1978–79 French Division 1

Division 1
Season	1978–79
Dates	19 July 1978 –; 1 June 1979
Champions	Strasbourg (1st title)
Relegated	Paris FC; Reims
European Cup	Strasbourg
Cup Winners' Cup	Nantes
UEFA Cup	Monaco; Saint-Étienne
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,141 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Bianchi; (27 goals)
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

RC Strasbourg won Division 1 season 1978/1979 of the French Association Football League with 56 points.

Participating teams

Location of teams in 1978–79 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Strasbourg (C)	38	22	12	4	68	28	40	56	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Nantes	38	23	8	7	85	33	52	54	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Saint-Étienne	38	24	6	8	77	34	43	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Monaco	38	18	8	12	70	51	19	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Metz	38	19	6	13	61	56	5	44
6	Lille	38	11	18	9	67	62	5	40
7	Lyon	38	15	10	13	53	56	−3	40
8	Nîmes	38	15	9	14	61	50	11	39
9	Sochaux	38	15	9	14	63	53	10	39
10	Bordeaux	38	12	15	11	45	42	3	39
11	Nancy	38	15	8	15	77	61	16	38
12	Marseille	38	12	13	13	50	55	−5	37
13	Paris Saint-Germain	38	14	8	16	59	66	−7	36
14	Bastia	38	13	9	16	53	65	−12	35
15	Nice	38	11	10	17	58	75	−17	32
16	Laval	38	8	14	16	53	73	−20	30
17	Angers	38	8	14	16	37	68	−31	30
18	Valenciennes	38	9	10	19	36	65	−29	28
19	Paris FC (R)	38	9	10	19	42	77	−35	28	Qualification to relegation play-offs
20	Reims (R)	38	3	11	24	26	71	−45	17	Relegation to French Division 2

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Nantes qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978–79 Coupe de France.

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

Home \ Away	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

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lens	0–0 (3–2 p)	Paris FC	0–0	0–0

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Carlos Bianchi	Paris Saint-Germain	27
2	Delio Onnis	Monaco	22
2	Éric Pécout	Nantes	22
4	Pierre Pleimelding	Lille	21
	Gilbert Marguerite	Nîmes
	Dominique Rocheteau	Saint-Étienne
7	Nenad Bjeković	Nice	17
7	Albert Gemmrich	Strasbourg	17
9	Roberto Cabral	Lille	16
10	Johnny Rep	Bastia	15
	Žarko Olarević	Lille
	Bernard Zénier	Nancy
	Zvonko Ivezić	Sochaux