1968–69 French Division 1

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Division Nationale
Season1968–69
Dates1 September 1968 –
14 June 1969
Champions Saint-Étienne (5th title)
Relegated Monaco
Nice
European Cup Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' Cup Marseille
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Bordeaux
Metz
Rouen
Matches played306
Goals scored816 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer André Guy
(25 goals)
1969–70

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1968/1969 of the French Association Football League with 53 points.

Contents

Participating teams

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Saint-Étienne (C)3424557026+4453Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Bordeaux 3422757734+4351Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3 Metz 34161084127+1442
4 Rouen 34168104443+140
5 RC Paris-Sedan 34159104935+1439
6 Bastia 341381350661634
7 Marseille 34129135148+333Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
8 Valenciennes 341013113837+133
9 Lyon 34136155351+232
10 Nantes 34136154445132
11 Rennes 34127155057731
12 Sochaux 34117164955629
13 Strasbourg 34109153441729
14 Nîmes 34813133239729
15 Red Star 348131335481329
16 Ajaccio 341081636531728
17 Monaco (R)347131433501727Qualification to relegation play-offs
18 Nice (R)34691930613121Relegation to French Division 2
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Marseille qualified for 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1968–69 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1969/1970

Results

Home \ Away ACA BAS BOR OL OM MET ASM NAN NIC NMS RS REN ROU STE RPS SOC RCS VAL
Ajaccio 4–02–24–11–10–14–31–01–01–03–12–20–10–22–00–21–11–1
Bastia 1–01–04–03–11–14–03–12–02–22–11–21–11–10–01–02–13–0
Bordeaux 5–08–12–12–21–02–11–15–02–16–13–22–12–00–24–03–01–0
Lyon 3–28–30–22–30–12–03–13–11–10–01–00–11–21–06–32–31–0
Marseille 3–01–03–32–20–10–13–13–14–00–03–31–00–34–14–00–01–0
Metz 0–02–01–01–13–00–01–01–00–03–13–07–30–10–13–02–01–0
Monaco 3–02–02–40–21–01–12–00–00–01–12–21–11–20–02–12–10–0
Nantes 0–03–01–22–12–11–22–00–03–10–13–20–13–03–20–04–03–2
Nice 0–32–22–22–12–31–21–00–03–01–11–12–22–32–10–31–01–1
Nîmes 3–22–11–31–20–00–01–11–22–00–05–10–01–01–03–10–02–2
Red Star 1–01–11–21–21–11–01–02–30–20–22–14–00–02–12–22–11–2
Rennes 5–03–10–12–12–12–03–12–14–21–01–10–10–21–33–21–01–2
Rouen 1–11–32–12–12–11–03–13–04–01–01–11–01–50–12–13–02–2
Saint-Étienne 2–07–23–20–11–04–01–13–12–01–03–13–12–04–24–12–04–0
RC Paris-Sedan 4–05–10–11–03–10–02–23–12–13–10–03–01–10–02–01–11–0
Sochaux 0–12–20–12–13–15–20–01–23–01–13–31–12–01–03–13–02–0
Strasbourg 3–04–01–12–21–21–15–01–01–01–01–00–02–00–21–21–00–1
Valenciennes 1–00–11–10–03–11–14–20–03–00–03–04–10–11–11–12–11–1
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Angoulême 4–2 Monaco 1–21–02–0

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [1]
1 Flag of France.svg André Guy Lyon 25
2 Flag of France.svg Hervé Revelli Saint-Étienne 22
3 Flag of Cameroon.svg Joseph Yegba Maya Marseille 21
Flag of Mali.svg Salif Keita Saint-Étienne
5 Flag of France.svg Philippe Levavasseur Sedan 18
6 Flag of France.svg Guy Lassalette Sochaux 15
7 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Serra Bastia 14
Flag of France.svg Jacques Simon Bordeaux
9 Flag of France.svg Étienne Sansonetti Ajaccio 13
Flag of Algeria.svg Rachid Mekloufi Bastia
Flag of France.svg Didier Couécou Bordeaux
Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Ruiter Bordeaux
Flag of France.svg Bernard Blanchet Nantes
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Silvester Takač Rennes
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Johny Leonard Metz
Flag of France.svg Dominique Rusticelli Rouen

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