France. Ranked 10th 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 18th in First Division.
FC Montceau-Bourgogne was last with 18 points, an absolute outsider and relegated.
AS Red Star 93 (Paris) was 17th 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 – 16th with 28 points. They were relegated, most likely for financial reasons. Young Djorkaeff already left the club, so he was lucky.
Entente Chaumontaise (Chaumont) – 15th with 29 points.
FC Annecy – 14th with 30 points.
Louhans-Cuiseaux 71 – or Cuiseaux Louhans, this club is ever confusing, for the name is written alternatively – 13th with 30 points.
US Orleans – 12th with 30 points.
FC Gueugnon – 11th with 30 points.
CF Dijon – or Cercle Dijon – 10th with 31 points.
Istres SF – 9th with 31 points.
Olympique Avignonnais (Avignon) – 8th with 34 points.
Stade de Reims – 7th with 35 points.
SEC Bastia – 6th with 39 points.
FC Martigues – 5th with 40 points.
Olympique Ales – 4th with 43 points.
Nimes Olympique – 3rd with 43 points.
RC Strasbourg – 2nd with 43 points. Came 2nd 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.