Division 1 1997/98

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Division 1 1997/98
master Racing Lens
Champions League Racing Lens
Champions League
qualification		 FC Metz
Uefa cup AS Monaco
Olympique Marseille
Girondins Bordeaux
Olympique Lyon
UI cup AJ Auxerre , SC Bastia
Cup winners Paris Saint-Germain
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Paris Saint-Germain
Relegated EA Guingamp , LB Châteauroux ,
AS Cannes
Teams 18th
Games 306
Gates 722  (ø 2.36 per game)
spectator 5,065,687  (ø 16,555 per game)
Top scorer Stéphane Guivarc'h
(AJ Auxerre)
← Division 1 1996/97

The Division 1 1997/98 was the 60th season of the highest French football league. The season began on August 2, 1997 and ended on May 9, 1998.

The league was reduced by two places to 18 clubs. As a climber came LB Châteauroux and Toulouse FC from Division 2 to do so. The season as champions ended the RC Lens and became the successor of AS Monaco . Lens and FC Metz qualified for the UEFA Champions League . AS Monaco, Olympique Marseille and Olympique Lyon as well as Girondins Bordeaux and Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the UEFA Cup through the two cup competitions. In the UEFA Intertoto Cup the following year played AJ Auxerre , SC Bastia and Le Havre . EA Guingamp , LB Châteauroux and AS Cannes had to relegate to Division 2 .

Teams

Division 1 venues in 1997/98
society city Stadion Previous year's placement
AS Monaco Monaco Stade Louis II 1st place
Paris Saint-Germain Paris Parc des Princes 2nd place
FC Nantes Atlantique Nantes Louis-Fonteneau stadium 3rd place
Girondins Bordeaux Bordeaux Parc Lescure 4th Place
FC Metz Metz Stade Saint-Symphorien 5th place
AJ Auxerre Auxerre Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps 6th place
SC Bastia Bastia Stade Armand Cesari 7th place
Olympique Lyon Lyon Stade Gerland 8th place
Racing Strasbourg Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau 9th place
HSC Montpellier Montpellier Stade de la Mosson 10th place
Olympique Marseille Marseille Stade Velodrome 11th place
EA Guingamp Guingamp Stade du Roudourou 12th place
Racing Lens Lens Stade Félix-Bollaert 13th place
Le Havre AC Le Havre Stade Jules Deschaseaux 14th place
AS Cannes Cannes Stade Pierre de Coubertin 15th place
Rennes stadium Rennes Stade de la Route de Lorient 16th place
LB Châteauroux Chateauroux Stade Gaston Petit 1st place - Division 2
Toulouse FC Toulouse Municipal Stadium 2nd place - Division 2

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Racing Lens  34  21st  5  8th 055:300 +25 68
 2. FC Metz  34  20th  8th  6th 048:280 +20 68
 3. AS Monaco (M)  34  18th  5  11 051:330 +18 59
 4th Olympique Marseille  34  16  9  9 047:270 +20 57
 5. Girondins Bordeaux  34  15th  8th  11 049:410  +8 53
 6th Olympique Lyon  34  16  5  13 039:370  +2 53
 7th AJ Auxerre  34  14th  9  11 055:450 +10 51
 8th. Paris Saint-Germain  34  14th  8th  12 043:350  +8 50
 9. SC Bastia  34  13  11  10 036:310  +5 50
10. Le Havre AC  34  10  14th  10 038:350  +3 44
11. FC Nantes Atlantique  34  11  8th  15th 035:410  −6 41
12. HSC Montpellier  34  10  11  13 032:420 −10 41
13. Racing Strasbourg (L)  34  9  10  15th 039:430  −4 37
14th Rennes stadium  34  9  9  16 036:480 −12 36
15th Toulouse FC (N)  34  9  9  16 026:460 −20 36
16. EA Guingamp  34  9  8th  17th 030:420 −12 35
17th LB Châteauroux (N)  34  8th  7th  19th 031:590 −28 31
18th AS Cannes  34  7th  7th  20th 032:590 −27 28

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

  • French football champion and participation in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the 1998/99 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • French cup winner and participation in the 1998/99 European Cup Winners' Cup
  • Relegation to Division 2 in 1998/99
    • (M) reigning French champion
    (P) reigning French cup winner
    (L) reigning league cup winner
    (N) Newcomers from Division 2 1996/97

    Crosstab

    The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

    1997/98 AS Monaco Paris SG FC Nantes Girondins Bordeaux FC Metz AJ Auxerre SC Bastia Olympique Lyon HSC Montpellier Olympique Marseille EA Guingamp RC Lens Le Havre AC AS Cannes Rennes stadium LB Châteauroux Toulouse FC
    AS Monaco 3-0 3: 2 5: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 3: 2 4-0 2-0 1-0 0: 1 2-0 0: 1 1-0 2: 2 0: 1
    Paris Saint-Germain 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 2-0 3-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 4: 2 2-0 0: 2 3: 1 4: 1 2-0 1: 1
    FC Nantes 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 0: 2 0: 1 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1
    Girondins Bordeaux 1-0 0-0 1: 1 2: 2 3: 2 2-0 0-0 4: 4 3: 1 2-0 4: 2 3-0 2: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 3: 1
    FC Metz 3-0 2: 1 3: 2 4: 1 3-0 0: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 1 3: 2 2: 1 0: 2 2-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 2: 1
    AJ Auxerre 3: 1 2: 3 3: 1 4: 2 0-0 2-0 1: 2 1: 2 3: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 4-0 5-0 3: 1
    SC Bastia 1-0 2-0 2: 1 4: 1 0-0 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 5: 1 0-0 1: 1 0-0
    Olympique Lyon 0: 3 1-0 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 3: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 1: 3 0: 1 2-0 3: 1 2: 1 0-0
    RC Strasbourg 0-0 0: 3 1: 2 0-0 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 3-0 2-0 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2-0 3: 1 2-0 2-0
    HSC Montpellier 0: 2 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 2: 3 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 2-0 1-0 4-0
    Olympique Marseille 1: 1 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 4-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 2: 3 3: 1 2-0 0: 1 2-0 2-0
    EA Guingamp 1: 2 0-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 3: 1 1-0 0-0 2-0
    RC Lens 1-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 1: 1 3-0 5: 1 3-0 3: 2 0-0 0: 1 1-0 0-0 5: 4 3-0 1-0 2-0
    AC Le Havre 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 2: 1 1: 3 1: 1 4-0 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 5-0 1: 1
    AS Cannes 1: 2 0: 1 2: 3 0: 2 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 3: 3 1: 3 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0: 1
    Rennes stadium 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 0-0 2: 2 1: 1 2-0 0: 3 3: 1 2-0 0: 2 1: 2 2: 3 2: 2 2-0 3-0 1-0
    LB Châteauroux 0: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 2 3: 2 1: 1 2: 3 2-0 0: 1 0: 3 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 1
    Toulouse FC 1: 3 0: 2 1-0 2: 2 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0: 4 3-0 1: 2 1-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1

    The Racing Lens championship team

    1. Racing Lens
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    List of goalscorers

    Pl. player society Gates
    01. Stéphane Guivarc'h AJ Auxerre 21st
    02. David Trezeguet AS Monaco 18th
    03. NigeriaNigeria Victor Ikpeba AS Monaco 16
    04th Lilian Laslandes Girondins Bordeaux 14th
    Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Anto Drobnjak Racing Lens
    06th Bruno Rodriguez FC Metz 13
    ItalyItaly Marco Simone Paris Saint-Germain
    08th. Jocelyn Gouvennec FC Nantes Atlantique 12

    See also

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