1998–99 French Division 1
# 1998–99 French Division 1

The 1998–99 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 61st since its establishment. FC Girondins de Bordeaux won the French Association Football League with 72 points.

## Participating teams

* AJ Auxerre
* SC Bastia
* FC Girondins de Bordeaux
* Le Havre AC
* RC Lens
* FC Lorient
* Olympique Lyonnais
* Olympique de Marseille
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* Montpellier HSC
* AS Nancy-Lorraine
* FC Nantes Atlantique
* Paris Saint-Germain
* Stade Rennais
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* RC Strasbourg
* Toulouse FC

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bordeaux (C) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 66 | 29 | +37 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | Marseille | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Monaco | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 62 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Rennes | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 59 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 6 | Lens | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Nantes | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Montpellier | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 43 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 9 | Paris Saint-Germain | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 39 | |
| 10 | Metz | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 39 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 11 | Nancy | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 39 | |
| 12 | Strasbourg | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 38 | |
| 13 | Bastia | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 38 | |
| 14 | Auxerre | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 37 | |
| 15 | Le Havre | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 35 | |
| 16 | Lorient (R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 35 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 17 | Sochaux (R) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 33 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 18 | Toulouse (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 29 | Relegation to French Division 2 |

* ↑ Lens was qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue. Also, Nantes was qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1998–99 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1999/2000

* AS Saint-Étienne: champion of Ligue 2
* CS Sedan-Ardennes: runners-up
* Troyes AC: third place

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUX | BAS | BOR | LHA | RCL | LOR | OL | OM | MET | ASM | MHS | NNC | FCN | PSG | REN | SOC | RCS | TFC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Auxerre | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Bastia | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Bordeaux | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Le Havre | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Lens | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Lorient | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Lyon | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| Marseille | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Metz | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Monaco | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Montpellier | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Nancy | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Nantes | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Paris SG | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Rennes | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sochaux | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Strasbourg | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| Toulouse | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sylvain Wiltord | Bordeaux | 22 |
| 2 | Alain Caveglia | Lyon | 17 |
| 3 | Lilian Laslandes | Bordeaux | 15 |
| 3 | Shabani Nonda | Rennes | 15 |
| 5 | Florian Maurice | Marseille | 14 |
| 6 | Fabrizio Ravanelli | Marseille | 13 |
| 7 | David Trezeguet | AS Monaco | 12 |
| 7 | Tony Cascarino | Nancy | 12 |
| 9 | Frédéric Née | Bastia | 11 |
| 9 | Victor Ikpeba | Monaco | 11 |
| 9 | Laurent Robert | Montpellier | 11 |
| 9 | Bruno Rodriguez | Metz (6)Paris Saint-Germain (5) | 11 |
