1968–69 French Division 1

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1968/1969 of the French Association Football League with 53 points.

Division Nationale
Season1968–69
Dates1 September 1968 –
14 June 1969
ChampionsSaint-Étienne (5th title)
RelegatedMonaco
Nice
European CupSaint-Étienne
Cup Winners' CupMarseille
Inter-Cities Fairs CupBordeaux
Metz
Rouen
Matches played306
Goals scored816 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerAndré Guy
(25 goals)

Participating teams

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Saint-Étienne (C) 34 24 5 5 70 26 +44 53 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Bordeaux 34 22 7 5 77 34 +43 51 Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3 Metz 34 16 10 8 41 27 +14 42
4 Rouen 34 16 8 10 44 43 +1 40
5 RC Paris-Sedan 34 15 9 10 49 35 +14 39
6 Bastia 34 13 8 13 50 66 −16 34
7 Marseille 34 12 9 13 51 48 +3 33 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
8 Valenciennes 34 10 13 11 38 37 +1 33
9 Lyon 34 13 6 15 53 51 +2 32
10 Nantes 34 13 6 15 44 45 −1 32
11 Rennes 34 12 7 15 50 57 −7 31
12 Sochaux 34 11 7 16 49 55 −6 29
13 Strasbourg 34 10 9 15 34 41 −7 29
14 Nîmes 34 8 13 13 32 39 −7 29
15 Red Star 34 8 13 13 35 48 −13 29
16 Ajaccio 34 10 8 16 36 53 −17 28
17 Monaco (R) 34 7 13 14 33 50 −17 27 Qualification to relegation play-offs
18 Nice (R) 34 6 9 19 30 61 −31 21 Relegation to French Division 2
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
Notes:
  1. ^ Marseille qualified for 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1968–69 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1969/1970

Results

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Home \ Away ACA BAS BOR OL OM MET ASM NAN NIC NMS RS REN ROU STE RPS SOC RCS VAL
Ajaccio 4–0 2–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 4–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1
Bastia 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0
Bordeaux 5–0 8–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 6–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 4–0 3–0 1–0
Lyon 3–2 8–3 0–2 2–3 0–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 6–3 2–3 1–0
Marseille 3–0 1–0 3–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 0–3 4–1 4–0 0–0 1–0
Metz 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 7–3 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–0
Monaco 3–0 2–0 2–4 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0
Nantes 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 3–0 3–2 0–0 4–0 3–2
Nice 0–3 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1
Nîmes 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 5–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–2
Red Star 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–2 0–2 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–2
Rennes 5–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 3–2 1–0 1–2
Rouen 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–5 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–2
Saint-Étienne 2–0 7–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 4–2 4–1 2–0 4–0
RC Paris-Sedan 4–0 5–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Sochaux 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 5–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–0
Strasbourg 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1
Valenciennes 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Angoulême 4–2 Monaco 1–2 1–0 2–0

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1   André Guy Lyon 25
2   Hervé Revelli Saint-Étienne 22
3   Joseph Yegba Maya Marseille 21
  Salif Keita Saint-Étienne
5   Philippe Levavasseur Sedan 18
6   Guy Lassalette Sochaux 15
7   Jean-Pierre Serra Bastia 14
  Jacques Simon Bordeaux
9   Étienne Sansonetti Ajaccio 13
  Rachid Mekloufi Bastia
  Didier Couécou Bordeaux
  Carlos Ruiter Bordeaux
  Bernard Blanchet Nantes
  Silvester Takač Rennes
  Johny Leonard Metz
  Dominique Rusticelli Rouen

References

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