2012–13 Division 1 Féminine
The season 2012/13 Division 1 Féminine was the 39th 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 again and thus their seventh overall championship won, thereby OL French sole record title holder was.
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. Thus, the following twelve participants started in this season:
- From the Northeast: the two climbers Arras FCF and Issy FF, Juvisy FCF, Paris Saint- Germain, FC Vendenheim
- From the west: EA Guingamp
- From the south: holders Olympique Lyon, Montpellier, Rodez AF, AS Saint- Étienne, promoted FC Toulouse, 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
Two clubs made especially talked about before the season started in the transfer market. Lyon president Jean -Michel Aulas announced that the budget had to be reduced for women's range as well as that of men; this decision meant for Olympiques footballers a reduction from last 5 to 3.5 million euros, making them for years stood for the first time, only the second largest budget of the league season available. However, the squad still included 21 international players from seven countries ( see below). The largest budget had approximately 4.5 million euros Paris Saint- Germain. PSG sporting only can catch up with the top teams Lyon, Montpellier and Juvisy 2009/10 and became vice-champion in 2011. At this season, the new Qatari owners of the capital club invested for the first time in their woman squad a significant amount pledged internationals from Sweden ( Asllani ), Germany ( Krahn, Bresonik ) and the USA ( Horan, Heath ), brought from Lyon Costa Rican Sechserin Shirley Cruz Traña, third from Rodez France Nationaltorfrau Karima Benameur as well as coach the Lyons " Meistermacher " of FC and Olympique, Farid Benstiti.
The championship, however, was again won by Lyon, and the shining example of OL was absolutely not remained only the second time since 2010/11 loss- point -free, but the women also improved the league scoring record, they had just increased only in the previous year to 119 hits, again by a substantial 13 " stalls ", an average of 6.0 goals per game corresponded. Table runner and therefore Champions League participant was Paris, which had reached the other two pursuers teams a total of three victories and a draw and - unlike Juvisy and in particular against the groups with only six wins relatively weak Montpellier - even otherwise no slip made. In up to eighth place from fifth -reaching mid-table to Yzeure had prevailed; the women from the Auvergne lost only three of their eleven home games.
All three climbers fought against the immediate re- descent, but only Arras could prevent this - at the expense of the Alsatian from Vendenheim. Along with the players from Issy -les -Moulineaux and even more so the former champions Toulouse they were no match for even the midfield teams, which has at all fours and on the catastrophic goal difference ( between -53 Arras and -64 for Toulouse) showed. For the following season returned from the Division 2 Féminine with the FCF Henin- Beaumont and the ASJ Soyaux two years of League members back; they were accompanied by the AS Muret, who had in 2011/12 you ever played a first-class season and were relegated at the time with the two other climbers.
The players of the Master
Coach Patrice Lair had the following football players in his squad season (in brackets the number of point stakes ):
- Goal: Sarah Bouhaddi (18 ), Céline Deville ( 3), Pauline Peyraud - Magnin ( 2)
- Defense: Laura Agard (11) Sonia Bompastor (18 ), Corine Franco ( 17), Laura Georges ( 18), Wendie Renard (13 ), Sabrina Viguier (16 )
- Midfielders: Camille Abily (21 ), Élise Bussaglia (9 ), Lara Dickmann (17 ), Amandine Henry ( 20), Amel Majri (9 ), Louisa Nécib (20 ), Megan Rapinoe (6 ), Makan Mouchou Traoré ( 4)
- Attack: Eugénie Le Sommer ( 20), Shinobu Ōno ( 5), Ami Otaki (12 ), Lotta Schelin ( 16), Élodie Thomis ( 16) Laetitia Tonazzi (17 )
Olympiques 132 goals scored Schelin 24, Abily, Le Sommer of 20, Tonazzi 17, Thomis 12, Otaki 10, Dickmann, Henry 5 each, Franco 4, Bussaglia, Nécib, depending Renard 3, Georges and Rapinoe each 2; came to two opposing Own goals.
Most successful goalscorers
Most goals scored: