1979–80 French Division 1

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

Division 1
Season1979–80
Dates26 July 1979 –
27 May 1980
ChampionsNantes (5th title)
RelegatedMarseille
Brest
European CupNantes
UEFA CupSochaux
Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' CupMonaco
Matches played380
Goals scored1,073 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerErwin Kostedde (21)
Delio Onnis (21)

Participating teams
Location of teams in 1979–80 Division 1

Final 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
4 Monaco 38 21 8 9 61 30 +31 50 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
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-off[lower-alpha 2]
19 Marseille (R) 38 9 6 23 45 78 −33 24 Relegated to French Division 2
20 Brest (R) 38 4 7 27 35 87 −52 15
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Monaco qualified for the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1979–80 Coupe de France.
  2. Lyon avoided relegation as winners of relegation play-off against Division 2 side Olympique Avignonais.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1980/1981

Top goalscorers
Place Player Nationality Club Goals
1 Erwin Kostedde West Germany Stade Lavallois 21
- Delio Onnis  Argentina AS Monaco 21
3 Pierre Pleimelding  France Lille 18
4 Drago Vabec SFR Yugoslavia Stade Brest 17
5 Michel Platini  France AS Saint-Etienne 16
6 Yves Ehrlacher  France RC Lens 15
- Nenad Bjekovic SFR Yugoslavia OGC Nice 15
- Johnny Rep  Netherlands AS Saint-Etienne 15
- Bernard Genghini  France FC Sochaux 15
10 Yannick Stopyra  France FC Sochaux 14
11 Éric Pécout  France FC Nantes Atlantique 13
- Victor Trossero  Argentina FC Nantes Atlantique 13
- Jean-François Beltramini  France Paris Saint-Germain FC 13
14 Alain Giresse  France Bordeaux 12
- Nabatingue Toko  Chad US Valenciennes-Anzin 12
- Albert Gemmrich  France Bordeaux 12
- Gilbert Marguerite  France Nîmes Olympique 12
- Saar Boubacar  Senegal Paris Saint-Germain FC 12
- Jacques Zimako  France AS Saint-Etienne 12

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See also

References
  1. Football: D1 Classement des buteurs - SAISON 1979-1980
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