1980–81 French Division 1

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Division 1
Season1980–81
Dates24 July 1980 –
2 June 1981
Champions Saint-Étienne (10th title)
Relegated Nîmes
Angers
European Cup Saint-Étienne
UEFA Cup Nantes
Bordeaux
Monaco
Cup Winners' Cup Bastia
Matches380
Goals1,064 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer Delio Onnis (24 goals)
1981–82

1980–81 Division 1 was the 43rd season of the French top association football league, played from July 1980 to June 1981. The league was won by AS Saint-Etienne with 57 points, for whom this was their 10th title.

Contents

Participating teams

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Saint-Étienne (C)38231146826+4257Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Nantes 38221157436+3855Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Bordeaux 38181375734+2349
4 Monaco 38191185841+1749
5 Paris Saint-Germain 38171296250+1246
6 Lyon 381413117054+1641
7 Strasbourg 381412124447340
8 Nancy 38157165549+637
9 Metz 381016124853536
10 Auxerre 381016124652636
11 Valenciennes 3812121451701936
12 Bastia 38139165055535Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
13 Lens 381014144648234
14 Sochaux 381014145159834
15 Nice 3810121647611432
16 Laval 381011174955631
17 Lille 3810111755711631
18 Tours (O)389131654711731Qualification to relegation play-offs
19 Nîmes (R)386141846662026Relegation to French Division 2
20 Angers (R)385141933663324
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. Bastia qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1980–81 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1981/1982

Results

Home \ Away ANG AUX BAS BOR LVL RCL LIL OL MET ASM NAL NAN NIC NMS PSG STE SOC RCS TFC VAL
Angers 4–11–00–32–01–23–21–30–01–12–00–31–11–21–11–11–20–02–21–1
Auxerre 2–20–01–21–01–12–22–24–20–00–20–03–14–20–10–21–11–13–21–1
Bastia 3–02–03–22–23–15–12–01–01–12–11–23–03–22–02–11–12–00–11–1
Bordeaux 1–02–00–02–15–12–03–21–11–02–00–03–01–11–33–00–02–11–14–0
Laval 2–00–03–02–43–04–20–01–13–31–02–00–14–00–00–00–03–12–02–1
Lens 1–01–15–00–13–00–02–22–20–00–00–02–01–12–31–15–11–23–01–2
Lille 4–02–33–12–21–12–11–10–12–10–00–33–10–02–21–32–13–01–11–2
Lyon 5–11–32–11–01–04–12–20–03–24–20–05–14–22–01–15–10–02–31–1
Metz 1–02–21–01–13–20–23–00–21–12–02–20–12–10–00–04–24–12–34–2
Monaco 2–02–13–00–03–01–01–22–12–11–02–11–02–14–01–22–13–11–15–1
Nancy 2–03–03–02–03–01–22–03–12–02–31–03–22–02–20–02–22–01–37–1
Nantes 3–10–12–11–04–12–04–12–11–05–03–04–11–11–11–12–11–14–33–0
Nice 2–20–02–11–12–11–11–23–20–02–12–23–20–01–10–14–20–02–24–0
Nîmes 0–00–03–20–22–21–12–11–23–31–31–22–31–32–10–10–04–22–11–1
Paris SG 2–22–33–14–03–23–04–11–11–10–02–10–23–13–21–13–21–04–13–2
Saint-Étienne 5–02–03–02–11–00–03–13–23–05–14–10–03–20–00–23–03–01–24–0
Sochaux 2–01–11–00–02–11–23–02–23–01–11–12–41–12–14–01–21–11–03–3
Strasbourg 2–01–01–11–10–01–03–22–13–30–02–01–22–11–01–00–22–04–13–0
Tours 2–21–42–20–13–21–13–31–11–10–11–02–31–04–30–21–30–11–12–3
Valenciennes 0–02–01–12–24–21–00–32–13–00–13–03–31–01–12–00–12–11–21–1
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
Tours 3–2 Toulouse 1–02–2

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Delio Onnis Tours 24
2 Flag of Germany.svg Uwe Krause Laval 23
3 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Simo Nikolić Lyon 21
4 Flag of France.svg Michel Platini Saint-Étienne 20
5 Flag of France.svg Bernard Lacombe Bordeaux 18
Flag of Argentina.svg Victor Trossero Monaco
7 Flag of France.svg Dominique Rocheteau Paris Saint-Germain 16
Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Szarmach Auxerre
Flag of France.svg Bernard Zénier Nancy
10 Flag of France.svg Albert Gemmrich Bordeaux 14
Flag of Israel.svg Vicky Peretz Strasbourg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Johnny Rep Saint-Étienne
Flag of France.svg Olivier Rouyer Nancy

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1PSG23,329
2Saint-Étienne18,524
3Lyon17,441
4Nantes15,241
5Tours11,676
6Girondins11,397
7Lens11,385
8LOSC10,104
9Metz9,460
10Strasbourg8,607
11AJA8,450
12Nice7,691
13Nancy7,614
14Stade lavallois7,590
15Sochaux5,788
16Valenciennes5,558
17Nîmes5,183
18Angers4,664
19Monaco3,745
20Bastia2,971

Source: [1]

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