2025–26 Première Ligue

Première Ligue
Season2025–26
Dates6 September 2025 – 31 May 2026
Matches90
Goals267 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerRomée Leuchter
(11 goals)[1]
Longest winning runLyon
(12 matches)
Longest unbeaten runLyon
(15 matches)
Longest winless runMontpellier
(10 matches)
Longest losing runLens
(6 matches)
2026–27
All statistics correct as of 8 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

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 15 14 1 0 55 5 +50 43 Qualification for the play-offs
2 Nantes 15 9 2 4 28 26 +2 29
3 Fleury 15 8 4 3 22 11 +11 28
4 Paris FC 15 8 3 4 24 12 +12 27
5 Paris Saint-Germain 15 8 2 5 32 22 +10 26
6 Strasbourg 15 6 4 5 19 22 −3 22
7 Dijon 15 5 5 5 14 21 −7 20
8 Le Havre 15 4 4 7 16 28 −12 16
9 Marseille 15 4 3 8 19 29 −10 15
10 Lens 15 2 3 10 14 36 −22 9
11 Saint-Étienne 15 2 3 10 8 26 −18 9 Relegation to the Seconde Ligue
12 Montpellier 15 2 2 11 19 32 −13 8
Updated to match(es) played on 8 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 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 0–0 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 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 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] 0–3[c] 2–2 5–2 0–0
Saint-Étienne 0–1 0–2 0–4 4–2 0–1 1–4
Strasbourg 0–3 2–2 2–4 2–1 0–0 3–0[d] 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 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 8 February 2026[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Netherlands Romée Leuchter Paris Saint-Germain 11
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Merveille Kanjinga Paris Saint-Germain 10
3 France Mathilde Bourdieu Marseille 9
4 Benin Aude Gbedjissi Lens 8
France Emelyne Laurent Fleury
6 France Lucie Calba Nantes 7
Malawi Tabitha Chawinga Lyon
8 France Vicki Bècho Lyon 6
Ivory Coast Inès Konan Strasbourg
France Justine Rouquet Montpellier

Most clean sheets

As of 8 February 2026
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 France Mylène Chavas Paris FC 8
England Mary Earps Paris Saint-Germain
3 France Constance Picaud Fleury 7
4 France Manon Wahl Strasbourg 6
5 Chile Christiane Endler Lyon 4
Australia Teagan Micah Lyon
Italy Margot Shore Marseille
8 France Alice Pinguet Saint-Étienne 3
Finland Katriina Talaslahti Dijon
10 France Féerine Belhadj Lyon 2
Canada Emily Burns Nantes

Hat-tricks

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

Month Winner Club Ref.
September 2025 France Clara Mateo Paris FC [4]
October 2025 France Sonia Ouchene Montpellier [5]
November 2025 Germany Jule Brand Lyon [6]
December 2025 France 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.