Division 1 1990/91

Division 1 1990/91
master	Olympique Marseille
European Cup of National Champions	Olympique Marseille
Uefa cup	AJ Auxerre AS Cannes Olympique Lyon
Cup winners	AS Monaco
European Cup Winners' Cup	AS Monaco
Relegated	Girondins Bordeaux Brest Armorique FC OGC Nice
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	805  (ø 2.12 per game)
Top scorer	Jean-Pierre Papin ( Olympique Marseille )
← Division 1 1989/90 Division 1 1991/92 →
Division 2 1990/91 ↓

The Division 1 1990/91 was the 53rd staging of the professional French football league. Olympique Marseille became champion for the seventh time since 1937 , which also won its third title in a row.

The first match day was July 21, 1990, the last match day was May 22, 1991. There was a three-week winter break from December 24 to January 13.

societies

Eligible to participate were those clubs that had finished the previous season no worse than 17th, plus 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:

• a club from the far north ( Lille OSC ),
• two from Paris and Bourgogne ( Paris Saint-Germain , AJ Auxerre ),
• three from the northeast ( FC Metz , newly promoted AS Nancy , FC Sochaux ),
• four from the northwest ( SM Caen , Brest Armorique FC , promoted Stade Rennes , FC Nantes ),
• two from the southwest ( Girondins Bordeaux , FC Toulouse ),
• eight from the southeast ( AS Saint-Étienne , Olympique Lyon , HSC Montpellier , defending champions Olympique Marseille , SC Toulon-Var , relegation winners OGC Nice , AS Cannes , AS Monaco ).

Season course

The two-point rule applied ; in the event of a tie, the goal difference or, even if there was a tie - as between Nantes and Toulon - the higher number of hits scored the decisive factor for the placement.

Defending champion Marseille had spared no expense before the start of the season, as in the previous three years, and signed half a dozen new players. Their integration into the team succeeded coach Gili right away; The public was all the more surprised when President Tapie replaced Gili with the “ world champion maker ” Beckenbauer after nine point games in which Olympique had achieved seven wins and two draws . He had an extremely bad start at Canebière (defeats against Cannes in front of their own audience, where the fans celebrate Gili with chants, as well as with the teams from Sochaux and Nancy, who are fighting for relegation). When Marseille then went down 4-0 at Auxerre at the beginning of December - the men of coach Roux replaced OM at the top of the table in these weeks after a series of 13 games without defeat - "Kaiser Franz" was "highly praised" as sports director and replaced by Goethals , who had been released shortly before in Bordeaux. With the Girondins, Gili succeeded Goethals' successor Rohr . Marseille recovered at the beginning of 1991 after Goethals had rebuilt the defense and also relieved the goal-threatening attackers; a 7-0 win against Lyon and a 6-0 win against Nantes put Olympique back on the road to success, while Auxerre weakened, especially due to the prolonged absence of his playmaker Scifo . As a result, Marseille remained safe and won the championship with a relatively clear lead over Monaco and the team from Bourgogne . At the bottom of the table, Sochaux, Toulouse and Rennes were about to move to Division 2 .

More than the sporting course of this overall particularly low-hit season, however, personal disputes and the discovery of financial irregularities determined the public perception of this season. The "constant quarrel" between the club presidents of Bordeaux and Marseille culminated in the charge that Marseille had repeatedly bought victories by bribing opposing players. Girondins President Bez was unable to prove this accusation, however, and that there could have been some truth in it was only revealed a good two years later on the occasion of the " OM-VA affair ". During the current season, the DNCG association inspectors discovered a black till at Toulon and a huge financial gap at Bordeaux; The latter was found, albeit only after the end of the point games, also with the clubs from Brest and Nice. The consequence for these three clubs was the forced relegation, which also meant relegation for the relegated athletes. The barrages that had already been played at the beginning of the subsequent summer break also became obsolete; the following season rose from the second division Olympique Nîmes , Le Havre AC and Racing Lens .

Closing table

Paris Monaco Nice Bordeaux Toulon Marseille Cannes Nantes Caen Metz Sochaux Toulouse Montpellier Lyon Auxerre Rennes Nancy Lille St. Etienne Brest

Division 1 venues 1990/91

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Olympique Marseille (M)	38	22nd	11	5	067:280	+39	55:21
2.	AS Monaco	38	20th	11	7th	051:300	+21	51:25
3.	AJ Auxerre	38	19th	10	9	063:360	+27	48:28
4th	AS Cannes	38	12	17th	9	032:280	+4	41:35
5.	Olympique Lyon	38	15th	11	12	039:440	−5	41:35
6th	Lille OSC	38	11	17th	10	039:370	+2	39:37
7th	HSC Montpellier (P)	38	12	14th	12	044:350	+9	38:38
8th.	SM Caen	38	13	12	13	038:360	+2	38:38
9.	Paris Saint-Germain	38	13	12	13	040:420	−2	38:38
10.	Girondins Bordeaux	38	11	15th	12	034:320	+2	37:39
11.	Brest Armorique FC	38	11	15th	12	045:460	−1	37:39
12.	FC Metz	38	12	12	14th	044:510	−7	36:40
13.	AS Saint-Etienne	38	13	9	16	040:460	−6	35:41
14th	OGC Nice (R)	38	10	14th	14th	040:420	−2	34:42
15th	FC Nantes	38	9	16	13	034:440	−10	34:42
16.	SC Toulon-Var	38	9	16	13	031:410	−10	34:42
17th	AS Nancy (N)	38	11	11	16	038:580	−20	33:43
18th	FC Sochaux	38	8th	16	14th	024:330	−9	32:44
19th	Toulouse FC	38	8th	15th	15th	033:450	−12	31:45
20th	Rennes Stadium (N)	38	7th	14th	17th	029:510	−22	28:48

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

French football champion and participation in the 1991/92 European Cup

French cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1991/92

Participation in the 1991/92 UEFA Cup

Forced relegation to Division 2 1991/92

(M)	reigning French champion
(P)	reigning French cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from Division 2 1989/90
(R)	Relegation winner

Crosstab

	AJ Aux	Gi. boron	AFC Bre	SM Cae	AS Can	OSC Lil	Ol. Lyo	Ol. Mar	FC Met	AS Mco	HSC Mpl	AS Ncy	FC Nts	OGC Niz	SG par	St. Ren	AS StÉ	FC Soc	SC subs	FC Tls
AJ Auxerre		0-0	2: 2	3-0	0: 3	3: 2	1-0	4-0	3: 1	0: 1	3: 2	1: 1	0: 2	5: 1	0: 1	4-0	2-0	4: 1	3-0	2: 1
Girondins Bordeaux	1: 1		1: 4	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1-0	5-0	2-0	3-0	3-0	1-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	2: 1
Brest Armorique FC	1: 3	4-0		5-0	3: 2	1-0	3-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	3: 3	1-0	4-0	0-0	0-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 2	0-0
SM Caen	0: 1	2-0	1: 2		0: 1	0-0	1-0	0-0	4: 1	0: 2	1-0	4: 1	1-0	2: 1	2-0	2-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	2-0
AS Cannes	0: 3	1: 1	0-0	1: 1		2: 1	3: 2	0-0	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	0-0
Lille OSC	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0: 2		1: 1	1-0	4: 1	0-0	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	3: 2	0: 1	4: 1	3-0
Olympique Lyon	1-0	1-0	2-0	3: 2	1-0	2: 1		2: 2	3: 1	1-0	3: 3	0: 1	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	4: 1
Olympique Marseille	1-0	2-0	3: 1	2: 1	0: 1	2-0	7-0		3-0	1-0	2-0	6: 2	6-0	1-0	2: 1	4: 1	3: 1	0-0	3: 3	1-0
FC Metz	1-0	1-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	1: 2	0: 2		1: 1	0-0	4-0	2-0	1-0	2: 2	2-0	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	2: 1
AS Monaco	0-0	2-0	5-0	2-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 3	2-0		3: 1	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1
HSC Montpellier	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	1-0	0-0	5: 2	2: 1		5-0	1: 1	3-0	4-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	0-0	2-0
AS Nancy	1: 1	0: 2	0-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1	2-0	2-0	0: 1	4-0	1: 1		3: 2	2: 1	0: 2	0-0	1-0	2-0	2: 1	1: 1
FC Nantes	2: 3	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1-0		2: 2	2-0	2-0	2: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0
OGC Nice	1: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0	0-0	4: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	0-0	2-0	3-0	1: 1		1: 1	2: 2	2-0	3-0	0-0	1: 1
Paris Saint-Germain	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	3: 2	0-0	2-0	3-0	0: 1	2: 1	0: 2	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2		1: 1	4: 2	0: 2	4-0	3-0
Rennes stadium	2: 2	2: 1	3-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	2-0	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	2-0	0: 3	2: 1		0: 2	1: 1	0-0	2-0
AS Saint-Etienne	2: 1	0-0	6: 1	0-0	1-0	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	1-0	4: 1	1: 3	1-0	1: 1	0-0		2: 1	3-0	1: 4
FC Sochaux	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	0-0	4-0	2-0		0-0	0: 1
SC Toulon-Var	2: 3	0: 2	1: 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	3: 1	1: 2	0-0	1-0	3-0	1-0		1-0
Toulouse FC	0-0	0-0	1: 2	3: 2	2: 2	2: 2	3: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	0-0	2-0	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1

Champion team Olympique Marseille

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Olympique Marseille

Goal: Pascal Olmeta (38 / -) Defense: Basile Boli (38/8), Bernard Casoni (35 / -), Carlos Mozer (31 / -), Manuel Amoros (29 / -), Éric Di Meco (20 / -), Éric Mura (4 / -) Midfield: Chris Waddle (35/6), Bruno Germain (32/6), Philippe Vercruysse (28/5), Bernard Pardo (26/1), Jean Tigana (19 / -), Laurent Fournier (17/2), Dragan Stojković (11 / -) Forward: Jean-Pierre Papin (36/23), Abédi Pelé (32/5), Éric Cantona (18/8), Éric Lada (9 / -) Coach: Gérard Gili (1st – 9th matchday); Franz Beckenbauer (matchday 10-21); Raymond Goethals (22nd - 38th matchday)

Most successful goal scorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Jean-Pierre Papin	Olympique Marseille	23
2	Kálmán Kovács	AJ Auxerre	16
3	Laurent Blanc	HSC Montpellier	14th
	François Omam-Biyik	Rennes stadium	14th
	Enzo Scifo	AJ Auxerre	14th
6th	Aljoša Asanović	FC Metz	13
7th	Bernard Ferrer	Brest Armorique FC	12
	Daniel Xuereb	HSC Montpellier	12
9	Fabrice Divert	SM Caen	11
10	Jules Bocandé	OGC Nice	10
	François Brisson	Lille OSC	10
	François Calderaro	FC Metz	10
	Christophe Cocard	AJ Auxerre	10
	Fabrice Mège	OGC Nice	10
	Amara Simba	AS Cannes	10
	Safet Sušić	Paris Saint-Germain	10
	Ryszard Tarasiewicz	AS Nancy	10
	Zlatko Vujović	Paris Saint-Germain	10
	George Weah	AS Monaco	10

See also

• Division 2 1990/91
• Coupe de France 1990/91

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

1. ^ Pierre Minier: 1943-2003 - Football Club de Nantes, le doyen de l'élite. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2003, ISBN 2-911698-23-1 , pp. 350–353
2. ↑ ^{a b} Beaudet, p. 162
3. ↑ Rethacker, p. 52
4. ↑ Beaudet, p. 164
5. ^ Alain Pécheral: La grande histoire de l'OM. Des origines à nos jours. Ed. Prolongations, o. O. 2007, ISBN 978-2-916400-07-5 , p. 402
6. ↑ Squad 1990/91. In: weltfussball.de. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .