Record tumbles as Bordeaux make it a treble

A record eleventh successive Ligue 1 victory, 1-0 at SM Caen, handed FC Girondins de Bordeaux their sixth French league crown, denying Olympique de Marseille and ending Olympique Lyonnais' seven-year title monopoly.

Decisive breakthrough
Needing just a point to secure their first title in a decade, Laurent Blanc's side looked a little nervy but broke through three minutes after the break. Having completed a permanent move from AC Milan during the week, playmaker Yoann Gourcuff found Benoît Trémoulinas from a free-kick, with the latter's pin-point cross from the left being converted by Yoan Gouffran. Defeat condemned Gouffran's old side to relegation, and he said: "I'm happy to win the title but I won't celebrate here. I'm also sad for my pals in Caen."

'My greatest moment'
Victory saw Bordeaux complete an unprecedented treble of the league, the French Super Cup and the French League Cup, and even the confirmation following full-time that Marouane Chamakh would be leaving the club could not dampen the mood. "It's my greatest moment in football," said defender Souleymane Diawara. Blanc added: "It's enormously satisfying. Marseille deserve to be champions as much as us but tonight we did what we had to do. Hats off to my technical staff."

Rennes routed
Just as Gouffran's goal was ending their title hopes, Marseille were ensuring that Stade Rennais FC would miss out on a European place, with two goals from Mamadou Niang helping them to a crushing 4-0 win which meant their opponents finished seventh. A 0-0 draw at fourth-place Toulouse FC had no bearing on Lyon's final placing, as they were already sure of third spot and a UEFA Champions League play-off slot, while LOSC Lille Métropole's 3-2 win against AS Nancy-Lorraine handed them fifth place, with Paris Saint-Germain FC's 0-0 draw at home against AS Monaco FC in Paul Le Guen's final game in charge meaning they will miss out on Europe next season.

Miserable farewell
Le Havre AC and FC Nantes – already resigned to their fate in the bottom two places – ended the season with a 0-0 draw against OGC Nice and a 2-1 win against AJ Auxerre respectively. AS Saint-Etienne finished just above the drop zone, thrashing Valenciennes FC 4-0 in coach Antoine Kombouaré's final game with the northerners before switching to PSG. FC Sochaux-Montbéliard were 1-0 winners at Grenoble Foot 38 and FC Lorient drew 1-1 against Le Mans UC 72.