1980–81 French Division 1

43rd season of French Division 1 Division 1 24 July 1980 –2 June 1981 1980–81 Saint-Étienne (10th title) NîmesAngers European Cup Saint-Étienne UEFA Cup NantesBordeauxMonaco Cup Winners' Cup Bastia Delio Onnis (24 goals) 380 1064 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 Angers SCO Auxerre SEC Bastia Bordeaux Stade Lavallois RC Lens Lille Olympique Lyonnais FC Metz AS Monaco AS Nancy FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique Paris Saint-Germain FC AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux RC Strasbourg FC Tours US Valenciennes-Anzin France 350 right Location of teams in 1980–81 Division 1 France 47.460427 -0.530804 Angers bottom France 47.786753 3.588664 Auxerre bottom France 42.7008 9.4503 Bastia bottom France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 48.0733333 -0.7688888 Laval right France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens left France 50.621137 3.157519 Lille right France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon top 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 left France 43.673328 7.258756 Nice left France 43.8377777 4.36083333 Nîmes left France 48.841422 2.393053 PSG France 45.460767 4.490117 St-Étienne left France 47.512311 6.811345 Sochaux bottom France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom France 47.393611 0.689167 Tours right France 50.318925 3.626847 Valenciennes League table main WDL QR 5 2 STE Saint-Étienne NAN Nantes BOR Bordeaux ASM Monaco PSG Paris Saint-Germain OL Lyon RCS Strasbourg NAL Nancy MET Metz AUX Auxerre VAL Valenciennes BAS Bastia RCL Lens SOC Sochaux NIC Nice LVL Laval LIL Lille TOU Tours NMS Nîmes ANG Angers 23 11 4 68 26 C 22 11 5 74 36 18 13 7 57 34 19 11 8 58 41 17 12 9 62 50 14 13 11 70 54 14 12 12 44 47 15 7 16 55 49 10 16 12 48 53 10 16 12 46 52 12 12 14 51 70 13 9 16 50 55 10 14 14 46 48 10 14 14 51 59 10 12 16 47 61 10 11 17 49 55 10 11 17 55 71 9 13 16 54 71 O 6 14 18 46 66 R 5 14 19 33 66 R green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC UC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round Bastia qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1980–81 Coupe de France. ECWC red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs RP red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R 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 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 main FBR grey 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 complete Relegation play-offs Tours 3–2 Toulouse 1–0 2–2 |} Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1ARG Delio OnnisTours242FRG Uwe KrauseLaval233YUG Simo NikolićLyon214FRA Michel PlatiniSaint-Étienne205FRA Bernard LacombeBordeaux18ARG Victor TrosseroMonaco7FRA Dominique RocheteauParis Saint-Germain16POL Andrzej SzarmachAuxerreFRA Bernard ZénierNancy10FRA Albert GemmrichBordeaux14ISR Vicky PeretzStrasbourgNED Johnny RepSaint-ÉtienneFRA Olivier RouyerNancy Attendances # Club Average 1 PSG 23,329 2 Saint-Étienne 18,524 3 Lyon 17,441 4 Nantes 15,241 5 Tours 11,676 6 Girondins 11,397 7 Lens 11,385 8 LOSC 10,104 9 Metz 9,460 10 Strasbourg 8,607 11 AJA 8,450 12 Nice 7,691 13 Nancy 7,614 14 Stade lavallois 7,590 15 Sochaux 5,788 16 Valenciennes 5,558 17 Nîmes 5,183 18 Angers 4,664 19 Monaco 3,745 20 Bastia 2,971 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1981.htm 2026-09-16 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Division 1 season 1980-1981 at pari-et-gagne.com 1980–81 1 France