1978–79 French Division 1

41st season of French Division 1 July 2019 Division 1 19 July 1978 –1 June 1979 1978–79 Strasbourg (1st title) Paris FCReims European Cup Strasbourg Cup Winners' Cup Nantes UEFA Cup MonacoSaint-Étienne Carlos Bianchi(27 goals) 380 1141 1977–78 1979–80 RC Strasbourg won Division 1 season 1978/1979 of the French Association Football League with 56 points. Participating teams Angers SCO SEC Bastia Bordeaux Stade Lavallois Lille Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco AS Nancy FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique Paris FC Paris Saint-Germain FC Stade de Reims AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux RC Strasbourg US Valenciennes-Anzin France 350 right Location of teams in 1978–79 Division 1 France 47.460427 -0.530804 Angers right France 42.7008 9.4503 Bastia bottom France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 48.0733333 -0.7688888 Laval right France 50.621137 3.157519 Lille right France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon top France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz right France 43.727606 7.415614 AS Monaco right France 48.6955 6.210687 Nancy right France 47.255631 -1.525375 Nantes bottom France 43.673328 7.258756 Nice left France 43.8377777 4.36083333 Nîmes left France 48.841422 2.393053 PSGParis FC France 49.246389 4.025 Reims right France 45.460767 4.490117 St-Étienne left France 47.512311 6.811345 Sochaux bottom France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom France 50.318925 3.626847 Valenciennes League table main WDL QR 5 2 RCS Strasbourg NAN Nantes STE Saint-Étienne ASM Monaco MET Metz LIL Lille OL Lyon NMS Nîmes SOC Sochaux BOR Bordeaux NAL Nancy OM Marseille PSG Paris Saint-Germain BAS Bastia NIC Nice LVL Laval ANG Angers VAL Valenciennes PFC Paris FC REI Reims 22 12 4 68 28 C 23 8 7 85 33 24 6 8 77 34 18 8 12 70 51 19 6 13 61 56 11 18 9 67 62 15 10 13 53 56 15 9 14 61 50 15 9 14 63 53 12 15 11 45 42 15 8 15 77 61 12 13 13 50 55 14 8 16 59 66 13 9 16 53 65 11 10 17 58 75 8 14 16 53 73 8 14 16 37 68 9 10 19 36 65 9 10 19 42 77 R 3 11 24 26 71 R green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round CWC Nantes qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978–79 Coupe de France. blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs RP red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points complete Histoire du PSG Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1979/1980 Stade Brest:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group B RC Lens:Third place, winner of barrages against Paris FC FC Gueugnon:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group A, will not play in Division 1 season 1979/1980 because of its amateur status. Results main FBR grey ANG BAS BOR LVL LIL OL OM MET ASM NAL NAN NIC NMS PFC PSG REI STE SOC RCS VAL Angers 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–3 3–2 1–2 1–0 Bastia 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 4–1 5–1 1–0 5–2 1–0 5–1 1–2 3–2 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 Bordeaux 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 Laval 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–4 0–5 1–2 2–2 5–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 Lille 0–0 2–2 1–1 5–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 4–3 1–3 4–0 1–1 4–2 3–1 4–0 3–0 4–2 1–2 2–1 Lyon 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–3 4–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 3–0 Marseille 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 Metz 1–0 3–1 1–0 5–1 4–4 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 Monaco 3–0 6–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–3 2–1 6–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 Nancy 2–2 5–1 4–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 3–0 5–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 4–0 Nantes 5–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 5–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 4–0 Nice 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 4–2 5–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 5–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–4 Nîmes 3–0 3–2 4–2 4–0 3–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 4–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 5–0 Paris FC 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–7 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 Paris SG 1–1 4–0 2–5 1–2 0–0 2–1 4–3 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 Reims 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–4 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 Saint-Étienne 4–0 2–1 1–3 3–0 5–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 3–2 3–1 5–1 2–0 6–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 5–0 Sochaux 4–0 5–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 5–1 2–2 4–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 Strasbourg 6–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 5–0 Valenciennes 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 complete March 2025 Relegation play-offs Lens 0–0 3–2 Paris FC 0–0 0–0 |} Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goalsfr Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1978-791ARG Carlos BianchiParis Saint-Germain272ARG Delio OnnisMonaco22FRA Éric PécoutNantes4FRA Pierre PleimeldingLille21FRA Gilbert MargueriteNîmesFRA Dominique RocheteauSaint-Étienne7YUG Nenad BjekovićNice17FRA Albert GemmrichStrasbourg 9ARG Roberto CabralLille1610NED Johnny RepBastia15YUG Žarko OlarevićLilleFRA Bernard ZénierNancyYUG Zvonko IvezićSochaux RC Strasbourg Winning Squad 1978-'79 Goal FRA Dominique Dropsy FRA Patrick Ottmann Defence FRA Raymond Domenech FRA Jacky Duguépéroux (Cap.) FRA Jacques Glassmann FRA Jean-Jacques Marx FRA Jacques Novi FRA Léonard Specht FRA Patrick Vincent Midfield FRA René Deutschmann FRA Yves Ehrlacher FRA Roger Jouve FRA Eric Mosser FRA Francis Piasecki FRA Bernard Tischner FRA Rémy Vogel FRA Arsène Wenger Attack FRA Albert Gemmrich FRA Remy Gentes FRA Pascal Greiner CHA Nabatingue Toko FRA Joël Tanter FRA Jacques Vergnes FRA Roland Wagner FRA André Wiss Management CHE Gilbert Gress (Coach) Attendances # Club Average 1 Strasbourg 21,086 2 Saint-Étienne 20,798 3 PSG 18,590 4 Nantes 16,146 5 LOSC 14,350 6 Marseille 13,152 7 Metz 12,914 8 Lyon 12,386 9 Nancy 11,350 10 Girondins 11,082 11 Paris FC 9,623 12 Nice 8,846 13 Stade lavallois 8,625 14 Angers 7,732 15 Nîmes 7,553 16 Valenciennes 6,933 17 Reims 6,685 18 Sochaux 5,973 19 Bastia 5,148 20 Monaco 3,931 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1979.htm 2026-09-08 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Division 1 season 1978-1979 at pari-et-gagne.com 1978–79 1 France