1978–79 French Division 1

RC Strasbourg won Division 1 season 1978/1979 of the French Association Football League with 56 points.

Participating teams

 * Angers SCO
 * SEC Bastia
 * Bordeaux
 * Stade Lavallois
 * Lille
 * Olympique Lyonnais
 * Olympique de Marseille
 * FC Metz
 * AS Monaco
 * AS Nancy
 * FC Nantes Atlantique
 * OGC Nice
 * Nîmes Olympique
 * Paris FC
 * Paris Saint-Germain FC
 * Stade de Reims
 * AS Saint-Etienne
 * FC Sochaux
 * RC Strasbourg
 * US Valenciennes-Anzin

League table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1979/1980
 * Stade Brest:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group B
 * RC Lens:Third place, winner of barrages against Paris FC
 * FC Gueugnon:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group A, will not play in Division 1 season 1979/1980 because of its amateur status.

Relegation play-offs

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RC Strasbourg Winning Squad 1978-'79

 * Goal
 * 🇫🇷 Dominique Dropsy
 * 🇫🇷 Patrick Ottmann


 * Defence
 * 🇫🇷 Raymond Domenech
 * 🇫🇷 Jacky Duguépéroux (Cap.)
 * 🇫🇷 Jacques Glassmann
 * 🇫🇷 Jean-Jacques Marx
 * 🇫🇷 Jacques Novi
 * 🇫🇷 Léonard Specht
 * 🇫🇷 Patrick Vincent


 * Midfield
 * 🇫🇷 René Deutschmann
 * 🇫🇷 Yves Ehrlacher
 * 🇫🇷 Roger Jouve
 * 🇫🇷 Eric Mosser
 * 🇫🇷 Francis Piasecki
 * 🇫🇷 Bernard Tischner
 * 🇫🇷 Rémy Vogel
 * 🇫🇷 Arsène Wenger


 * Attack
 * 🇫🇷 Albert Gemmrich
 * 🇫🇷 Remy Gentes
 * 🇫🇷 Pascal Greiner
 * Nabatingue Toko
 * 🇫🇷 Joël Tanter
 * 🇫🇷 Jacques Vergnes
 * 🇫🇷 Roland Wagner
 * 🇫🇷 André Wiss


 * Management
 * 🇨🇭 Gilbert Gress (Coach)