| Index | ||||||
| Football | ||||||
| French Division 1 - Tables | ||||||
| 1980/81 | 1981/82 | 1982/83 | ||||
| 1 | St. Etienne | 57 | AS Monaco | 55 | Nantes | 58 |
| 2 | Nantes | 55 | St. Etienne | 54 | Bordeaux | 48 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 49 | Sochaux | 49 | Paris St. Germain | 47 |
| 4 | AS Monaco | 49 | Bordeaux | 48 | Lens | 44 |
| 5 | Paris St. Germain | 46 | Laval | 44 | Laval | 44 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyon | 41 | Nantes | 43 | AS Monaco | 43 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 40 | Paris St. Germain | 43 | Nancy | 41 |
| 8 | Nancy | 37 | Nancy | 39 | Auxerre | 38 |
| 9 | Metz | 36 | Brest | 38 | Metz | 37 |
| 10 | Auxerre | 36 | Strasbourg | 36 | Brest | 37 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 36 | Tours | 35 | Toulouse | 36 |
| 12 | Bastia | 35 | Bastia | 35 | Sochaux | 35 |
| 13 | Lens | 34 | Lens | 34 | Lille | 34 |
| 14 | Sochaux | 34 | Lille | 34 | St. Etienne | 34 |
| 15 | Nice | 32 | Auxerre | 34 | Strasbourg | 33 |
| 16 | Laval | 31 | Olympique Lyon | 32 | Rouen | 32 |
| 17 | Lille | 31 | Metz | 32 | Bastia | 32 |
| 18 | Tours | 31 | Valenciennes | 30 | Tours | 31 |
| 19 | Nimes | 26 | Nice | 23 | Olympique Lyon | 28 |
| 20 | Angers | 24 | Montpellier | 22 | Mulhouse | 28 |
| Teams in italics were relegated. | ||||||