2025–26 Première Ligue

Première Ligue
Season2025–26
Dates6 September 2025 – 31 May 2026
Matches96
Goals288 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerRomée Leuchter
(14 goals)[1]
Longest winning runLyon
(12 matches)
Longest unbeaten runLyon
(16 matches)
Longest winless runMontpellier
(11 matches)
Longest losing runLens
(6 matches)
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All statistics correct as of 22 February 2026.

The 2025–26 Première Ligue season, also known as Arkema Première Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the 52nd season of top national women's football league in France and the second season since its rebranding as Première Ligue. Lyon are the defending champions, having won their record-extending 18th title in the 2024–25 season.[2]

The season began on 6 September 2025 and is scheduled to end on 31 May 2026 with the play-off final.[3]

Teams

Location of teams in the 2025–26 Première Ligue
Team Home city Home ground
Dijon Dijon Stade Gaston Gérard
Fleury Fleury-Mérogis Stade Robert Bobin
Le Havre Le Havre Stade Océane
Lens Lens Stade François Blin
Lyon Lyon Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Marseille Marseille OM Campus
Montpellier Montpellier Bernard Gasset Training Centre
Nantes Nantes Stade Marcel-Saupin
Paris FC Paris Stade Sébastien Charléty
Paris Saint-Germain Paris Campus PSG
Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne Stade Salif-Keita
Strasbourg Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau

Team changes

Promoted from 2024–25 Seconde Ligue Relegated from 2024–25 Première Ligue

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lyon 16 15 1 0 61 7 +54 46 Qualification for the play-offs
2 Nantes 16 9 3 4 30 28 +2 30
3 Paris FC 16 9 3 4 28 12 +16 30
4 Fleury 16 8 5 3 22 11 +11 29
5 Paris Saint-Germain 16 9 2 5 35 22 +13 29
6 Strasbourg 16 7 4 5 21 22 −1 25
7 Dijon 16 5 6 5 14 21 −7 21
8 Le Havre 16 4 4 8 16 32 −16 16
9 Marseille 16 4 3 9 21 35 −14 15
10 Saint-Étienne 16 2 3 11 8 28 −20 9
11 Montpellier 16 2 3 11 21 34 −13 9 Relegation to the Seconde Ligue
12 Lens 16 2 3 11 14 39 −25 9
Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2026. Source: FFF.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) goals scored

Results

Home \ Away DIJ FLE LEN LHV LYO MAR MON NAN PFC PSG SET STR
Dijon — 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–4 0–4
Fleury 0–0 — 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0
Lens 0–2 — 2–1 1–8 3–4 1–2 0–3[a] 1–0 0–1
Le Havre 0–1 1–1 — 0–7 3–2 0–4 0–4 0–0 2–2
Lyon 3–0 1–0 — 3–1 6–1 1–0 6–1 4–0 5–0
Marseille 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–6 — 0–3 1–5 0–1 0–0
Montpellier 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–5 0–3 — 1–2 2–0
Nantes 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 — 3–1 2–1 0–1
Paris FC 2–0 3–0 0–0 6–1 2–1 1–2 — 0–3 2–0
Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 0–3[b] 3–0 0–3[c] 2–2 5–2 0–0 —
Saint-Étienne 0–1 0–2 0–4 4–2 0–1 1–4 — 0–2
Strasbourg 0–3 2–2 2–4 2–1 0–0 3–0[d] 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2026. Source: FFF.fr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ Lens forfeited the match for fielding an ineligible player, Louann Archier. The match had originally ended in a 1–1 draw.
  2. ^ Paris Saint-Germain forfeited the match for fielding an ineligible player, Florianne Jourde. The match had originally ended in a 4–0 win for PSG.
  3. ^ Paris Saint-Germain forfeited the match for fielding an ineligible player, Florianne Jourde. The match had originally ended in a 2–0 win for PSG.
  4. ^ Paris Saint-Germain forfeited the match for fielding an ineligible player, Florianne Jourde. The match had originally ended in a 0–1 win for PSG.

Play-offs

The top four teams from the regular season qualify for the play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first plays the team which finished fourth. Rest of the two teams would face each other.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 22 February 2026[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romée Leuchter Paris Saint-Germain 14
2 Merveille Kanjinga Paris Saint-Germain 10
3 Mathilde Bourdieu Marseille 9
Tabitha Chawinga Lyon
5 Lucie Calba Nantes 8
Aude Gbedjissi Lens
Emelyne Laurent Fleury
8 Vicki Bècho Lyon 7
9 Lorena Azzaro Paris FC 6
Maëlle Garbino Paris FC
Inès Konan Strasbourg
Justine Rouquet Montpellier

Most clean sheets

As of 22 February 2026
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Mylène Chavas Paris FC 9
Mary Earps Paris Saint-Germain
3 Constance Picaud Fleury 8
4 Manon Wahl Strasbourg 7
5 Christiane Endler Lyon 4
Teagan Micah Lyon
Margot Shore Marseille
Katriina Talaslahti Dijon
9 Alice Pinguet Saint-Étienne 3
10 Féerine Belhadj Lyon 2
Emily Burns Nantes

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Korbin Shrader Lyon Paris Saint-Germain 6–1 (H) 27 September 2025
Vicki Bècho Lyon Lens 8–1 (A) 3 October 2025
Liana Joseph Lyon Lens 8–1 (A) 3 October 2025
Emelyne Laurent Fleury Lens 4–0 (H) 1 November 2025
Mathilde Bourdieu4 Marseille Strasbourg 4–2 (A) 8 February 2026
Romée Leuchter Paris Saint-Germain Lens 3–0 (H) 20 February 2026

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
4 – Player scored four goals.

Awards

Player of the Month

Main article: Première Ligue Player of the Month
Month Winner Club Ref.
September 2025 Clara Mateo Paris FC [4]
October 2025 Sonia Ouchene Montpellier [5]
November 2025 Jule Brand Lyon [6]
December 2025 Lucie Calba Nantes [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Première Ligue 2025-2026 - Classement des buteuses". statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Lyon reste maître dans son royaume" (in French). FFF. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Le calendrier de la saison 2025-2026" (in French). FFF. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Mateo, un trophée et un but". 18 October 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Sonia Ouchene joueuse du mois d'octobre". 10 November 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Jule Brand joueuse du mois de novembre". 12 December 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Lucie Calba, décembre au balcon". 21 January 2026. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
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