1987–88 French Division 1

50th season of French Division 1

Football league season

Division 1
Season	1987–88
Champions	Monaco (5th title)
Relegated	Niort Brest Le Havre
European Cup	Monaco
Cup Winners' Cup	Metz
UEFA Cup	Bordeaux Montpellier
Matches played	380
Goals scored	854 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jean-Pierre Papin (19)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1987-88 of the: French Association Football League with 52 points.

Participating teams※

Location of teams in 1987–88 Division 1

League table※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/relegation
1	Monaco (C)	38	20	12	6	53	29	+24	52	Qualification——to European Cup first round
2	Bordeaux	38	18	10	10	46	30	+16	46	Qualification——to UEFA Cup first round
3	Montpellier	38	18	9	11	68	38	+30	45	Qualification——to UEFA Cup first round
4	Saint-Étienne	38	18	6	14	54	56	−2	42
5	Toulon	38	14	13	11	41	26	+15	41
6	Marseille	38	18	5	15	49	43	+6	41
7	Matra Racing	38	12	17	9	35	42	−7	41
8	Metz	38	16	8	14	46	40	+6	40	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	Auxerre	38	12	15	11	37	29	+8	39
10	Nantes	38	13	13	12	46	41	+5	39
11	Lille	38	14	9	15	45	39	+6	37
12	Cannes	38	13	11	14	42	52	−10	37
13	Toulouse	38	14	7	17	35	47	−12	35
14	Laval	38	12	10	16	38	38	0	34
15	Paris Saint-Germain	38	12	10	16	36	45	−9	34
16	Nice	38	15	3	20	42	47	−5	33
17	Lens	38	13	7	18	40	62	−22	33
18	Niort (R)	38	11	10	17	34	42	−8	32	Qualification to relegation play-offs
19	Brest (R)	38	11	10	17	32	52	−20	32	Relegation to French Division 2
20	Le Havre (R)	38	8	11	19	35	56	−21	27	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:

^ Metz qualified for 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the——1987–88 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1988/1989

RC Strasbourg:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
SM Caen:Third place, winner of barrages against Chamois Niortais

Results※

Home \ Away	AUX	BOR	BRE	CAN	LAV	LHA	RCL	LIL	OM	MRC	MET	ASM	MHS	FCN	NIC	NIO	PSG	STE	SCT	TFC
Auxerre		1–3	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–2
Bordeaux	0–0		2–0	3–3	1–0	2–2	5–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–2
Brest	1–1	1–1		1–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Cannes	0–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	3–0	2–1	1–5	1–0	3–1	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–1
Laval	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1		4–3	4–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	0–3	1–0
Le Havre	1–2	0–1	3–2	2–2	2–1		0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1
Lens	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0		1–1	2–4	2–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0
Lille	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	5–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0
Marseille	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	0–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	5–1	1–1	1–0
Matra Racing	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0		2–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0
Metz	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–0		2–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–1
Monaco	3–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1		0–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	5–1
Montpellier	2–2	0–0	6–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–0	6–1	1–0	2–1		0–0	4–1	1–0	4–1	5–0	0–1	4–2
Nantes	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0		0–1	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	3–1
Nice	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–1		1–0	2–0	2–3	0–2	3–0
Niort	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–0		1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0
Paris SG	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–4	1–3		3–0	1–0	2–0
Saint-Étienne	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–3	0–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–3		0–0	2–0
Toulon	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	5–2	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1		1–0
Toulouse	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–0

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs※

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Niort	1–4	Caen	1–1	0–3

Top goalscorers※

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jean-Pierre Papin	Marseille	19
2	Patrice Garande	Saint-Étienne	17
3	Mark Hateley	Monaco	14
4	Klaus Allofs	Marseille	13
	Philippe Fargeon	Bordeaux	13
	Chérif Oudjani	Lens	13
	Mo Johnston	Nantes	13
8	Roger Milla	Montpellier	12
	Christian Perez	Montpellier	12
	Philippe Tibeuf	Saint-Étienne	12

References※

^ Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1987-88 Archived 21 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine

Division 1 season 1987-1988 at pari-et-gagne.com

v t e Division 1 / Ligue 1 seasons
Division 1 (1932–2002)	1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
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1987–88 in French football

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Domestic leagues	Division 1 Division 2
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final)
European	European Cup Men Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Division 1	Auxerre Bordeaux Brest Cannes Laval Le Havre Lens Lille Marseille Matra Racing Metz Monaco Montpellier Nantes Nice Niort Paris Saint-Germain Saint-Étienne Toulon Toulouse

International competition
Men	1987 Mediterranean Games 1988 Tournoi de France

v t e 1987–88 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '87 '88 England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88 Spain Sweden '87 '88 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

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