Second Division Group B. Four – if not five – teams fought for the first place.
Stade Quimperois (Quimper) was the outsider – last with 22 points. They won only 4 matches. Yet... no relegation.
Abbeville - 17th with 27 points. Relegated.
FC Lorient - 16th with 27 points and relegated for some reason.
La Roche sur Yon - 15th with 28 points.
FC Tours - 14th with 30 points.
En Avant Guingamp - 13th with 31 points.
AS Saint-Seurin - 12th with 31 points.
USL Dunkerque - 11th with 33 points.
SCO Angers - 10th with 33 points.
US Creteil - 9th with 33 points.
Lens - 8th with 34 points.
Chamois Niortais (Niort) - 7th with 35 points.
AS Beauvais-Marissel - 6th with 38 points.
Le Havre - 5th with 40 points.
Stade Lavallois (Laval) - 4th with 41 points. Cameroonian star Omam-Biyik will go to the World Cup shortly after the end of the season. Bulgarian Valery Kulinov was one of many East Europeans moving in flocks to play in the West at this time. The foreigners were not enough for Laval to return to top flight.
FC Rouan - 3rd with 41 points. Known to do more than expected with their modest budget, they were unable to climb back to First Division this season.
US Valenciennes Anzin - 2nd with 44 points. One more former top-league member trying to climb back to it, but losing the battle in dramatic manner: on goal-difference. They ended with +11, their rivals with +12. Such misfortune...
Stade Rennais FC (Rennes) clinched top position on one goal better goal-difference. Dramatic victory for a team which somewhat did not impress: 18 wins, 8 ties, 8 losses (Valenciennes had exactly the same record), but poor scorers: 39 goals in 34 games (8 teams outscored them, including Tours, which finished 14th ). Had the best defensive record, though, and at the end that was the difference giving them 1-goal advantage over Valenciennes. Tremendously lucky, but returned to First Division.
