France II Division Group A

 

France. Ranked 10^th along with Yugoslavia: both countries had 23,200 points at the moment, so they shared 10-11 place. Two teams fought for the title, leaving the rest far behind. Sadly, the project Racing Paris came to bitter end. On the other hand the super-project Olympique Marseille seemingly was sailing fine.

Second Division Group A. 18 teams, the champion directly promoted. Relegation depended not only on performance, but on financial and other situations. The second-best team had some chances for promotion, providing it reached promotion/relegation play-off against the 18^th in First Division.

FC Montceau-Bourgogne was last with 18 points, an absolute outsider and relegated.

AS Red Star 93 (Paris) was 17^th with 28 points, but was not relegated – which was just fine for the aging Soviet defender Bubnov, one of the long-time players of the strong USSR team during the 1980s. Now he barely avoided plummeting down to third level.

FC Grenoble - 16^th with 28 points. They were relegated, most likely for financial reasons. Young Djorkaeff already left the club, so he was lucky.

Entente Chaumontaise (Chaumont) - 15^th with 29 points.

FC Annecy - 14^th with 30 points.

Louhans-Cuiseaux 71 – or Cuiseaux Louhans, this club is ever confusing, for the name is written alternatively - 13^th with 30 points.

US Orleans - 12^th with 30 points.

FC Gueugnon - 11^th with 30 points.

CF Dijon – or Cercle Dijon - 10^th with 31 points.

Istres SF - 9^th with 31 points.

Olympique Avignonnais (Avignon) - 8^th with 34 points.

Stade de Reims - 7^th with 35 points.

SEC Bastia - 6^th with 39 points.

FC Martigues - 5^th with 40 points.

Olympique Ales - 4^th with 43 points.

Nimes Olympique - 3^rd with 43 points.

RC Strasbourg - 2^nd with 43 points. Came 2^nd on best goal-difference : +31. Reached promotion/relegation play-off, but lost it and remained in the Second Division.

Nancy dominated the championship and won it 7 points ahead of Strasbourg, Nimes, and Ales. 21 wins, 8 ties, 5 losses, 62-24 (second-best scorers – Strasbourg scored70 goals, but best defensive record) and 50 points. Strasbourg had better-known players, but Nancy topped them easily and was happily promoted back to First Division.