1968–69 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season1968–69
Dates1 September 1968 –
14 June 1969
ChampionsSaint-Étienne (5th title)
RelegatedMonaco
Nice
European CupSaint-Étienne
Cup Winners' CupMarseille
Inter-Cities Fairs CupBordeaux
Metz
Rouen
Matches306
Goals816 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerAndré Guy
(25 goals)

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1968/1969 of the French Association Football League with 53 points.

Participating teams

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Saint-Étienne (C) 34 24 5 5 70 26 +44 53 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Bordeaux 34 22 7 5 77 34 +43 51 Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3 Metz 34 16 10 8 41 27 +14 42
4 Rouen 34 16 8 10 44 43 +1 40
5 RC Paris-Sedan 34 15 9 10 49 35 +14 39
6 Bastia 34 13 8 13 50 66 −16 34
7 Marseille 34 12 9 13 51 48 +3 33 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
8 Valenciennes 34 10 13 11 38 37 +1 33
9 Lyon 34 13 6 15 53 51 +2 32
10 Nantes 34 13 6 15 44 45 −1 32
11 Rennes 34 12 7 15 50 57 −7 31
12 Sochaux 34 11 7 16 49 55 −6 29
13 Strasbourg 34 10 9 15 34 41 −7 29
14 Nîmes 34 8 13 13 32 39 −7 29
15 Red Star 34 8 13 13 35 48 −13 29
16 Ajaccio 34 10 8 16 36 53 −17 28
17 Monaco (R) 34 7 13 14 33 50 −17 27 Qualification to relegation play-offs
18 Nice (R) 34 6 9 19 30 61 −31 21 Relegation to French Division 2
Source:
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:
  1. ^ Marseille qualified for 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1968–69 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1969/1970

Results

Home \ Away ACA BAS BOR OL OM MET ASM NAN NIC NMS RS REN ROU STE RPS SOC RCS VAL
Ajaccio 4–0 2–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 4–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1
Bastia 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0
Bordeaux 5–0 8–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 6–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 4–0 3–0 1–0
Lyon 3–2 8–3 0–2 2–3 0–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 6–3 2–3 1–0
Marseille 3–0 1–0 3–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 0–3 4–1 4–0 0–0 1–0
Metz 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 7–3 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–0
Monaco 3–0 2–0 2–4 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0
Nantes 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 3–0 3–2 0–0 4–0 3–2
Nice 0–3 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1
Nîmes 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 5–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–2
Red Star 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–2 0–2 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–2
Rennes 5–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 3–2 1–0 1–2
Rouen 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–5 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–2
Saint-Étienne 2–0 7–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 4–2 4–1 2–0 4–0
RC Paris-Sedan 4–0 5–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Sochaux 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 5–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–0
Strasbourg 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1
Valenciennes 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Angoulême 4–2 Monaco 1–2 1–0 2–0

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 André Guy Lyon 25
2 Hervé Revelli Saint-Étienne 22
3 Joseph Yegba Maya Marseille 21
Salif Keita Saint-Étienne
5 Philippe Levavasseur Sedan 18
6 Guy Lassalette Sochaux 15
7 Jean-Pierre Serra Bastia 14
Jacques Simon Bordeaux
9 Étienne Sansonetti Ajaccio 13
Rachid Mekloufi Bastia
Didier Couécou Bordeaux
Carlos Ruiter Bordeaux
Bernard Blanchet Nantes
Silvester Takač Rennes
Johny Leonard Metz
Dominique Rusticelli Rouen

Attendances

# Club Average
1 Marseille 12,917
2 Saint-Étienne 12,477
3 Nantes 10,088
4 Metz 10,018
5 Girondins 9,809
6 Stade rennais 8,905
7 Rouen 8,377
8 Red Star 7,938
9 Olympique lyonnais 7,671
10 Strasbourg 6,822
11 Nîmes 6,379
12 Nice 6,267
13 Valenciennes 5,304
14 Sochaux 4,280
15 Paris-Sedan 3,721
16 Bastia 3,651
17 Ajaccio 2,331
18 Monaco 1,935

Source:[2]

References