1988–89 French Division 1
# 1988–89 French Division 1

Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1988/1989 of the French Association Football League with 73 points.

## Participating teams

* Auxerre
* Bordeaux
* SM Caen
* AS Cannes
* Stade Lavallois
* RC Lens
* Lille
* Olympique Marseille
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* Montpellier La Paillade SC
* FC Nantes Atlantique
* OGC Nice
* Matra Racing
* Paris Saint-Germain FC
* AS Saint-Etienne
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* RC Strasbourg
* Sporting Toulon Var
* Toulouse FC

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marseille (C) | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 73 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 70 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 62 | 38 | +24 | 68 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Sochaux | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 68 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Auxerre | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 63 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Nice | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 57 | |
| 7 | Nantes | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 57 | |
| 8 | Lille | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 56 | |
| 9 | Montpellier | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 52 | |
| 10 | Toulouse | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 51 | |
| 11 | Toulon | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 50 | |
| 12 | Cannes | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 50 | |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 49 | |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 48 | |
| 15 | Metz | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 47 | |
| 16 | Caen | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 60 | −21 | 40 | |
| 17 | Matra Racing | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 39 | |
| 18 | Strasbourg (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 39 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 19 | Laval (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 35 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Lens (R) | 38 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 73 | −41 | 17 | Relegation to French Division 2 |

* ↑ Monaco qualified for 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1988–89 Coupe de France as cup winners Marseille also won the league and qualified for the European Cup.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1989/1990

* Olympique Lyonnais: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
* FC Mulhouse: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
* Stade Brest: Third place, winner of barrages against RC Strasbourg

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUX | BOR | CAE | CAN | LAV | RCL | LIL | OM | MRC | MET | ASM | MHS | FCN | NIC | PSG | STE | SOC | RCS | SCT | TFC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Auxerre | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Bordeaux | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Caen | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Cannes | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Laval | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Lens | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Lille | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Marseille | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Matra Racing | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–4 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Metz | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Monaco | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Montpellier | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 4–2 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Nantes | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Nice | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Paris SG | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Saint-Étienne | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Sochaux | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Strasbourg | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Toulon | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| Toulouse | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |

## Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Strasbourg | 2–3 | Brest | 2–2 | 0–1 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jean-Pierre Papin | Marseille | 22 |
| 2 | Glenn Hoddle | Monaco | 18 |
| 2 | Zlatko Vujović | Cannes | 18 |
| 4 | Laurent Blanc | Montpellier | 15 |
| 4 | Daniel Bravo | Nice | 15 |
| 4 | Stéphane Paille | Sochaux | 15 |
| 4 | Daniel Xuereb | Paris Saint-Germain | 15 |
| 8 | Fabrice Divert | Caen | 14 |
| 8 | Erwin Vandenbergh | Lille | 14 |
| 8 | George Weah | Monaco | 14 |
