1979–80 French Division 1

Division 1

Season	1979–80
Dates	26 July 1979 – 27 May 1980
Champions	Nantes (5th title)
Relegated	Marseille Brest
European Cup	Nantes
UEFA Cup	Sochaux Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' Cup	Monaco
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,073 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Erwin Kostedde (21) Delio Onnis (21)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1979/1980 of the French Association Football League with 57 points.

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• SEC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Stade Brest
• Stade Lavallois
• RC Lens
• Lille
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes Atlantique
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Paris Saint-Germain FC
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sochaux
• RC Strasbourg
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Angers

Bastia

Bordeaux

Brest

Laval

Lens

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

PSG

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Valenciennes

Location of teams in 1979–80 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nantes (C)	38	26	5	7	76	30	+46	57	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Sochaux	38	24	6	8	76	36	+40	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Saint-Étienne	38	23	8	7	73	50	+23	54
4	Monaco	38	21	8	9	61	30	+31	50	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [lower-alpha 1]
5	Strasbourg	38	17	9	12	58	50	+8	43
6	Bordeaux	38	16	8	14	64	53	+11	40
7	Paris Saint-Germain	38	15	10	13	59	52	+7	40
8	Valenciennes	38	14	12	12	47	47	0	40
9	Lens	38	14	10	14	51	51	0	38
10	Nîmes	38	15	8	15	45	50	−5	38
11	Nancy	38	15	7	16	55	61	−6	37
12	Laval	38	15	5	18	57	55	+2	35
13	Lille	38	12	11	15	45	49	−4	35
14	Angers	38	14	7	17	45	55	−10	35
15	Nice	38	13	6	19	53	62	−9	32
16	Bastia	38	14	4	20	39	51	−12	32
17	Metz	38	12	8	18	45	60	−15	32
18	Lyon (O)	38	10	9	19	43	65	−22	29	Qualification to relegation play-off [lower-alpha 2]
19	Marseille (R)	38	9	6	23	45	78	−33	24	Relegated to French Division 2
20	Brest (R)	38	4	7	27	35	87	−52	15

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Monaco qualified for the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1979–80 Coupe de France.
2. Lyon avoided relegation as winners of relegation play-off against Division 2 side Olympique Avignonais.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1980/1981

• Auxerre: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• FC Tours: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Erwin Kostedde	West Germany	Stade Lavallois	21
-	Delio Onnis	Argentina	AS Monaco	21
3	Pierre Pleimelding	France	Lille	18
4	Drago Vabec	SFR Yugoslavia	Stade Brest	17
5	Michel Platini	France	AS Saint-Etienne	16
6	Yves Ehrlacher	France	RC Lens	15
-	Nenad Bjekovic	SFR Yugoslavia	OGC Nice	15
-	Johnny Rep	Netherlands	AS Saint-Etienne	15
-	Bernard Genghini	France	FC Sochaux	15
10	Yannick Stopyra	France	FC Sochaux	14
11	Éric Pécout	France	FC Nantes Atlantique	13
-	Victor Trossero	Argentina	FC Nantes Atlantique	13
-	Jean-François Beltramini	France	Paris Saint-Germain FC	13
14	Alain Giresse	France	Bordeaux	12
-	Nabatingue Toko	Chad	US Valenciennes-Anzin	12
-	Albert Gemmrich	France	Bordeaux	12
-	Gilbert Marguerite	France	Nîmes Olympique	12
-	Saar Boubacar	Senegal	Paris Saint-Germain FC	12
-	Jacques Zimako	France	AS Saint-Etienne	12

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See also

• 1979–80 Coupe de France
• 1979–80 French Division 2

References

1. Football: D1 Classement des buteurs - SAISON 1979-1980