1979–80 French Division 1

42nd season of French Division 1 Football league season

Division 1
Season	1979–80
Dates	26 July 1979 – 27 May 1980
Champions	Nantes (5th title)
Relegated	Marseille Brest
European Cup	Nantes
UEFA Cup	Sochaux Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' Cup	Monaco
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,073 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Erwin Kostedde (21) Delio Onnis (21)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1979/1980 of the French Association Football League with 57 points.

Participating teams

Valenciennesclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 1979–80 Division 1

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

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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
	Nenad Bjeković	Nice
	Johnny Rep	Saint-Étienne
	Bernard Genghini	Sochaux
10	Yannick Stopyra	Sochaux	14

References

Football: D1 Classement des buteurs - SAISON 1979-1980

Division 1 season 1979-1980 at pari-et-gagne.com

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1979–80 in French football

« 1978–79 1980–81 »

Domestic leagues	Division 1 Division 2
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final)
European	European Cup Men Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Division 1	Angers Bastia Bordeaux Brest Laval Lens Lille Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Nancy Nantes Nice Nîmes Paris Saint-Germain Saint-Étienne Sochaux Strasbourg Valenciennes

International competition
Men	1979 Mediterranean Games

v t e 1979–80 in European football (UEFA)
« 1978–79 1980–81 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '79 '80 England Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '79 '80 Spain Sweden '79 '80 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

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