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	380
Goals	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

Bastia

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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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^[a]
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: 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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Nancy qualified for 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1977–78 Coupe de France.

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

Top goalscorers

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

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	PSG	21,754
2	Marseille	20,940
3	Strasbourg	20,419
4	Saint-Étienne	18,147
5	Nantes	15,304
6	Lens	13,365
7	Nancy	12,762
8	Metz	10,545
9	Rouen	10,422
10	Nice	10,371
11	Olympique lyonnais	10,361
12	Stade lavallois	9,644
13	Reims	9,071
14	Girondins	8,688
15	Nîmes	6,661
16	Troyes	6,075
17	Valenciennes	6,059
18	Sochaux	5,337
19	Monaco	4,171
20	Bastia	4,015

Source:^[2]

References

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

[table_note_res_ECWC0.95506073951491-1] Nancy qualified for 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1977–78 Coupe de France.

[2] Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1977-78

[3] ttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1978.htm

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1977–78 in European football (UEFA)
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League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77 '77–'78