1982–83 French Division 1

Division 1

Season	1982–83
Champions	Nantes (6th title)
Relegated	Tours Lyon Mulhouse
European Cup	Nantes
Cup Winners' Cup	Paris Saint-Germain
UEFA Cup	Bordeaux Lens Laval
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,090 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vahid Halilhodžić (27)
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1982/1983 of the French Association Football League with 58 points.

Participating teams

• Auxerre
• SEC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Stade Brest
• Stade Lavallois
• RC Lens
• Lille
• Olympique Lyonnais
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• FC Mulhouse
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes Atlantique
• Paris Saint-Germain FC
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sochaux
• RC Strasbourg
• Toulouse FC
• FC Tours

Auxerre

Bastia

Bordeaux

Brest

Laval

Lens

Lille

Lyon

Metz

AS Monaco

Mulhouse

Nancy

Nantes

PSG

Rouen

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Tours

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Location of teams in 1982–83 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nantes (C)	38	24	10	4	77	29	48	58	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Bordeaux	38	20	8	10	67	48	19	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Paris Saint-Germain	38	20	7	11	66	49	17	47	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Lens	38	18	8	12	64	55	9	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Laval	38	15	14	9	42	41	1	44
6	Monaco	38	14	15	9	55	35	20	43
7	Nancy	38	17	7	14	74	61	13	41
8	Auxerre	38	12	14	12	56	48	8	38
9	Metz	38	13	11	14	66	67	−1	37
10	Brest	38	11	15	12	53	63	−10	37
11	Toulouse	38	15	6	17	52	66	−14	36
12	Sochaux	38	9	17	12	52	53	−1	35
13	Lille	38	13	8	17	38	45	−7	34
14	Saint-Étienne	38	11	12	15	41	52	−11	34
15	Strasbourg	38	11	11	16	40	51	−11	33
16	Rouen	38	11	10	17	45	54	−9	32
17	Bastia	38	9	14	15	41	52	−11	32
18	Tours (R)	38	12	7	19	58	68	−10	31	Qualification to relegation play-offs
19	Lyon (R)	38	11	6	21	57	77	−20	28	Relegation to French Division 2
20	Mulhouse (R)	38	10	8	20	46	76	−30	28

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:

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1983/1984

• Stade Rennais:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group A
• Sporting Toulon Var:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group B
• Nîmes Olympique:Third place, winner of barrages against FC Tours

Results

Home \ Away	AUX	BAS	BOR	BRS	LVL	RCL	LIL	OL	MET	ASM	MUL	NAL	NAN	PSG	ROU	STE	SOC	RCS	TFC	TOU
Auxerre		1–1	2–2	4–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	3–2	2–0	4–1	2–2	0–0	5–1	3–1
Bastia	1–0		1–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–1
Bordeaux	3–0	0–0		0–0	4–1	3–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Brest	2–2	4–2	0–1		3–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–3	1–1	3–1	4–2	4–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	4–2
Laval	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0
Lens	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–3	2–0		2–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	4–2	2–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	4–2	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–1
Lille	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0
Lyon	1–1	3–1	3–5	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1		3–3	1–1	7–3	1–2	1–2	1–3	0–4	2–1	3–1	4–2	4–1	2–0
Metz	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	4–1		1–1	3–0	2–3	0–4	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	5–1
Monaco	1–1	3–0	3–1	5–0	4–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–0
Mulhouse	3–2	4–1	4–4	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	3–4	2–1		3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0
Nancy	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	5–2	4–0	2–1	6–0		2–2	2–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–3
Nantes	1–0	3–0	4–0	5–1	0–0	5–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	3–1		2–0	1–0	4–2	4–0	3–0	3–0	2–1
Paris SG	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–3	4–1	3–0	3–1	0–1	5–1	2–3	2–1		1–0	4–1	1–0	4–3	2–1	4–2
Rouen	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	0–1		0–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	4–2
Saint-Étienne	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–4	0–1	1–1	1–0		0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0
Sochaux	2–0	2–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–0		2–2	2–3	1–1
Strasbourg	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–4	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1		3–0	1–1
Toulouse	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–6	3–1		1–1
Tours	3–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	5–1	5–0	3–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–4	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0

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
Tours	2–4	Nîmes	1–1	1–3

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vahid Halilhodžić	Nantes	27
2	Andrzej Szarmach	Auxerre	24
3	Abdelkrim Merry Krimau	Metz	23
4	Bernard Lacombe	Bordeaux	20
5	Jean-François Beltramini	Rouen	19
6	Dieter Müller	Bordeaux	17
	Tony Kurbos	Metz
8	Yannick Stopyra	Sochaux	16
9	Jean-Marc Ferreri	Auxerre	14
	Uwe Krause	Laval
	Thierry Meyer	Nancy
	Daniel Xuereb	Lens

References

• Division 1 season 1982-1983 at pari-et-gagne.com