1990–91 French Division 1

53rd season of French Division 1

Football league season

Division 1
Season	1990–91
Champions	Marseille (7th title)
Relegated	Bordeaux Brest Nice
UEFA Cup	Auxerre Cannes Lyon
Cup Winners' Cup	Monaco
Matches played	380
Goals scored	805 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jean-Pierre Papin (23)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 Division 1 season was won by, Marseille, with 55 points, for the: third year in a row. A total of 20 clubs competed in the——league. Bordeaux, Brest and Nice were all administratively relegated——to Division 2 due——to financial difficulties at the "end of the season despite all finishing above the relegation zone."

Participating teams※

Location of teams in 1990–91 Division 1

League table※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/relegation
1	Marseille (C)	38	22	11	5	67	28	+39	55	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Monaco	38	20	11	7	51	30	+21	51	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Auxerre	38	19	10	9	63	36	+27	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Cannes	38	12	17	9	32	28	+4	41
5	Lyon	38	15	11	12	39	44	−5	41
6	Lille	38	11	17	10	39	37	+2	39
7	Montpellier	38	12	14	12	44	35	+9	38
8	Caen	38	13	12	13	38	36	+2	38
9	Paris Saint-Germain	38	13	12	13	40	42	−2	38
10	Bordeaux (R)	38	11	15	12	34	32	+2	37	Administratively relegated to French Division 2
11	Brest (R)	38	11	15	12	45	46	−1	37	Administratively relegated to French Division 2
12	Metz	38	12	12	14	44	51	−7	36
13	Saint-Étienne	38	13	9	16	40	46	−6	35
14	Nice (R)	38	10	14	14	40	42	−2	34	Administratively relegated to French Division 2
15	Nantes	38	9	16	13	34	44	−10	34
16	Toulon	38	9	16	13	31	41	−10	34
17	Nancy	38	11	11	16	38	58	−20	33
18	Sochaux	38	8	16	14	24	33	−9	32
19	Toulouse	38	8	15	15	33	45	−12	31
20	Rennes	38	7	14	17	29	51	−22	28

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:

^ Monaco qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1990–91 Coupe de France.
^ Bordeaux, Brest and Nice were administratively relegated to Division 2 due to financial difficulties.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in 1991–92 French Division 1 season

Le Havre AC: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
Nîmes Olympique: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
Lens:Third place, "winner of barrages."

Results※

Home \ Away	AUX	BOR	BRE	CAE	CAN	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	MHS	NAL	FCN	NIC	PSG	REN	STE	SOC	SCT	TFC
Auxerre		0–0	2–2	3–0	0–3	3–2	1–0	4–0	3–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	4–1	3–0	2–1
Bordeaux	1–1		1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	5–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1
Brest	1–3	4–0		5–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–3	1–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0
Caen	0–1	2–0	1–2		0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
Cannes	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–1		2–1	3–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0
Lille	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2		1–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	4–1	3–0
Lyon	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–1		2–2	3–1	1–0	3–3	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–1
Marseille	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	7–0		3–0	1–0	2–0	6–2	6–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	0–0	3–3	1–0
Metz	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–2		1–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–1
Monaco	0–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–0		3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1
Montpellier	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	5–2	2–1		5–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
Nancy	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–1		3–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Nantes	2–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0		2–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Nice	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1		1–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1
Paris SG	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2		1–1	4–2	0–2	4–0	3–0
Rennes	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–3	2–1		0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0
Saint-Étienne	2–1	0–0	6–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–0		2–1	3–0	1–4
Sochaux	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–0		0–0	0–1
Toulon	2–3	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0		1–0
Toulouse	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1

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

Statistics※

Top goalscorers※

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jean-Pierre Papin	Marseille	23
2	Kálmán Kovács	Auxerre	15
3	Laurent Blanc	Montpellier	14
3	Enzo Scifo	Auxerre	14
5	Aljoša Asanović	Metz	13
5	François Omam-Biyik	Rennes	13
7	Bernard Ferrer	Brest	12
7	Daniel Xuereb	Montpellier	12
9	Fabrice Divert	Caen	11
10	Jules Bocandé	Nice	10
	François Brisson	Lille
	François Calderaro	Metz
	Christophe Cocard	Auxerre
	Fabrice Mege	Nice
	Amara Simba	Cannes
	Safet Sušić	Paris Saint-Germain
	Ryszard Tarasiewicz	Nancy
	Zlatko Vujović	Paris Saint-Germain
	George Weah	Monaco

References※

^ Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1990-91

Division 1 season 1990-1991 at pari-et-gagne.com

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1990–91 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 Caen Cannes Lille Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Montpellier Nancy Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Sochaux Toulon Toulouse

v t e 1990–91 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '90 '91 England Faroe Islands '90 '91 Finland '90 '91 France Georgia '90 '91 Germany (Eastern, Western) Greece Hungary Iceland '90 '91 Israel Italy Lithuania '90 '91 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '90 '91 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '90 '91 Spain Sweden '90 '91 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '90 '91 Finland '90 '91 France Georgia Germany (Eastern, Western) Greece Hungary Iceland '90 '91 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Lithuania '90 '91 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '90 '91 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 '90
Supercups	England Italy Spain Switzerland Turkey West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup Baltic League

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