2011–12 Division 1 Féminine

The season 2011/12 Division 1 Féminine was the 38th playout of the French women's football championship since the official recognition of women's football by the FFF, the Football Federation of France, in 1970 and the first held in the 1974 season / 75th The Division 1 Féminine called league was played in pure mode in a league consisting of a single group, comprising twelve teams nationwide highest league.

Last year's winner was the women of Olympique Lyon, who could defend her title and thus won their sixth overall championship. This OL drew equal with the record title holders of the VGA Saint -Maur and Juvisy FCF.

Qualification and competition format

Only cutting off the machinations woman was taken into account in the preseason for eligibility; qualified were the nine top-ranked teams in the preseason and three climbers, each with its group of the Division had completed the first two Féminine table. In addition, the women's football department of Stade Saint- Brieuc after 18 years Erstligazugehörigkeit had the ( men's ) professional club En Avant Guingamp is connected from the neighboring pre-season, who also took over the starting position of the Briochins. Thus, the following twelve participants started in this season:

• From the Northeast: FCF Henin- Beaumont, Juvisy FCF, Paris Saint- Germain, team FC Vendenheim
• From the west: EA Guingamp, intermediate ASJ Soyaux
• From the south: holders Olympique Lyon, Montpellier, newly promoted AS Muret, Rodez AF, AS Saint- Étienne, FF Yzeure Allier Auvergne

The championship was played in a double round robin, in which each participant took in home and away match against each other. It was the usual in French amateur football into the 21st century "modified three- point rule " with four points for a win, two for a draw and one -won for a defeat on the field; case of a tie at first was the direct comparison and then the need for better overall goal difference, if even then there was equality, where appropriate, the higher number of goals scored decisive. At the end of the season, the three bottom club had to dismount, for the coming season by three climbers - were replaced - the winners of the three groups in the second division.

The French champions and runners-up of Division 1 Féminine qualified for the Women's European Cup competition the following season.

Results, table and course of the season

At the end of Hinserie Juvisy led the table with 39 points ahead of Lyon ( 38), Montpellier (37) and Paris ( 35), and even Saint- Étienne appeared with 30 points still within reach. In the second half, however, the title defenders gave from a single point more, while Saint -Etienne and PSG could not keep pace. And since Juvisy and Montpellier lost not only against Olympique, but also still left points in their direct encounter (0-0 ) won the championship Lyons women again and this could even already celebrate with a game before the season ends. With its 119 gates, they also improved their league record, which came from the 2006 /07 and stood at 116 hits.

The mid-table was at the end of de facto exclusively from a team ( Paris), because from fifth place already started the relegation zone, in which six women machinations fought against the overmatched itself against the groups promoted Soyaux and Muret (both at home without a win, but with eleven or having to accompany ten defeats) in the second division. Saint- Étienne now reaping the benefit of having created a solid cushion of points in the first round. In contrast, it benefited the women from Henin little that they had taken the most points of all opponents in the direct duels of these six teams threatened; because they simultaneously at home against Soyaux and Muret no victory brought about, they lacked at the end of her after all, already 13 Erstligasaison a single point to avoid relegation. From the Division 2 Féminine up for the following season on the Arras FCF, Issy FF and FC Toulouse.

The players of the Master

Olympiques coach Patrice Lair had the following football players in his squad season (in brackets the number of point stakes ):

• Goal: Sarah Bouhaddi ( 19), Céline Deville ( 4), Pauline Peyraud - Magnin ( 0)
• Defense: Sonia Bompastor (22 ), Sandrine Dusang ( 0), Laura Georges ( 14), Corine Franco ( 16), Wendie Renard (20 ), Sabrina Viguier (16 )
• Midfielders: Camille Abily (22 ), Shirley Cruz Traña (18 ), Lara Dickmann (18 ), Amandine Henry ( 21), Aurélie Kaci (12) Amel Majri ( 3), Louisa Nécib (21 ), Makan Mouchou Traoré (1 )
• Attack: Sandrine Brétigny ( 2), Rosana (14 ), Eugénie Le Sommer ( 21) Ami Otaki ( 3), Lotta Schelin ( 20), Élodie Thomis ( 21)

Lyons 119 goals scored: Le Sommer 22, Schelin 20, Abily, Thomis 15 each, Dickmann, Nécib, depending Renard 9, Henry 8, Rosana 4, Bompastor, Franco 2 each, Brétigny, Cruz Traña, Majri and Otaki per 1

The two goalkeepers were together only three opponents defeated Sarah Bouhaddi of Marine Pervier (Montpellier) and Gaëtane Thiney ( Juvisy ), Céline Deville by Aurélie Desmaretz ( Henin- Beaumont ).

Most successful goalscorers

Most goals scored: