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

Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux AS Cannes LB Châteauroux EA Guingamp Le Havre AC RC Lens Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco Montpellier HSC FC Nantes Atlantique Paris Saint-Germain FC Stade Rennais FC RC Strasbourg Toulouse FC

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