1998–99 French Division 1

61st season of French Division 1 January 2019 Division 1 7 August 1998 –29 May 1999 1998–99 Bordeaux (5th title) LorientSochauxToulouse Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup Ali Benarbia Sylvain Wiltord (22 goals) 306 723 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 61st since its establishment. FC Girondins de Bordeaux won the French Association Football League with 72 points. Participating teams 22em AJ Auxerre SC Bastia FC Girondins de Bordeaux Le Havre AC RC Lens FC Lorient Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco Montpellier HSC AS Nancy-Lorraine FC Nantes Atlantique Paris Saint-Germain Stade Rennais FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg Toulouse FC France 350 right Location of teams in 1998–99 Division 1 France 47.786753 3.588664 Auxerre left France 42.39504 9.263343 Bastia left France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 49.501942 0.171061 Le Havre France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens       bottom France 47.748747 -3.369367 Lorient bottom France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz right France 43.727606 7.415614 AS Monaco France 43.61194 3.97722 Montpellier top France 48.6955 6.210687 Nancy right France 47.255631 -1.525375 Nantes France 48.841422 2.393053 PSG France 48.107458 -1.712839 Rennes France 47.412417 6.9112 Sochaux top France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom France 43.583314 1.434047 Toulouse bottom League table main WDL QR 5 BOR Bordeaux OM Marseille OL Lyon ASM Monaco REN Rennes RCL Lens FCN Nantes MHS Montpellier PSG Paris Saint-Germain MET Metz NAL Nancy RCS Strasbourg BAS Bastia AUX Auxerre LHA Le Havre LOR Lorient SOC Sochaux TFC Toulouse 22 6 6 66 29 C 21 8 5 56 28 18 9 7 51 31 18 8 8 52 32 17 8 9 45 38 14 7 13 46 43 12 12 10 40 34 11 10 13 53 50 10 9 15 34 35 9 12 13 28 37 10 9 15 35 45 8 14 12 30 36 10 8 16 37 46 9 10 15 40 45 8 11 15 23 38 8 11 15 33 49 R 6 15 13 30 54 R 6 11 17 24 53 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first group stage CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round IC3 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UCC UCC Lens was qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue. Also, Nantes was qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1998–99 Coupe de France. #DDDDFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 IC2 red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Ligue 1 Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1999/2000 AS Saint-Étienne: champion of Ligue 2 CS Sedan-Ardennes: runners-up Troyes AC: third place Results main FBR grey AUX BAS BOR LHA RCL LOR OL OM MET ASM MHS NNC FCN PSG REN SOC RCS TFC Auxerre 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 5–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 Bastia 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–2 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 Bordeaux 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 6–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 Le Havre 2–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–4 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 Lens 2–2 1–0 2–4 0–1 1–1 0–3 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–4 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 Lorient 1–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 Lyon 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 3–2 6–1 Marseille 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 5–4 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 Metz 2–0 4–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 Monaco 3–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 Montpellier 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 4–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 Nancy 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 Nantes 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 Paris SG 2–0 2–0 2–3 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 Rennes 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–3 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 Sochaux 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–4 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 Strasbourg 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 Toulouse 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 3–2 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–5 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 complete Ligue 1 Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsDivision 1 - Saison 1998-1999 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com 1 FRA Sylvain Wiltord Bordeaux 22 2 FRA Alain Caveglia Lyon 17 3 FRA Lilian Laslandes Bordeaux 15 DR Congo Shabani Nonda Rennes 5 FRA Florian Maurice Marseille 14 6 ITA Fabrizio Ravanelli Marseille 13 7 FRA David Trezeguet AS Monaco 12 IRL Tony Cascarino Nancy 9 FRA Frédéric Née Bastia 11 NGA Victor Ikpeba Monaco FRA Laurent Robert Montpellier FRA Bruno Rodriguez Metz (6) Paris Saint-Germain (5) Awards Individual awards Award Winner Club Ligue 1 Player of the Year ALG Ali Benarbia Bordeaux Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year FRA Olivier Monterrubio Nantes Ligue 1 Manager of the Year FRA Élie Baup Bordeaux Team of the YearPalmarès des Oscars du Football https://web.archive.org/web/20020919102831/http://www.canalplus.fr:80/sports/emissions/oscars2002/palmares.asp Canal+ 27 September 2026GoalkeeperFRA Fabien Barthez (Monaco)Defenders FRA Patrice Carteron (Lyon) FRA Laurent Blanc (Marseille) ARG Néstor Fabbri (Nantes) FRA Manuel Dos Santos (Montpellier)Midfielders ALG Ali Benarbia (Bordeaux) FRA Michel Pavon (Bordeaux) FRA Johan Micoud (Bordeaux) FRA Vikash Dhorasoo (Lyon)Forwards FRA Lilian Laslandes (Bordeaux)FRA Sylvain Wiltord (Bordeaux) Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1999.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 26 July 2026 No. Club Average attendance Change 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 35,582 -4.7% 2 RC Lens 22,977 -9.9% 3 FC Nantes 22,372 -8.6% 4 Olympique lyonnais 21,624 -2.8% 5 Girondins de Bordeaux 20,249 37.2% 6 Olympique de Marseille 17,862 -0.5% 7 RC Strasbourg 17,341 13.1% 8 SM Caen 15,893 24.7% 9 FC Metz 14,701 -8.1% 10 Stade rennais 13,177 1.1% 11 Le Havre AC 10,586 10.4% 12 AJ auxerroise 10,503 -4.6% 13 LOSC 10,347 19.3% 14 MHSC 10,125 2.0% 15 AS Nancy 9,239 29.7% 16 EA Guingamp 8,434 -26.6% 17 AS Saint-Étienne 8,061 -41.4% 18 AS Monaco 7,103 12.6% 19 SC Bastia 5,415 12.4% 20 OGC Nice 5,024 -7.5% References External links France 1998/99 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1998–99 1 France