1997–98 French Division 1

The 1997–98 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 60th since its establishment. RC Lens won the French Association Football League with 68 points.

Participating teams

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
1	RC Lens	68	34	21	5	8	55	30	+25	27959	Champion of France Champions League
2	FC Metz	68	34	20	8	6	48	28	+20	16353	Champions League
3	AS Monaco	59	34	18	5	11	51	33	+18	7156	UEFA Cup
4	Olympique Marseille	57	34	16	9	9	47	27	+20	28257	UEFA Cup
5	Bordeaux	56	34	15	11	8	49	41	+8	21019	UEFA Cup
6	Olympique Lyonnais	53	34	16	5	13	39	37	+2	22808	UEFA Cup
7	AJ Auxerre	51	34	14	9	11	55	45	+10	10054	Intertoto Cup
8	Paris SG	50	34	14	8	12	43	35	+8	36664	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup(winner of Coupe de France) and winner of Coupe de la Ligue
9	SC Bastia	50	34	13	11	10	36	31	+5	5825	Intertoto Cup
10	Le Havre AC	44	34	10	14	10	38	35	+3	11192	Intertoto Cup
11	FC Nantes	41	34	11	8	15	35	41	-6	23303
12	Montpellier HSC	41	34	10	11	13	32	42	-10	12992
13	RC Strasbourg	37	34	9	10	15	39	43	-4	5225
14	Stade Rennais	36	34	9	9	16	36	48	-12	12789
15	Toulouse FC	36	34	9	9	16	26	46	-20	14573
16	EA Guingamp	35	34	9	8	17	30	42	-12		Relegated to Ligue 2
17	LB Châteauroux	31	34	8	7	19	31	59	-28		Relegated to Ligue 2
18	AS Cannes	28	34	7	7	20	32	59	-27		Relegated to Ligue 2

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-Montbéliard : third place

Top goalscorers

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Stéphane Guivarc'h	France	AJ Auxerre	21
2	David Trézéguet	France	AS Monaco	18
3	Victor Ikpeba	Nigeria	AS Monaco	16
4	Lilian Laslandes	France	Bordeaux	14
4	Anto Drobnjak	Yugoslavia	RC Lens	14
6	Marco Simone	Italy	Paris SG	13
6	Bruno Rodriguez	France	FC Metz	13
8	Jocelyn Gourvennec	France	FC Nantes	12
9	Stéphane Ziani	France	RC Lens	11
9	Laurent Blanc	France	Olympique Marseille	11
9	Robert Pirès	France	FC Metz	11
12	Sylvain Wiltord	France	Bordeaux	10
12	Alain Caveglia	France	Olympique Lyonnais	10
12	Xavier Gravelaine	France	Olympique Marseille	10
12	Raí	Brazil	Paris SG	10
14	Joel Tiéhi	Ivory Coast	Toulouse FC	10
17	Tony Vairelles	France	RC Lens	9
17	Fabrizio Ravanelli	Italy	Olympique Marseille	9

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References

↑ (French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1997-98 from L'Equipe

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

Ligue 1 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Ligue 1

2015–16 clubs	Angers Bastia Bordeaux Caen Gazélec Ajaccio Guingamp Lille Lorient Lyon Marseille Monaco Montpellier Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Reims Rennes Saint-Étienne Toulouse Troyes

Former clubs	Aix-en-Provence Ajaccio Arles-Avignon Alès Antibes Angoulême Auxerre Avignon Béziers Boulogne Brest Cannes Châteauroux Club Français Colmar Dijon Evian Excelsior Roubaix FC Nancy Fives Grenoble Gueugnon Hyères Istres Laval Le Havre Le Mans Lens Limoges Foot Lyon OU Martigues Metz Mulhouse AS Nancy Nîmes Niort Olympique Lillois Paris Paris-Charenton Racing Paris Racing Roubaix Red Star Paris Roubaix-Tourcoing Rouen Sedan SO Montpellier Stade Français Stade Saint-Germain Strasbourg Sète Sochaux Toulon Tours Valenciennes

Competition	Teams (winners) Winning managers Players (foreign) Top scorers Stadia Broadcasters

Statistics and awards	Records Hat-tricks Yearly awards Player of the Month Prix Marc-Vivien Foé Richest clubs Deloitte list Forbes' list Average attendances

Associated competitions	Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Trophée des Champions UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Division 1 Féminine

1997–98 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 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 '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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