Ligue 1 official website inventory: Paris is the only team in Ligue 1 to reach the Champions League finals twice

May 15th, the top three Ligue 1 in this season have been confirmed, and Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille and Monaco will participate in the Champions League next season. The following are the European competition data of the French Ligue 1 team summarized by the official website of Ligue 1.

Ligue 1 team has only won the Champions League once, namely Marseille in the 1992-1993 season. Since then, Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille and Monaco – the clubs that have won the top three of Ligue 1 most times – have only ranked in the top three at the same time, namely the 1992-1993 season, the 2021-2022 season and this season.

Paris Saint-Germain: Promoted to the Champions League 13 times in a row, since entering the 21st century, Paris Saint-Germain has advanced to the Champions League 14 times. As the only team in France to reach the Champions League final twice, Paris Saint-Germain qualifies for the 13th consecutive time this season. During this time, they successfully qualified from the group stage every time.

Paris Saint-Germain has advanced to the Champions League 18 times, including the qualifying for the 2025-2026 season. It is the French Ligue 1 club with the most participation in the Champions League.

Marseille: It is about to usher in its 12th Champions League journey

Marseille will return to the Champions League in the 2025-2026 season. Since winning the 1992/1993 season, Marseille will compete in its 12th Champions League next season. In the 21st century, Marseille qualifies for the Champions League 10 times, two of which were obtained through the qualifying round (2003-2004 seasons and 2008-2009 seasons).

Monaco: Advance to the Champions League for the 11th time, Monaco has participated in the Champions League for the fourth time in the past five seasons and has qualified for the Champions League for the 9th time in the 21st century. Monaco entered the Champions League final in 2004.

Including the 2025-2026 Champions League tickets that have been obtained, Monaco has participated in the Champions League 11 times and has passed the group stage 7 times.

Lyon: Following Paris Saint-Germain

In the history of the Champions League, Lyon performed very well, and advanced to the Champions League nine times in a row (2000-01 to 2008-09 seasons), with a total of 16 advancements. Three of them were promoted through the playoffs.

Statistics show that Lyon's best record in the Champions League is to reach the semi-finals, which are the 2009-2010 seasons and the 2019-2020 seasons respectively.

Finally, Lille is currently competing for fourth place in Ligue 1 (can participate in the Champions League qualifiers), has advanced to the Champions League four times, and has advanced four times in 5 qualifiers.

Strasbourg is also competing for fourth place in Ligue 1, hoping to qualify for the Champions League for the first time. The same is true for Nice.