Ball IQClubs With the Most Ligue 1 Titles
19 entries · verified 2026-07-20 · free · hand-checked by Ball IQ
French football's top flight has crowned champions since 1932, and its history splits neatly into two eras: a long spell where the title moved freely between the country's great clubs, and the recent age of Paris Saint-Germain dominance. This page ranks every Ligue 1 champion by number of titles.
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Lyon signed Brazilian striker Sonny Anderson in 1999 from which club?
Anderson joined Lyon from Barcelona, having moved to Catalonia from Monaco two years earlier.
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Which club did Monaco beat 4-2 in the 1960 Coupe de France final to win the first major trophy in their history?
Monaco beat Saint-Étienne 4-2 at Colombes in May 1960 for their first major honour.
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Lyon clinched their first ever league title on the final day of the season by beating which club 3-1 at Gerland?
Lens needed only a draw at Gerland to be champions, but Lyon won 3-1 to snatch the title on the last day of 2001-02.
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Which club knocked Monaco out of the 1997-98 Champions League at the semi-final stage?
Juventus won the first leg 4-1 in Turin, with Alessandro Del Piero scoring a hat-trick, and advanced 6-4 on aggregate.
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As of 2026, Saint-Étienne hold the record for most French top-flight titles by any club other than PSG — how many have they won?
AS Saint-Étienne won 10 French championships, the most of any club before PSG overtook them.
| Rank | Club | Titles | Years won |
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| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 14 | 1985, 1993, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| 2 | Saint-Étienne | 10 | 1956, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980 |
| 3 | Marseille | 9 | 1936, 1947, 1970, 1971, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2009 |
| 4 | Monaco | 8 | 1960, 1962, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2016 |
| 4 | Nantes | 8 | 1964, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1994, 2000 |
| 6 | Lyon | 7 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| 7 | Bordeaux | 6 | 1949, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1998, 2008 |
| 7 | Reims | 6 | 1948, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961 |
| 9 | Lille | 4 | 1945, 1953, 2010, 2020 |
| 9 | Nice | 4 | 1950, 1951, 1955, 1958 |
| 11 | Sète | 2 | 1933, 1938 |
| 11 | Sochaux | 2 | 1934, 1937 |
| 13 | Auxerre | 1 | 1995 |
| 13 | Lens | 1 | 1997 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 1 | 2011 |
| 13 | Olympique Lillois | 1 | 1932 |
| 13 | RC Paris | 1 | 1935 |
| 13 | Roubaix-Tourcoing | 1 | 1946 |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 1 | 1978 |
PSG now lead the all-time list with 14, having pulled clear during the Qatari-ownership era. Saint-Étienne's 10 titles, most from a golden 1960s and 70s, keep them second, just ahead of Marseille. Note that Marseille were stripped of the 1992-93 title amid a match-fixing scandal, so it does not count toward their total.
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