1979–80 French Division 1

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Division 1
Season1979–80
Dates26 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 played380
Goals scored1,073 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer Erwin Kostedde (21)
Delio Onnis (21)
1980–81

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

Contents

Participating teams

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Nantes (C)3826577630+4657Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Sochaux 3824687636+4054Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Saint-Étienne 3823877350+2354
4 Monaco 3821896130+3150Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
5 Strasbourg 38179125850+843
6 Bordeaux 38168146453+1140
7 Paris Saint-Germain 381510135952+740
8 Valenciennes 381412124747040
9 Lens 381410145151038
10 Nîmes 38158154550538
11 Nancy 38157165561637
12 Laval 38155185755+235
13 Lille 381211154549435
14 Angers 381471745551035
15 Nice 38136195362932
16 Bastia 381442039511232
17 Metz 381281845601532
18 Lyon (O)381091943652229Qualification to relegation play-offs
19 Marseille (R)38962345783324Relegation to French Division 2
20 Brest (R)38472735875215
Source: Histoire du PSG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Monaco qualified for the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1979–80 Coupe de France.

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

Results

Home \ Away ANG BAS BOR BRS LVL RCL LIL OL OM MET ASM NAL NAN NIC NMS PSG STE SOC RCS VAL
Angers 3–13–02–03–12–12–01–13–12–01–41–00–12–30–11–20–21–31–02–1
Bastia 1–12–11–02–11–24–02–02–00–12–02–21–03–02–01–00–10–12–12–1
Bordeaux 2–12–14–14–11–11–13–02–01–33–14–11–33–12–10–15–12–31–37–0
Brest 0–13–00–12–20–01–15–17–21–31–23–30–11–02–20–40–21–22–51–5
Laval 3–23–01–03–00–02–01–23–03–20–20–10–23–03–13–12–33–30–03–0
Lens 2–02–02–13–01–05–31–14–14–10–34–01–30–11–01–14–32–01–11–1
Lille 0–02–00–11–02–00–01–01–13–03–12–01–14–34–04–20–21–12–00–1
Lyon 0–11–11–13–02–01–14–21–01–00–12–11–22–22–11–10–03–10–23–1
Marseille 3–12–11–13–00–23–12–03–11–00–32–20–13–10–10–23–51–11–33–6
Metz 0–10–21–10–01–42–12–05–23–20–02–10–02–00–05–21–20–00–01–0
Monaco 3–01–00–04–02–12–00–14–01–03–03–02–12–10–02–22–10–14–10–1
Nancy 1–03–13–15–12–11–11–01–05–00–12–10–21–21–03–21–11–23–41–0
Nantes 3–11–04–13–04–13–01–03–04–14–10–02–05–04–14–22–03–22–10–0
Nice 0–02–10–03–00–11–00–03–10–34–21–21–11–21–23–02–41–26–12–0
Nîmes 1–12–02–02–02–03–13–23–20–02–11–14–22–10–12–00–12–00–01–1
Paris SG 1–11–10–10–03–13–02–22–12–12–02–11–21–02–24–02–23–11–03–0
Saint-Étienne 3–32–03–32–13–13–10–02–03–12–12–12–24–22–13–12–02–12–10–1
Sochaux 4–03–02–07–02–03–03–03–13–04–01–25–11–02–12–11–04–11–10–1
Strasbourg 4–01–04–02–10–30–13–23–11–13–21–11–02–22–31–02–11–00–12–1
Valenciennes 2–15–00–32–11–13–10–01–11–02–20–00–11–01–04–11–10–01–11–1
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Lyon 8–4 Avignon 6–02–4

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [1]
1 Flag of Germany.svg Erwin Kostedde Laval 21
Flag of Argentina.svg Delio Onnis Monaco
3 Flag of France.svg Pierre Pleimelding Lille 18
4 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Drago Vabec Brest 17
5 Flag of France.svg Michel Platini Saint-Étienne 16
6 Flag of France.svg Yves Ehrlacher Lens 15
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Nenad Bjeković Nice
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Johnny Rep Saint-Étienne
Flag of France.svg Bernard Genghini Sochaux
10 Flag of France.svg Yannick Stopyra Sochaux 14

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