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Ligue 1 Standings
| TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Saint-Germain | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | +53 | 71 |
| AS Monaco | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | +20 | 50 |
| Marseille | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | +18 | 49 |
| Nice | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | +18 | 47 |
| Lille | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | +13 | 47 |
| Strasbourg | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | +10 | 46 |
| Lyon | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | +15 | 45 |
| Brest | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 40 |
| Lens | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | +1 | 39 |
| AJ Auxerre | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 35 |
| Toulouse | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | +2 | 34 |
| Stade Rennais | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | +1 | 32 |
| Nantes | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -15 | 27 |
| Angers | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -19 | 27 |
| Stade de Reims | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -12 | 26 |
| Le Havre AC | 27 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -28 | 24 |
| Saint-Etienne | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -35 | 23 |
| Montpellier | 27 | 4 | 3 | 20 | -41 | 15 |