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1978–79 French Division 1

41st season of French Division 1


41st season of French Division 1

FieldValue
competitionDivision 1
dates19 July 1978 –
1 June 1979
season1978–79
winnersStrasbourg (1st title)
relegatedParis FC
Reims
continentalcup1[European Cup](1979-80-european-cup)
continentalcup1 qualifiersStrasbourg
continentalcup2[Cup Winners' Cup](1979-80-european-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiersNantes
continentalcup3[UEFA Cup](1979-80-uefa-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiersMonaco
Saint-Étienne
league topscorerCarlos Bianchi
(27 goals)
matches380
total goals1141
prevseason[1977–78](1977-78-french-division-1)
nextseason[1979–80](1979-80-french-division-1)

1 June 1979 Reims Saint-Étienne (27 goals) 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

Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points 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

Relegation play-offs

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Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1ARG Carlos BianchiParis Saint-Germain27
2ARG Delio OnnisMonaco22
FRA Éric PécoutNantes
4FRA Pierre PleimeldingLille21
FRA Gilbert MargueriteNîmes
FRA Dominique RocheteauSaint-Étienne
7YUG Nenad BjekovićNice17
FRA Albert GemmrichStrasbourg
9ARG Roberto CabralLille16
10NED Johnny RepBastia15
YUG Žarko OlarevićLille
FRA Bernard ZénierNancy
YUG Zvonko IvezićSochaux

RC Strasbourg Winning Squad 1978-'79

;Goal

  • FRA Dominique Dropsy
  • FRA Patrick Ottmann

;Defence

  • FRA Raymond Domenech
  • FRA Jacky Duguépéroux (Cap.)
  • FRA Jacques Glassmann
  • FRA Jean-Jacques Marx
  • FRA Jacques Novi
  • FRA Léonard Specht
  • FRA Patrick Vincent ;Midfield
  • FRA René Deutschmann
  • FRA Yves Ehrlacher
  • FRA Roger Jouve
  • FRA Eric Mosser
  • FRA Francis Piasecki
  • FRA Bernard Tischner
  • FRA Rémy Vogel
  • FRA Arsène Wenger ;Attack
  • FRA Albert Gemmrich
  • FRA Remy Gentes
  • FRA Pascal Greiner
  • CHA Nabatingue Toko
  • FRA Joël Tanter
  • FRA Jacques Vergnes
  • FRA Roland Wagner
  • FRA André Wiss

;Management

  • CHE Gilbert Gress (Coach)

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1Strasbourg21,086
2Saint-Étienne20,798
3PSG18,590
4Nantes16,146
5LOSC14,350
6Marseille13,152
7Metz12,914
8Lyon12,386
9Nancy11,350
10Girondins11,082
11Paris FC9,623
12Nice8,846
13Stade lavallois8,625
14Angers7,732
15Nîmes7,553
16Valenciennes6,933
17Reims6,685
18Sochaux5,973
19Bastia5,148
20Monaco3,931

Source:

References

References

  1. {{in lang. fr [https://web.archive.org/web/20101020061809/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballClassementChampionnat299_BUT_1.html Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1978-79]
  2. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1979.htm
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