# 1977–78 French Division 1

AS Monaco won the 1977–78 Division 1 season of the French Association Football League with 53 points.

## Participating teams

* SEC Bastia
* Bordeaux
* Stade Lavallois
* RC Lens
* Olympique Lyonnais
* Olympique de Marseille
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* AS Nancy
* FC Nantes Atlantique
* OGC Nice
* Nîmes Olympique
* Paris Saint-Germain FC
* Stade de Reims
* FC Rouen
* AS Saint-Etienne
* FC Sochaux
* RC Strasbourg
* Troyes AF
* US Valenciennes-Anzin

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Monaco (C) | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 79 | 46 | +33 | 53 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Nantes | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 60 | 26 | +34 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Strasbourg | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Marseille | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 47 | |
| 5 | Bastia | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 44 | |
| 6 | Nancy | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 43 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 42 | |
| 8 | Nice | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 72 | 70 | +2 | 41 | |
| 9 | Sochaux | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 40 | |
| 10 | Laval | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 37 | |
| 11 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 75 | 66 | +9 | 36 | |
| 12 | Metz | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 35 | |
| 13 | Nîmes | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 33 | |
| 14 | Valenciennes | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 32 | |
| 15 | Reims | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 32 | |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 32 | |
| 17 | Lyon | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 31 | |
| 18 | Lens (R) | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 56 | 71 | −15 | 31 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 19 | Troyes (R) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 41 | 69 | −28 | 31 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Rouen (R) | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 40 | 91 | −51 | 18 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
* ↑ Nancy qualified for 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1977–78 Coupe de France.
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1978/1979
* Lille: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
* Angers SCO: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
* Paris FC: Third place, winner of barrages against RC Lens

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAS | BOR | LVL | RCL | OL | OM | MET | ASM | NAL | NAN | NIC | NMS | PSG | REI | ROU | STE | SOC | RCS | TRO | VAL |
| Bastia | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 |
| Bordeaux | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Laval | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Lens | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Lyon | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Marseille | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Metz | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Monaco | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Nancy | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Nantes | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Nice | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–7 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Nîmes | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Paris SG | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 5–0 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 8–2 | 2–0 |
| Reims | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| Rouen | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Saint-Étienne | 0–4 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Sochaux | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 |
| Strasbourg | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Troyes | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 |
| Valenciennes | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 6–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Carlos Bianchi | Paris Saint-Germain | 37 |
| 2 | Delio Onnis | Monaco | 29 |
| 2 | Nenad Bjeković | Nice | 29 |
| 4 | Bernard Lacombe | Lyon | 24 |
| 5 | Saar Boubacar | Marseille | 21 |
| 5 | Albert Gemmrich | Strasbourg | 21 |
| 7 | Marc Berdoll | Marseille | 20 |
| 8 | Johnny Rep | Bastia | 18 |
| 8 | Christian Dalger | Monaco | 18 |
| 8 | Michel Platini | Nancy | 18 |