1979–80 French Division 1

42nd season of French Division 1 Division 1 26 July 1979 –27 May 1980 1979–80 Nantes (5th title) MarseilleBrest European Cup Nantes UEFA Cup SochauxSaint-Étienne Cup Winners' Cup Monaco Erwin Kostedde (21)Delio Onnis (21) 380 1073 1978–79 1980–81 FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1979/1980 of the French Association Football League with 57 points. Participating teams Angers SCO SEC Bastia Bordeaux Stade Brest Stade Lavallois RC Lens Lille Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco AS Nancy FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique Paris Saint-Germain FC AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux RC Strasbourg US Valenciennes-Anzin France 350 right Location of teams in 1979–80 Division 1 France 47.460427 -0.530804 Angers right France 42.7008 9.4503 Bastia bottom France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 48.334722 -4.456444 Brest top 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 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 PSG 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 NAN Nantes C SOC Sochaux STE Saint-Étienne ASM Monaco RCS Strasbourg BOR Bordeaux PSG Paris Saint-Germain VAL Valenciennes RCL Lens NMS Nîmes NAL Nancy LVL Laval LIL Lille ANG Angers NIC Nice BAS Bastia MET Metz OL Lyon O OM Marseille R BRE Brest R 26 5 7 76 30 24 6 8 76 36 23 8 7 73 50 21 8 9 61 30 17 9 12 58 50 16 8 14 64 53 15 10 13 59 52 14 12 12 47 47 14 10 14 51 51 15 8 15 45 50 15 7 16 55 61 15 5 18 57 55 12 11 15 45 49 14 7 17 45 55 13 6 19 53 62 14 4 20 39 51 12 8 18 45 60 10 9 19 43 65 9 6 23 45 78 4 7 27 35 87 green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round UCCF Monaco qualified for the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1979–80 Coupe de France. 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 1980/1981 Auxerre: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B FC Tours: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A Results main FBR grey 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 complete March 2025 Relegation play-offs Lyon 8–4 Avignon 6–0 2–4 |} Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsFootball: D1 Classement des buteurs - SAISON 1979-19801FRG Erwin KosteddeLaval21ARG Delio OnnisMonaco3FRA Pierre PleimeldingLille184YUG Drago VabecBrest175FRA Michel PlatiniSaint-Étienne166FRA Yves EhrlacherLens15YUG Nenad BjekovićNiceNED Johnny RepSaint-ÉtienneFRA Bernard GenghiniSochaux10FRA Yannick StopyraSochaux14 Attendances # Club Average 1 PSG 21,361 2 Saint-Étienne 19,664 3 Nantes 16,422 4 Lens 15,100 5 Marseille 13,838 6 Strasbourg 13,768 7 LOSC 13,314 8 Metz 9,734 9 Stade lavallois 9,278 10 Girondins 8,932 11 Lyon 8,899 12 Stade brestois 8,296 13 Nice 8,248 14 Nancy 8,138 15 Angers 7,788 16 Valenciennes 7,655 17 Nîmes 7,526 18 Sochaux 7,007 19 Monaco 4,265 20 Bastia 3,275 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1980.htm 2026-09-06 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Division 1 season 1979-1980 at pari-et-gagne.com 1979–80 1 France