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1997–98 French Division 1

60th season of French Division 1

Field	Value
competition	Division 1
dates	2 August 1997 –
9 May 1998
season	1997–98
winners	Lens (1st title)
relegated	Guingamp
Châteauroux
Cannes
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup2	UEFA Cup
continentalcup3	Intertoto Cup
best player	Marco Simone
league topscorer	Stéphane Guivarc'h
(21 goals)
matches	306
total goals	722
average attendance	16,555
prevseason	1996–97
nextseason	1998–99

9 May 1998 Châteauroux Cannes (21 goals)

The 1997–98 Division 1 was the 60th season of Division 1, the top French professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1932. The season began on 2 August 1997, and concluded on 9 May 1998.

This season saw a change in the league format, with the number of teams reduced to 18 from 20, shortening the season from 38 to 34 rounds. As a result, four clubs which had been relegated at the end of the previous season were replaced by only two, Châteauroux and Toulouse, who entered as winners and runners up of the 1996–97 French Division 2. Defending champions of the 1996–97 season were Monaco.

Lens won the championship for the first time in their 92-year history, becoming the 26th club to become French football champions. Lens won their league title with 68 points, edging out second-placed Metz on goal difference, for whom this was their best result in history.

Teams

Stadia and personnel

Team	Manager	Stadium	Pos. in 1996–97
Auxerre	FRA Guy Roux	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	1066th
Bastia	FRA Frédéric Antonetti	Stade Armand Cesari	1077th
Bordeaux	FRA Guy Stéphan	Parc Lescure	1044th
Cannes	NED Adick Koot	Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin	11515th
Châteauroux	FRA Victor Zvunka	Stade Gaston Petit	2011st (D2)
Guingamp	FRA Francis Smerecki	Stade du Roudourou	11212th
Le Havre	FRA Denis Troch	Stade Jules Deschaseaux	11414th
Lens	FRA Daniel Leclercq	Stade Bollaert	11313th
Lyon	FRA Bernard Lacombe	Stade de Gerland	1088th
Marseille	FRA Rolland Courbis	Stade Vélodrome	11111th
Metz	FRA Joël Muller	Stade Saint-Symphorien	1055th
Monaco	FRA Jean Tigana	Stade Louis II	1011st
Montpellier	FRA Michel Mézy	Stade de la Mosson	11010th
Nantes	FRA Raynald Denoueix	Stade de la Beaujoire	1033rd
Paris Saint-Germain	BRA Ricardo	Parc des Princes	1022nd
Rennes	FRA Guy David	Stade de la Route de Lorient	11616th
Strasbourg	FRA Jacky Duguépéroux	Stade de la Meinau	1099th
Toulouse	FRA Alain Giresse	Stadium Municipal	2022nd (D2)

League table

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1998/1999

AS Nancy : champion of Ligue 2
FC Lorient : runners-up
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard : third place

Results

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	FRA Stéphane Guivarc'h	Auxerre	21
2	FRA David Trezeguet	Monaco	18
3	NGA Victor Ikpeba	Monaco	16
4	FRY Anto Drobnjak	Lens	14
FRA Lilian Laslandes	Bordeaux
6	FRA Bruno Rodriguez	Metz	13
ITA Marco Simone	Paris Saint-Germain
8	FRA Jocelyn Gourvennec	Nantes	12
9	FRA Laurent Blanc	Marseille	11
FRA Robert Pires	Metz
FRA Stéphane Ziani	Lens

Attendances

Source:

No.	Club	Average attendance	Change
1	Paris Saint-Germain FC	36,723	3.2%
2	Olympique de Marseille	28,257	58.2%
3	RC Lens	27,959	21.7%
4	FC Nantes	23,303	4.2%
5	Olympique lyonnais	22,808	5.5%
6	Girondins de Bordeaux	21,019	3.8%
7	RC Strasbourg	17,266	-0.4%
8	FC Metz	16,353	11.2%
9	Toulouse FC	14,573	90.0%
10	MHSC	12,992	28.3%
11	Stade rennais	12,789	-2.9%
12	EA Guingamp	12,717	50.8%
13	La Berrichonne de Châteauroux	12,274	162.4%
14	Le Havre AC	11,192	5.7%
15	AJ auxerroise	10,054	-4.3%
16	AS Monaco	7,156	0.7%
17	SC Bastia	5,825	7.6%
18	OGC Nice	5,024	-7.5%

References

[https://www.deux-zero.com/ligue-1/buteurs-epreuve/edition/1997-1998 Division 1 - Saison 1997-1998 - Classement des buteurs] deux-zero.com
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1998.htm

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