1988–89 French Division 1

French Football Division 1

Season	1988–89
Champions	Marseille (5th title)
Relegated	Strasbourg Laval Lens
European Cup	Marseille
Cup Winners' Cup	Monaco
UEFA Cup	Paris Saint-Germain Sochaux Auxerre
Matches played	380
Goals scored	900 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jean-Pierre Papin (22)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1988/1989 of the French Association Football League with 73 points.

Participating teams

• Auxerre
• Bordeaux
• SM Caen
• AS Cannes
• Stade Lavallois
• RC Lens
• Lille
• Olympique Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• Montpellier La Paillade SC
• FC Nantes Atlantique
• OGC Nice
• Matra Racing
• Paris Saint-Germain FC
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg
• Sporting Toulon Var
• Toulouse FC

Auxerre

Bordeaux

Caen

Cannes

Laval

Lens

Lille

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Montpellier

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Matra Racing

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Toulon

Toulouse

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Location of teams in 1988–89 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marseille (C)	38	20	13	5	56	35	+21	73	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	19	13	6	45	26	+19	70	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Monaco	38	18	14	6	62	38	+24	68	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Sochaux	38	19	11	8	50	28	+22	68	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Auxerre	38	18	9	11	41	32	+9	63
6	Nice	38	16	9	13	45	40	+5	57
7	Nantes	38	15	12	11	41	40	+1	57
8	Lille	38	15	11	12	50	38	+12	56
9	Montpellier	38	14	10	14	51	53	−2	52
10	Toulouse	38	12	15	11	44	46	−2	51
11	Toulon	38	12	14	12	30	29	+1	50
12	Cannes	38	14	8	16	45	47	−2	50
13	Bordeaux	38	12	13	13	54	46	+8	49
14	Saint-Étienne	38	12	12	14	39	50	−11	48
15	Metz	38	12	11	15	47	49	−2	47
16	Caen	38	10	10	18	39	60	−21	40
17	Matra Racing	38	10	9	19	49	56	−7	39
18	Strasbourg (R)	38	10	9	19	47	59	−12	39	Qualification to relegation play-off
19	Laval (R)	38	8	11	19	33	55	−22	35	Relegated to French Division 2
20	Lens (R)	38	3	8	27	32	73	−41	17

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

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1989/1990

• Olympique Lyonnais: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• FC Mulhouse: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
• Stade Brest: Third place, winner of barrages against RC Strasbourg

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Olympique Marseille	22
2	Glenn Hoddle	England	AS Monaco	18
-	Zlatko Vujović	SFR Yugoslavia	AS Cannes	18
4	Laurent Blanc	France	Montpellier La Paillade SC	15
-	Daniel Bravo	France	OGC Nice	15
-	Stéphane Paille	France	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	15
-	Daniel Xuereb	France	Paris Saint-Germain FC	15
8	Fabrice Divert	France	SM Caen	14
-	Erwin Vandenbergh	Belgium	Lille	14
-	George Weah	Liberia	AS Monaco	14
11	Clive Allen	England	Bordeaux	13
12	Chérif Oudjani	Algeria	RC Lens	12
-	Peter Reichert	Germany	RC Strasbourg	12
14	Eric Cantona	France	Olympique Marseille (5) Bordeaux (6)	11
-	Fabrice Mégé	France	RC Strasbourg	11
-	Enzo Francescoli	Uruguay	Matra Racing	10
-	Philippe Hinsberger	France	FC Metz	10
17	Didier Monczuk	France	Auxerre	10
-	Philippe Tibeuf	France	AS Saint-Étienne	10
20	Patrice Garande	France	AS Saint-Étienne	9
-	Philippe Anziani	France	Matra Racing	9
20	Mo Johnston	Scotland	FC Nantes Atlantique	9
20	Thierno Youm	Senegal	FC Nantes Atlantique	9

See also

• 1988–89 Coupe de France
• 1988–89 French Division 2