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Free Ligue 1 quiz with explained answers — PSG's dominance, Marseille 1993, Zidane, Mbappé, Le Classique and the history of French football.

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  1. easy

    Which striker came through Lyon's academy and was sold to Real Madrid in 2009?

    WhyKarim Benzema graduated from Lyon's youth system, won Ligue 1 with the club and joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2009.

  2. easy

    Which Ligue 1 club plays its home matches at the Allianz Riviera?

    WhyOGC Nice have played at the Allianz Riviera since it opened in 2013.

  3. medium

    PSG were founded in 1970 from the merger of Paris FC and which other club?

    WhyThe 'Saint-Germain' half of the name comes from Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the suburb west of Paris where Stade Saint-Germain were based.

  4. medium

    Neymar left PSG in 2023 to join which Saudi Pro League club?

    WhyNeymar ended his PSG spell by signing for Al-Hilal in August 2023.

  5. hard

    Who is Olympique Lyonnais' all-time leading goalscorer?

    WhyFleury Di Nallo, nicknamed 'le Petit Prince de Gerland', scored 222 goals for Lyon across the 1960s and early 1970s.

  6. medium

    What is the traditional nickname of FC Nantes?

    WhyFC Nantes are known as "Les Canaris" (The Canaries) for their yellow-and-green colours.

  7. medium

    Which Dutch forward did Lyon sign from Manchester United in January 2017?

    WhyMemphis Depay's Lyon move revived his career after a difficult spell at Old Trafford, and he later left for Barcelona on a free transfer.

  8. hard

    Which striker won the Ligue 1 Golden Boot for champions Montpellier in their 2011-12 title-winning season?

    WhyGiroud and PSG's Nenê both scored 21, but the outright Golden Boot went to Giroud (more open-play goals) as Montpellier won their only French title.

  9. medium

    Which Argentine coach managed PSG during the 2021-22 season?

    WhyMauricio Pochettino led PSG to the 2021-22 Ligue 1 title before being replaced by Galtier.

  10. medium

    Marseille's 2010 Ligue 1 title ended a title drought of how many years?

    WhyThe 2010 crown under Didier Deschamps was Marseille's first league title since 1992 — 18 years.

  11. hard

    Which club beat Monaco 2-0 in the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup final?

    WhyOtto Rehhagel's Werder Bremen won the Lisbon final through goals from Klaus Allofs and Wynton Rufer.

  12. medium

    Roazhon Park is the home stadium of which Ligue 1 club?

    WhyStade Rennais play at Roazhon Park in Rennes, Brittany.

  13. medium

    In QSI's first season in charge (2011-12), which surprise package pipped PSG to the Ligue 1 title by three points?

    WhyOlivier Giroud's Montpellier stunned the newly rich PSG to win their only French title in 2012.

  14. hard

    Which German striker did Monaco sign from Internazionale in 1992?

    WhyArsène Wenger brought Jürgen Klinsmann to Monaco after he left Inter in 1992; he stayed two seasons before joining Tottenham Hotspur in 1994.

  15. medium

    Which manager led Monaco to the 1996-97 French league title?

    WhyJean Tigana's 1996-97 champions included Fabien Barthez, Thierry Henry, David Trezeguet and Emmanuel Petit.

  16. medium

    Under Didier Deschamps, Marseille won three consecutive editions of which competition from 2010 to 2012?

    WhyMarseille won the League Cup (Coupe de la Ligue) three years running from 2010 to 2012.

  17. hard

    Lyon broke their transfer record in 2009 to sign Argentine striker Lisandro López from which club?

    WhyLisandro López arrived from Porto, where he had been the Portuguese league's top scorer, for a fee of around €24m.

  18. medium

    Which goalkeeper spent eleven years at Lyon, winning all seven consecutive titles, before joining Atlético Madrid in 2008?

    WhyGrégory Coupet was Lyon's number one from 1997 to 2008, was named Ligue 1's best goalkeeper repeatedly, and left for Atlético Madrid.

  19. medium

    Which club, founded in 1872, is generally regarded as the oldest football club in France?

    WhyLe Havre Athletic Club dates to 1872, making it France's oldest football club.

  20. hard

    Which club knocked Lyon out of the 2016-17 Europa League at the semi-final stage?

    WhyAjax won the first leg 4-1 in Amsterdam and survived a 3-1 defeat in Lyon to go through 5-4 on aggregate.

  21. medium

    Monaco's only Coupe de la Ligue triumph came in which year?

    WhyMonaco beat Sochaux 4-1 in the 2003 final at the Stade de France for their sole French League Cup.

  22. medium

    Which forward did PSG sign from Barcelona in 2023?

    WhyOusmane Dembélé moved from Barcelona to PSG in the summer of 2023.

  23. hard

    How many goals did Monaco score in Ligue 1 during their 2016-17 title season?

    WhyMonaco scored a league-high 107 goals and finished the campaign on 95 points.

  24. medium

    How many French top-flight titles is Marseille officially credited with?

    WhyMarseille have nine recognised titles (last in 2010); a tenth, from 1992-93, was stripped.

  25. medium

    Which goalkeeper spent his entire career at Monaco, making 755 appearances between 1975 and 1994?

    WhyJean-Luc Ettori's 602 league games stood as the French top-flight appearance record until Mickaël Landreau passed it in 2013.

  26. hard

    In which season did Monaco win the French league championship and the Coupe de France in the same campaign?

    WhyMonaco completed the domestic double in 1962-63, adding the Coupe de France to their second league title.

  27. medium

    Jean-Pierre Papin won the 1991 Ballon d'Or while playing for which French club?

    WhyPapin was Marseille's prolific striker and won the 1991 Ballon d'Or during his time at the club.

  28. medium

    Which club did Monaco eliminate on away goals in the 2003-04 Champions League quarter-finals?

    WhyMonaco lost 4-2 in Madrid but won the return leg 3-1 to go through 5-5 on away goals.

  29. hard

    In which year was AS Monaco founded?

    WhyThe club was founded on 23 August 1924.

  30. medium

    Which club, managed by Laurent Blanc, won the 2008-09 Ligue 1 title to end Lyon's run of dominance?

    WhyLaurent Blanc led Girondins de Bordeaux to the 2008-09 Ligue 1 championship.

  31. medium

    Dimitri Payet returned to which club in 2017, where he became a fan-favourite captain and free-kick specialist?

    WhyPayet rejoined Marseille from West Ham in 2017 and led them to the 2018 Europa League final.

  32. hard

    Which Mexican defender played for Monaco from 1999 to 2003 before joining Barcelona?

    WhyRafael Márquez won the 1999-2000 French title in his first season at Monaco and moved to Barcelona in 2003.

  33. medium

    Which German club did Monaco knock out in the 2016-17 Champions League quarter-finals?

    WhyMonaco won 3-2 away and 3-1 at home to eliminate Borussia Dortmund 6-3 on aggregate.

  34. medium

    RC Lens play their home games at which famous stadium?

    WhyLens's Stade Bollaert-Delelis is renowned for its passionate "Sang et Or" crowd.

  35. hard

    Which trophy did Lyon lift in 2001, beating Monaco 2-1 in the final?

    WhyThe 2001 Coupe de la Ligue, won 2-1 after extra time at the Stade de France, was Lyon's first major trophy since the 1973 Coupe de France and the launchpad for their era of dominance.

  36. medium

    In the 2020 Champions League quarter-final in Lisbon, Lyon produced a huge upset by beating which English club 3-1?

    WhyLyon stunned Manchester City in the one-legged quarter-final, with Moussa Dembélé scoring twice off the bench to send Pep Guardiola's side out.

  37. medium

    Which manager was in charge for the last of Lyon's seven straight titles, a season that also brought the Coupe de France?

    WhyAlain Perrin completed the domestic double in 2007-08, Lyon's seventh consecutive league crown and their last to date.

  38. hard

    Which French forward was Ligue 1's top scorer in 2014-15 with 27 goals?

    WhyAlexandre Lacazette's 27 league goals for Lyon won him the golden boot and the French Player of the Year award, finishing ahead of Gignac's 21.

  39. medium

    Which businessman took over as Lyon president in 1987 and oversaw the club's rise from the second division to seven league titles?

    WhyJean-Michel Aulas arrived in 1987 with his 'OL – Europe' project when Lyon were a second-division side, and ran the club for over three decades.

  40. medium

    Lyon completed a domestic double in 2008 by beating which club 1-0 in the Coupe de France final?

    WhyKarim Benzema's goal beat Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade de France, adding the cup to Lyon's seventh straight league title.

  41. hard

    Lyon signed Brazilian striker Sonny Anderson in 1999 from which club?

    WhyAnderson joined Lyon from Barcelona, having moved to Catalonia from Monaco two years earlier.

  42. medium

    Which manager guided Monaco to the Ligue 2 title in 2012-13 and promotion back to the top flight?

    WhyClaudio Ranieri took over from Marco Simone and won the second division at the first attempt in 2012-13.

  43. medium

    After PSG, which club has won the second-most Ligue 1 titles, with 10 championships?

    WhySaint-Étienne dominated the 1960s and 70s to reach 10 league titles, the most of any club besides PSG.

  44. hard

    Who is the all-time leading goalscorer in French Ligue 1 history, with 299 goals?

    WhyArgentine-Italian striker Delio Onnis netted 299 Ligue 1 goals in the 1970s and 80s, a record that still stands.

  45. medium

    Which Spanish forward, on loan at Monaco from Real Madrid, was top scorer of the 2003-04 Champions League with nine goals?

    WhyFernando Morientes, on loan from parent club Real Madrid, was the outright top scorer of the 2003-04 Champions League with nine goals.

  46. medium

    Which French defender left Lyon for Barcelona in 2007?

    WhyÉric Abidal joined Barcelona from Lyon in 2007 and went on to win the Champions League twice in Catalonia.

  47. hard

    Which club did Monaco beat 4-2 in the 1960 Coupe de France final to win the first major trophy in their history?

    WhyMonaco beat Saint-Étienne 4-2 at Colombes in May 1960 for their first major honour.

  48. medium

    In which season did Lyon win the first Ligue 1 title in their history?

    WhyLyon were crowned French champions for the first time in 2001-02, launching their record run of seven in a row.

  49. medium

    Which French club reached the 2004 Champions League final, losing to Porto?

    WhyDeschamps' Monaco beat Real Madrid and Chelsea en route but lost the 2004 final 3-0 to Porto.

  50. hard

    Lyon clinched their first ever league title on the final day of the season by beating which club 3-1 at Gerland?

    WhyLens 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.

  51. medium

    Which club ended Lyon's run in the 2010 Champions League semi-finals?

    WhyBayern Munich won the first leg 1-0 in Munich through Arjen Robben, then thrashed Lyon 3-0 in the return with an Ivica Olić hat-trick to reach the 2010 final.

  52. medium

    Radamel Falcao signed for which Ligue 1 club in 2013, becoming its marquee striker?

    WhyMonaco signed Falcao from Atlético Madrid in 2013 as part of their big-spending return to Ligue 1.

  53. hard

    Which manager led Lyon to the Champions League semi-finals in 2020?

    WhyRudi Garcia took over in October 2019 and guided Lyon past Juventus and Manchester City before a 3-0 semi-final defeat to Bayern Munich.

  54. medium

    How many Ligue 1 titles did Kylian Mbappé win during his seven seasons at PSG (2017–2024)?

    WhyMbappé won six of seven possible league titles — the only one that escaped was 2020-21, when Lille pipped PSG to the crown.

  55. medium

    Roughly what is the capacity of Lyon's Groupama Stadium?

    WhyThe Parc Olympique Lyonnais holds just over 59,000, making it one of the largest club grounds in France.

  56. hard

    In which season did PSG win their first-ever French top-flight championship?

    WhyPSG claimed their maiden Division 1 title in 1985-86, more than a decade before the QSI era.

  57. medium

    Which French club did Zinedine Zidane play for before moving to Juventus in 1996?

    WhyHe previously played for Cannes before this club.

  58. medium

    Which businessman bought a two-thirds stake in AS Monaco in December 2011?

    WhyDmitry Rybolovlev acquired 66.67% of the club in December 2011, when Monaco were bottom of Ligue 2.

  59. hard

    Which of these France national team managers was Lyon's head coach from 1988 to 1993?

    WhyRaymond Domenech managed Lyon for five years from 1988, long before he took charge of France and led them to the 2006 World Cup final.

  60. medium

    Which player has won a record five UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year awards?

    WhyKylian Mbappé won the UNFP award in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 — a record.

  61. medium

    Who was Monaco's manager for the 2004 Champions League final?

    WhyDidier Deschamps coached Monaco from 2001 to 2005 and took them to the 2004 final.

  62. hard

    Which midfielder did Tottenham sign from Lyon in 2019 for what was then a club-record fee?

    WhyTanguy Ndombele's move to Tottenham was worth around £54m, breaking Spurs' transfer record at the time.

  63. medium

    Alexandre Lacazette returned to which boyhood club in 2022 after five years at Arsenal?

    WhyLacazette came through Lyon's academy and returned as captain in 2022 after his Arsenal spell.

  64. medium

    Who scored the winning goal in Marseille's 1993 Champions League final against AC Milan?

    WhyDefender Basile Boli headed home the only goal to beat AC Milan in the 1993 final.

  65. hard

    Which club knocked Monaco out of the 1997-98 Champions League at the semi-final stage?

    WhyJuventus won the first leg 4-1 in Turin, with Alessandro Del Piero scoring a hat-trick, and advanced 6-4 on aggregate.

  66. medium

    Which club has won the most Ligue 1 titles in French football history?

    WhyPSG have won a record 14 Ligue 1 titles, ahead of Saint-Étienne's 10.

  67. medium

    Before moving to the Groupama Stadium in 2016, Olympique Lyon played their home games at which historic ground?

    WhyLyon's long-time home was the Stade de Gerland until the Parc OL (Groupama Stadium) opened.

  68. hard

    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?

    WhyAS Saint-Étienne won 10 French championships, the most of any club before PSG overtook them.

  69. medium

    Which Italian giant did Marseille defeat in the 1993 Champions League final?

    WhyMarseille beat AC Milan 1-0 in Munich to claim the 1993 trophy.

  70. medium

    Marseille won four consecutive French league titles across which span?

    WhyUnder Bernard Tapie, Marseille won the title every year from 1989 to 1992.

  71. hard

    Which Dutch club eliminated Lyon on penalties in the 2004-05 Champions League quarter-finals?

    WhyPSV Eindhoven edged Lyon in a shootout after the tie finished level, then went out to Milan in the semi-finals on away goals.

  72. medium

    At which club did Thierry Henry begin his senior career, given his debut by Arsène Wenger?

    WhyHenry made his professional debut for Monaco in August 1994 under Arsène Wenger, who later reunited with him at Arsenal in 1999.

  73. medium

    Brazilian playmaker Ronaldinho played in Ligue 1 for which club before moving to Barcelona in 2003?

    WhyRonaldinho spent two seasons at PSG (2001-2003) before his career-defining move to Barcelona.

  74. hard

    Who was Monaco's manager when they won the 1977-78 French title in the season straight after promotion?

    WhyLucien Leduc's side came up and immediately took the 1977-78 championship, finishing a point clear of Nantes.

  75. medium

    Which French winger did Lyon sell to Chelsea in 2007?

    WhyFlorent Malouda moved to Chelsea in 2007 after four seasons at Lyon in which he won four league titles.

  76. medium

    Which manager led Lyon to the first Ligue 1 title in the club's history?

    WhyJacques Santini delivered Lyon's maiden French championship before leaving to take charge of the France national team.

  77. hard

    Which fashion designer became PSG club president in the 1970s and is credited with creating their iconic kit design?

    WhyHechter designed the central red stripe flanked by white on a blue base — the 'Hechter' shirt template that defines PSG's look to this day.

  78. medium

    Which African player began his European career at Monaco in 1988 after signing from Tonnerre Yaoundé?

    WhyGeorge Weah arrived from Cameroonian club Tonnerre Yaoundé in 1988 and won the Coupe de France with Monaco in 1991.

  79. medium

    Lyon knocked which Spanish club out of the Champions League in the 2009-10 last 16?

    WhyLyon beat Real Madrid 1-0 at home and drew 1-1 in the Bernabéu to go through 2-1 on aggregate, extending Madrid's run of last-16 exits.

  80. hard

    Whose record as Monaco's youngest first-team player did Kylian Mbappé break in December 2015?

    WhyMbappé was 16 years and 347 days old on his debut against Caen, beating Thierry Henry's mark of 17 years and 14 days.

  81. medium

    Monaco eliminated which English club on away goals in the 2016-17 Champions League round of 16?

    WhyAfter losing 5-3 at the Etihad, Monaco won the return 3-1 to go through 6-6 on away goals against Manchester City.

  82. medium

    The Stade Louis II is the home ground of which Ligue 1 club?

    WhyAS Monaco play at the Stade Louis II in the Principality of Monaco.

  83. hard

    Following the 1993 match-fixing scandal, Marseille were stripped of which season's Ligue 1 title?

    WhyMarseille won the 1992-93 title on the pitch but were stripped of it; PSG declined it, so no champion is listed.

  84. medium

    At the end of which season were Monaco relegated to Ligue 2?

    WhyMonaco went down in 2011, their first relegation from the French top flight in 35 years.

  85. medium

    Lyon signed Juninho Pernambucano in 2001 from which Brazilian club?

    WhyJuninho arrived from Vasco da Gama, where he had won the Copa Libertadores, and became Lyon's on-field leader for eight years.

  86. hard

    In which year did Ligue 1 (French top division) start as a professional league?

    WhyLigue 1 (then called Division 1) was founded in 1932 as France's first professional football league. Olympique Lillois won the first title.

  87. medium

    Before joining PSG in 2022, Christophe Galtier managed which other Ligue 1 club?

    WhyAfter his Lille title Galtier spent 2021-22 at Nice before taking the PSG job in 2022.

  88. easy

    In which year did Marseille win the Champions League, becoming the first French club to lift the trophy?

    WhyMarseille won the 1993 final in Munich, the first edition branded as the Champions League.

  89. hard

    From which Argentine club did Monaco sign David Trezeguet in 1995?

    WhyTrezeguet moved from Platense to Monaco in 1995 and went on to win two French titles there before joining Juventus.

  90. easy

    Which club beat Monaco in the 2004 Champions League final?

    WhyJosé Mourinho's Porto won the 2004 final 3-0 at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen.

  91. easy

    In 2024-25 Luis Enrique's PSG completed a historic season by winning their first-ever which trophy?

    WhyPSG lifted their first-ever Champions League in 2025, thrashing Inter 5-0 in the final.

  92. hard

    Lyon signed Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien in 2003 from which French club?

    WhyEssien joined from Bastia, won two titles at Lyon and was named Ligue 1 Player of the Year before Chelsea signed him in 2005.

  93. easy

    Which manager led PSG to the Ligue 1 title in both 2023-24 and 2024-25?

    WhyLuis Enrique took charge of PSG in 2023 and won the league in each of his first two seasons.

  94. easy

    What is the name of AS Monaco's home stadium?

    WhyMonaco have played at the Stade Louis II, built on land reclaimed from the sea, since it opened in January 1985.

  95. easy

    Monaco's traditional home shirt is famously split diagonally into which two colours?

    WhyThe diagonal red-and-white shirt has been Monaco's signature look for decades.

  96. easy

    Which club was the first French team to win the European Cup / Champions League?

    WhyMarseille beat AC Milan 1-0 in the 1993 final, remaining France's sole winner of Europe's top club trophy.

  97. easy

    Which Lyon goalkeeper joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2012?

    WhyHugo Lloris captained Lyon before moving to Tottenham in August 2012, where he spent eleven years and was made club captain in 2015.

  98. easy

    "Le Classique", the biggest rivalry in French football, is contested between PSG and which club?

    WhyLe Classique pits Paris Saint-Germain against Olympique de Marseille.

  99. easy

    Which club pulled off a surprise Ligue 1 title in 2011-12, holding off PSG on the final day?

    WhyMontpellier, led by Olivier Giroud's goals, edged PSG to their first-ever French title in 2012.

  100. easy

    Lyon dominated Ligue 1 in the 2000s with a French record run of consecutive league titles. How many did they win in a row?

    WhyLyon won seven straight French championships, a Ligue 1 record for consecutive titles, before the run finally ended.

  101. easy

    Lyon's fiercest derby rivalry is contested against which neighbouring club?

    WhyOnly about 60km separates the two cities, making Lyon v Saint-Étienne — the Derby Rhône-Alpes — one of French football's most hostile fixtures.

  102. easy

    Which club won Ligue 1 in the 2023-24 season, Kylian Mbappé's final campaign before leaving?

    WhyPSG cruised to the 2023-24 title, Mbappé's last season before his 2024 move to Real Madrid.

  103. easy

    Which French club is famously nicknamed "Les Verts" (The Greens)?

    WhyAS Saint-Étienne have long been called "Les Verts" for their all-green home kit.

  104. easy

    What colour are Lyon's traditional home shirts?

    WhyLyon's traditional home kit is a white shirt trimmed with the club's red and blue, the colours that also fill the OL crest.

  105. easy

    Which manager led Lille to their surprise Ligue 1 title in the 2020-21 season?

    WhyChristophe Galtier masterminded Lille's shock 2020-21 title ahead of PSG before leaving that summer.

  106. easy

    Which club did Kylian Mbappé move to from Monaco in 2017?

    WhyMbappé joined Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2017, immediately after Monaco's title-winning season.

  107. easy

    Kylian Mbappé left PSG in 2024 as a free agent to join which club?

    WhyMbappé finally joined Real Madrid on a free transfer in the summer of 2024.

  108. easy

    Which stadium has been Lyon's home ground since 2016?

    WhyLyon moved into the purpose-built Parc Olympique Lyonnais in the east of the city in January 2016; the ground was renamed the Groupama Stadium when the naming-rights deal was signed in 2017.

  109. easy

    Olympique Lyonnais supporters know the club by which nickname?

    Why'Gone' is Lyonnais dialect for a kid or lad, so Les Gones means 'the kids' — Les Verts are Saint-Étienne, Les Dogues are Lille and Les Aiglons are Nice.

  110. easy

    Luis Enrique won a treble as manager of which club in 2015, years before joining PSG?

    WhyLuis Enrique won the 2015 Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Rey treble with Barcelona.

  111. easy

    In which country's top division does AS Monaco play its league football?

    WhyAlthough the club is based in the Principality of Monaco, it has competed in the French league system throughout its history.

  112. easy

    Alexandre Lacazette left Lyon in 2017 to join which English club?

    WhyLacazette signed for Arsenal in July 2017 for a fee of around £46m, then a club-record signing for the Gunners.

  113. easy

    Which club paid a world-record €222 million to sign Neymar from Barcelona in 2017?

    WhyIn 2017 PSG triggered Neymar's release clause, paying Barcelona a world-record €222m — the biggest fee in football at the time.

  114. easy

    Which manager led Monaco to the 2016-17 Ligue 1 title?

    WhyPortuguese coach Leonardo Jardim took charge in 2014 and guided Monaco to the championship in 2016-17.

  115. easy

    Which Colombian striker joined Monaco from Atlético Madrid in 2013?

    WhyRadamel Falcao was the marquee signing of Monaco's spending spree after promotion back to Ligue 1.

  116. easy

    Which club finished runners-up to Monaco in Ligue 1 in 2016-17?

    WhyMonaco finished eight points clear of defending champions Paris Saint-Germain in 2016-17.

  117. easy

    How many times have Monaco won the French top division?

    WhyMonaco's eight championships came in 1961, 1963, 1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2000 and 2017.

  118. easy

    Which club has won the most UEFA Women's Champions League titles?

    WhyLyon's women's side has lifted the European trophy eight times, more than any other club in the competition's history.

  119. easy

    Zlatan Ibrahimović scored a famous 30-yard bicycle-kick goal against England in November 2012, months after joining PSG. Which national team was he playing for?

    WhyIbrahimović, a Swede, scored his iconic overhead kick against England in 2012 and signed for PSG the same summer.

  120. easy

    Which Brazilian midfielder, a devastating free-kick specialist, captained Lyon through their title-winning years?

    WhyJuninho Pernambucano spent eight seasons at Lyon from 2001, winning seven league titles and becoming famous for his dipping knuckleball free-kicks.

  121. easy

    Which manager was in charge of Monaco from 1987 to 1994 before later taking over at Arsenal?

    WhyArsène Wenger won the French title in his first season at Monaco in 1987-88 and stayed until 1994.

  122. easy

    In which league does Marseille compete?

    WhyMarseille play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football.

  123. easy

    Marseille's fiercest rivalry, known as 'Le Classique', is contested against which club?

    WhyMarseille versus Paris Saint-Germain is billed as province against capital, south against north.

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Ligue 1 quiz — FAQ

Which club has won Ligue 1 the most times?
Paris Saint-Germain, with a record 14 titles as of the end of the 2025-26 season — including five in a row. Saint-Étienne and Marseille are next with ten each; Saint-Étienne's total stood as the record for decades before PSG's modern dominance.
Has a French club ever won the Champions League?
Yes — Marseille were the first, beating AC Milan 1-0 in the 1993 final. They remained the only French winner for over three decades, until PSG beat Inter 5-0 in the 2025 final and then retained the trophy against Arsenal in 2026.
Is the Ligue 1 quiz free to play?
Yes — play the sample free in your browser, or get the Ball IQ app for the full Ligue 1 question bank plus daily challenges.
How hard are the questions?
They build from easy — recent champions, famous names — to genuinely hard questions about specific seasons, transfers and the deeper corners of French football history, so every level of fan gets tested.
About the Ligue 1 quiz

French football is the game's great production line — the league that gave the world Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin and Kylian Mbappé, and where Zinedine Zidane learned his trade at Cannes and Bordeaux — and this free Ligue 1 quiz covers all of it. Paris Saint-Germain's era of dominance and Le Classique, their ferocious rivalry with Marseille that splits the country between the capital and the south. The historic greens of Saint-Étienne. Lyon's dynasty, Monaco's golden generations, and the outsiders who gate-crashed the title race when nobody gave them a chance. Whether you follow the modern superclub or the deep history, this is the category that tests both.

It spans every defining era. Saint-Étienne ruled the 1960s and 70s, and their ten titles stood as the benchmark for decades — until PSG's Qatari-era machine swept past them; as of the end of the 2025-26 season, Paris hold a record 14, including five in a row. In between came Marseille's 1993 European Cup, the first won by any French club, Lyon's unprecedented seven consecutive titles from 2002 to 2008, Montpellier's fairy-tale 2012 crown, Monaco dethroning PSG in 2017 behind a teenage Kylian Mbappé, and Lille doing it again in 2021. And the PSG story kept growing: Zlatan Ibrahimović's swagger, Neymar's world-record €222m arrival, Lionel Messi's two seasons in Paris, Mbappé leaving for Real Madrid in 2024 as the club's all-time top scorer — and, at last, the Champions League in 2025, thrashing Inter 5-0 in Munich, then retained on penalties against Arsenal in 2026.

Questions cover champions and top scorers, famous Classiques, record transfers and the players who made the league a talent factory — from easy openers about which club has won Ligue 1 the most to hard ones about specific title races, European nights and where the legends began. Difficulty builds from casual to genuinely deep, so a new fan and a lifelong Ligue 1 obsessive both get a real test.

As with every Ball IQ quiz, each answer comes with a short explanation, so even the questions you miss teach you something about French football. Play the free sample below, then open the Ball IQ app for the full Ligue 1 bank plus daily challenges.

The Ligue 1 set runs the full range — easy starters, a medium core, and hard questions a devoted fan has to think about.