1979–80 French Division 1

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

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
1	FC Nantes Atlantique	57	38	26	5	7	76	30	+46		Champion of France European Cup
2	FC Sochaux	54	38	24	6	8	76	36	+40		UEFA Cup
3	AS Saint-Etienne	54	38	23	8	7	73	50	+23		UEFA Cup
4	AS Monaco	50	38	21	8	9	61	30	+31		UEFA Cup Winner's Cup (Winner of Coupe de France)
5	RC Strasbourg	43	38	17	9	12	58	50	+8
6	Bordeaux	40	38	16	8	14	64	53	+11
7	Paris Saint-Germain FC	40	38	15	10	13	59	52	+7
8	US Valenciennes-Anzin	40	38	14	12	12	47	47	0
9	RC Lens	38	38	14	10	14	51	51	0
10	Nîmes Olympique	38	38	15	8	15	45	50	-5
11	AS Nancy	37	38	15	7	16	55	61	-6
12	Stade Lavallois	35	38	15	5	18	57	55	+2
13	Lille	35	38	12	11	15	45	49	-4
14	Angers SCO	35	38	14	7	17	45	55	-10
15	OGC Nice	32	38	13	6	19	53	62	-9
16	SEC Bastia	32	38	14	4	20	39	51	-12
17	FC Metz	32	38	12	8	18	45	60	-15
18	Olympique Lyonnais	29	38	10	9	19	43	65	-22		Will play in Division 1 season 1980/1981 (Winner of barrages against Olympique Avignonais)
19	Olympique de Marseille	24	38	9	6	23	45	78	-33		Relegated to Division 2
20	Stade Brest	15	38	4	7	27	35	87	-52		Relegated to Division 2

(Victory:2 points, Draw:1 point, Defeat:0 points)

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