1981–82 French Division 1

Division 1

Season	1981–82
Champions	Monaco (4th title)
Relegated	Valenciennes Nice Montpellier
European Cup	Monaco
Cup Winners' Cup	Paris Saint-Germain
UEFA Cup	Saint-Étienne Sochaux Bordeaux
Matches played	380
Goals scored	982 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Delio Onnis (29)
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1981/1982 of the French Association Football League with 55 points.

Overview

Auxerre

Bastia

Bordeaux

Brest

Laval

Lens

Lille

Lyon

Metz

AS Monaco

Montpellier

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

PSG

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Tours

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1981–82 Division 1

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top eighteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from 1980–81 French Division 2. The competition was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 38 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Team	Town	Region	Position in 1980–81
Auxerre	Auxerre	Burgundy	01010th
Bastia	Bastia	Corsica	01212th
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Aquitaine	0033rd
Brest	Brest	Brittany	2011st in Division 2
Laval	Laval	Pays de la Loire	01616th
Lens	Lens	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	01313th
Lille	Lille	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	01717th
Lyon	Lyon	Rhône-Alpes	0066th
Metz	Metz	Lorraine	0099th
Monaco	Monaco	Monaco	0044th
Montpellier	Montpellier	Languedoc-Roussillon	2022nd in Division 2
Nancy	Nancy	Lorraine	0088th
Nantes	Nantes	Pays de la Loire	0022nd
Nice	Nice	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	01515th
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Île-de-France	0055th
Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Rhône-Alpes	0011st
Sochaux	Montbéliard	Franche-Comté	01414th
Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Alsace	0077th
Tours	Tours	Centre-Val de Loire	01818th
Valenciennes	Valenciennes	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	01111th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monaco (C)	38	24	7	7	70	29	+41	55	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Saint-Étienne	38	22	10	6	74	31	+43	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Sochaux	38	20	9	9	59	43	+16	49
4	Bordeaux	38	19	10	9	55	45	+10	48
5	Laval	38	16	12	10	49	40	+9	44
6	Nantes	38	19	5	14	64	34	+30	43
7	Paris Saint-Germain	38	17	9	12	58	45	+13	43	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Nancy	38	13	13	12	50	52	−2	39
9	Brest	38	14	10	14	48	57	−9	38
10	Strasbourg	38	12	12	14	41	41	0	36
11	Tours	38	14	7	17	61	59	+2	35
12	Bastia	38	12	11	15	43	65	−22	35
13	Lens	38	12	10	16	44	51	−7	34
14	Lille	38	13	8	17	46	54	−8	34
15	Auxerre	38	11	12	15	43	58	−15	34
16	Lyon	38	13	6	19	38	46	−8	32
17	Metz	38	8	16	14	35	49	−14	32
18	Valenciennes (R)	38	10	10	18	40	59	−19	30	Qualification to relegation play-offs
19	Nice (R)	38	7	9	22	34	57	−23	23	Relegation to French Division 2
20	Montpellier (R)	38	7	8	23	30	67	−37	22

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1982/1983

• Toulouse FC:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group A
• FC Rouen:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group B
• FC Mulhouse:Third place, winner of barrages against US Valenciennes-Anzin

Results

Home \ Away	AUX	BAS	BOR	BRS	LVL	RCL	LIL	OL	MET	ASM	MHS	NAL	NAN	NIC	PSG	STE	SOC	RCS	TFC	VAL
Auxerre		2–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	3–0
Bastia	0–1		4–4	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0
Bordeaux	0–2	4–0		1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0
Brest	2–2	2–0	3–1		2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–0
Laval	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0		1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	4–2	0–0	0–0
Lens	5–2	1–1	1–2	4–0	0–1		1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–5	3–2	0–1	4–2	1–1
Lille	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–3		1–0	1–0	0–2	6–1	1–2	1–0	5–0	2–1	3–4	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Lyon	0–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	4–1		3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
Metz	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0		0–0	4–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–2	1–1
Monaco	7–1	4–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	4–1	4–0	3–1	2–1		1–0	5–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	3–1	3–1
Montpellier	0–0	3–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2		3–0	2–0	2–1	2–5	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–3	0–0
Nancy	1–1	2–1	0–0	5–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–3	3–2		1–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–3
Nantes	2–0	1–0	6–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–1	7–0	5–1		2–0	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	4–1
Nice	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–4	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	3–0		2–2	1–3	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2
Paris SG	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–1		0–0	1–0	2–1	4–3	4–0
Saint-Étienne	3–0	3–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	9–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0		0–1	2–0	1–0	5–1
Sochaux	5–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1		2–2	4–1	2–0
Strasbourg	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–3		1–1	4–0
Tours	2–0	4–0	1–2	5–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–4	1–2	2–1		2–1
Valenciennes	3–1	1–2	0–1	5–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	3–0	0–0	1–1

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mulhouse	6–3	Valenciennes	5–2	1–1

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Delio Onnis	Tours	29
2	Andrzej Szarmach	Auxerre	24
3	Michel Platini	Saint-Étienne	22
4	Teitur Thordarson	Lens	19
5	Uwe Krause	Laval	18
	Drago Vabec	Brest
7	Bernard Lacombe	Bordeaux	17
8	Ralf Edström	Monaco	15
	Yannick Stopyra	Sochaux
10	Alain Giresse	Bordeaux	14
	Simo Nikolić	Lyon

References

1. D1 Classement des buteurs - SAISON 1981-1982

• Division 1 season 1981-1982 at pari-et-gagne.com