1980–81 Division 1 was the 43rd season of the French top association football league, played from July 1980 to June 1981. The league was won by AS Saint-Etienne with 57 points, for whom this was their 10th title.
Participating teams
Angers SCO Auxerre SEC Bastia Bordeaux Stade Lavallois RC Lens Lille Olympique Lyonnais FC Metz AS Monaco AS Nancy FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique Paris Saint-Germain FC AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux RC Strasbourg FC Tours US Valenciennes-Anzin
League table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1981/1982 Stade Brest:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B Montpellier HSC:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
Results
Relegation play-offs
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Delio OnnisTours242 Uwe KrauseLaval233 Simo NikolićLyon214 Michel PlatiniSaint-Étienne205 Bernard LacombeBordeaux18 Victor TrosseroMonaco7 Dominique RocheteauParis Saint-Germain16 Andrzej SzarmachAuxerre Bernard ZénierNancy10 Albert GemmrichBordeaux14 Vicky PeretzStrasbourg Johnny RepSaint-Étienne Olivier RouyerNancy
Attendances
# Club Average 1 PSG 23,329 2 Saint-Étienne 18,524 3 Lyon 17,441 4 Nantes 15,241 5 Tours 11,676 6 Girondins 11,397 7 Lens 11,385 8 LOSC 10,104 9 Metz 9,460 10 Strasbourg 8,607 11 AJA 8,450 12 Nice 7,691 13 Nancy 7,614 14 Stade lavallois 7,590 15 Sochaux 5,788 16 Valenciennes 5,558 17 Nîmes 5,183 18 Angers 4,664 19 Monaco 3,745 20 Bastia 2,971
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References
Division 1 season 1980-1981 at pari-et-gagne.com