1986–87 French Division 1

French Football Division 1

Season	1986–87
Champions	Bordeaux (4th title)
Relegated	Sochaux Nancy Rennes
European Cup	Bordeaux
Cup Winners' Cup	Marseille
UEFA Cup	Toulouse Auxerre
Matches played	380
Goals scored	796 (2.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bernard Zénier (18)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Girondins de Bordeaux won Division 1 season 1986/1987 of the French Association Football League with 53 points.

Participating teams

• Auxerre
• Bordeaux
• Stade Brest
• Stade Lavallois
• Le Havre AC
• RC Lens
• Lille
• Olympique Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes Atlantique
• OGC Nice
• RC Paris
• Paris Saint-Germain FC
• Stade Rennais
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sochaux
• Sporting Toulon Var
• Toulouse FC

Auxerre

Bordeaux

Brest

Laval

Le Havre

Lens

Lille

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Racing Paris

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Toulon

Toulouse

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Location of teams in 1986–87 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bordeaux (C)	38	20	13	5	57	27	+30	53	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Marseille	38	18	13	7	52	33	+19	49	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Toulouse	38	18	12	8	54	32	+22	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Auxerre	38	17	13	8	45	32	+13	47
5	Monaco	38	15	15	8	41	33	+8	45
6	Metz	38	14	15	9	54	32	+22	43
7	Paris Saint-Germain	38	14	13	11	35	33	+2	41
8	Brest	38	14	12	12	43	41	+2	40
9	Laval	38	12	14	12	40	46	−6	38
10	Lens	38	11	15	12	37	40	−3	37
11	Nice	38	15	7	16	38	49	−11	37
12	Nantes	38	12	12	14	35	38	−3	36
13	Racing Paris	38	14	8	16	41	45	−4	36
14	Lille	38	12	10	16	39	38	+1	34
15	Toulon	38	10	14	14	36	46	−10	34
16	Saint-Étienne	38	9	15	14	27	32	−5	33
17	Le Havre	38	8	16	14	39	50	−11	32
18	Sochaux (R)	38	9	13	16	35	51	−16	31	Qualification to relegation play-off
19	Nancy (R)	38	8	13	17	28	40	−12	29	Relegated to French Division 2
20	Rennes (R)	38	5	7	26	20	58	−38	17

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1987/1988

• Montpellier HSC:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• Chamois Niortais:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
• AS Cannes:Third place, winner of barrages against FC Sochaux

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Bernard Zénier	France	FC Metz	18
2	Philippe Fargeon	France	Bordeaux	15
-	Gérard Buscher	France	Stade Brest	15
4	Carmelo Micciche	France	FC Metz	14
-	Enzo Francescoli	Uruguay	RC Paris	14
-	Alberto Márcico	Argentina	Toulouse FC	14
7	Eric Cantona	France	Auxerre	13
-	Philippe Desmet	Belgium	Lille	13
-	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Olympique Marseille	13
-	Chérif Oudjani	Algeria	RC Paris	13
-	Victor Hugo Ramos	Argentina	Sporting Toulon Var	13
12	Zlatko Vujović	Yugoslavia	Bordeaux	12
-	Gérald Passi	France	Toulouse FC	12
14	Robert Llorens	France	Le Havre AC	11
-	Yannick Stopyra	France	Toulouse FC	11
16	Richard Daddy Owobokiri	Nigeria	Stade Lavallois	10
-	Eric Black	Scotland	FC Metz	10
-	Philippe Anziani	France	FC Nantes Atlantique	10
19	Thierno Youm	Senegal	Stade Lavallois	9
-	Omar Da Fonseca	Argentina	AS Monaco	9
-	Abdelkrim Merry Krimau	Morocco	AS Saint-Etienne	9

See also

• 1986–87 Coupe de France
• 1986–87 French Division 2