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1998–99 French Division 1
61st season of French Division 1
61st season of French Division 1
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Division 1 |
| dates | 7 August 1998 – |
| 29 May 1999 | |
| season | 1998–99 |
| winners | Bordeaux (5th title) |
| relegated | Lorient |
| Sochaux | |
| Toulouse | |
| continentalcup1 | [Champions League](1999-2000-uefa-champions-league) |
| continentalcup2 | [UEFA Cup](1999-2000-uefa-cup) |
| continentalcup3 | [Intertoto Cup](1999-uefa-intertoto-cup) |
| best player | Ali Benarbia |
| league topscorer | Sylvain Wiltord (22 goals) |
| matches | 306 |
| total goals | 723 |
| prevseason | [1997–98](1997-98-french-division-1) |
| nextseason | [1999–2000](1999-2000-french-division-1) |
29 May 1999 Sochaux Toulouse
The 1998–99 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 61st since its establishment. FC Girondins de Bordeaux won the French Association Football League with 72 points.
Participating teams
- AJ Auxerre
- SC Bastia
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux
- Le Havre AC
- RC Lens
- FC Lorient
- Olympique Lyonnais
- Olympique de Marseille
- FC Metz
- AS Monaco
- Montpellier HSC
- AS Nancy-Lorraine
- FC Nantes Atlantique
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Stade Rennais
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
- RC Strasbourg
- Toulouse FC
League table
Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1999/2000
- AS Saint-Étienne: champion of Ligue 2
- CS Sedan-Ardennes: runners-up
- Troyes AC: third place
Results
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FRA Sylvain Wiltord | Bordeaux | 22 |
| 2 | FRA Alain Caveglia | Lyon | 17 |
| 3 | FRA Lilian Laslandes | Bordeaux | 15 |
| DR Congo Shabani Nonda | Rennes | ||
| 5 | FRA Florian Maurice | Marseille | 14 |
| 6 | ITA Fabrizio Ravanelli | Marseille | 13 |
| 7 | FRA David Trezeguet | AS Monaco | 12 |
| IRL Tony Cascarino | Nancy | ||
| 9 | FRA Frédéric Née | Bastia | 11 |
| NGA Victor Ikpeba | Monaco | ||
| FRA Laurent Robert | Montpellier | ||
| FRA Bruno Rodriguez | {{ubl | Metz (6) | Paris Saint-Germain (5) |
Attendances
Source:
| No. | Club | Average attendance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain FC | 35,582 | -4.7% |
| 2 | RC Lens | 22,977 | -9.9% |
| 3 | FC Nantes | 22,372 | -8.6% |
| 4 | Olympique lyonnais | 21,624 | -2.8% |
| 5 | Girondins de Bordeaux | 20,249 | 37.2% |
| 6 | Olympique de Marseille | 17,862 | -0.5% |
| 7 | RC Strasbourg | 17,341 | 13.1% |
| 8 | SM Caen | 15,893 | 24.7% |
| 9 | FC Metz | 14,701 | -8.1% |
| 10 | Stade rennais | 13,177 | 1.1% |
| 11 | Le Havre AC | 10,586 | 10.4% |
| 12 | AJ auxerroise | 10,503 | -4.6% |
| 13 | LOSC | 10,347 | 19.3% |
| 14 | MHSC | 10,125 | 2.0% |
| 15 | AS Nancy | 9,239 | 29.7% |
| 16 | EA Guingamp | 8,434 | -26.6% |
| 17 | AS Saint-Étienne | 8,061 | -41.4% |
| 18 | AS Monaco | 7,103 | 12.6% |
| 19 | SC Bastia | 5,415 | 12.4% |
| 20 | OGC Nice | 5,024 | -7.5% |
References
References
- [https://www.deux-zero.com/ligue-1/buteurs-epreuve/edition/1998-1999 Division 1 - Saison 1998-1999 - Classement des buteurs] deux-zero.com
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1999.htm
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