1979–80 French Division 1
# 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

## 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Monaco | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 50 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 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 | Relegation to French Division 2 |

* ↑ 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

* Auxerre: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
* FC Tours: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A

## 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 | |

## Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Lyon | 8–4 | Avignon | 6–0 | 2–4 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Erwin Kostedde | Laval | 21 |
| 1 | Delio Onnis | Monaco | 21 |
| 3 | Pierre Pleimelding | Lille | 18 |
| 4 | Drago Vabec | Brest | 17 |
| 5 | Michel Platini | Saint-Étienne | 16 |
| 6 | Yves Ehrlacher | Lens | 15 |
| 6 | Nenad Bjeković | Nice | 15 |
| 6 | Johnny Rep | Saint-Étienne | 15 |
| 6 | Bernard Genghini | Sochaux | 15 |
| 10 | Yannick Stopyra | Sochaux | 14 |
