The Ligue 1 Losers Belt · current holder
FC Metz
FC Metz picked it up on December 7, 2025, losing to AJ Auxerre 3–1. To get rid of it, they have to win a game.
Same schedule, same rules, flipped: the Losers Belt passes to whoever loses to its holder. It's the crown nobody wants, and some clubs have worn it for years. It started on September 4, 1938, when FC Antibes lost to Olympique Lillois Lille.
764Losers Belt reigns
2,121Losers Belt games
19Losses in a row with it
296Days held
Most days with it
| Angers SCO | 8,752 |
| RC Roubaix | 2,562 |
| Toulouse FC | 1,728 |
| FC Sochaux | 1,518 |
| OGC Nice | 1,037 |
| FC Metz | 1,014 |
| Lille OSC | 964 |
| RC Strasbourg | 893 |
| Stade Rennes | 831 |
| AS Monaco | 689 |
Most times stuck with it
| Lille OSC | 37 |
| FC Sochaux | 35 |
| AS Saint-Étienne | 34 |
| OGC Nice | 32 |
| Angers SCO | 32 |
| FC Metz | 31 |
| RC Strasbourg | 30 |
| Olympique Lyon | 29 |
| Stade Rennes | 29 |
| Girondins Bordeaux | 28 |
Longest Losers Belt reigns (losses in a row as holder)
| FC Metz | Dec 7, 2025 – now | 19 |
| Angers SCO | Oct 9, 2022 – Apr 8, 2023 | 19 |
| Toulouse FC | Oct 27, 2019 – Aug 14, 2022 | 18 |
| FC Sochaux | Apr 7, 1946 – Oct 5, 1947 | 15 |
| RC Roubaix | Jan 1, 1939 – Aug 26, 1945 | 14 |
| AS Cannes | Nov 16, 1991 – Mar 21, 1992 | 13 |
| SC Bastia | Dec 21, 1985 – Apr 25, 1986 | 13 |
| SM Caen | Mar 11, 2018 – Sep 1, 2018 | 12 |
| Stade Rennes | Jan 30, 1977 – May 27, 1977 | 11 |
| Dijon FCO | Sep 1, 2018 – Dec 5, 2018 | 11 |
All 764 Losers Belt reigns, searchable →
Latest handoffs
| Dec 7, 2025 | FC Metz lost to AJ Auxerre 3–1 |
| Oct 29, 2025 | AJ Auxerre lost to RC Strasbourg 3–0 |
| Oct 26, 2025 | RC Strasbourg lost to Olympique Lyon 2–1 |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Olympique Lyon lost to OGC Nice 3–2 |
| Sep 20, 2025 | OGC Nice lost to Stade Brest 4–1 |
| May 17, 2025 | Stade Brest lost to OGC Nice 6–0 |
| May 10, 2025 | OGC Nice lost to Stade Rennes 2–0 |
| May 3, 2025 | Stade Rennes lost to Toulouse FC 2–1 |
| Apr 6, 2025 | Toulouse FC lost to Olympique Marseille 3–2 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | Olympique Marseille lost to Stade Reims 3–1 |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Stade Reims lost to Stade Rennes 1–0 |
| Feb 16, 2025 | Stade Rennes lost to Lille OSC 2–0 |
| Feb 8, 2025 | Lille OSC lost to Le Havre AC 2–1 |
| Dec 15, 2024 | Le Havre AC lost to RC Strasbourg 3–0 |
| Nov 30, 2024 | RC Strasbourg lost to Stade Brest 3–1 |