Ligue 1

• 8–1Biggest win: Lyon 8–1 Le MansSat 13 May 2006
• 2goals: Luigi PieroniAuxerre 4–0 Strasbourg
• 2goals: Mathieu ScarpelliAjaccio 3–1 Saint-Etienne

• Biggest winLyon 8–1 Le MansSat 13 May

• 75%of the teams ahead at half-time won the match151 of 201; 15 matches turned round
• 9points won after trailing at half-time: Lyon and 2 others, level for the mostBehind at the break 9 times
• 14points dropped after leading at half-time: Toulouse, the mostAhead at the break 11 times
• 0–2at half-time, 4–3 at the end: Nantes v Strasbourg, the biggest turnaroundSun 27 Nov 2005

• 10%of the goals in the last five minutes and stoppage time84 goals, 0 of them in stoppage time
• 71%of the teams that scored first won the match234 of 328; 67 drew, 27 lost
• 6points won in the last five minutes: Bordeaux and 3 others, level for the most5 goals scored from the 86th minute on
• 7points thrown away in the last five minutes: Sochaux, the most6 goals conceded from the 86th minute on
• 18points won after going behind: Lyon, the mostBehind at some point in 14 matches
• 23points dropped after going ahead: Strasbourg, the mostAhead at some point in 14 matches
• 1'the fastest goal, with 4 others in the same minute: Mamadou Niang, MarseilleRennes 3–2 Marseille, Sat 20 Aug 2005
• 90'the latest winning goal, with 11 others in the same minute: Claudio Caçapa, LyonLyon 1–0 Nancy, Sat 20 Aug 2005

Goal minutes known, for 328 of the 380 matches played. Minutes as the match reports write them; a winning goal is the one past the loser's final total (the second of a 3–1).

• 24.4years: Rennes, the youngest of the 19 teams with enough birth datesAverage age, weighted by minutes played
• 28.4years: Troyes, the oldest of the 19 teams with enough birth datesAverage age, weighted by minutes played
• 18years and 70 days: Momar N'Diaye, the youngest scorer with a known birth dateWed 21 Sep 2005
• 34years: Philippe Violeau, the oldest scorer with a known birth dateSat 6 Aug 2005
• 55%of the minutes played by players from France51 nationalities; fewest: Rennes (42%), most: Auxerre (66%)

Birth dates and citizenships of the players known with certainty: 87% of the minutes played. A player can hold more than one citizenship. Team ages only where at least 75% of the minutes are covered (19 of 20 teams).