# 1981–82 French Division 1

AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1981/1982 of the French Association Football League with 55 points.

## Overview

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top eighteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from 1980–81 French Division 2. The competition was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 38 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.
| Team | Town | Region | Position in 1980–81 |
| Auxerre | Auxerre | Burgundy | 01010th |
| Bastia | Bastia | Corsica | 01212th |
| Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Aquitaine | 0033rd |
| Brest | Brest | Brittany | 2011st in Division 2 |
| Laval | Laval | Pays de la Loire | 01616th |
| Lens | Lens | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 01313th |
| Lille | Lille | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 01717th |
| Lyon | Lyon | Rhône-Alpes | 0066th |
| Metz | Metz | Lorraine | 0099th |
| Monaco | Monaco | Monaco | 0044th |
| Montpellier | Montpellier | Languedoc-Roussillon | 2022nd in Division 2 |
| Nancy | Nancy | Lorraine | 0088th |
| Nantes | Nantes | Pays de la Loire | 0022nd |
| Nice | Nice | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 01515th |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Paris | Île-de-France | 0055th |
| Saint-Étienne | Saint-Étienne | Rhône-Alpes | 0011st |
| Sochaux | Montbéliard | Franche-Comté | 01414th |
| Strasbourg | Strasbourg | Alsace | 0077th |
| Tours | Tours | Centre-Val de Loire | 01818th |
| Valenciennes | Valenciennes | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 01111th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Monaco (C) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 70 | 29 | +41 | 55 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 74 | 31 | +43 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Sochaux | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Laval | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 44 | |
| 6 | Nantes | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 43 | |
| 7 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 43 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | Nancy | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 39 | |
| 9 | Brest | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 38 | |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 36 | |
| 11 | Tours | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 35 | |
| 12 | Bastia | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 35 | |
| 13 | Lens | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 34 | |
| 14 | Lille | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 34 | |
| 15 | Auxerre | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 58 | −15 | 34 | |
| 16 | Lyon | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 32 | |
| 17 | Metz | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 32 | |
| 18 | Valenciennes (R) | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 30 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 19 | Nice (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 23 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Montpellier (R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 67 | −37 | 22 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1982/1983
* Toulouse FC:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group A
* FC Rouen:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group B
* FC Mulhouse:Third place, winner of barrages against US Valenciennes-Anzin

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUX | BAS | BOR | BRS | LVL | RCL | LIL | OL | MET | ASM | MHS | NAL | NAN | NIC | PSG | STE | SOC | RCS | TFC | VAL |
| Auxerre | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Bastia | 0–1 | | 4–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Bordeaux | 0–2 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Brest | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Laval | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Lens | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Lille | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Lyon | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Metz | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Monaco | 7–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Montpellier | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Nancy | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Nantes | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 5–1 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Nice | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Paris SG | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 9–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Sochaux | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Strasbourg | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Tours | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| Valenciennes | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |

## Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Mulhouse | 6–3 | Valenciennes | 5–2 | 1–1 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Delio Onnis | Tours | 29 |
| 2 | Andrzej Szarmach | Auxerre | 24 |
| 3 | Michel Platini | Saint-Étienne | 22 |
| 4 | Teitur Thordarson | Lens | 19 |
| 5 | Uwe Krause | Laval | 18 |
| 5 | Drago Vabec | Brest | 18 |
| 7 | Bernard Lacombe | Bordeaux | 17 |
| 8 | Ralf Edström | Monaco | 15 |
| 8 | Yannick Stopyra | Sochaux | 15 |
| 10 | Alain Giresse | Bordeaux | 14 |
| 10 | Simo Nikolić | Lyon | 14 |