# 1980–81 French Division 1

1980–81 Division 1 was the 43rd season of the French top association football league, played from July 1980 to June 1981. The league was won by AS Saint-Etienne with 57 points, for whom this was their 10th title.

## Participating teams

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

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Saint-Étienne (C) | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 57 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Nantes | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Monaco | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 46 | |
| 6 | Lyon | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 41 | |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 40 | |
| 8 | Nancy | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 37 | |
| 9 | Metz | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 36 | |
| 10 | Auxerre | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 36 | |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 70 | −19 | 36 | |
| 12 | Bastia | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 35 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 13 | Lens | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 34 | |
| 14 | Sochaux | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 34 | |
| 15 | Nice | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 32 | |
| 16 | Laval | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 31 | |
| 17 | Lille | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 55 | 71 | −16 | 31 | |
| 18 | Tours (O) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 31 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 19 | Nîmes (R) | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 26 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Angers (R) | 38 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 24 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
* ↑ Bastia qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1980–81 Coupe de France.
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1981/1982
* Stade Brest:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
* Montpellier HSC:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A

## Results

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

## Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tours | 3–2 | Toulouse | 1–0 | 2–2 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Delio Onnis | Tours | 24 |
| 2 | Uwe Krause | Laval | 23 |
| 3 | Simo Nikolić | Lyon | 21 |
| 4 | Michel Platini | Saint-Étienne | 20 |
| 5 | Bernard Lacombe | Bordeaux | 18 |
| 5 | Victor Trossero | Monaco | 18 |
| 7 | Dominique Rocheteau | Paris Saint-Germain | 16 |
| 7 | Andrzej Szarmach | Auxerre | 16 |
| 7 | Bernard Zénier | Nancy | 16 |
| 10 | Albert Gemmrich | Bordeaux | 14 |
| 10 | Vicky Peretz | Strasbourg | 14 |
| 10 | Johnny Rep | Saint-Étienne | 14 |
| 10 | Olivier Rouyer | Nancy | 14 |