1980–81 French Division 1

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 played	380
Goals scored	1,064 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Delio Onnis (24 goals)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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.

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• Auxerre
• SEC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Stade Lavallois
• RC Lens
• Lille
• Olympique Lyonnais
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes Atlantique
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Paris Saint-Germain FC
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sochaux
• RC Strasbourg
• FC Tours
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Angers

Auxerre

Bastia

Bordeaux

Laval

Lens

Lille

Lyon

Metz

AS Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

PSG

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Tours

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1980–81 Division 1

Final table

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
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-off
19	Nîmes (R)	38	6	14	18	46	66	−20	26	Relegated to French Division 2
20	Angers (R)	38	5	14	19	33	66	−33	24

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

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

Top goal scorers

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
	Victor Trossero	Monaco	18
7	Dominique Rocheteau	Paris Saint-Germain	16
	Andrzej Szarmach	Auxerre	16
	Bernard Zénier	Nancy	16
10	Albert Gemmrich	Bordeaux	14
	Vicky Peretz	Strasbourg	14
	Johnny Rep	Saint-Étienne	14
	Olivier Rouyer	Nancy	14

See also

• 1980–81 Coupe de France
• 1980–81 French Division 2