1987–88 French Division 1

AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1987-88 of the French Association Football League with 52 points.

Participating teams

Auxerre Bordeaux Stade Brest AS Cannes Stade Lavallois Le Havre AC RC Lens Lille Olympique Marseille FC Metz

AS Monaco Montpellier La Paillade SC FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Chamois Niortais Matra Racing Paris Saint-Germain FC AS Saint-Etienne Sporting Toulon Var Toulouse FC

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
1	AS Monaco	52	38	20	12	6	53	29	+24		Champion of France European Cup
2	Bordeaux	46	38	18	10	10	46	30	+16		UEFA Cup
3	Montpellier	45	38	18	9	11	68	38	+30		UEFA Cup
4	Saint-Etienne	42	38	18	6	14	54	56	-2
5	Sporting Toulon Var	41	38	14	13	11	41	26	+15
6	Marseille	41	38	18	5	15	49	43	+6
7	Matra Racing	41	38	12	17	9	35	42	-7
8	Metz	40	38	16	8	14	46	40	+6		UEFA Cup Winner's Cup (Winner of Coupe de France)
9	Auxerre	39	38	12	15	11	37	29	+8
10	Nantes	39	38	13	13	12	46	41	+5
11	Cannes	37	38	13	11	14	42	52	-10
12	Lille	36	38	13	10	15	45	40	+5
13	Paris Saint-Germain	35	38	12	11	15	37	45	-8
14	Toulouse	35	38	14	7	17	35	47	-12
15	Laval	34	38	12	10	16	38	38	0
16	Nice	33	38	15	3	20	42	47	-5
17	Lens	33	38	13	7	18	40	62	-22
18	Niort	32	38	11	10	17	34	42	-8		Relegated to Division 2
19	Brest	32	38	11	10	17	32	52	-20		Relegated to Division 2
20	Le Havre	27	38	8	11	19	35	56	-21		Relegated to Division 2

(Victory:2 points, Draw:1 point, Defeat:0 points)

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1988/1989

• RC Strasbourg:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
• SM Caen:Third place, winner of barrages against Chamois Niortais

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Olympique Marseille	19
2	Patrice Garande	France	AS Saint-Etienne	17
3	Mark Hateley	England	AS Monaco	14
4	Klaus Allofs	Germany	Olympique Marseille	13
-	Philippe Fargeon	France	Bordeaux	13
-	Chérif Oudjani	Algeria	RC Lens	13
-	Mo Johnston	Scotland	FC Nantes Atlantique	13
8	Roger Milla	Cameroon	Montpellier La Paillade SC	12
-	Philippe Tibeuf	France	AS Saint-Etienne	12
10	Dušan Savić	SFR Yugoslavia	AS Cannes	11
-	François Oman-Biyik	Cameroon	Stade Lavallois	11
-	Erwin Vandenbergh	Belgium	Lille	11
-	Christian Perez	France	Montpellier La Paillade SC	11
14	Gaston Mobati	Zaire	Lille	10
-	Thierry Laurey	France	Montpellier La Paillade SC	10
-	Mustapha El Haddaoui	Morocco	AS Saint-Etienne	10
17	Pascal Vahirua	France	Auxerre	9
-	José Touré	France	Bordeaux	9
-	Bruno Bellone	France	AS Cannes	9
-	Philippe Anziani	France	FC Nantes Atlantique	9

See also

• 1987–88 Coupe de France
• 1987–88 French Division 2