The 1997–98 Division 1 was the 60th season of Division 1 , the top French professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1932. The season began on 2 August 1997, and concluded on 9 May 1998.
This season saw a change in the league format, with the number of teams reduced to 18 from 20, shortening the season from 38 to 34 rounds. As a result, four clubs which had been relegated at the end of the previous season were replaced by only two, Châteauroux and Toulouse , who entered as winners and runners up of the 1996–97 French Division 2 . Defending champions of the 1996–97 season were Monaco .
Lens won the championship for the first time in their 92-year history, becoming the 26th club to become French football champions . Lens won their league title with 68 points, edging out second-placed Metz on goal difference, for whom this was their best result in history.
Teams edit Stadia and personnel edit class=notpageimage|
Location of teams in
1997–98 Division 1 Team Manager Stadium Capacity Pos. in 1996–97 Auxerre Guy Roux Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps 21,379
106 6th Bastia Frédéric Antonetti Stade Armand Cesari 11,500
107 7th Bordeaux Guy Stéphan Parc Lescure 34,694
104 4th Cannes Adick Koot Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin 12,800
115 15th Châteauroux Victor Zvunka Stade Gaston Petit 17,072
201 1st (D2 ) Guingamp Francis Smerecki Stade du Roudourou 18,040
112 12th Le Havre Denis Troch Stade Jules Deschaseaux 16,382
114 14th Lens Daniel Leclercq Stade Bollaert 41,649
113 13th Lyon Bernard Lacombe Stade de Gerland 42,591
108 8th Marseille Rolland Courbis Stade Vélodrome 60,000
111 11th Metz Joël Muller Stade Saint-Symphorien 26,700
105 5th Monaco Jean Tigana Stade Louis II 18,523
101 1st Montpellier Michel Mézy Stade de la Mosson 32,950
110 10th Nantes Raynald Denoueix Stade de la Beaujoire 38,285
103 3rd Paris Saint-Germain Ricardo Parc des Princes 48,527
102 2nd Rennes Guy David Stade de la Route de Lorient 29,778
116 16th Strasbourg Jacky Duguépéroux Stade de la Meinau 29,000
109 9th Toulouse Alain Giresse Stadium Municipal 36,500
202 2nd (D2 )
League table edit Source: Ligue 1 Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.(C) Champions; (R) Relegated Notes:
Promoted from Ligue 2 , who will play in Division 1 season 1998/1999
Results edit
Source: Ligue 1 Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers edit References edit ^ Division 1 - Saison 1997-1998 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com External links edit
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The 1997 98 Division 1 was the 60th season of Division 1 the top French professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1932 The season began on 2 August 1997 and concluded on 9 May 1998 Division 1Season1997 98Dates2 August 1997 9 May 1998ChampionsLens 1st title RelegatedGuingampChateaurouxCannesMatches played306Goals scored722 2 36 per match Best PlayerMarco SimoneTop goalscorerStephane Guivarc h 21 goals Average attendance16 555 1996 971998 99 This season saw a change in the league format with the number of teams reduced to 18 from 20 shortening the season from 38 to 34 rounds As a result four clubs which had been relegated at the end of the previous season were replaced by only two Chateauroux and Toulouse who entered as winners and runners up of the 1996 97 French Division 2 Defending champions of the 1996 97 season were Monaco Lens won the championship for the first time in their 92 year history becoming the 26th club to become French football champions Lens won their league title with 68 points edging out second placed Metz on goal difference for whom this was their best result in history Contents 1 Teams 1 1 Stadia and personnel 2 League table 3 Results 4 Top goalscorers 5 References 6 External linksTeams editStadia and personnel edit nbsp nbsp Auxerre nbsp Bastia nbsp Bordeaux nbsp Cannes nbsp Chateauroux nbsp Guingamp nbsp Le Havre nbsp Lens nbsp Lyon nbsp Marseille nbsp Metz nbsp AS Monaco nbsp Montpellier nbsp Nantes nbsp PSG nbsp Rennes nbsp Strasbourg nbsp Toulouseclass notpageimage Location of teams in 1997 98 Division 1 Team Manager Stadium Capacity Pos in 1996 97Auxerre nbsp Guy Roux Stade de l Abbe Deschamps 21 379 106 6thBastia nbsp Frederic Antonetti Stade Armand Cesari 11 500 107 7thBordeaux nbsp Guy Stephan Parc Lescure 34 694 104 4thCannes nbsp Adick Koot Stade Pierre de Coubertin 12 800 115 15thChateauroux nbsp Victor Zvunka Stade Gaston Petit 17 072 201 1st D2 Guingamp nbsp Francis Smerecki Stade du Roudourou 18 040 112 12thLe Havre nbsp Denis Troch Stade Jules Deschaseaux 16 382 114 14thLens nbsp Daniel Leclercq Stade Bollaert 41 649 113 13thLyon nbsp Bernard Lacombe Stade de Gerland 42 591 108 8thMarseille nbsp Rolland Courbis Stade Velodrome 60 000 111 11thMetz nbsp Joel Muller Stade Saint Symphorien 26 700 105 5thMonaco nbsp Jean Tigana Stade Louis II 18 523 101 1stMontpellier nbsp Michel Mezy Stade de la Mosson 32 950 110 10thNantes nbsp Raynald Denoueix Stade de la Beaujoire 38 285 103 3rdParis Saint Germain nbsp Ricardo Parc des Princes 48 527 102 2ndRennes nbsp Guy David Stade de la Route de Lorient 29 778 116 16thStrasbourg nbsp Jacky Dugueperoux Stade de la Meinau 29 000 109 9thToulouse nbsp Alain Giresse Stadium Municipal 36 500 202 2nd D2 League table editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation1 Lens C 34 21 5 8 55 30 25 68 Qualification to Champions League group stage2 Metz 34 20 8 6 48 28 20 68 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round3 Monaco 34 18 5 11 51 33 18 59 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round4 Marseille 34 16 9 9 47 27 20 575 Bordeaux 34 15 11 8 49 41 8 566 Lyon 34 16 5 13 39 37 2 537 Auxerre 34 14 9 11 55 45 10 51 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round8 Paris Saint Germain 34 14 8 12 43 35 8 50 Qualification to Cup Winners Cup first round a 9 Bastia 34 13 11 10 36 31 5 50 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round10 Le Havre 34 10 14 10 38 35 3 4411 Nantes 34 11 8 15 35 41 6 4112 Montpellier 34 10 11 13 32 42 10 4113 Strasbourg 34 9 10 15 39 43 4 3714 Rennes 34 9 9 16 36 48 12 3615 Toulouse 34 9 9 16 26 46 20 3616 Guingamp R 34 9 8 17 30 42 12 35 Relegation to French Division 217 Chateauroux R 34 8 7 19 31 59 28 3118 Cannes R 34 7 7 20 32 59 27 28Source Ligue 1Rules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 number of goals scored C Champions R RelegatedNotes Paris Saint Germain qualified for the 1998 99 UEFA Cup Winners Cup as winners of the 1997 98 Coupe de France and 1997 98 Coupe de la Ligue Promoted from Ligue 2 who will play in Division 1 season 1998 1999 AS Nancy champion of Ligue 2 FC Lorient runners up FC Sochaux Montbeliard third placeResults editHome Away AUX BAS BOR CAN CHA GUI LHA RCL OL OM MET ASM MHS FCN PSG REN RCS TFCAuxerre 2 0 4 2 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 1Bastia 1 2 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0Bordeaux 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 4 4 3 1Cannes 2 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1Chateauroux 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1Guingamp 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0Le Havre 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Lens 3 0 5 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 0Lyon 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 1 0 0Marseille 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0Metz 3 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1Monaco 0 1 1 0 5 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 4 0 3 2 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 1Montpellier 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 4 0Nantes 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1Paris SG 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 4 1 2 1 1 1Rennes 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 2 2 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 1 2 3 1 1 0Strasbourg 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 3 1 2 0Toulouse 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1Source Ligue 1Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Top goalscorers editRank Player Club Goals 1 1 nbsp Stephane Guivarc h Auxerre 212 nbsp David Trezeguet Monaco 183 nbsp Victor Ikpeba Monaco 164 nbsp Anto Drobnjak Lens 14 nbsp Lilian Laslandes Bordeaux6 nbsp Bruno Rodriguez Metz 13 nbsp Marco Simone Paris Saint Germain8 nbsp Jocelyn Gourvennec Nantes 129 nbsp Laurent Blanc Marseille 11 nbsp Robert Pires Metz nbsp Stephane Ziani LensReferences edit Division 1 Saison 1997 1998 Classement des buteurs deux zero comExternal links editFrance 1997 98 at Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 98 French Division 1 amp oldid 1129934340, wikipedia, wiki , book, books, library,
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