1983–84 French Division 1
# 1983–84 French Division 1

Girondins de Bordeaux won Division 1 season 1983/1984 of the French Association Football League with 54 points.

## Participating teams

* Auxerre
* SEC Bastia
* Bordeaux
* Stade Brest
* Stade Lavallois
* RC Lens
* Lille
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* AS Nancy
* FC Nantes Atlantique
* Nîmes Olympique
* Paris Saint-Germain FC
* Stade Rennais
* FC Rouen
* AS Saint-Etienne
* FC Sochaux
* RC Strasbourg
* Sporting Toulon Var
* Toulouse FC

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bordeaux (C) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 54 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Monaco | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Auxerre | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 47 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Toulouse | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 45 | |
| 6 | Nantes | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 45 | |
| 7 | Sochaux | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 41 | |
| 8 | Strasbourg | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 39 | |
| 9 | Lille | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 37 | |
| 10 | Bastia | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 36 | |
| 11 | Laval | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 36 | |
| 12 | Metz | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 35 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 13 | Lens | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 57 | 66 | −9 | 35 | |
| 14 | Rouen | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 34 | |
| 15 | Nancy | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 32 | |
| 16 | Toulon | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 39 | 60 | −21 | 32 | |
| 17 | Brest | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 31 | |
| 18 | Saint-Étienne (R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 30 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 19 | Nîmes (R) | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 70 | −34 | 25 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Rennes (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 23 | Relegation to French Division 2 |

* ↑ Metz qualified for 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1983–84 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1984/1985

* Tours FC:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
* Olympique Marseille:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
* RC Paris:Third place

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUX | BAS | BOR | BRE | LAV | RCL | LIL | MET | ASM | NAL | FCN | NMS | PSG | REN | ROU | STE | SOC | RCS | SCT | TFC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Auxerre | | 1–1 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Bastia | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Bordeaux | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Brest | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 |
| Laval | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Lens | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| Lille | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Metz | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Monaco | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Nancy | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Nantes | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Nîmes | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–7 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Paris SG | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Rennes | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 |
| Rouen | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Saint-Étienne | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Sochaux | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 8–2 | 1–0 |
| Strasbourg | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Toulon | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 3–2 |
| Toulouse | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |

## Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Racing Paris | 2–0 | Saint-Étienne | 0–0 | 2–0 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Patrice Garande | Auxerre | 21 |
| 1 | Delio Onnis | Toulon | 21 |
| 3 | Andrzej Szarmach | Auxerre | 20 |
| 4 | Philippe Anziani | Sochaux | 18 |
| 4 | Bernard Genghini | Monaco | 18 |
| 4 | Bernard Lacombe | Bordeaux | 18 |
| 7 | François Brisson | Lens | 16 |
| 7 | Alain Giresse | Bordeaux | 16 |
| 9 | Tony Kurbos | Metz | 15 |
| 10 | Jean-François Beltramini | Rouen | 14 |
| 10 | Dieter Müller | Bordeaux | 14 |
