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Division Nationale
Season	1968–69
Dates	1 September 1968 –; 14 June 1969
Champions	Saint-Étienne (5th title)
Relegated	Monaco; Nice
European Cup	Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' Cup	Marseille
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Bordeaux; Metz; Rouen
Matches played	306
Goals scored	816 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	André Guy; (25 goals)
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1968/1969 of the French Association Football League with 53 points.

Participating teams

Location of teams in 1968–69 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saint-Étienne (C)	34	24	5	5	70	26	+44	53	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Bordeaux	34	22	7	5	77	34	+43	51	Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Metz	34	16	10	8	41	27	+14	42
4	Rouen	34	16	8	10	44	43	+1	40
5	RC Paris-Sedan	34	15	9	10	49	35	+14	39
6	Bastia	34	13	8	13	50	66	−16	34
7	Marseille	34	12	9	13	51	48	+3	33	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
8	Valenciennes	34	10	13	11	38	37	+1	33
9	Lyon	34	13	6	15	53	51	+2	32
10	Nantes	34	13	6	15	44	45	−1	32
11	Rennes	34	12	7	15	50	57	−7	31
12	Sochaux	34	11	7	16	49	55	−6	29
13	Strasbourg	34	10	9	15	34	41	−7	29
14	Nîmes	34	8	13	13	32	39	−7	29
15	Red Star	34	8	13	13	35	48	−13	29
16	Ajaccio	34	10	8	16	36	53	−17	28
17	Monaco (R)	34	7	13	14	33	50	−17	27	Qualification to relegation play-offs
18	Nice (R)	34	6	9	19	30	61	−31	21	Relegation to French Division 2

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Marseille qualified for 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1968–69 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1969/1970

Angers SCO: Champion of Division 2
AS Angoulême: runner-up of Division 2

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	BAS	BOR	OL	OM	MET	ASM	NAN	NIC	NMS	RS	REN	ROU	STE	RPS	SOC	RCS	VAL
Ajaccio		4–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	4–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1
Bastia	1–0		1–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0
Bordeaux	5–0	8–1		2–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	6–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	4–0	3–0	1–0
Lyon	3–2	8–3	0–2		2–3	0–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	6–3	2–3	1–0
Marseille	3–0	1–0	3–3	2–2		0–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	0–0	3–3	1–0	0–3	4–1	4–0	0–0	1–0
Metz	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	7–3	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–0
Monaco	3–0	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–0	1–1		2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0
Nantes	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0		0–0	3–1	0–1	3–2	0–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	4–0	3–2
Nice	0–3	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	0–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–1
Nîmes	3–2	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0		0–0	5–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–2
Red Star	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	0–2	0–2		2–1	4–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–2
Rennes	5–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	1–1		0–1	0–2	1–3	3–2	1–0	1–2
Rouen	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–5	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–2
Saint-Étienne	2–0	7–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–0		4–2	4–1	2–0	4–0
RC Paris-Sedan	4–0	5–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–0		2–0	1–1	1–0
Sochaux	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	5–2	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1		3–0	2–0
Strasbourg	3–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	5–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–0		0–1
Valenciennes	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Angoulême	4–2	Monaco	1–2	1–0	2–0

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	André Guy	Lyon	25
2	Hervé Revelli	Saint-Étienne	22
3	Joseph Yegba Maya	Marseille	21
3	Salif Keita	Saint-Étienne	21
5	Philippe Levavasseur	Sedan	18
6	Guy Lassalette	Sochaux	15
7	Jean-Pierre Serra	Bastia	14
7	Jacques Simon	Bordeaux	14
9	Étienne Sansonetti	Ajaccio	13
	Rachid Mekloufi	Bastia
	Didier Couécou	Bordeaux
	Carlos Ruiter	Bordeaux
	Bernard Blanchet	Nantes
	Silvester Takač	Rennes
	Johny Leonard	Metz
	Dominique Rusticelli	Rouen