quarter finals of the Champions League against Lyon. They never recovered from that. It was a crazy season in France.

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[@JRB11528]

Say you completely took PSG out of the equation the league would still be extremely competitive at the very top. Since 2013 the winners would be Marseille, Monaco, Lyon, Lyon, Monaco, Lille, Marseille, Lille & Marseille. 60% of those leagues would finish with the top 2 being within at least 4 points of each other. Such a shame really.

[@thefootballplanet5784]

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[@THUNDER_74]

Excellent video! From a French! I dream of seeing, one day, the return of a great Stade de Reims at European level! It would be too beautiful

[@fitzgeraldhaler8705]

Ah ça va être compliqué, mais peut être un jour, qui sait. Ça ferait plaisir de voir plus de Club français en C1 ou C3.

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[@technikleo3797]

I'm a Toulouse FC supporter and this era was quite good for us. We managed to qualify for UCL for the first time ever (and only) in the last game of the 06/07 season against the rival in a incredible scenario. Next season we saved our ass from relegation at the last game,after that we qualified for Europa League with players such as Gignac ( Best Ligue 1 scorer in this season) and Sissoko. Unfortunately,we did nothing in all europeans competitions. The next seasons were decent but it all went gradually went downhill even if we had great players like Ben Yedder, Diop, or Braithwaite and we're currently in the second division but I'm sure we will go back in Ligue 1 next year.

[@saptaccrvima3563]

So sad to see such a legendary team in the 2nd div, just like HSV in Germany. Hope you guys can get back to Ligue 1 this szn already 😢🙏

[@yymediaprod]

Such a shame, you always defied the odds of relegation until recently. I remember Aurier & Gradel (forgot about Elmander too before checking) playing there.

[@gontrandjojo9747]

@@saptaccrvima3563 Toulouse is nowhere near a legendary team. They had a few good seasons in the past, but that's it...

[@robsopp2127]

Awesome video I followed Ligue one since 2008 and witnessed this crazy period usually bypassed by football fans around the globe, greetings from a new subscriber from MEXICO

[@FootballIconic]

Yo!

[@mateuszzielezinski6069]

I remember when I was 10-11yr and watched like every major European league. I absolutely loved the champion Lille and Montpellier squad. Eden hazard was one of my favourite players at that time

[@morgancarvalho4408]

Now with messi, the only thing missing is a strong stable opponent in the league, like Bayern has with Dortmund for example. Someone who at least challenges it year in year out. The problem is Lille Marseille Lyon etc, they perform one season and the next theatre out the window , sometimes not even getting into European competitions. So while they just built new stadiums and covid is starting to pass on, so their revenues will increase, these clubs need to be better managed , especially Marseille who always have so many internal struggles. If all those teams get sorted out, maybe with luck sign one or two important players, the league can become more interesting. Next season, who knows benzema could re join Lyon for example. I also want to point out the loads of players France produce. They may call it a farmers league which obviously is not, check champions league results for example, PSG was a finalist and Lyon knocked out juve and Real Madrid, and loads of players shining in the premier league are usually coming from France, mahrez for example, kante etc.

[@hanssundqvist1781]

Lyon didn´t knocked out Real Madrid. Juventus and Man city :)

[@morgancarvalho4408]

@@hanssundqvist1781 I didnt say it was last season. They did knock out all those teams. They knocked out city 2 seasons ago for example, and in the last ten years they knocked out Real Madrid and Juve as well.

[@gabiangue5719]

@@hanssundqvist1781 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_UEFA_Champions_League

[@ibrahima6907]

The big ligue 1 teams had a very good transfer window this season, teams like Marseille, Nice, Monaco or Lyon will probably offer a good competition even though Lyon and Monaco didn’t start well this season

[@Yabooovgg]

Betty footy page on yt , just too good and brings something different

[@yymediaprod]

Awesome video and it gave me great memories of watching Ligue 1 before PSG started dominating lol. But I can't believe you didn't mention the other key players in Montpellier's title win like Utaka, Cabella, Yanga Mbiwa & even Belhanda who was absolutely brilliant that season. There are so many solid players from that era who didn't win the title or weren't mentioned.

[@FootballIconic]

Great point. I was mostly trying to only highlight the main stars for each team so that the run time wouldn't be too long for this video. But you're definitely not wrong.

[@Steast]

Fr! I remember watching the games and how many talents I’d see go through the league. Everyone else had other leagues they preferred so they wouldn’t notice the players until some big club grabbed them

[@yymediaprod]

@@FootballIconicI totally agree and keep up the great content

[@trevorcorey729]

God I love these videos; I’m new so I don’t know if you already have a sponsor or ads yet but I really hope and strongly believe you should’ve making money for this amazing content!!! I hope you keep grinding and being an amazing KZbinr!! I love you brother keep it up pleas, much love all the way from thee U.S.A, Virginia.💙💯💯💯🤙🔥🔥🙌🤙🤙

[@karanmalhotra2915]

banger again

[@mellolvideos]

As French, I find your analysis very well, congratulations ! 6 different champions yes, it isn't as yet. o/ But (I talk about suspense) Bundesluga is over-won by Munich and it's a bit boring or not exciting so.

[@Manj3nkins]

Younes Belhanda is one of those players i'll never understand how they did not live up to their potential.

[@cantkeep]

PSG: dominating Lille in 2021: is this some sort of domination that I am too inconsistent to understand Lille later in 2021: insert ligue 1 title into cabinet

[@ivailobumbovski4286]

You can do a similar video for the time when teams like Werder Wolfsburg Dortmund Stuttgart won the league

[@moncefecw3131]

Nicely done bro but can you do a 10 min video about that dogo plz

[@FootballIconic]

😂

[@centarforbr.9.529]

ligue1 od criminaly underrated for years

[@mytake8191]

The transfer of messi to psg will also escalate the popularity of LIGUE 1

[@doggerlander]

but then as soon as he leaves, all the rats will abandon ligue 1 completely like they did with la liga

[@valdez1413]

@@doggerlander not a problem , 3 of the best 5 players in the world ply their trade in Ligue 1 now. We’re bound to attract more talent and TV deals too

[@rishi857]

@@valdez1413 One team having all the stars, nobody would watch the league as the team with the stars are going to win 90% of the time.

[@justsomeguywithoutamustach9072]

Neymars getting on,Mbappe goin La Liga,Messis gone in 2 years,Haaland ain’t comin…Ligue 1 is gonna have 2 years of good viewership but it’ll die straight back down lol

[@doggerlander]

@@justsomeguywithoutamustach9072 bruh, you watch football too wtf

[@leifixan_1961]

Loving the content but could you do a video on henrik Larsson?

[@craigflixchill]

Ay, Saffa's doing it big!

[@enzosteiger8054]

Great vid as always, can you please make a video about Roberto baggio? Top ten footballers of all time for sure, just underrated cause of the 1994 penalty and several injuries

[@handelowino5146]

this just shows how an unregulated spending by one club can completely ruin a whole league...

[@wawasr5356]

Cry

[@handelowino5146]

@@wawasr5356 your mother

[@hugoleguen6255]

It happened another time before in France during the 90's with PSG 94, Nantes 95, Auxerre 96, Monaco 97, Lens 98 and Bordeaux 99 (and Marseille 93 but they were stripped of their title).

[@Johny97_]

I was never a close follower of Ligue 1 but i remember right before PSG got oil money they were like a top 5 team, but still never anywhere near competing for the title

[@vracajuse80te60]

Make more videos about league 5 like this

[@maxence1866]

The only problem with ligue 1 and the french clubs are the lack of money, like even turkey and Portugal have more money than Ligue 1's club. That's sad and that's even more when we see all those Superstar coming from those clubs but inevitably living them because the club hasn't enough money. If Ligue 1's club had better owners this Ligue would have been one of if not the most success full in Europe (BTW France has the most of professional players but are also the country who has the most players playing outside of their country, even more than Brazil) And in France some people say that Ligue 1's clubs are the only ones in Europe to not lie or falsified their papers to pay less taxes or something like that, so maybe if more club would not lie on their money, Ligue could be more competitive and keeping more their best player to compete in CL

[@quavde]

Excellent. If I may, maybe could have you mention that, among those clubs, some could not keep their crown 'caus they were not used to have to perform both in Ligue 1 and in Champion's League.

[@FootballIconic]

Cheers! That's a very good point as well. We see that in several teams across Europe that make it to the CL and suffer the next season. Squad depth plays a huge role

[@ibrahima6907]

Tbh, generally Ligue 1 teams apart from PSG don’t really care about the European cups. They don't play them thoroughly compares to the teams in the other leagues

[@jhf4]

Is it fine if u can upload every day in PLZ

[@mytake8191]

When you showed the picture of the puppy, i got an add of hair trimmer, any connection.

[@sluggyranks8594]

My first taste of Ligue 1 was when Ronaldinho and Pedro Pauleta were at PSG. Then I started watching Monaco with the likes of Adebayor, Morientes, and Ludovic Guily.

[@mrpatman1163]

At least it’s not as one sided as the bundesliga which sucks because it’s such a fun league to watch

[@ranoella]

I'd say one day, one team will end Bayern's relentless streak, but the sad thing is, they'll just have their best players bought if that happens.

[@5andw1ch2]

Remember when Bordeaux eliminated Bayern and Juventus from the champions League, damn I miss good French football

[@travistdr]

as a Lyon fan, the video got my like at 1:00

[@jaafarchaoui185]

Great video but the title is misleading you could have said something like "disputed"

[@mrcus7215]

Prime Gourcuff was the best CAM in the world at that time

[@CaiusDiplodocus]

I believe is really good, the only problem is the money, the DNCG is really hard with ligue 1 clubs and ligue 1 teams do not have enough money to keep their good players. Hence it is a good championship but may be the 4rth / 5th best...

[@arbernumani3709]

Bordeaux and Lyon both made ucl runs in the 2009/10 season and thats why their form went down in the league. Lyon went to the ucl semis that season beating bordeaux in the quarters

[@userl7]

I like your French pronunciations :)

[@kalashnakov0477]

I don't watch too much of Ligue 1 but I'll never call it 'farmers league'. If my memory serves me right it was always a competitive and entertaining league although it was dominated by Lyon then PSG. The league has also supplied most of Europe with talented players, the same can be said of the German Bundesliga, Dutch Eredivisie and Belgian Juliper Pro League.

[@NIDELLANEUM]

I mean, the fact that the team with the highest amount of titles "only" won 10 of them, hasn't won in decades and they are still on top, says a lot

[@eamonreidy9534]

I remember the Montpellier victory. Owner by a man who ran a huge waste disposal company.

[@kshitijmahajan4335]

please make a video about calciopoli

[@GamingBeFly]

That’s what we love to see, that unpredictability

[@anonymousa591]

Despite the league not being that competitive the coupe de la ligue and coupe de France has been fairly competitive

[@mayfields5092]

i hate when people call bundesliga and ligue 1 the farmers league. theyre weaker but great leagues to develop young players. the goal in those leagues is to develop and eventually league to the pl la liga serie a or get noticed by bayern and psg.i think theyre a necessary part of the league dynamics

[@NolyurnWeb]

I'm french and i can tell you i don't know if it's from internal problem or money problem or maybe both. But without qatar buying PSG, it would not surprise me to see 6 different champion, when a team start to win they sell and do poor choice or do nothing with the money. Lille was champion and is not starting really well, Rennes 2 years ago was a top team and last year failed. Marseilles was pretty bad and they are coming back. Nice is growing. Monaco and Lyon were 2 top team and start really bad. And 5 of the team i talk about could end champion of ligue 1 without PSG (Lille was previous champion)

[@HCunha]

Im watching Liga Portugal 🇵🇹, Eredivisie 🇳🇱 and Jupiler Pro League 🇧🇪. Who knows, this leagues can become really big in the future 😌

[@chikenwingg3903]

you make this video with more love to ligue 1 than all the french people unite lmao

[@Lyndon_Bikes]

I’m a big fan of French football I think it’s very underrated in terms of teams and fans

[@sFMoNsT3R]

As a french(sorry for my bad English practice) who look at almost every ligue 1 games, I have to say that there is no players in the league who works in something else than football, the fact that their is farmer who play the weekend is bullshit, they are all professional players. This year will be more competitive even if PSG will get the trophy at the end. Marseille, Lyon, Nice have done rly good mercato. Clermont who just get promoted play a very nice football. I think our league is still under the "big 4" but gap is closing. (Don't forget that Kante, Mané and all those players that starts their carrier in France before joining premier league or Liga) Feels good to hear someone who just don't trash talk french football for once.

[@vins6814]

Farmer league c'est une expression il est au courant que y'a pas de mec qui trait les vaches en ligue 1 mdrr

[@sFMoNsT3R]

@@vins6814 Bein Fréro écoute dans la vidéo il dis qu'il y a des mecs en ligue 1 qui ont un taff à côté du foot genre fermier.

[@vins6814]

@@sFMoNsT3R C'est une expression des anglais "farmers league" pour dire que la ligue 1 est un championnat de fermiers, c'est pas à prendre au premier degré

[@bachvutuyetvoi3789]

If I'm not wrong, the same period sees the same wild title races in Bundesliga. The best form of club competitions may leave us now... Can u answer me one thing, how do you find all the tables in certain matchdays of the previous seasons? It looks like you take it from Google but I don't know how to do, plz tell me :(((( thanks so much for this interesting video!

[@FootballIconic]

Yo man! Tables per matchdays are shown on the Ligue 1 website

[@bachvutuyetvoi3789]

@@FootballIconic Superb!!!! Thank u so much