The French football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in France, Ligue 1. Since the National Council of the French Football Federation voted in support of professionalism in French football in 1930, the professional football championship of France has been contested through Ligue 1, formerly known as Division 1 from 1933 to 2002.Gilles Gauthey, Le football professionnel français, Paris, 1961, p.18. Éditée et diffusée par l'auteur.

Prior to this, the first division championship of French football was contested through a league run by the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA), an organization that supported amateur sport. The USFSA's league run from 1894 to 1919 and awarded 22 league titles before being suspended in 1915 due to World War I and the creation and success of the Coupe de France, which had quickly become the country's national competition. The USFSA returned in 1919 changing the league into numerous regional amateur leagues that awarded no league title. This system lasted from 1919 to 1926. In 1926, the first division's reins were handed over to the French Football Federation. The federation organized and ran a league composed of the regional amateur league champions called the Championnat de France amateur from 1927 to 1929 and awarded three titles before the league was converted to the professional league that exists today in 1932.

The first champions of French football were Standard Athletic Club, who defeated The White Rovers 2–0 in Courbevoie on 6 May 1894. The initial championship match was held on 29 April but finished 2–2, so the match was replayed. Standard went on to win the French championship four more times over the next seven years before RC Roubaix took control of the league becoming the first French club to win three straight titles beginning in 1902. Following Roubaix's success, the ownership of the amateur league title began rotating back and forth from the north of France to the south of France with Marseille eventually winning the last amateur title in 1929.

The first French football champions of the professional era were Olympique Lillois, a predecessor of Lille, who defeated Cannes 4–3 on 14 May 1933 at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes. Sète were crowned champions the following season and, in 1939, became the first professional club in France to win two titles. Following the conclusion of World War II, Saint-Étienne became the model club of the country winning four consecutive titles from 1966 to 1970. The club won all its 10 titles in a span of 25 years. Marseille repeated Saint-Étienne's feat of four consecutive titles from 1988 to 1992. It would take the club another 17 years to win another title. During the hiatus between Marseille's title in 1992 and the club's most recent in 2010, Lyon established themselves as a top club winning their first title in 2002. The title started a national record-breaking streak of seven successive league championships with the streak coming to an end following the 2008–09 season when Bordeaux eclipsed them winning their sixth title.

Paris Saint-Germain have the most titles in French football, with 14, followed by Saint-Étienne and Marseille, with 10 each. The majority of Saint-Étienne's titles came during the 1960s and 1970s when the club was led by managers Jean Snella, Albert Batteux, and Robert Herbin. Marseille has nine professional league titles and one amateur title which they won in the 1928–29 season. The club initially equalled Saint-Étienne's number of titles won during the 1992–93 season, but the title was stripped after it was discovered by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) that the club's president Bernard Tapie had bribed the opposition's players. Tapie was later found guilty of bribery and sentenced to two years in prison. In the 2009–10 season, Marseille equalled Saint-Étienne's number of titles, amateur or professional. Paris Saint-Germain won 12 of their 14 titles in a 14-year span from 2013 to 2026. Nantes and Monaco are fourth with eight titles each, while Lyon has seven.

List of champions †Winning team also won Coupe de France in the same season, winning a domestic Double.†Winning team also won UEFA Champions League in the same season, winning a continental Double.§Winning team also won Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue in the same season, winning a domestic Treble#Winning team also won UEFA Champions League and Coupe de France in the same season, winning a continental Treble.

Season Winners Runners-up Third placeAmateur era (1893–1929) 1893–94 Standard Athletic Club (1) The White Rovers N/A 1894–95 Standard Athletic Club (2) The White Rovers N/A 1895–96 Club Français (1) The White Rovers N/A 1896–97 Standard Athletic Club (3) The White Rovers N/A 1897–98 Standard Athletic Club (4) Club Français N/A 1898–99 Le Havre (1) Club Français N/A 1899–1900 Le Havre (2) Club Français N/A 1900–01 Standard Athletic Club (5) Le Havre N/A 1901–02 Roubaix (1) RC Paris N/A 1902–03 Roubaix (2) RC Paris N/A 1903–04 Roubaix (3) Suisse Paris N/A 1904–05 Gallia Club Paris (1) Roubaix N/A 1905–06 Roubaix (4) N/A 1906–07 RC Paris (1) Roubaix N/A 1907–08 Roubaix (5) RC Paris N/A 1908–09 Stade Helvétique (1) N/A 1909–10 US Tourcoing (1) Stade Helvétique N/A 1910–11 Stade Helvétique (2) RC Paris N/A 1911–12 Saint-Raphaël (1) AS Française N/A 1912–13 Stade Helvétique (3) Rouen N/A 1913–14 Olympique Lillois (1) Sète N/A 1914–18 1918–19 Le Havre (3) Marseille N/A 1919–26 1926–27 (1) Marseille 1927–28 Stade Français (1) US Tourcoing N/A 1928–29 Marseille (1) Club Français N/A 1929–32Professional era (1932–present) 1932–33 Olympique Lillois (2) Cannes RC Paris 1933–34Sète (1) Fives Marseille 1934–35 Sochaux (1) Strasbourg RC Paris 1935–36RC Paris (2) Olympique Lillois Strasbourg 1936–37 Marseille (2) Sochaux RC Paris 1937–38 Sochaux (2) Marseille Sète 1938–39 Sète (2) Marseille RC Paris 1939–45 1945–46Lille (1) Saint-Étienne CO Roubaix-Tourcoing 1946–47 Roubaix–Tourcoing (1) Reims Strasbourg 1947–48 Marseille (3) Lille Reims 1948–49 Reims (1) Lille Marseille 1949–50 Bordeaux (1) Lille Reims 1950–51 Nice (1) Lille Le Havre 1951–52Nice (2) Bordeaux Lille 1952–53 Reims (2) Sochaux Bordeaux 1953–54 Lille (2) Reims Bordeaux 1954–55 Reims (3) Toulouse (1937) Lens 1955–56 Nice (3) Lens Monaco 1956–57 Saint-Étienne (1) Lens Reims 1957–58Reims (4) Nîmes Monaco 1958–59 Nice (4) Nîmes RC Paris 1959–60 Reims (5) Nîmes RC Paris 1960–61 Monaco (1) RC Paris Reims 1961–62 Reims (6) RC Paris Nîmes 1962–63Monaco (2) Reims Sedan 1963–64 Saint-Étienne (2) Monaco RC Lens 1964–65 Nantes (1) Bordeaux Valenciennes 1965–66 Nantes (2) Bordeaux Valenciennes 1966–67 Saint-Étienne (3) Nantes Angers 1967–68Saint-Étienne (4) Nice Sochaux 1968–69 Saint-Étienne (5) Bordeaux Metz 1969–70Saint-Étienne (6) Marseille RC Paris-Sedan 1970–71 Marseille (4) Saint-Étienne Nantes 1971–72Marseille (5) Nîmes Sochaux 1972–73 Nantes (3) Nice Marseille 1973–74Saint-Étienne (7) Nantes Lyon 1974–75Saint-Étienne (8) Marseille Lyon 1975–76 Saint-Étienne (9) Nice Sochaux 1976–77 Nantes (4) Lens Bastia 1977–78 Monaco (3) Nantes Strasbourg 1978–79 Strasbourg Nantes Saint-Étienne 1979–80 Nantes (5) Sochaux Saint-Étienne 1980–81 Saint-Étienne (10) Nantes Bordeaux 1981–82 Monaco (4) Saint-Étienne Sochaux 1982–83 Nantes (6) Bordeaux Paris Saint-Germain 1983–84 Bordeaux (2) Monaco Auxerre 1984–85 Bordeaux (3) Nantes Monaco 1985–86 Paris Saint-Germain (1) Nantes Bordeaux 1986–87Bordeaux (4) Marseille Toulouse 1987–88 Monaco (5) Bordeaux Montpellier 1988–89Marseille (6) Paris Saint-Germain Monaco 1989–90 Marseille (7) Bordeaux Monaco 1990–91 Marseille (8) Monaco Auxerre 1991–92 Marseille (9) Monaco Paris Saint-Germain 1992–93 — Paris Saint-Germain Monaco 1993–94 Paris Saint-Germain (2) Marseille Auxerre 1994–95 Nantes (7) Lyon Paris Saint-Germain 1995–96Auxerre (1) Paris Saint-Germain Monaco 1996–97 Monaco (6) Paris Saint-Germain Nantes 1997–98 Lens (1) Metz Monaco 1998–99 Bordeaux (5) Marseille Lyon 1999–2000 Monaco (7) Paris Saint-Germain Lyon 2000–01 Nantes (8) Lyon Lille 2001–02 Lyon (1) Lens Auxerre 2002–03 Lyon (2) Monaco Marseille 2003–04 Lyon (3) Paris Saint-Germain Monaco 2004–05 Lyon (4) Lille Monaco 2005–06 Lyon (5) Bordeaux Lille 2006–07 Lyon (6) Marseille Toulouse 2007–08Lyon (7) Bordeaux Marseille 2008–09 Bordeaux (6) Marseille Lyon 2009–10 Marseille (10) Lyon Auxerre 2010–11Lille (3) Marseille Lyon 2011–12 Montpellier (1) Paris Saint-Germain Lille 2012–13 Paris Saint-Germain (3) Marseille Lyon 2013–14 Paris Saint-Germain (4) Monaco Lille 2014–15Paris Saint-Germain (5) Lyon Monaco 2015–16Paris Saint-Germain (6) Lyon Monaco 2016–17 Monaco (8) Paris Saint-Germain Nice 2017–18Paris Saint-Germain (7) Monaco Lyon 2018–19 Paris Saint-Germain (8) Lille Lyon 2019–20Paris Saint-Germain (9) Marseille Rennes 2020–21 Lille (4) Paris Saint-Germain Monaco 2021–22 Paris Saint-Germain (10) Marseille Monaco 2022–23 Paris Saint-Germain (11) Lens Marseille 2023–24Paris Saint-Germain (12) Monaco Brest 2024–25Paris Saint-Germain (13) Marseille Monaco 2025–26Paris Saint-Germain (14) Lens Lille

Performance

Performance by club in amateur era and professional era Rank Club Winners Runners-up Winning seasons Runner-up seasons1 1985–86, 1993–94, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26 1988–89, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2020–212 Marseille 1928–29, 1936–37, 1947–48, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2009–10 1918–19, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1986–87, 1993–94, 1998–99, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2024–25 Saint-Étienne 1956–57, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–81 1945–46, 1970–71, 1981–824 Monaco 1960–61, 1962–63, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2016–17 1963–64, 1983–84, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2002–03, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2023–24 Nantes 1964–65, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1994–95, 2000–01 1966–67, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–866 Lyon 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 1994–95, 2000–01, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–167 Bordeaux 1949–50, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1998–99, 2008–09 1951–52, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90, 2005–06, 2007–08 Lille 1913–14, 1932–33, 1945–46, 1953–54, 2010–11, 2020–21 1935–36, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 2004–05, 2018–19 Reims 1948–49, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62 1946–47, 1953–54, 1962–6311 Standard Athletic Club 1893–94, 1894–95, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1900–01 RC Roubaix 1901–02, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1905–06, 1907–08 1904–05, 1906–0712 Nice 1950–51, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1958–59 1967–68, 1972–73, 1975–7613 Stade Helvétique 1908–09, 1910–11, 1912–13 1909–10 Le Havre 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1918–19 1900–0115 RC Paris 1906–07, 1935–36 1901–02, 1902–03, 1907–08, 1910–11, 1960–61, 1961–62 Sochaux 1934–35, 1937–38 1936–37, 1952–53, 1979–80 Sète 1933–34, 1938–39 1913–1418 Lens 1997–98 1955–56, 1956–57, 1976–77, 2001–02, 2022–23, 2025–26 Club Français 1895–96 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1928–29 1926–27 1905–06, 1908–09 US Tourcoing 1909–10 1927–28 Rouen 1944–45 1912–13 Strasbourg 1978–79 1934–35 Gallia Club Paris 1904–05 Saint-Raphaël 1911–12 Stade Français 1927–28 Auxerre 1995–96 Montpellier 2011–12 Roubaix TC 1946–47N/A The White Rovers 1893–94, 1894–95, 1895–96, 1896–97 Nîmes 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1971–72 Suisse Paris 1903–04 AS Française 1911–12 Amiens 1926–27 Cannes 1932–33 Fives 1933–34 Toulouse (1937) 1954–55 Metz 1997–98 Notes: Bold indicates clubs currently playing in Ligue 1. Lille OSC is the legal heir of Olympique Lillois. Toulouse FC is not the successor to Toulouse FC (1937).

Performance by club in professional era