1997–98 French Division 1

60th season of French Division 1 Division 1 2 August 1997 –9 May 1998 1997–98 Lens (1st title) GuingampChâteaurouxCannes Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup Marco Simone Stéphane Guivarc'h (21 goals) 306 722 16,555 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Division 1 was the 60th season of Division 1, the top French professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1932. The season began on 2 August 1997, and concluded on 9 May 1998. This season saw a change in the league format, with the number of teams reduced to 18 from 20, shortening the season from 38 to 34 rounds. As a result, four clubs which had been relegated at the end of the previous season were replaced by only two, Châteauroux and Toulouse, who entered as winners and runners up of the 1996–97 French Division 2. Defending champions of the 1996–97 season were Monaco. Lens won the championship for the first time in their 92-year history, becoming the 26th club to become French football champions. Lens won their league title with 68 points, edging out second-placed Metz on goal difference, for whom this was their best result in history. Teams Stadia and personnel France 350 right Location of teams in 1997–98 Division 1 France 47.786753 3.588664 Auxerre left France 42.39504 9.263343 Bastia left France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 43.553056 6.964608 Cannes left France 46.802028 1.721614 Châteauroux bottom France 48.566186 -3.164706 Guingamp left France 49.501942 0.171061 Le Havre France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens       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 right France 43.61194 3.97722 Montpellier top France 47.255631 -1.525375 Nantes France 48.841422 2.393053 PSG France 48.107458 -1.712839 Rennes France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom France 43.583314 1.434047 Toulouse bottom TeamManagerStadiumCapacity Pos. in 1996–97AuxerreFRA 1974 Guy RouxStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps21,3791066thBastiaFRA 1974 Frédéric AntonettiStade Armand Cesari11,5001077thBordeauxFRA 1974 Guy StéphanParc Lescure34,6941044thCannesNED Adick KootStade Pierre-de-Coubertin12,80011515thChâteaurouxFRA 1974 Victor ZvunkaStade Gaston Petit17,0722011st (D2)GuingampFRA 1974 Francis SmereckiStade du Roudourou18,04011212thLe HavreFRA 1974 Denis TrochStade Jules Deschaseaux16,38211414thLensFRA 1974 Daniel LeclercqStade Bollaert41,64911313thLyonFRA 1974 Bernard LacombeStade de Gerland42,5911088thMarseilleFRA 1974 Rolland CourbisStade Vélodrome60,00011111thMetz FRA 1974 Joël MullerStade Saint-Symphorien26,7001055thMonacoFRA 1974 Jean TiganaStade Louis II18,5231011stMontpellierFRA 1974 Michel MézyStade de la Mosson32,95011010thNantesFRA 1974 Raynald DenoueixStade de la Beaujoire38,2851033rdParis Saint-GermainBRA RicardoParc des Princes48,5271022ndRennesFRA 1974 Guy DavidStade de la Route de Lorient29,77811616thStrasbourgFRA 1974 Jacky DuguépérouxStade de la Meinau29,0001099thToulouseFRA 1974 Alain GiresseStadium Municipal36,5002022nd (D2) League table main WDL QR 5 RCL Lens MET Metz ASM Monaco OM Marseille BOR Bordeaux OL Lyon AUX Auxerre PSG Paris Saint-Germain BAS Bastia LHA Le Havre FCN Nantes MHS Montpellier RCS Strasbourg REN Rennes TFC Toulouse GUI Guingamp CHA Châteauroux CAN Cannes 21 5 8 55 30 C 20 8 6 48 28 18 5 11 51 33 16 9 9 47 27 15 11 8 49 41 16 5 13 39 37 14 9 11 55 45 14 8 12 43 35 13 11 10 36 31 10 14 10 38 35 11 8 15 35 41 10 11 13 32 42 9 10 15 39 43 9 9 16 36 48 9 9 16 26 46 9 8 17 30 42 R 8 7 19 31 59 R 7 7 20 32 59 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC UC UC #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round IC3 yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round CWC Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1997–98 Coupe de France and 1997–98 Coupe de la Ligue. #DDDDFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round 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 1998/1999 AS Nancy : champion of Ligue 2 FC Lorient : runners-up FC Sochaux-Montbéliard : third place Results main FBR grey AUX BAS BOR CAN CHA GUI LHA RCL OL OM MET ASM MHS FCN PSG REN RCS TFC Auxerre 2–0 4–2 1–1 5–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–3 4–0 1–2 3–1 Bastia 1–2 4–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 Bordeaux 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 4–4 3–1 Cannes 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 Châteauroux 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 Guingamp 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 Le Havre 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 5–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 Lens 3–0 5–1 1–0 5–4 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 2–0 Lyon 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 Marseille 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 Metz 3–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 3–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 Monaco 0–1 1–0 5–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 Montpellier 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 Nantes 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 Paris SG 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 4–2 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 Rennes 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 2–3 0–3 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 Strasbourg 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 3–1 2–0 Toulouse 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–4 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 complete Ligue 1 Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsDivision 1 - Saison 1997-1998 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com1FRA Stéphane Guivarc'hAuxerre212FRA David TrezeguetMonaco183NGA Victor IkpebaMonaco164FRY Anto DrobnjakLens14FRA Lilian LaslandesBordeaux6FRA Bruno RodriguezMetz13ITA Marco SimoneParis Saint-Germain8FRA Jocelyn GourvennecNantes129FRA Laurent BlancMarseille11FRA Robert PiresMetzFRA Stéphane ZianiLens Awards Individual awards Award Winner Club Ligue 1 Player of the Year ITA Marco Simone Paris Saint-Germain Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year FRA David Trezeguet Monaco Ligue 1 Manager of the Year FRA Aimé Jacquet Bordeaux Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the Year FRA Fabien Barthez Monaco Team of the YearTrophées UNFP 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 Éric Sikora (Lens) CMR Rigobert Song (Metz) FRA Laurent Blanc (Marseille) FRA Manuel Dos Santos (Montpellier)Midfielders FRA Martin Djetou (Monaco) FRA Johan Micoud (Bordeaux) FRA Robert Pirès (Metz) FRA Stéphane Ziani (Lens)Forwards FRA Stéphane Guivarc'h (Auxerre)ITA Marco Simone (Paris Saint-Germain) Attendances Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1998.htm 2026-09-05 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk No. Club Average attendance Change 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 36,723 3.2% 2 Olympique de Marseille 28,257 58.2% 3 RC Lens 27,959 21.7% 4 FC Nantes 23,303 4.2% 5 Olympique lyonnais 22,808 5.5% 6 Girondins de Bordeaux 21,019 3.8% 7 RC Strasbourg 17,266 -0.4% 8 FC Metz 16,353 11.2% 9 Toulouse FC 14,573 90.0% 10 MHSC 12,992 28.3% 11 Stade rennais 12,789 -2.9% 12 EA Guingamp 12,717 50.8% 13 La Berrichonne de Châteauroux 12,274 162.4% 14 Le Havre AC 11,192 5.7% 15 AJ auxerroise 10,054 -4.3% 16 AS Monaco 7,156 0.7% 17 SC Bastia 5,825 7.6% 18 OGC Nice 5,024 -7.5% References External links France 1997/98 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1997–98 1 France