1988–89 French Division 1

Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1988/1989 of the French Association Football League with 73 points.

Participating teams

Auxerre Bordeaux SM Caen AS Cannes Stade Lavallois RC Lens Lille Olympique Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco

Montpellier La Paillade SC FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Matra Racing Paris Saint-Germain FC AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg Sporting Toulon Var Toulouse FC

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
1	Marseille	73	38	20	13	5	56	35	+21		Champion of France Champions League
2	Paris Saint-Germain	70	38	19	13	6	45	26	+19		UEFA Cup
3	AS Monaco	68	38	18	14	6	62	38	+24		UEFA Cup Winner's Cup (Winner of Coupe de France)
4	Sochaux	68	38	19	11	8	50	28	+22		UEFA Cup
5	Auxerre	63	38	18	9	11	41	32	+9		UEFA Cup
6	Nice	57	38	16	9	13	45	40	+5
7	Nantes	57	38	15	12	11	41	40	+1
8	Lille	56	38	15	11	12	50	38	+12
9	Montpellier	52	38	14	10	14	51	53	-2
10	Toulouse	51	38	12	15	11	44	46	-2
11	Sporting Toulon Var	50	38	12	14	12	30	29	+1
12	Cannes	50	38	14	8	16	45	47	-2
13	Bordeaux	49	38	12	13	13	54	46	+8
14	Saint-Etienne	48	38	12	12	14	39	50	-11
15	Metz	47	38	12	11	15	47	49	-2
16	Caen	40	38	10	10	18	39	60	-21
17	Matra Racing	39	38	10	9	19	49	56	-7
18	Strasbourg	39	38	10	9	19	47	59	-12		Relegated to Division 2
19	Laval	35	38	8	11	19	33	55	-22		Relegated to Division 2
20	Lens	17	38	3	8	27	32	73	-41		Relegated to Division 2

(Victory:3 points, Draw:1 point, Defeat:0 points)

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1989/1990

• Olympique Lyonnais:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• FC Mulhouse:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
• Stade Brest:Third place, winner of barrages against RC Strasbourg

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Olympique Marseille	22
2	Glenn Hoddle	England	AS Monaco	18
-	Zlatko Vujović	SFR Yugoslavia	AS Cannes	18
4	Laurent Blanc	France	Montpellier La Paillade SC	15
-	Daniel Bravo	France	OGC Nice	15
-	Stéphane Paille	France	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	15
-	Daniel Xuereb	France	Paris Saint-Germain FC	15
8	Fabrice Divert	France	SM Caen	14
-	Erwin Vandenbergh	Belgium	Lille	14
-	George Weah	Liberia	AS Monaco	14
11	Clive Allen	England	Bordeaux	13
12	Chérif Oudjani	Algeria	RC Lens	12
-	Peter Reichert	Germany	RC Strasbourg	12
14	Eric Cantona	France	Olympique Marseille (5) Bordeaux (6)	11
-	Fabrice Mégé	France	RC Strasbourg	11
-	Enzo Francescoli	Uruguay	Matra Racing	10
-	Philippe Hinsberger	France	FC Metz	10
17	Didier Monczuk	France	Auxerre	10
-	Philippe Tibeuf	France	AS Saint-Étienne	10
20	Patrice Garande	France	AS Saint-Étienne	9
-	Philippe Anziani	France	Matra Racing	9
20	Mo Johnston	Scotland	FC Nantes Atlantique	9
20	Thierno Youm	Senegal	FC Nantes Atlantique	9