1990–91 French Division 1

The 1990–91 Division 1 season was won by Marseille, with 55 points, for the third year in a row. A total of 20 clubs competed in the league. Bordeaux, Brest and Nice were all administratively relegated to Division 2 due to financial difficulties at the end of the season despite all finishing above the relegation zone.

Division 1

Season	1990–91
Champions	Marseille (7th title)
Relegated	Bordeaux Brest Nice
UEFA Cup	Auxerre Cannes Lyon
Cup Winners' Cup	Monaco
Matches played	380
Goals scored	805 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jean-Pierre Papin (23)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Participating teams

• AJ Auxerre
• FC Girondins de Bordeaux
• Stade Brestois 29
• Stade Malherbe Caen
• AS Cannes
• Lille OSC
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco FC
• Montpellier HSC
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes Atlantique
• OGC Nice
• Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
• Stade Rennais
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Sporting Toulon Var
• Toulouse FC

Auxerre

Bordeaux

Brest

Caen

Cannes

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Montpellier

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Toulon

Toulouse

Location of teams in 1990–91 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marseille (C)	38	22	11	5	67	28	+39	77	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Monaco	38	20	11	7	51	30	+21	71	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3	Auxerre	38	19	10	9	63	36	+27	67	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Cannes	38	12	17	9	32	28	+4	53
5	Lyon	38	15	11	12	39	44	−5	56
6	Lille	38	11	17	10	39	37	+2	50
7	Montpellier	38	12	14	12	44	35	+9	50
8	Caen	38	13	12	13	38	36	+2	51
9	Paris Saint-Germain	38	13	12	13	40	42	−2	51
10	Bordeaux (R)	38	11	15	12	34	32	+2	48	Administratively relegated to French Division 2[b]
11	Brest (R)	38	11	15	12	45	46	−1	48
12	Metz	38	12	12	14	44	51	−7	48
13	Saint-Étienne	38	13	9	16	40	46	−6	48
14	Nice (R)	38	10	14	14	40	42	−2	44	Administratively relegated to French Division 2[b]
15	Nantes	38	9	16	13	34	44	−10	43
16	Toulon	38	9	16	13	31	41	−10	43
17	Nancy	38	11	11	16	38	58	−20	44
18	Sochaux	38	8	16	14	24	33	−9	40
19	Toulouse	38	8	15	15	33	45	−12	39
20	Rennes	38	7	14	17	29	51	−22	35

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

1. Monaco qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1990–91 Coupe de France.
2. Bordeaux, Brest and Nice were administratively relegated to Division 2 due to financial difficulties.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in 1991–92 French Division 1 season

• Le Havre AC: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• Nîmes Olympique: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
• Lens:Third place, winner of barrages.

Results

Home \ Away	AUX	BOR	BRE	CAE	CAN	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	MHS	NAL	FCN	NIC	PSG	REN	STE	SOC	SCT	TFC
Auxerre		0–0	2–2	3–0	0–3	3–2	1–0	4–0	3–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	4–1	3–0	2–1
Bordeaux	1–1		1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	5–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1
Brest	1–3	4–0		5–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–3	1–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0
Caen	0–1	2–0	1–2		0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
Cannes	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–1		2–1	3–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0
Lille	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2		1–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	4–1	3–0
Lyon	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–1		2–2	3–1	1–0	3–3	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–1
Marseille	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	7–0		3–0	1–0	2–0	6–2	6–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	0–0	3–3	1–0
Metz	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–2		1–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–1
Monaco	0–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–0		3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1
Montpellier	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	5–2	2–1		5–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
Nancy	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–1		3–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Nantes	2–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0		2–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Nice	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1		1–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1
Paris SG	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2		1–1	4–2	0–2	4–0	3–0
Rennes	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–3	2–1		0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0
Saint-Étienne	2–1	0–0	6–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–0		2–1	3–0	1–4
Sochaux	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–0		0–0	0–1
Toulon	2–3	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0		1–0
Toulouse	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Jean-Pierre Papin	Marseille	23
2	Kálmán Kovács	Auxerre	15
3	Laurent Blanc	Montpellier	14
	Enzo Scifo	Auxerre
5	Aljoša Asanović	Metz	13
	François Omam-Biyik	Rennes
7	Bernard Ferrer	Brest	12
	Daniel Xuereb	Montpellier
9	Fabrice Divert	Caen	11
10	Jules Bocandé	Nice	10
	François Brisson	Lille
	François Calderaro	Metz
	Christophe Cocard	Auxerre
	Fabrice Mege	Nice
	Amara Simba	Cannes
	Safet Sušić	Paris Saint-Germain
	Ryszard Tarasiewicz	Nancy
	Zlatko Vujović	Paris Saint-Germain
	George Weah	Monaco