6 September 2008 : Ligue 1 Transfers Updated| Player | Position | From | To | Fee €m | |
| Coulibaly | DF | Lens | Auxerre | 2.00 | |
| Dudka | DF | Wisla Krakow | Auxerre | 2.00 | |
| Hengbart | DF | Caen | Auxerre | u/d | |
| Narry | MF | Etoile du Sahel | Auxerre | u/d | |
| Sidibe | DF | Djoliba | Auxerre | u/d | |
| Chalme | DF | Contract Extension | Bordeaux | 2012 | |
| Gouffran | FW | Caen | Bordeaux | 6.50 | |
| Gourcuff | MF | Milan | Bordeaux | Loan | |
| Lavie | MF | Gueugnon | Bordeaux | Loan | |
| Wendel | MF | Contract Extension | Bordeaux | 2012 | |
| Barzola | DF | Argentina Juniors | Caen | u/d | |
| Florentin | MF | Contract Extension | Caen | 2010 | |
| Khalfallah | MF | Angers | Caen | u/d | |
| Leca | MF | Contract Extension | Caen | 2011 | |
| Sorbon | DF | Contract Extension | Caen | 2011 | |
| Van Parra | MF | Feyenoord | Caen | u/d | |
| Akrour | FW | Contract Extension | Grenoble | 2010 | |
| Banning | MF | PSG | Grenoble | Loan | |
| Battles | MF | Toulouse | Grenoble | u/d | |
| Courtois | MF | Levante | Grenoble | Loan | |
| Crom | GK | Lens | Grenoble | u/d | |
| Jemmali | DF | Bordeaux | Grenoble | u/d | |
| Rendulic | DF | Borac Cacak | Grenoble | u/d | |
| Wimbee | GK | Contract Extension | Grenoble | 2009 | |
| Dieuze | MF | Toulouse | Le Havre | u/d | |
| Camara | DF | Contract Extension | Le Mans | 2009 | |
| Le Tallec | FW | Liverpool | Le Mans | u/d | |
| Louvion | DF | Contract Extension | Le Mans | 2009 | |
| Stromstad | MF | Rennes | Le Mans | u/d | |
| Stromstad | MF | IK Start | Le Mans | u/d | |
| Thomas | MF | Auxerre | Le Mans | u/d | |
| Hermach | MF | Out of contract | Lens | 2012 | |
| Milovanovic | MF | Red Star Belgrade | Lens | u/d | |
| Sarte | DF | Sedan | Lens | u/d | |
| Yahia | DF | Nice | Lens | u/d | |
| Balmont | MF | Nice | Lille | 2.30 | |
| Baseya | FW | Southampton | Lille | u/d | |
| Butelle | GK | Valencia | Lille | Loan | |
| De Melo | FW | Palermo | Lille | u/d | |
| Fauvergue | FW | Contract Extension | Lille | 2012 | |
| Lyng | MF | AGF | Lille | u/d | |
| Malicki | GK | Contract Extension | Lille | 2010 | |
| Mavuba | MF | Villarreal | Lille | u/d | |
| Obraniak | MF | Contract Extension | Lille | 2010 | |
| Rami | DF | Contract Extension | Lille | 2012 | |
| Ayew | FW | Marseille | Lorient | Loan | |
| Ederson | MF | Nice | Lyon | 15.00 | |
| Lloris | GK | Nice | Lyon | 8.50 | |
| Makoun | MF | Lille | Lyon | 15.00 | |
| Mensah | DF | Rennes | Lyon | 8.00 | |
| Piquionne | FW | Monaco | Lyon | 4.00 | |
| Pjanic | MF | Metz | Lyon | u/d | |
| Puel | Coach | Out of contract | Lyon | n/a | |
| Vercoutre | GK | Contract Extension | Lyon | 2009 | |
| Ben Arfa | MF | Lyon | Marseille | 15.00 | |
| Erbati | DF | Raja Casablanca | Marseille | u/d | |
| Hilton | DF | Lens | Marseille | 5.00 | |
| Mears | DF | Derby | Marseille | u/d | |
| Munoz | DF | Cassis-Carnoux | Marseille | u/d | |
| Samassa | FW | Le Mans | Marseille | u/d | |
| Adu | FW | Benfica | Monaco | Loan | |
| Alonso | MF | Bordeaux | Monaco | u/d | |
| Chu-Young | FW | Seoul | Monaco | u/d | |
| Gosso | MF | Wydad Casablanca | Monaco | u/d | |
| Legati | DF | Milan | Monaco | Loan | |
| Lolo | DF | Genk | Monaco | u/d | |
| Muller | DF | Lyon | Monaco | u/d | |
| Simic | DF | Milan | Monaco | u/d | |
| Calve | DF | Le Mans | Nancy | Free | |
| Chretien | DF | Contract Extension | Nancy | 2012 | |
| Helder | DF | Juventude | Nancy | u/d | |
| Ouaddou | DF | Valenciennes | Nancy | u/d | |
| Djordjevic | FW | Red Star Belgrade | Nantes | u/d | |
| Douglas Ferreira | DF | Sao Paulo | Nantes | 1.00 | |
| Gravgaard | DF | Copenhagen | Nantes | 3.00 | |
| Klasnic | FW | Bremen | Nantes | 2.00 | |
| Zelazny | GK | Nantes Youth | Nantes | n/a | |
| Coulibaly | MF | Bastia | Nice | u/d | |
| Mouloungui | FW | Strasbourg | Nice | u/d | |
| Opsina | GK | Atletico Madrid | Nice | 2.50 | |
| Remy | FW | Lyon | Nice | 8.00 | |
| Chantome | MF | Contract Extension | PSG | 2011 | |
| Dembele | MF | Djoliba Athletic Club | PSG | u/d | |
| Giuly | MF | Roma | PSG | u/d | |
| Kezman | FW | Fenerbahce | PSG | Loan | |
| Makelele | MF | Chelsea | PSG | Free | |
| Sessegnon | MF | Le Mans | PSG | 9.00 | |
| Veron | GK | Auxerre | PSG | u/d | |
| Fabiano | DF | Genoa | Reggina | Loan | |
| Asamoah | FW | Udinese | Rennes | u/d | |
| Leroy | MF | Contract Extension | Rennes | 2010 | |
| Nirlo | MF | Rennes Youth | Rennes | Free | |
| Sekour | MF | Bordeaux | Sedan | u/d | |
| Carlao | DF | Corinthians | Sochaux | 0.80 | |
| Audard | GK | Contract Extension | St Etienne | 2011 | |
| Gomis | FW | Contract Extension | St Etienne | 2012 | |
| Grax | FW | Sochaux | St Etienne | 2.00 | |
| Janot | GK | Contract Extension | St Etienne | 2011 | |
| Machado | MF | Porto | St Etienne | u/d | |
| Matsui | MF | Le Mans | St Etienne | u/d | |
| Mirallas | FW | Lens | St Etienne | u/d | |
| Berson | MF | Nantes | Toulouse | u/d | |
| Blondel | GK | Le Havre | Toulouse | u/d | |
| Braaten | MF | Bolton | Toulouse | u/d | |
| Casanova | Coach | Toulouse Assistant | Toulouse | n/a | |
| Didot | MF | Rennes | Toulouse | u/d | |
| Fofana | DF | Contract Extension | Toulouse | 2011 | |
| Hamel | GK | Marseille | Toulouse | u/d | |
| Larsen | FW | Schalke | Toulouse | 3.00 | |
| Audel | FW | Contract Extension | Valenciennes | 2011 | |
| Bisevac | DF | Lens | Valenciennes | u/d | |
| Danic | DF | Rennes | Valenciennes | u/d | |
| Pieroni | FW | Nantes | Valenciennes | u/d | |
| Schmitz | DF | Lens | Valenciennes | u/d | |
| Zaki | MF | Zamalek | Wigan | Loan | |
| 114.60 | |||||
| u/d = undisclosed | |||||