# 1986–87 French Division 1

Girondins de Bordeaux won Division 1 season 1986/1987 of the French Association Football League with 53 points.

## Participating teams

* Auxerre
* Bordeaux
* Stade Brest
* Stade Lavallois
* Le Havre AC
* RC Lens
* Lille
* Olympique Marseille
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* AS Nancy
* FC Nantes Atlantique
* OGC Nice
* RC Paris
* Paris Saint-Germain FC
* Stade Rennais
* AS Saint-Etienne
* FC Sochaux
* Sporting Toulon Var
* Toulouse FC

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bordeaux (C) | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 53 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Marseille | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 49 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Toulouse | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Auxerre | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 47 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Monaco | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 45 | |
| 6 | Metz | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 43 | |
| 7 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 41 | |
| 8 | Brest | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 40 | |
| 9 | Laval | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 38 | |
| 10 | Lens | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 37 | |
| 11 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 37 | |
| 12 | Nantes | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 36 | |
| 13 | Racing Paris | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 36 | |
| 14 | Lille | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 34 | |
| 15 | Toulon | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 34 | |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 33 | |
| 17 | Le Havre | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 32 | |
| 18 | Sochaux (R) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 31 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 19 | Nancy (R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 29 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Rennes (R) | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 58 | −38 | 17 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
* ↑ Marseille qualified for 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1986–87 Coupe de France.
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1987/1988
* Montpellier HSC:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
* Chamois Niortais:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
* AS Cannes:Third place, winner of barrages against FC Sochaux

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUX | BOR | BRE | LAV | LHA | RCL | LIL | OM | MET | ASM | NAL | FCN | NIC | PSG | RCP | REN | STE | SOC | SCT | TFC |
| Auxerre | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Bordeaux | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Brest | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Laval | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Le Havre | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Lens | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Lille | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Marseille | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Metz | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Monaco | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Nancy | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Nantes | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Nice | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 |
| Paris SG | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Racing Paris | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Rennes | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Sochaux | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Toulon | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 3–2 |
| Toulouse | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |

## Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sochaux | 1–2 | Cannes | 1–0 | 0–2 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Bernard Zénier | Metz | 18 |
| 2 | Philippe Fargeon | Bordeaux | 15 |
| 2 | Gérard Buscher | Brest | 15 |
| 4 | Carmelo Micciche | Metz | 14 |
| 4 | Enzo Francescoli | RC Paris | 14 |
| 4 | Alberto Márcico | Toulouse | 14 |
| 7 | Eric Cantona | Auxerre | 13 |
| 7 | Philippe Desmet | Lille | 13 |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Papin | Marseille | 13 |
| 7 | Chérif Oudjani | RC Paris | 13 |
| 7 | Victor Hugo Ramos | Toulon | 13 |