1998–99 French Division 1

Division 1
Season	1998–99
Dates	7 August 1998 –; 29 May 1999
Champions	Bordeaux (5th title)
Relegated	Lorient; Sochaux; Toulouse
Matches played	306
Goals scored	723 (2.36 per match)
Best Player	Ali Benarbia
Top goalscorer	Sylvain Wiltord (22 goals)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 61st since its establishment. FC Girondins de Bordeaux won the French Association Football League with 72 points.

Participating teams

Lens

Location of teams in 1998–99 Division 1

Results

Home\Away	Aux	Bas	Bor	LeH	Len	Lor	Lyo	Mar	Met	Mona	Mont	Nanc	Nant	PSG	Ren	Soc	Str	Tou
Auxerre		1-0	3-1	0-0	1-2	5-0	1-0	1-1	1-0	0-3	2-2	3-2	1-1	0-1	2-0	3-1	3-1	1-2
Bastia	2-0		2-0	2-0	1-1	2-1	4-1	0-2	3-0	3-1	2-2	1-2	1-0	2-0	0-1	1-1	0-0	1-1
Bordeaux	1-0	2-0		3-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	4-1	6-0	0-1	3-1	2-0	2-0	3-1	4-0	0-0	1-0	3-1
Le Havre	2-1	1-1	2-3		3-1	0-1	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-2	1-1	1-1	2-1	0-4	2-0	3-0	0-1	0-0
Lens	2-2	1-0	2-4	0-1		1-1	0-3	4-0	2-0	1-1	1-0	2-1	2-4	2-1	3-1	1-1	3-0	3-1
Lorient	1-1	3-1	0-2	0-0	1-1		0-1	1-3	1-1	1-2	1-1	0-1	1-1	2-0	1-1	4-1	0-1	1-0
Lyon	2-1	2-1	2-1	0-0	3-1	2-2		2-1	2-0	1-1	2-0	2-1	2-1	1-1	1-2	4-1	3-2	6-1
Marseille	1-0	3-1	2-2	2-0	1-0	4-1	0-0		3-0	1-0	5-4	4-0	2-0	0-0	1-1	4-0	1-0	2-0
Metz	2-0	4-0	0-2	1-0	0-1	3-0	3-2	0-1		1-0	3-1	2-3	1-0	1-1	0-0	1-1	1-0	0-0
AS Monaco	3-2	1-1	0-2	3-0	2-0	1-0	0-1	1-2	0-0		2-0	3-0	3-1	2-1	4-2	4-1	2-1	1-1
Montpellier	3-0	3-0	1-1	2-0	1-0	5-1	1-3	0-1	1-1	2-3		1-1	1-2	2-1	4-2	0-0	1-1	3-0
Nancy	1-1	1-2	2-3	1-0	0-1	2-0	0-0	2-3	1-0	1-2	0-1		1-0	0-0	0-1	1-1	1-1	2-0
Nantes	2-2	2-0	0-0	1-1	2-0	1-1	2-0	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-1	2-0		0-0	2-1	2-0	1-0	2-0
Paris	2-0	2-0	2-3	3-0	0-1	1-2	0-1	2-1	2-2	1-0	0-1	1-2	0-0		2-1	2-1	0-0	0-0
Rennes	1-0	2-0	1-1	2-1	2-0	1-0	0-0	1-1	1-0	2-1	3-2	2-1	2-3	2-1		4-0	1-1	1-0
Sochaux	1-1	2-1	2-0	1-0	0-4	0-1	1-2	0-0	1-1	1-1	4-0	1-1	1-1	1-0	0-3		1-1	2-1
Strasbourg	2-1	1-1	3-2	0-1	1-1	2-0	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-1	2-1	1-2	2-2	0-1	1-1	1-1		2-0
Toulouse	0-0	2-1	0-3	0-0	3-2	1-4	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	2-5	1-1	2-3	2-1	0-1	1-1	0-1

Home victory

Draw

Away victory

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bordeaux (C)	34	22	6	6	66	29	+37	72	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2	Marseille	34	21	8	5	56	28	+28	71	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
3	Lyon	34	18	9	7	51	31	+20	63	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Monaco	34	18	8	8	52	32	+20	62	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
5	Rennes	34	17	8	9	45	38	+7	59	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
6	Lens	34	14	7	13	45	38	+7	49	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Nantes	34	12	12	10	40	34	+6	48	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Montpellier	34	11	10	13	53	50	+3	43	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
9	Paris Saint-Germain	34	10	9	15	34	35	−1	39
10	Metz	34	9	12	13	28	37	−9	39	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
11	Nancy	34	10	9	15	35	45	−10	39
12	Strasbourg	34	8	14	12	30	36	−6	38
13	Bastia	34	10	8	16	37	46	−9	38
14	Auxerre	34	9	10	15	40	45	−5	37
15	Le Havre	34	8	11	15	23	38	−15	35
16	Lorient (R)	34	8	11	15	33	49	−16	35	Relegated to 1999–2000 French Division 2
17	Sochaux (R)	34	6	15	13	30	54	−24	33
18	Toulouse (R)	34	6	11	17	24	53	−29	29

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Lens was qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue.
↑ Nantes was qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1998–99 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1999/2000

AS Saint-Étienne : champion of Ligue 2
CS Sedan-Ardennes : runners-up
Troyes AC : third place

Top goalscorers

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Sylvain Wiltord	France	Bordeaux	22
2	Alain Caveglia	France	Olympique Lyonnais	17
3	Lilian Laslandes	France	Bordeaux	15
3	Shabani Nonda	D.R. Congo	Stade Rennais	15
5	Florian Maurice	France	Olympique Marseille	14
6	Fabrizio Ravanelli	Italy	Olympique Marseille	13
7	David Trézéguet	France	AS Monaco	12
7	Tony Cascarino	Ireland	AS Nancy	12
9	Frédéric Née	France	SC Bastia	11
9	Victor Ikpeba	Nigeria	AS Monaco	11
9	Laurent Robert	France	Montpellier HSC	11
9	Bruno Rodriguez	France	FC Metz (6) and Paris SG (5)	11

1998–99 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '98 '99 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '98 '99 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '98 '99 Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '98 '99 Latvia '98 '99 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '98 '99 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '98 '99 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Latvia '98 '99 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '98 '99 France Germany Iceland '98 '99 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

1998–99 French Division 1

Participating teams

Results

Final table

Top goalscorers

See also