PSG travelled to Ukraine with hope, but were on the back foot throughout after Ismaël Bangoura had given Dynamo a fourth-minute lead. Paris Saint-Germain, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners, marched into the last-16 where they faced Portuguese side Sporting Braga. The 2008–09 season was French football club Paris Saint-Germain's 36th professional season, their 36th season in Ligue 1 and their 35th consecutive season in French top-flight. [59] Paris Saint Germain remained second, but lost ground after they were held to a goalless draw at Grenoble. [85], Paris Saint-Germain entered the UEFA Cup at the first round, 18 months after their last European clash against Benfica on 15 March 2007. Le classement est dominé par Lyon, Bordeaux et Marseille. [61] A superb first-half strike from Ludovic Giuly and a Mickaël Landreau penalty save were enough to give Paris Saint-Germain a narrow win at Lorient and ease Paul Le Guen's side within a point of leaders Lyon. [74] Paris Saint-Germain squeezed through to the last-32 of the French Cup, but failed to impress against fourth division outfit, Montluçon. Paris Saint-Germain showed great character as the pre-season lived up to all its promise and more, being without any doubt a positive outing for Paul Le Guen's side. [48], Paris Saint-Germain were too strong for Le Havre and took the points with goals from Guillaume Hoarau and Ludovic Giuly. La LFP a décidé de ne pas renouveler ce système cette année. [7] Charles Villeneuve replaced Simon Tahar as president days after the club maintained Ligue 1 status and was defeated in the French Cup Final by Lyon. Paris Saint-Germain was managed by Paul Le Guen. Ainsi, des équipes assez performantes telles Toulouse (746) ou Nice (750) ont tenté moins de 800 centres sur les 38 matchs de la saison. Le parcours des clubs français en coupes d'Europe est important puisqu'il détermine le coefficient UEFA, et donc le nombre de clubs français présents en coupes d'Europe les années suivantes. Paris Saint-Germain's average home gate for the 2008–09 season was 40,902, the second-highest in the Ligue 1. I hope to build the team on a budget of 30 million euros. [58] Paris Saint-Germain registered their fourth Ligue 1 victory in a row against Saint-Étienne to move outright second in the standings, one point behind Lyon, ahead of the champions match at home to Le Havre. As seen in Éric Leroy's words, PSG started the campaign with the prospect of matching last season's heights by finishing between the first four in the league and pulling something off in the Challenge de France:[99]. [70] Paris saw their chances of overtaking Lyon into third place and a Champions League qualifying spot dealt a blow as they succumbed to in-form Auxerre at the Parc des Princes. [9] Paris Saint-Germain announced that Lilian Thuram would not play for the capital club. [76] Paris Saint-Germain beat lower league opposition to progress to the last 16 of the French Cup. Le classement est calculé avec le barème de points suivant : une victoire vaut trois points, le match nul un. The entire process cost €5 million and was inaugurated on 4 November 2008. [23], Nike manufactured the kits for Paris Saint-Germain and Emirates Airlines continued to be the club's main sponsor. Les vingt clubs se rencontrent chacun deux fois au cours de la saison: une fois sur leur propre terrain et une fois sur le terrain de l'adversaire. [67] Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain raised the curtain on a decisive weekend of football with a heart-stopping draw at the Stade Gerland which, in the end, suited neither side. RETRO : MATCH L1 Journée 36 OM - OL 2008-2009. Late goals from Mateja Kežman and Péguy Luyindula saw PSG clinch third spot in Group A ahead of Racing Santander on goal difference. À l'issue de la saison (voir les règles de classement), les clubs placés aux trois premières places du championnat joueront la Ligue des champions. [63] Toulouse continued their string of strong results with a comprehensive win at home to Paris, their tenth victory in 14 matches in all competitions in 2009, to climb back to fourth place on the Ligue 1 table. 6: Temps de jeu total en minutes. Cette statistique met en valeur les équipes dont les attaquants (et les autres joueurs) cherchent avant tout à tirer au but de manière certaine, et pas simplement le plus possible. Les trois premières équipes du classement reçoivent respectivement 25 %, 15 % et 10 % de la totalité des sommes perçues, la moitié restante du montant étant offert à des organisations à but humanitaire, caritatif ou social. [87] The capital club was inserted into Group A with German club Schalke 04, English side Manchester City, Spanish outfit Racing de Santander, and Dutch club Twente. [16] Paris Saint-Germain announced that Charles Villeneuve would resign from his mandate as president-general manager ahead of the General Assembly. Chaque carton donne lieu à une amende de 80 EUR ou 230 EUR payée par le club concerné. Paris Saint-Germain was present in the 2008–09 Ligue 1, the 2008–09 Coupe de France and the 2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue. They were the defending champions having won the title the past seven consecutive seasons. Beijing was elected as the host city for the 2008 Summer Olympics on 13 July 2001, during the 112th IOC Session in Moscow, defeating bids from Toronto, Paris, Istanbul, and Osaka. Un challenge du fair-play est organisé par l'Union des clubs professionnels de football (UCPF) et la Ligue de football professionnel (LFP) pour récompenser les équipes totalisant le moins d'avertissements et d'expulsions[21]. Le PSG bat Nancy au Parc des Princes sur le score de 4 buts à 1, Lyon fait match nul contre Rennes sur le score de 1 but partout, Marseille bat Caen sur le score de 1 but à 0. [2] Cayzac was temporarily replaced by Simon Tahar, then succeeded by Charles Villeneuve, days after Paris Saint-Germain maintained Ligue 1 status and was defeated in the French Cup Final by Lyon. [95] Guillaume Hoarau came off the bench to score the only goal of the game to give Paris Saint-Germain a win over Braga and see them join Marseille in the quarter-finals. [44] Goals abounded as Paris Saint-Germain handed Marseille its first league defeat of the season, outscoring their arch-rivals four goals to two and denying them top spot on the table in a thrilling 'clasico' at the Stade Vélodrome. Par ailleurs, si la Russie gagne plus de 1 293 points que la France l'année prochaine, la France descendrait à la sixième place. OL.fr [30] Paris Saint-Germain recorded two consecutive victories over Belgian sides Gent and Roeselare with youngster Yannick Boli scoring his third goal in pre-season. Enfin, c'est Sochaux qui a eu le plus d'expulsions (6). Le premier niveau du championnat oppose dix-neuf clubs français et un club monégasque en une série de trente-huit journées. Ainsi, L'Olympique de Marseille est l'équipe qui a le plus tiré en direction des buts (avec 489 tirs), ce qui prouve son engagement offensif, mais elle n'est qu'à la seizième place du ratio tirs tentés / tirs cadrés, ce qui démontre sa trop grande propension à chercher le tir à tout prix. [18] Sébastien Bazin was named the new president of Paris Saint-Germain. [47] Ludovic Giuly's first goal for Paris Saint-Germain was enough to earn all three against a resistant, if largely uninspired, Lille who saw their nine-game unbeaten run brought to an end at the Parc des Princes. [11] Jérémy Clément signed a one-year contract extension until 2012. The draw for the last-64 of the French Cup saw Paris Saint-Germain paired with CFA club Montluçon. Emirates Airlines confirmed their commitment to PSG by extending the current partnership until 2014. Do as well as last season! [82] In a dramatic twist of fate, Paris Saint-Germain hosted Lens in the pick of the quarter-final draw. Les deux autres places sont attribuées au vainqueur de la Coupe nationale et à celui de la Coupe de la Ligue. [62], Marseille are up to second in Ligue 1 after they emerged victorious over a ten-man Paris Saint-Germain in the 'classico'. [8] Apoula Edel signed a new one-year contract extension until 2011. Si l'expulsion concerne une personne présente sur le banc de touche, l'amende s'élève à 460 EUR. Le 11 mars 2009, l'OL est éliminé après une lourde défaite au Camp Nou par cinq buts à deux, après un match nul à Gerland un partout, contre le FC Barcelone, qui gagne la compétition. En cas d'égalité de points, les clubs ex-aequo sont départagés au plus petit nombre de cartons rouge puis, au plus grand nombre de buts marqués en championnat. : les deux premières places pour la Ligue Europa qualifient pour le quatrième tour de qualification en août, alors que la troisième place qualifie pour le troisième tour, organisé fin juillet. À noter que la seule équipe qui n'a eu aucune expulsion sur l'ensemble de la saison est Toulouse, qui est pourtant celle qui a concédé le moins de buts. L'indice UEFA de la France est en baisse depuis plusieurs années. À l'inverse, si Lille est l'équipe qui a fait le plus de fautes, c'est Valenciennes qui a reçu le plus de cartons jaunes. [40] Saint-Étienne picked up their first win in four matches as they beat Paris Saint-Germain. Today, the day of my appointment, I had lunch for the first time with Paul Le Guen and told him that his place as coach was secured. [20] Guillaume Hoarau was named Player of the Month for February by the UNFP with 71% of the votes. [79], Holders Paris Saint-Germain were through to the last-16 of the League Cup after Fabrice Pancrate's goal proved enough for the reigning champions to beat AS Monaco. [83] In a remake of last season's Final, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Lens at the Parc des Princes to qualify for the semi-finals of the League Cup, where they met Bordeaux, winners over Châteauroux. La nouvelle saison est aussi marquée par la suppression du « challenge de l'offensive », destiné à promouvoir l'attaque. Son classement[19] des hommes décisifs met à l'honneur les joueurs suivants : Meilleurs joueurs sur coup de pied arrêté : Équipe ayant l'attaque la plus efficace, c'est-à-dire ayant le meilleur ratio entre son nombre de tirs et son nombre de buts. It was dark blue with a vertical red band and two thinner white stripes on the middle of the chest which disappeared under the main sponsor's logo in white writing. Emirates have been the club's partner since 2005 and the major shirt sponsor since January 2006. À ce titre, Marseille se distingue avec à la fois le meilleur taux de passes réussies, le plus grand nombre de passes tentées, mais aussi le meilleur taux de passes réussies dans le camp adverse. [17] The Camp des Loges was recognised by the FFF as one of the best pre-training centers in France, being classified as Elite, Class 1 and Class A in recent seasons. Wolfsburg's Japanese star Makoto Hasebe reduced the arrears with a fine solo goal three minutes later, but Luyindula netted his sixth goal of the competition with a header from Clément Chantôme's cross. Sébastien Bazin, head of Colony Capital and shareholder of Paris Saint-Germain, offered me the presidency of the club and I accepted. [13] Charles Villeneuve announced that Pauleta would become ambassador and supervisor of the capital club. 18 Auxerre - 53 / 1 / 567 Main article: Bids for the 2008 Summer Olympics. *Dernière passes avant un tir, cadré ou non. Le 25 novembre 2008, l'OL se qualifie pour les huitièmes de finale de la Ligue des champions en battant la Fiorentina avant le dernier match de poule. Cette statistique met ainsi particulièrement à l'honneur Carrasso, qui a permis à son équipe d'être la meilleure défense du championnat en étant seulement la cinquième qui subit le moins de frappes cadrées (derrière Bordeaux, Auxerre, Lyon et l'OM). En cas d'égalité, on départage selon le critère de la plus grande « différence de buts » (buts marqués - encaissés). [89] Paris Saint-Germain blew a two-goal lead as Spanish side Racing Santander held the capital club to a draw at the Parc des Princes. [8], The renovations of the Camp des Loges were completed on 4 October 2008. The capital club was chaired by Charles Villeneuve until Sébastien Bazin took over. N.B. [3] He had relatively high ambitions for Paris Saint-Germain and stated his expectations from coach and former player Paul Le Guen. In 2008–09, Futbol Club Barcelona started a new era with a new manager, former player and Barcelona Atlètic coach Pep Guardiola, who led the team to the first treble in Spanish football history. Après une défaite à domicile face à Auxerre (0-2), Lyon voit tous ses challengers se rapprocher.