# 1978–79 French Division 1

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

## League 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 |
| 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 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 20 | Reims (R) | 38 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 71 | −45 | 17 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
* ↑ 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 | |

## Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Lens | 0–0 (3–2 p) | Paris FC | 0–0 | 0–0 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Carlos Bianchi | Paris Saint-Germain | 27 |
| 2 | Delio Onnis | Monaco | 22 |
| 2 | Éric Pécout | Nantes | 22 |
| 4 | Pierre Pleimelding | Lille | 21 |
| 4 | Gilbert Marguerite | Nîmes | 21 |
| 4 | Dominique Rocheteau | Saint-Étienne | 21 |
| 7 | Nenad Bjeković | Nice | 17 |
| 7 | Albert Gemmrich | Strasbourg | 17 |
| 9 | Roberto Cabral | Lille | 16 |
| 10 | Johnny Rep | Bastia | 15 |
| 10 | Žarko Olarević | Lille | 15 |
| 10 | Bernard Zénier | Nancy | 15 |
| 10 | Zvonko Ivezić | Sochaux | 15 |