1977–78 French Division 1

Division 1

Season	1977–78
Dates	3 August 1977 – 2 May 1978
Champions	Monaco (3rd title)
Relegated	Lens Troyes Rouen
European Cup	Monaco
Cup Winners' Cup	Nancy
UEFA Cup	Nantes Strasbourg
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,135 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Bianchi (37 goals)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

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

Bastia

Bordeaux

Laval

Lens

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

PSG

Reims

Rouen

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Troyes

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1977–78 Division 1

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
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
20	Rouen (R)	38	6	6	26	40	91	−51	18

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

References

• Division 1 season 1977-1978 at pari-et-gagne.com