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Olympique Lyon wrapped up their seventh straight French championship on Saturday with a 3-1 win at Auxerre on Saturday.

Bordeaux placed second, four points adrift, after they could only draw 2-2 at Lens, sending their opponents down, along with Metz and Strasbourg, a decade after winning the title.

“I have the satisfaction of a job well done and I will always have that feeling,” said Lyon coach Alain Perrin.

“As coach I was handed the task of winning a seventh title and it is a deserved championship for Lyon. We have shown quality and consistency in the big games.”

Also smiling along with PSG, who were reprieved at the last after appearing destined for the drop for much of the campaign, were Marseille, France’s only side ever to lift the European Cup.

They bagged third place and with it a third qualifying round spot in the Champions League after edging Strasbourg 4-3.

As for PSG, who face Lyon in the French Cup final next Saturday having already lifted the League Cup, they thanked a brace from Amara Diane to down Sochaux as Paul Le Guen’s men rallied to survive.

St Etienne go into the UEFA Cup along with Nancy after thrashing Monaco 4-0, as do PSG by dint of their League Cup success.

Ligue 1 2007/08 season honours

• League champions: Olympique Lyon (Champions League)
• Runners-up: Girondins Bordeaux (Champions League)
• Third place: Marseille (Champions League, third qualifying round)
• Fourth place: Nancy (UEFA Cup)
• Fifth place: St Etienne (UEFA Cup)
• Relegated: Metz, Racing Strasbourg, Racing Lens
• Promoted from Division Two: Le Havre, Nantes and Grenoble
• Top scorer: Karim Benzema, 20 goals
• Cup winners: Final to be played (Lyon v Paris St Germain, May 24)
• League Cup winners: Paris St Germain (UEFA Cup)

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