1987–88 French Division 1
# 1987–88 French Division 1

AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1987-88 of the French Association Football League with 52 points.

## Participating teams

* Auxerre
* Bordeaux
* Stade Brest
* AS Cannes
* Stade Lavallois
* Le Havre AC
* RC Lens
* Lille
* Olympique Marseille
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* Montpellier La Paillade SC
* FC Nantes Atlantique
* OGC Nice
* Chamois Niortais
* Matra Racing
* Paris Saint-Germain FC
* AS Saint-Etienne
* Sporting Toulon Var
* Toulouse FC

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Monaco (C) | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 29 | +24 | 52 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Montpellier | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 42 | |
| 5 | Toulon | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 41 | |
| 6 | Marseille | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 41 | |
| 7 | Matra Racing | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 41 | |
| 8 | Metz | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 40 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 9 | Auxerre | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 39 | |
| 10 | Nantes | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 39 | |
| 11 | Lille | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 37 | |
| 12 | Cannes | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 37 | |
| 13 | Toulouse | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 35 | |
| 14 | Laval | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 34 | |
| 15 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 34 | |
| 16 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 33 | |
| 17 | Lens | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 33 | |
| 18 | Niort (R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 32 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 19 | Brest (R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 32 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Le Havre (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 27 | Relegation to French Division 2 |

* ↑ Metz qualified for 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1987–88 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1988/1989

* RC Strasbourg:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
* SM Caen:Third place, winner of barrages against Chamois Niortais

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUX | BOR | BRE | CAN | LAV | LHA | RCL | LIL | OM | MRC | MET | ASM | MHS | FCN | NIC | NIO | PSG | STE | SCT | TFC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Auxerre | | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Bordeaux | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Brest | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Cannes | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Laval | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 4–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Le Havre | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Lens | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Lille | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Marseille | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Matra Racing | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Metz | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Monaco | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Montpellier | 2–2 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 |
| Nantes | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Nice | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Niort | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Paris SG | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Toulon | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Toulouse | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |

## Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Niort | 1–4 | Caen | 1–1 | 0–3 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jean-Pierre Papin | Marseille | 19 |
| 2 | Patrice Garande | Saint-Étienne | 17 |
| 3 | Mark Hateley | Monaco | 14 |
| 4 | Klaus Allofs | Marseille | 13 |
| 4 | Philippe Fargeon | Bordeaux | 13 |
| 4 | Chérif Oudjani | Lens | 13 |
| 4 | Mo Johnston | Nantes | 13 |
| 8 | Roger Milla | Montpellier | 12 |
| 8 | Christian Perez | Montpellier | 12 |
| 8 | Philippe Tibeuf | Saint-Étienne | 12 |
