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This weekend saw the last round of the French "Ligue 1" championship, after which there were no more questions left.
As announced earlier, the champions title for the third consecutive season was won by the footballers who, on Sunday, once again defeated their opponents. This time their victim was , who had to admit the superiority of the three-time French champions and lost 3-0.
The second place in the final standings was taken by the capital's club, who managed to surpass in the UEFA Champions League final, which took place this week, only at the very end of the championship. They finished in third place in the French championship and will participate in the qualifiers for the UEFA Champions League tournament next season.
In fourth place and a spot in the UEFA Europa League was secured by the team who played superbly at the end of the season. In this European tournament, next season will also play the footballers who finished in 5th and 6th places. Meanwhile, this year's finalist in the UEFA Europa League, , only took 7th place and did not qualify for the tournament next season.
Next season, we will no longer see and clubs, which were relegated to the lower division. Their places in the strongest French championship will be taken by the top three teams of this season's "Ligue 2". This includes the champions , second-placed "Caen", and third-placed "Istres".
Final tournament table
Top scorers:
1. Djibril Cisse (Auxerre) 26 goals 2. Alexander Frei (Rennes) 20 3. Didier Drogba (Marseille) 19 4. Pedro Pauleta (PSG) 18 - Peguy Luyindula (Lyon) 18 6. Pierre-Alain Frau (Sochaux) 17 7. Habib Bamogo (Montpellier) 16 8. Francileudo Santos (Sochaux) 14 9. Ludovic Giuly (Monaco) 13 - Vladimir Manchev (Lille) 13
