1987–88 French Division 1

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

Division 1

Season	1987–88
Champions	Monaco (5th title)
Relegated	Niort Brest Le Havre
European Cup	Monaco
Cup Winners' Cup	Metz
UEFA Cup	Bordeaux Montpellier
Matches played	380
Goals scored	854 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jean-Pierre Papin (19)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

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

Auxerre

Bordeaux

Brest

Cannes

Laval

Le Havre

Lens

Lille

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Montpellier

Nantes

Nice

Niort

PSG

Matra Racing

St-Étienne

Toulon

Toulouse

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Location of teams in 1987–88 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monaco (C)	38	20	12	6	53	29	+24	52	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Bordeaux	38	18	10	10	46	30	+16	46	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Montpellier	38	18	9	11	68	38	+30	45
4	Saint-Étienne	38	18	6	14	54	56	−2	42
5	Toulon	38	14	13	11	41	26	+15	41
6	Marseille	38	18	5	15	49	43	+6	41
7	Matra Racing	38	12	17	9	35	42	−7	41
8	Metz	38	16	8	14	46	40	+6	40	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	Auxerre	38	12	15	11	37	29	+8	39
10	Nantes	38	13	13	12	46	41	+5	39
11	Lille	38	14	9	15	45	39	+6	37
12	Cannes	38	13	11	14	42	52	−10	37
13	Toulouse	38	14	7	17	35	47	−12	35
14	Laval	38	12	10	16	38	38	0	34
15	Paris Saint-Germain	38	12	10	16	36	45	−9	34
16	Nice	38	15	3	20	42	47	−5	33
17	Lens	38	13	7	18	40	62	−22	33
18	Niort (R)	38	11	10	17	34	42	−8	32	Qualification to relegation play-offs
19	Brest (R)	38	11	10	17	32	52	−20	32	Relegation to French Division 2
20	Le Havre (R)	38	8	11	19	35	56	−21	27

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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

Results

Home \ Away	AUX	BOR	BRE	CAN	LAV	LHA	RCL	LIL	OM	MRC	MET	ASM	MHS	FCN	NIC	NIO	PSG	STE	SCT	TFC
Auxerre		1–3	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–2
Bordeaux	0–0		2–0	3–3	1–0	2–2	5–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–2
Brest	1–1	1–1		1–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Cannes	0–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	3–0	2–1	1–5	1–0	3–1	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–1
Laval	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1		4–3	4–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	0–3	1–0
Le Havre	1–2	0–1	3–2	2–2	2–1		0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1
Lens	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0		1–1	2–4	2–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0
Lille	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	5–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0
Marseille	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	0–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	5–1	1–1	1–0
Matra Racing	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0		2–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0
Metz	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–0		2–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–1
Monaco	3–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1		0–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	5–1
Montpellier	2–2	0–0	6–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–0	6–1	1–0	2–1		0–0	4–1	1–0	4–1	5–0	0–1	4–2
Nantes	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0		0–1	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	3–1
Nice	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–1		1–0	2–0	2–3	0–2	3–0
Niort	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–0		1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0
Paris SG	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–4	1–3		3–0	1–0	2–0
Saint-Étienne	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–3	0–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–3		0–0	2–0
Toulon	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	5–2	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1		1–0
Toulouse	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–0

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Niort	1–4	Caen	1–1	0–3

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jean-Pierre Papin	Marseille	19
2	Patrice Garande	Saint-Étienne	17
3	Mark Hateley	Monaco	14
4	Klaus Allofs	Marseille	13
	Philippe Fargeon	Bordeaux	13
	Chérif Oudjani	Lens	13
	Mo Johnston	Nantes	13
8	Roger Milla	Montpellier	12
	Christian Perez	Montpellier	12
	Philippe Tibeuf	Saint-Étienne	12

References

• Division 1 season 1987-1988 at pari-et-gagne.com