French Ligue 1 Week One Recap and Video Highlights: Bordeaux and Marseille win
The French Ligue 1 began this weekend with a full set of matches. Reigning 2008-09 champions Bordeaux and runner-up Marseille were both victorious in their first matches while other teams struggled. Overall, it’s a long season and not much can be drawn from the first week of matches. Here’s a recap of Week 1, video highlights, and the latest league table.
Marseille and Bordeaux start off with victories
The top two teams from last season started off strong with wins in Week 1. Other teams getting wins in the opening week were Rennes with a solid 3-0 victory at home and Nancy Lorraine with a good road win at Valenciennes. It’s till early in the season and hard to tell what teams will be at the top of the table in May.
It’s very early
Strong teams such as Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon had draws but its only the first week of the season. It won’t be until late September to mid October before the league table will start to sort to see which teams will be contending for the league title.
Video Highlights – Click on the score of each fixture to view video highlights
Week 1 – Saturday, August 08, 2009
21:00
AJ Auxerre
0 – 1
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
21:00
Grenoble Foot 38
0 – 2
Olympique de Marseille
21:00
Le Mans UC 72
2 – 2
Olympique Lyonnais
21:00
AS Monaco FC
1 – 0
Toulouse FC
21:00
Montpellier HSC
1 – 1
Paris Saint-Germain
21:00
Stade Rennais FC
3 – 0
US Boulogne CO
21:00
AS Saint-Etienne
0 – 2
OGC Nice
21:00
Valenciennes FC
1 – 3
AS Nancy Lorraine
Week 1 – Sunday, August 09, 2009
17:00
LOSC
1 – 2
FC Lorient
21:00
FC Girondins de Bordeaux
4 – 1
RC Lens
| Week 1 – Saturday, August 08, 2009 | |
| Week 1 – Sunday, August 09, 2009 | |
League Table through Sunday August 9, 2009
| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | FC Girondins de Bordeaux |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
| 2 | Stade Rennais FC |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
| 3 | AS Nancy Lorraine |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 4 | Olympique de Marseille |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 5 | OGC Nice |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 6 | FC Lorient |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 7 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 8 | AS Monaco FC |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Le Mans UC 72 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Paris Saint-Germain |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Montpellier HSC |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | LOSC |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | AJ Auxerre |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Toulouse FC |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Valenciennes FC |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | AS Saint-Etienne |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Grenoble Foot 38 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | RC Lens |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | US Boulogne CO |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
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