Division 1 1983/84

	Division 1 1983/84
master	Girondins Bordeaux
European Cup of ; National Champions	Girondins Bordeaux
Uefa cup	AS Monaco ; AJ Auxerre ; Paris Saint-Germain
Cup winners	FC Metz
European ; Cup Winners' Cup	FC Metz
Relegation ↓	AS Saint-Etienne
Relegated	Olympique Nîmes ; Stade Rennes
Teams	20th
Games	380 + 2 relegation games ;
Gates	911 (ø 2.4 per game)
Top scorer	Patrice Garande , ( AJ Auxerre )
	← Division 1 1982/83 Division 1 1984/85 →
	Division 2 1983/84 ↓

The Division 1 1983/84 was the 46th staging of the professional French football league. The Girondins Bordeaux became champions for the second time after 1950 .

The first match day was July 20, 1983, the last match day was May 2, 1984. This early end of the season served a long, undisturbed preparation for the European Championship finals in France and, a little later, the Olympic football tournament . Since there was also a four-week winter break from December 19 to January 13, several “ English weeks ” were necessary - the result of both events was an extremely worthwhile plan.

societies

The clubs that had finished the previous season no worse than 17th were eligible to participate, as well as two direct promoters from the second division and the winner of the relegation round . Thus, the following teams played for the championship title this season:

two clubs from the far north ( Lille OSC , Racing Lens ),
two from Paris and Bourgogne ( Paris Saint-Germain , AJ Auxerre ),
four from the northeast ( FC Metz , AS Nancy , Racing Strasbourg , FC Sochaux ),
five from the northwest ( FC Rouen , newly promoted Stade Rennes , Brest Armorique FC , defending champions FC Nantes , Stade Laval ),
two from the southwest ( Girondins Bordeaux , FC Toulouse ),
four from the southeast ( AS Saint-Étienne , relegation winner Olympique Nîmes , promoted Sporting Toulon , AS Monaco ),
one from Corsica ( SEC Bastia ).

Season course

The two-point rule applied ; in the event of a tie, the goal difference and possibly - as between Bastia and Laval - the higher number of hits made the decisive factor for the placement.

Before the start of the season, numerous first division players had particularly intensive and costly activities on the transfer market. Bordeaux, which had already invested a lot of money in new signings in previous years, strengthened itself with three other French national players ( Battiston , Tusseau , Zénier ); Monaco's new coach Lucien Muller was able to incorporate four new ones ( Bravo , Genghini , Le Roux , Krause ) into his dream team. But the newcomers also spent considerable amounts to strengthen themselves with well-known or particularly talented players: Rennes brought in Stopyra and Hiard , while for Toulon, which had only returned to professional league operations in 1981, with the 35-year-old Onnis the up to in the present (2012) in France, the most successful league hunter of all time, should provide hits, for which Paganelli and Emon were put to his side. Not only Rennes had to experience that money doesn't score goals.

Bordeaux and Monaco fought head-to-head at the top of the table over the entire season, in which defending champions Nantes, Paris and - even well into the second half - the surprise team from Auxerre were able to intervene until the end of the year . The Girondins gained their first psychological advantage when they were able to steal the points from the home-strong "yellows" from Nantes at the end of February. Their 7-0 victory over Saint-Étienne had already made the public who are interested in football sit up and take notice, and then they won six games in a row, but were defeated 2-1 at the Monegasque . The decision was made on matchday 36: Bordeaux won clearly against their pursuers Auxerre, while the overall most successful away team from Monaco did not get beyond a draw in Toulouse, which resulted in both teams being tied on points. This remained so until the end of the season - both opponents got four points from the remaining matches - and the significantly better goal difference tipped the balance in favor of the Girondins. This ended a long dry spell for Bordeaux, 34 years after the last title win, in which it was only enough to runner-up five times; at the same time the most successful period in the club's history began.

At the bottom of the table, Nîmes and Rennes already knew in April that they had to return to Division 2 after just one season ; Olympique Marseille and FC Tours took their places in the following season . On the other hand, it was only on the last day of the match that Saint-Étienne would have to fight for relegation in the Barrages - and the French record champions were left behind, just three years after their tenth title win. One of the most traditional clubs in France benefited from the relegation of the “Greens”: Racing Club Paris , one of the founding members of the league in 1932 , beat Saint-Étienne 0-0 and 2-0, making it the second club in the capital to belong to the “football club” again House of Lords ”of the country.

Closing table

Division 1 venues 1983/84

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Girondins Bordeaux	38	23	8th	7th	072:330	+39	54:22
2.	AS Monaco	38	22nd	10	6th	058:290	+29	54:22
3.	AJ Auxerre	38	21st	7th	10	059:330	+26	49:27
4th	Paris Saint-Germain (P)	38	18th	11	9	056:370	+19	47:29
5.	Toulouse FC	38	19th	7th	12	057:410	+16	45:31
6th	FC Nantes (M)	38	18th	9	11	046:320	+14	45:31
7th	FC Sochaux	38	14th	13	11	046:340	+12	41:35
8th.	Racing Strasbourg	38	11	17th	10	036:380	−2	39:37
9.	Lille OSC	38	13	11	14th	049:490	± 0	37:39
10.	SEC Bastia	38	14th	8th	16	036:430	−7	36:40
11.	Stade Laval	38	12	12	14th	029:360	−7	36:40
12.	FC Metz	38	13	9	16	049:530	−4	35:41
13.	Racing Lens	38	14th	7th	17th	057:660	−9	35:41
14th	FC Rouen	38	13	8th	17th	042:400	+2	34:42
15th	AS Nancy	38	10	12	16	038:530	−15	32:44
16.	Sporting Toulon (N)	38	12	8th	18th	039:600	−21	32:44
17th	Brest Armorique FC	38	9	13	16	036:470	−11	31:45
18th	AS Saint-Etienne	38	11	8th	19th	031:520	−21	30:46
19th	Olympique Nîmes (N, R)	38	6th	13	19th	036:700	−34	25:51
20th	Rennes Stadium (N)	38	8th	7th	23	039:650	−26	23:53

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

French football champion and participation in the 1984/85 European Cup

Participation in the 1984/85 UEFA Cup

French cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1984/85

Participant in the relegation

Relegation to Division 2 1984/85

(M)	reigning French champion
(P)	reigning French cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from Division 2 1982/83
(R)	Relegation winner

Crosstab

	AJ Aux	SEC Bas	Gi. boron	AFC Bre	St. Lav	RC Len	OSC Lil	FC Met	AS Mon	AS Ncy	FC Nts	Ol. Nîm	SG par	St. Ren	FC Rou	AS StÉ	FC Soc	RC Str	SC subs	FC Tls
AJ Auxerre		3: 1	1: 4	5-0	3-0	4-0	2-0	6: 1	0-0	4-0	1-0	0-0	1: 2	1-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	3-0	1: 1	1: 1
SEC Bastia	1-0		1: 3	2: 1	3-0	2: 2	1-0	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	0: 2	4: 2	1-0	3: 2
Girondins Bordeaux	4: 1	2: 1		1: 1	0-0	3: 2	5: 2	1: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1-0	4-0	2: 1	4: 1	3: 1	7-0	3-0	2-0	1-0	0-0
Brest Armorique FC	2-0	3-0	0-0		1-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	3: 2	0-0	0-0	5: 2	0: 1
Stade Laval	1-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 1		3-0	3: 1	1-0	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	2-0	2-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1-0
Racing Lens	1: 3	1-0	3: 1	3: 2	2: 1		4: 2	3: 2	3: 1	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	0: 3	0: 1	4: 2	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	5: 1	0: 1
Lille OSC	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	3: 1		2-0	1: 1	2-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	4: 2	0-0
FC Metz	1: 2	1-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	1-0		0: 4	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	6-0	1: 1	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 3
AS Monaco	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	2-0	3-0	3: 1	1: 1	2: 2		1: 1	3-0	5: 1	0: 1	3: 2	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 3
AS Nancy	0: 1	1: 3	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	2-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1		0: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 3	2-0	2-0	0-0	3: 2	2: 2	2-0
FC Nantes	1: 2	1-0	0: 1	4-0	3: 1	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 1		4-0	3: 1	3: 1	3-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	3: 1
Olympique Nîmes	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 2	3-0	2: 1	2: 2	3: 7	1: 2	1: 1	1-0		1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0: 3	1-0	3-0
Paris Saint-Germain	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	3-0	4: 5	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	0-0		3: 2	2-0	3: 1	3: 1	2-0	5: 1	1-0
Rennes stadium	1: 3	4: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	1: 2	2: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0: 1		2: 1	1: 2	0: 1	3-0	1: 2	1: 5
FC Rouen	2-0	1: 2	1-0	0: 1	2-0	0: 2	3: 1	3-0	1-0	7: 1	2-0	3-0	0: 1	1-0		1: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	3: 1
AS Saint-Etienne	0-0	0: 2	0: 2	1-0	1-0	0: 4	2-0	2: 2	0: 1	1-0	0-0	3: 1	2: 3	1-0	1-0		1-0	0: 1	1-0	0: 1
FC Sochaux	3-0	2-0	3: 1	2-0	0: 1	2: 2	1-0	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	4: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1		0-0	8: 2	1-0
Racing Strasbourg	2: 1	0-0	2: 2	1-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	1-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0		2-0	1: 3
Sporting Toulon	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	2: 2	3-0	0: 3	0-0	1: 3	0-0	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 3		3: 2
Toulouse FC	0: 2	4-0	1: 3	1-0	0-0	2-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	3: 1	5-0	1: 1	3: 1	2-0	2: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 3

Relegation

	total		First leg	Return leg
Racing Paris	2-0	AS Saint-Etienne	0-0	2-0

Master team Girondins Bordeaux

1.	Girondins Bordeaux
	Goal: Christian Delachet (38 / -) Defense: Patrick Battiston (36/3), Léonard Specht (35/1), Gernot Rohr (32/2), Raymond Domenech (22/1), Jean-Christophe Thouvenel (22/1), Marius Trésor (12/1 ) Midfield: Alain Giresse (34/16), Jean Tigana (32/1), René Girard (29/2), Antoine Martinez (24/2), Thierry Tusseau (24/2), Caspar Memering (10/1) Storm: Bernard Lacombe (35/18), Dieter Müller (28/14), Bernard Zénier (25/4), Michel Audrain (9/1), Hassan Hanini (3/1) Coach: Aimé Jacquet

There was also an own goal.

Most successful goal scorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Patrice Garande	AJ Auxerre	21st
	Argentina Delio Onnis	Sporting Toulon	21st
3	Poland Andrzej Szarmach	AJ Auxerre	20th
4th	Philippe Anziani	FC Sochaux	18th
	Bernard Genghini	AS Monaco	18th
	Bernard Lacombe	Girondins Bordeaux	18th
7th	François Brisson	Racing Lens	16
	Alain Giresse	Girondins Bordeaux	16
9	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Zvonko Kurbos	FC Metz	15th
10	Jean-François Beltramini	FC Rouen	14th
	Germany Federal Republic Dieter Müller	Girondins Bordeaux	14th
12	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Vahid Halilhodžić	FC Nantes	13
13	Germany Federal Republic Uwe Krause	AS Monaco	12
	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Dušan Savić	Lille OSC	12
	Poland Mirosław Tłokiński	Racing Lens	12
16	Patrick Cubaynes	Olympique Nîmes	11
	Gérard Soler	Toulouse FC	11

literature

Hubert Beaudet: Le Championnat et ses champions. 70 ans de Football en France. Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2002, ISBN 2-84253-762-9
Sophie Guillet / François Laforge: Le guide français et international du football éd. 2009. Vecchi, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-7328-9295-5
Jean-Philippe Rethacker: La grande histoire des clubs de foot champions de France. Sélection du Reader's Digest, Paris / Bruxelles / Montréal / Zurich 2001, ISBN 2-7098-1238-X

Web links

Statistics on lfp.fr

Notes and evidence

↑ Beaudet, pp. 144f.
^ Pierre Minier: 1943-2003 - Football Club de Nantes, le doyen de l'élite. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2003, ISBN 2-911698-23-1 , pp. 327-330
↑ Rethacker, p. 78; Beaudet, p. 141
↑ Beaudet, p. 142; Rethacker, p. 84
↑ Rethacker, p. 85; Beaudet, pp. 142f.
↑ Beaudet, p. 141
↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 187, supplemented from Stéphane Boisson / Raoul Vian: Il était une fois le Championnat de France de Football. Tous les joueurs de la première division de 1948/49 à 2003/04. Neofoot, Saint-Thibault o. J.
↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 186
↑ Appearances Ligue 1 1983/84. In: weltfussball.de. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .

[1] Beaudet, pp. 144f.

[2] Pierre Minier: 1943-2003 - Football Club de Nantes, le doyen de l'élite. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2003, ISBN 2-911698-23-1 , pp. 327-330

[3] Rethacker, p. 78; Beaudet, p. 141

[4] Beaudet, p. 142; Rethacker, p. 84

[5] Rethacker, p. 85; Beaudet, pp. 142f.

[6] Beaudet, p. 141

[7] Guillet / Laforge, p. 187, supplemented from Stéphane Boisson / Raoul Vian: Il était une fois le Championnat de France de Football. Tous les joueurs de la première division de 1948/49 à 2003/04. Neofoot, Saint-Thibault o. J.

[8] Guillet / Laforge, p. 186

[9] Appearances Ligue 1 1983/84. In: weltfussball.de. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .