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Utaka fires Montpellier to first title

Utaka fires Montpellier to first title

Nigeria striker John Utaka’s brace against Auxerre have won Montpellier their first-ever French league championship.

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Ligue 1 2011/12

League Overview

Ligue 1 is France’s top flight football division and features 20 teams. It was founded in 1932 and was known as National and Division 1 before a change to its present name in 2002.

Saint-Etienne have won the most Ligue 1 titles (10), while the reigning champions are Lille OSC, who picked up their first title for over 50 years in 2010/11.

The new 2011/12 season kicks-off on 6 August 2011 and ends on 20 May 2012.

Standings

Standings Matches Goals  
 Pos  Team MP Won Drawn Lost GF GA Pts
1 Montpellier Montpellier 38 25 7 6 68 34 82
2 PSG PSG 38 23 10 5 75 41 79
3 Lille Lille 38 21 11 6 72 39 74
4 Lyon Lyon 38 19 7 12 64 51 64
5 Bordeaux Bordeaux 38 16 13 9 53 41 61
6 Rennes Rennes 38 17 9 12 53 44 60
7 St. Etienne St. Etienne 38 16 9 13 49 45 57
8 Toulouse Toulouse 38 15 11 12 37 34 56
9 Evian Evian 38 13 11 14 54 55 50
10 Marseille Marseille 38 12 12 14 45 41 48
11 AS Nancy AS Nancy 38 11 12 15 38 48 45
12 Valenciennes Valenciennes 38 12 7 19 40 50 43
13 Nice Nice 38 10 12 16 39 46 42
14 Sochaux Sochaux 38 11 9 18 40 60 42
15 Brest Brest 38 8 17 13 31 38 41
16 Ajaccio AC Ajaccio AC 38 9 14 15 40 61 41
17 Lorient Lorient 38 9 12 17 35 49 39
18 Caen Caen 38 9 11 18 39 59 38
19 Dijon FCO Dijon FCO 38 9 9 20 38 63 36
20 Auxerre Auxerre 38 7 13 18 46 57 34
LEGEND  POS: Position  PTS: Points  MP: Matches Played  GF: Goals For  GA: Goals Against