1980–81 French Division 1

1980–81 Division 1 was the 43rd season of the French top association football league, played from July 1980 to June 1981. The league was won by AS Saint-Etienne with 57 points, for whom this was their 10th title.

Season1980–81

Dates24 July 1980 –
2 June 1981

ChampionsSaint-Étienne (10th title)

RelegatedNîmes
Angers

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Division 1
Season	1980–81
Dates	24 July 1980 – 2 June 1981
Champions	Saint-Étienne (10th title)
Relegated	Nîmes Angers
European Cup	Saint-Étienne
UEFA Cup	Nantes Bordeaux Monaco
Cup Winners' Cup	Bastia
Matches	380
Goals	1,064 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Delio Onnis (24 goals)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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Participating teams

Location of teams in 1980–81 Division 1

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saint-Étienne (C)	38	23	11	4	68	26	+42	57	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Nantes	38	22	11	5	74	36	+38	55	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Bordeaux	38	18	13	7	57	34	+23	49
4	Monaco	38	19	11	8	58	41	+17	49
5	Paris Saint-Germain	38	17	12	9	62	50	+12	46
6	Lyon	38	14	13	11	70	54	+16	41
7	Strasbourg	38	14	12	12	44	47	−3	40
8	Nancy	38	15	7	16	55	49	+6	37
9	Metz	38	10	16	12	48	53	−5	36
10	Auxerre	38	10	16	12	46	52	−6	36
11	Valenciennes	38	12	12	14	51	70	−19	36
12	Bastia	38	13	9	16	50	55	−5	35	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
13	Lens	38	10	14	14	46	48	−2	34
14	Sochaux	38	10	14	14	51	59	−8	34
15	Nice	38	10	12	16	47	61	−14	32
16	Laval	38	10	11	17	49	55	−6	31
17	Lille	38	10	11	17	55	71	−16	31
18	Tours (O)	38	9	13	16	54	71	−17	31	Qualification to relegation play-offs
19	Nîmes (R)	38	6	14	18	46	66	−20	26	Relegation to French Division 2
20	Angers (R)	38	5	14	19	33	66	−33	24	Relegation to French Division 2

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Source: Histoire du PSG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

[a]
Bastia qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1980–81 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1981/1982

Stade Brest:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
Montpellier HSC:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A

Results

More information Home \ Away, ANG ...

Home \ Away	ANG	AUX	BAS	BOR	LVL	RCL	LIL	OL	MET	ASM	NAL	NAN	NIC	NMS	PSG	STE	SOC	RCS	TFC	VAL
Angers		4–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1
Auxerre	2–2		0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	4–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1
Bastia	3–0	2–0		3–2	2–2	3–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1
Bordeaux	1–0	2–0	0–0		2–1	5–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–0
Laval	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–4		3–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1
Lens	1–0	1–1	5–0	0–1	3–0		0–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	5–1	1–2	3–0	1–2
Lille	4–0	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–1		1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–2
Lyon	5–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–2		0–0	3–2	4–2	0–0	5–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	0–0	2–3	1–1
Metz	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	3–0	0–2		1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	4–2	4–1	2–3	4–2
Monaco	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1		1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	5–1
Nancy	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–3		1–0	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	7–1
Nantes	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	5–0	3–0		4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–3	3–0
Nice	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–2		0–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	0–0	2–2	4–0
Nîmes	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–3	1–3	1–2	2–3	1–3		2–1	0–1	0–0	4–2	2–1	1–1
Paris SG	2–2	2–3	3–1	4–0	3–2	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	3–1	3–2		1–1	3–2	1–0	4–1	3–2
Saint-Étienne	5–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	5–1	4–1	0–0	3–2	0–0	0–2		3–0	3–0	1–2	4–0
Sochaux	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–2		1–1	1–0	3–3
Strasbourg	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–3	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0		4–1	3–0
Tours	2–2	1–4	2–2	0–1	3–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	4–3	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–1		2–3
Valenciennes	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–2	1–0	0–3	2–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tours	3–2	Toulouse	1–0	2–2

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Top goalscorers

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Delio Onnis	Tours	24
2	Uwe Krause	Laval	23
3	Simo Nikolić	Lyon	21
4	Michel Platini	Saint-Étienne	20
5	Bernard Lacombe	Bordeaux	18
5	Victor Trossero	Monaco	18
7	Dominique Rocheteau	Paris Saint-Germain	16
	Andrzej Szarmach	Auxerre
	Bernard Zénier	Nancy
10	Albert Gemmrich	Bordeaux	14
	Vicky Peretz	Strasbourg
	Johnny Rep	Saint-Étienne
	Olivier Rouyer	Nancy

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Attendances

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#	Club	Average
1	PSG	23,329
2	Saint-Étienne	18,524
3	Lyon	17,441
4	Nantes	15,241
5	Tours	11,676
6	Girondins	11,397
7	Lens	11,385
8	LOSC	10,104
9	Metz	9,460
10	Strasbourg	8,607
11	AJA	8,450
12	Nice	7,691
13	Nancy	7,614
14	Stade lavallois	7,590
15	Sochaux	5,788
16	Valenciennes	5,558
17	Nîmes	5,183
18	Angers	4,664
19	Monaco	3,745
20	Bastia	2,971

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Source:^[1]

1980–81 French Division 1

Participating teams

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

Top goalscorers

Attendances

References

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