The 1990–91 Division 1 season was won by Marseille, with 55 points, for the third year in a row. A total of 20 clubs competed in the league. Bordeaux, Brest and Nice were all administratively relegated to Division 2 due to financial difficulties at the end of the season despite all finishing above the relegation zone.
Participating teams
AJ Auxerre FC Girondins de Bordeaux Stade Brestois 29 Stade Malherbe Caen AS Cannes Lille OSC Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco FC Montpellier HSC AS Nancy FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Paris Saint-Germain F.C. Stade Rennais AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Sporting Toulon Var Toulouse FC
League table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in 1991–92 French Division 1 season Le Havre AC: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B Nîmes Olympique: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A Lens:Third place, winner of barrages.
Results
Statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Jean-Pierre PapinMarseille23 2 Kálmán KovácsAuxerre 153 Laurent BlancMontpellier14 Enzo ScifoAuxerre5 Aljoša AsanovićMetz13 François Omam-BiyikRennes7 Bernard FerrerBrest12 Daniel XuerebMontpellier9 Fabrice DivertCaen1110 Jules BocandéNice10 François BrissonLille François CalderaroMetz Christophe CocardAuxerre Fabrice MegeNice Amara SimbaCannes Safet SušićParis Saint-Germain Ryszard TarasiewiczNancy Zlatko VujovićParis Saint-Germain George WeahMonaco
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Marseille 31,025 2 Olympique lyonnais 20,610 3 Girondins 14,947 4 PSG 14,454 5 Saint-Étienne 12,626 6 Metz 11,407 7 MHSC 10,683 8 Nantes 10,353 9 Stade brestois 9,468 10 Stade rennais 8,973 11 Caen 8,748 12 AJA 8,689 13 Toulouse 8,628 14 Nancy 7,928 15 LOSC 7,884 16 Nice 7,121 17 Monaco 5,877 18 Cannes 4,544 19 Toulon 4,259 20 Sochaux 3,971Source:
References
External links Division 1 season 1990-1991 at pari-et-gagne.com