1979–80 French Division 1

42nd season of French Division 1
Football league season
Division 1
Season1979–80
Dates26 July 1979 –
27 May 1980
ChampionsNantes (5th title)
RelegatedMarseille
Brest
European CupNantes
UEFA CupSochaux
Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' CupMonaco
Matches played380
Goals scored1,073 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerErwin 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

League 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[a]
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-offs
19 Marseille (R) 38 9 6 23 45 78 −33 24 Relegation to French Division 2
20 Brest (R) 38 4 7 27 35 87 −52 15
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; (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 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–4 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–1
Bastia 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1
Bordeaux 2–1 2–1 4–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 4–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 5–1 2–3 1–3 7–0
Brest 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 5–1 7–2 1–3 1–2 3–3 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–4 0–2 1–2 2–5 1–5
Laval 3–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 3–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–3 3–3 0–0 3–0
Lens 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 5–3 1–1 4–1 4–1 0–3 4–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–3 2–0 1–1 1–1
Lille 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 4–3 4–0 4–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1
Lyon 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 3–1
Marseille 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 3–5 1–1 1–3 3–6
Metz 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 2–0 5–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 5–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0
Monaco 3–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–1
Nancy 1–0 3–1 3–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 3–4 1–0
Nantes 3–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 5–0 4–1 4–2 2–0 3–2 2–1 0–0
Nice 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–3 4–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–4 1–2 6–1 2–0
Nîmes 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1
Paris SG 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 4–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–0
Saint-Étienne 3–3 2–0 3–3 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 4–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1
Sochaux 4–0 3–0 2–0 7–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 4–0 1–2 5–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–1
Strasbourg 4–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–3 0–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1
Valenciennes 2–1 5–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lyon 8–4 Avignon 6–0 2–4

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 West Germany Erwin Kostedde Laval 21
Argentina Delio Onnis Monaco
3 France Pierre Pleimelding Lille 18
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Drago Vabec Brest 17
5 France Michel Platini Saint-Étienne 16
6 France Yves Ehrlacher Lens 15
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Bjeković Nice
Netherlands Johnny Rep Saint-Étienne
France Bernard Genghini Sochaux
10 France Yannick Stopyra Sochaux 14

References

  1. ^ Football: D1 Classement des buteurs - SAISON 1979-1980
  • Division 1 season 1979-1980 at pari-et-gagne.com
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