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The Première Ligue is a professional women's association football league at the highest level of the French football league system, and is run by the Ligue féminine de football professionnel (LFFP). Its annual competition features twelve teams playing two series of round-robin matches from September to June, to determine the four participants of a single-elimination tournament. The winners of the tournament are crowned champions of France, and contest the Trophée des Championnes match the following season. At the end of each season, the top three teams qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League, while the bottom two teams are relegated to the Seconde Ligue.
Camille Anne Françoise Abily is a French football manager and former player, who featured prominently for both the France women's national team and for Lyon in the Division 1 Féminine. She currently is the assistant manager of Chelsea.
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ESOF Vendée La Roche is a French women's football club founded in 1978 and is based in La Roche-sur-Yon, in the Vendée department of the Pays de la Loire.
Sandrine Soubeyrand is a French former footballer and current coach of Paris FC (women). She played as a midfielder for France national team, Félines Saint-Cyr, Caluire and Juvisy.
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Candie Monique Nadine Herbert is a French former footballer who played as a striker for ASJ Soyaux and FCF Hénin-Beaumont in the Division 1 Féminine. Herbert was a member of the France women's national football team, making her debut in 1994 and gaining her 83rd and last cap in 2010.
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Caroline Pizzala is a French football player who plays for French club Olympique de Marseille of the Division 1 Féminine. She plays as a central midfielder and is a member of the France women's national football team.
Amélie Coquet is a French football player who played for RC Lens Féminin. She spent the majority of her career at FCF Juvisy of the Division 1 Féminine. Coquet plays as a midfielder, and won the league with FCF Juvisy in 2005–06. She made seventeen appearances as a French international between 2003 and 2010.
Amandine Chantal Henry is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Toluca.
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Alexandra Guiné is a French former football midfielder that played in the French First Division for ESOF La Roche, CNFE Clairefontaine and FCF Juvisy, also playing the UEFA Women's Cup with the latter. She earned three caps for the France national team in 2005, and as a junior international she won the 2003 U-19 European Championship.
Angélique Roujas is a French former women's international footballer who played as a forward. She was a member of the France women's national football team. She was the general manager of FC Metz from 2014 to 2019.
Étoile Sportive Ornaysienne de Football Vendée La Roche-sur-Yon is a French football club from La Roche-sur-Yon, in the Vendée department of the Pays de la Loire. It is mainly known for its women's team.
Fatoumata Baldé is a footballer who plays as a forward for Première Ligue club Strasbourg. Born in Guinea, she represents Senegal at international level.
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