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Editor's Team of the Season: Eric
In the third and final of three writers' teams of the season, editor Eric Devin shares his ideal eleven for the 2024/25 Ligue 1 McDonald's season. While it's headlined by five players from runaway champions Paris Saint-Germain, his selection also includes players from RC Strasbourg, AS Monaco, Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais, taking in five of the league's top seven teams.
Goalkeeper: Djordje Petrovic, RC Strasbourg
While a frustrating defeat to Le Havre on the final matchday may have seen the Alsatians slip from European contention, even in that game, the Chelsea loanee was up to the level he had shown for much of the season's second half. Losing just once between late November and May, Strasbourg took the league by storm, and Petrovic was at the heart of that run, at one point keeping five clean sheets in a row. Whether he stays with Racing or returns to his parent club remains to be seen, but he's been the division's most consistently solid 'keeper this season.
Djordje Petrovic is having himself a season with Strasbourg 🇷🇸🧤 pic.twitter.com/87QCniyV9o
— Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) April 12, 2025
Defence: Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Willian Pacho (all Paris Saint-Germain), Diego Moreira, RC Strasbourg
Having just turned 31, Marquinhos is the old man of both this team, and of his club, Paris Saint-Germain, but at every turn this season, he was his usual self. Unassuming and composed, he also helped two of his teammates be named to this team. Centrally, he helped the newly arrived Pacho slot into central defence seamlessly, while his intelligent positioning helped Hakimi continue to be arguably the world's best right back. At left back, the versatile and hardworking Diego Moreira was Strasbourg's do-everything linchpin, getting stuck in defensively while also recording seven assists and two goals. Streets ahead of his level with Lyon last season, he would be a fine pick for most improved player in Ligue 1 McDonald's, if such an award existed.
Marquinhos is the ONLY player in history to win 10 L1 titles 🇧🇷🏆 pic.twitter.com/SzmSWBx33q
— Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) April 5, 2025
Midfield: Andrey Santos, RC Strasbourg, João Neves, Paris Saint-Germain
Santos was quietly one of the league's most impressive midfielders after arriving on loan last season in the winter window, and it was more of the same in the current campaign. Contributing goals, leadership, and an all-action style, he was the beating heart of the Alsatian's incredible season despite being just 21 years old. As for Neves, he is similarly precocious, but projects a more cultivated style on the pitch, cleverly linking play and breaking it up while rarely taking centre stage, his quiet effectiveness a hallmark of the team's style under Luis Enrique.
Forwards/Attackers: Rayan Cherki, Olympique Lyonnais, Adrien Rabiot, Olympique de Marseille, Maghnes Akliouche, AS Monaco, Ousmane Dembélé, Paris Saint-Germain
Admittedly, Adrien Rabiot felt like more of a luxury signing than anything else since joining Marseille in the summer, but the team's second place finish was helped massively by his sterling play. Used in a more advanced role, he regularly contributed goals and assists while also adding dynamism to the team's play as a whole. As for the remaining three players, league-leading scorer Dembélé was a class apart, while Akliouche and Cherki both impressed by making massive steps forward in the consistency of their play, each reaching double figures in assists as their teams finished in the European places.
