1977–78 French Division 1

40th season of French Division 1

Football league season
Division 1
Season1977–78
Dates3 August 1977 –
2 May 1978
ChampionsMonaco (3rd title)
RelegatedLens
Troyes
Rouen
European CupMonaco
Cup Winners' CupNancy
UEFA CupNantes
Strasbourg
Matches played380
Goals scored1,135 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorerCarlos Bianchi
(37 gols)
← 1976–77
1978–79 →

AS Monaco won the 1977–78 Division 1 season of the French Association Football League with 53 points.

Participating teams

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Monaco (C) 38 22 9 7 79 46 +33 53 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Nantes 38 21 10 7 60 26 +34 52 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Strasbourg 38 19 12 7 70 40 +30 50
4 Marseille 38 20 7 11 70 41 +29 47
5 Bastia 38 19 6 13 62 44 +18 44
6 Nancy 38 17 9 12 63 49 +14 43 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
7 Saint-Étienne 38 18 6 14 50 49 +1 42
8 Nice 38 17 7 14 72 70 +2 41
9 Sochaux 38 15 10 13 65 54 +11 40
10 Laval 38 15 7 16 50 58 −8 37
11 Paris Saint-Germain 38 14 8 16 75 66 +9 36
12 Metz 38 13 9 16 41 57 −16 35
13 Nîmes 38 11 11 16 49 63 −14 33
14 Valenciennes 38 11 10 17 48 58 −10 32
15 Reims 38 11 10 17 42 55 −13 32
16 Bordeaux 38 12 8 18 46 69 −23 32
17 Lyon 38 12 7 19 56 59 −3 31
18 Lens (R) 38 12 7 19 56 71 −15 31 Relegation to French Division 2
19 Troyes (R) 38 11 9 18 41 69 −28 31
20 Rouen (R) 38 6 6 26 40 91 −51 18
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. ^ Nancy qualified for 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1977–78 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1978/1979

Results

Home \ Away BAS BOR LVL RCL OL OM MET ASM NAL NAN NIC NMS PSG REI ROU STE SOC RCS TRO VAL
Bastia 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 5–3 3–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 6–0 3–0
Bordeaux 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 1–2 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–0 3–5 4–4 1–2 2–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0
Laval 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–1 3–1
Lens 3–4 2–0 1–1 2–3 3–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 5–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 3–2 0–2
Lyon 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 4–2 4–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 0–1 4–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2
Marseille 2–0 4–0 0–1 4–0 4–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 3–0
Metz 0–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Monaco 2–1 3–2 4–0 3–0 3–1 2–3 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 6–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–2
Nancy 3–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2
Nantes 2–0 4–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 6–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 4–1
Nice 3–1 1–0 4–2 5–4 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–7 1–0 3–1 2–3 4–2 6–1 2–1 4–2 0–1 4–1 0–2
Nîmes 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2
Paris SG 3–3 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–3 5–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 5–0 2–2 3–1 4–1 3–1 2–2 8–2 2–0
Reims 1–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 3–0
Rouen 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–2 5–2 3–4 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–1
Saint-Étienne 0–4 5–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–3 1–0 2–1
Sochaux 2–0 0–0 4–1 7–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 3–0 2–3 3–2 5–2 0–1
Strasbourg 1–1 3–0 6–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 5–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
Troyes 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1
Valenciennes 2–0 0–1 2–3 3–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–4 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 6–1
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Argentina Carlos Bianchi Paris Saint-Germain 37
2 Argentina Delio Onnis Monaco 29
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Bjeković Nice
4 France Bernard Lacombe Lyon 24
5 Senegal Saar Boubacar Marseille 21
France Albert Gemmrich Strasbourg
7 France Marc Berdoll Marseille 20
8 Netherlands Johnny Rep Bastia 18
France Christian Dalger Monaco
France Michel Platini Nancy

References

  1. ^ Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1977-78
  • Division 1 season 1977-1978 at pari-et-gagne.com
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