FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1979/1980 of the French Association Football League with 57 points.
Participating teams
Angers SCO SEC Bastia Bordeaux Stade Brest Stade Lavallois RC Lens Lille Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco AS Nancy FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique Paris Saint-Germain FC AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux RC Strasbourg US Valenciennes-Anzin
League table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1980/1981 Auxerre: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B FC Tours: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
Results
Relegation play-offs
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsFootball: D1 Classement des buteurs - SAISON 1979-19801 Erwin KosteddeLaval21 Delio OnnisMonaco3 Pierre PleimeldingLille184 Drago VabecBrest175 Michel PlatiniSaint-Étienne166 Yves EhrlacherLens15 Nenad BjekovićNice Johnny RepSaint-Étienne Bernard GenghiniSochaux10 Yannick StopyraSochaux14
Attendances
# Club Average 1 PSG 21,361 2 Saint-Étienne 19,664 3 Nantes 16,422 4 Lens 15,100 5 Marseille 13,838 6 Strasbourg 13,768 7 LOSC 13,314 8 Metz 9,734 9 Stade lavallois 9,278 10 Girondins 8,932 11 Lyon 8,899 12 Stade brestois 8,296 13 Nice 8,248 14 Nancy 8,138 15 Angers 7,788 16 Valenciennes 7,655 17 Nîmes 7,526 18 Sochaux 7,007 19 Monaco 4,265 20 Bastia 3,275
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References
Division 1 season 1979-1980 at pari-et-gagne.com