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[]

Angers SCO
SEC Bastia
Bordeaux
Stade Lavallois
Lille
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique de Marseille
FC Metz
AS Monaco
AS Nancy
FC Nantes Atlantique
OGC Nice
Nîmes Olympique
Paris FC
Paris Saint-Germain FC
Stade de Reims
AS Saint-Etienne
FC Sochaux
RC Strasbourg
US Valenciennes-Anzin

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

PSG
Paris FC

Valenciennes

Location of teams in 1978–79 Division 1

Final 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	Relegated to French Division 2
20	Reims (R)	38	3	11	24	26	71	−45	17	Relegated to French Division 2

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion; (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:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[]

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain FC	27
2	Delio Onnis	Argentina	AS Monaco	22
-	Éric Pécout	France	FC Nantes Atlantique	22
4	Pierre Pleimelding	France	Lille	21
-		France	Nîmes Olympique	21
-	Dominique Rocheteau	France	AS Saint-Etienne	21
7	Nenad Bjekovic	SFR Yugoslavia	OGC Nice	17
-	Albert Gemmrich	France	RC Strasbourg	17
9	Roberto Cabral	Argentina	Lille	16
10	Johnny Rep	Netherlands	SEC Bastia	15
-	Zarko Olarevic	SFR Yugoslavia	Lille	15
-	Bernard Zénier	France	AS Nancy	15
-	Zvonko Ivezic	SFR Yugoslavia	FC Sochaux	15
14	Jean-François Beltramini	France	Paris FC	14
-	Bernard Lacombe	France	AS Saint-Etienne	14
-	Francis Piasecki	France	RC Strasbourg	14
-	Roland Wagner	France	RC Strasbourg	14

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RC Strasbourg Winning Squad 1978-'79[]

Goal

Defence

Raymond Domenech
Jacky Duguépéroux (Cap.)
Jacques Glassmann
Jacques Novi
Léonard Specht

Midfield

Attack

Albert Gemmrich
Nabatingue Toko
Jacques Vergnes
Roland Wagner

Management

Gilbert Gress (Coach)

References[]

^ (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1978-79

[table_note_res_CWC0.92864402380243-1] Nantes qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978–79 Coupe de France.

[2] (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1978-79

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