The 1998–99 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 61st since its establishment. FC Girondins de Bordeaux won the French Association Football League with 72 points.
Participating teams
AJ Auxerre SC Bastia FC Girondins de Bordeaux Le Havre AC RC Lens FC Lorient Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco Montpellier HSC AS Nancy-Lorraine FC Nantes Atlantique Paris Saint-Germain Stade Rennais FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg Toulouse FC
League table
Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1999/2000 AS Saint-Étienne: champion of Ligue 2 CS Sedan-Ardennes: runners-up Troyes AC: third place
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsDivision 1 - Saison 1998-1999 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com 1 Sylvain Wiltord Bordeaux 22 2 Alain Caveglia Lyon 17 3 Lilian Laslandes Bordeaux 15 Shabani Nonda Rennes 5 Florian Maurice Marseille 14 6 Fabrizio Ravanelli Marseille 13 7 David Trezeguet AS Monaco 12 Tony Cascarino Nancy 9 Frédéric Née Bastia 11 Victor Ikpeba Monaco Laurent Robert Montpellier Bruno Rodriguez Awards Individual awards Award Winner Club Ligue 1 Player of the Year Ali Benarbia Bordeaux Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year Olivier Monterrubio Nantes Ligue 1 Manager of the Year Élie Baup Bordeaux Team of the YearGoalkeeper Fabien Barthez (Monaco)Defenders Patrice Carteron (Lyon) Laurent Blanc (Marseille) Néstor Fabbri (Nantes) Manuel Dos Santos (Montpellier)Midfielders Ali Benarbia (Bordeaux) Michel Pavon (Bordeaux) Johan Micoud (Bordeaux) Vikash Dhorasoo (Lyon)Forwards Lilian Laslandes (Bordeaux) Sylvain Wiltord (Bordeaux)
Attendances Source:
No. Club Average attendance Change 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 35,582 -4.7% 2 RC Lens 22,977 -9.9% 3 FC Nantes 22,372 -8.6% 4 Olympique lyonnais 21,624 -2.8% 5 Girondins de Bordeaux 20,249 37.2% 6 Olympique de Marseille 17,862 -0.5% 7 RC Strasbourg 17,341 13.1% 8 SM Caen 15,893 24.7% 9 FC Metz 14,701 -8.1% 10 Stade rennais 13,177 1.1% 11 Le Havre AC 10,586 10.4% 12 AJ auxerroise 10,503 -4.6% 13 LOSC 10,347 19.3% 14 MHSC 10,125 2.0% 15 AS Nancy 9,239 29.7% 16 EA Guingamp 8,434 -26.6% 17 AS Saint-Étienne 8,061 -41.4% 18 AS Monaco 7,103 12.6% 19 SC Bastia 5,415 12.4% 20 OGC Nice 5,024 -7.5%
References
External links France 1998/99 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation