Grâce à un doublé de Karim Benzema, Lyon prend seul la tête du championnat de Ligue 1, devant Auxerre et Bordeaux, aprés la victoire de 3-0 face à Toulouse.
Autres matchs de la première journée(9 août 2008):
| - | Auxerre | 2 - 1 | Nantes |
| - | Bordeaux | 2 - 1 | Caen |
| - | Le Havre | 1 - 0 | Nice |
| - | Le Mans | 0 - 1 | Lorient |
| - | Monaco | 1 - 0 | Paris SG |
| - | Nancy | 0 - 0 | Lille |
| - | Rennes | 4 - 4 | Marseille |
| - | Sochaux | 1 - 2 | Grenoble |
| - | Valenciennes | 1 - 0 | Saint-Etienne |
Général - Ligue 1
| Pts | J | G | N | P | bp | bc | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Lyon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | |
Auxerre | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| - | |
Bordeaux | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| - | |
Grenoble | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | |
Le Havre | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| - | |
Lorient | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| - | |
Monaco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| - | |
Valenciennes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | |
Marseille | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| - | |
Rennes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | |
Lille | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | |
Nancy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | |
Caen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| - | |
Nantes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| - | |
Sochaux | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 16 | |
Le Mans | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| - | |
Nice | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| - | |
Paris SG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| - | |
St-Etienne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 20 | |
Toulouse | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 |
