Q 01/05

Ligue 1 was reduced to how many clubs from the 2023-24 season?

A) 20

B) 16

C) 18

D) 14

Answer · why

C) 18

Four clubs went down and only two came up at the end of 2022-23 to make the cut from 20.

Q 02/05

Under what name was the league inaugurated on 11 September 1932?

A) Division 1

B) National

C) Ligue 1

D) Championnat de France

Answer · why

B) National

It became Division 1 after a single season and Ligue 1 in 2002.

Q 03/05

In which year did Division 1 become Ligue 1?

A) 1998

B) 1994

C) 1990

D) 2002

Answer · why

D) 2002

The first sponsor name, Ligue 1 Orange, ran from 2002 to 2008.

Q 04/05

Which body administers France's top division?

A) Ligue de Football Professionnel

B) Fédération Française de Football

C) Union of European Football Associations

D) Union des Clubs Professionnels

Answer · why

A) Ligue de Football Professionnel

The LFP also runs Ligue 2 and, until its abolition, the Coupe de la Ligue.

Q 05/05

In which year did the French Football Federation vote 128-20 to adopt professionalism?

A) 1932

B) 1935

C) 1938

D) 1930

Answer · why

D) 1930

Georges Bayrou, Emmanuel Gambardella and Gabriel Hanot are credited as its founders.