1980–81 French Division 1

43rd season of French Division 1 Football league season

Division 1
Season	1980–81
Dates	24 July 1980 – 2 June 1981
Champions	Saint-Étienne (10th title)
Relegated	Nîmes Angers
European Cup	Saint-Étienne
UEFA Cup	Nantes Bordeaux Monaco
Cup Winners' Cup	Bastia
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,064 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Delio Onnis (24 goals)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 Division 1 was the 43rd season of the French top association football league, played from July 1980 to June 1981. The league was won by AS Saint-Etienne with 57 points, for whom this was their 10th title.

Participating teams

Valenciennesclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 1980–81 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saint-Étienne (C)	38	23	11	4	68	26	+42	57	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Nantes	38	22	11	5	74	36	+38	55	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Bordeaux	38	18	13	7	57	34	+23	49
4	Monaco	38	19	11	8	58	41	+17	49
5	Paris Saint-Germain	38	17	12	9	62	50	+12	46
6	Lyon	38	14	13	11	70	54	+16	41
7	Strasbourg	38	14	12	12	44	47	−3	40
8	Nancy	38	15	7	16	55	49	+6	37
9	Metz	38	10	16	12	48	53	−5	36
10	Auxerre	38	10	16	12	46	52	−6	36
11	Valenciennes	38	12	12	14	51	70	−19	36
12	Bastia	38	13	9	16	50	55	−5	35	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
13	Lens	38	10	14	14	46	48	−2	34
14	Sochaux	38	10	14	14	51	59	−8	34
15	Nice	38	10	12	16	47	61	−14	32
16	Laval	38	10	11	17	49	55	−6	31
17	Lille	38	10	11	17	55	71	−16	31
18	Tours (O)	38	9	13	16	54	71	−17	31	Qualification to relegation play-offs
19	Nîmes (R)	38	6	14	18	46	66	−20	26	Relegation to French Division 2
20	Angers (R)	38	5	14	19	33	66	−33	24	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:

Bastia qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1980–81 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1981/1982

Stade Brest:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
Montpellier HSC:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	AUX	BAS	BOR	LVL	RCL	LIL	OL	MET	ASM	NAL	NAN	NIC	NMS	PSG	STE	SOC	RCS	TFC	VAL
Angers		4–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1
Auxerre	2–2		0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	4–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1
Bastia	3–0	2–0		3–2	2–2	3–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1
Bordeaux	1–0	2–0	0–0		2–1	5–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–0
Laval	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–4		3–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1
Lens	1–0	1–1	5–0	0–1	3–0		0–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	5–1	1–2	3–0	1–2
Lille	4–0	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–1		1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–2
Lyon	5–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–2		0–0	3–2	4–2	0–0	5–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	0–0	2–3	1–1
Metz	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	3–0	0–2		1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	4–2	4–1	2–3	4–2
Monaco	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1		1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	5–1
Nancy	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–3		1–0	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	7–1
Nantes	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	5–0	3–0		4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–3	3–0
Nice	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–2		0–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	0–0	2–2	4–0
Nîmes	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–3	1–3	1–2	2–3	1–3		2–1	0–1	0–0	4–2	2–1	1–1
Paris SG	2–2	2–3	3–1	4–0	3–2	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	3–1	3–2		1–1	3–2	1–0	4–1	3–2
Saint-Étienne	5–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	5–1	4–1	0–0	3–2	0–0	0–2		3–0	3–0	1–2	4–0
Sochaux	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–2		1–1	1–0	3–3
Strasbourg	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–3	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0		4–1	3–0
Tours	2–2	1–4	2–2	0–1	3–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	4–3	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–1		2–3
Valenciennes	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–2	1–0	0–3	2–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	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
Tours	3–2	Toulouse	1–0	2–2

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Delio Onnis	Tours	24
2	Uwe Krause	Laval	23
3	Simo Nikolić	Lyon	21
4	Michel Platini	Saint-Étienne	20
5	Bernard Lacombe	Bordeaux	18
5	Victor Trossero	Monaco	18
7	Dominique Rocheteau	Paris Saint-Germain	16
	Andrzej Szarmach	Auxerre
	Bernard Zénier	Nancy
10	Albert Gemmrich	Bordeaux	14
	Vicky Peretz	Strasbourg
	Johnny Rep	Saint-Étienne
	Olivier Rouyer	Nancy

References

Division 1 season 1980-1981 at pari-et-gagne.com

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1980–81 in French football

« 1979–80 1981–82 »

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 Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux Laval Lens Lille Lyon Metz Monaco Nancy Nantes Nice Nîmes Paris Saint-Germain Saint-Étienne Sochaux Strasbourg Tours Valenciennes

v t e 1980–81 in European football (UEFA)
« 1979–80 1981–82 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '80 '81 England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '80 '81 Spain Sweden '80 '81 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '81 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland
Super cups	Soviet Union '81
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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