France Soccer Leagues Champions & Record 1988-89

League	Champions	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1st Division
1st Division	Olympique Marseille	38	20	13	5	56	35	73
2nd Division
Group A	FC Mulhouse 93	34	24	4	6	66	28	76
Group B	Olympique Lyon	34	19	11	4	66	22	68
3rd Division
Centre	FC Tours	30	21	6	3	71	23	48
East	ECAC Chaumont	30	18	6	6	54	28	42
North	RC Lens A	30	22	5	3	52	17	49
Centre-West	ASC Angouleme	30	19	5	6	59	26	43
West	CSFC Lorient	30	16	10	4	51	21	42
South	OGC Nice A	30	16	10	4	48	27	42
4th Division
Group A	US St. Omer	26	15	5	6	32	22	35
Group B	AS Cherbourg	26	17	4	5	48	23	38
Group C	ASPTT Metz	26	15	6	5	43	21	36
Group D	En Avant Guingamp A	26	19	4	3	62	22	42
Group E	Baume L’Isle-sur-Doube	26	14	6	6	40	26	34
Group F	Paris FC 83	26	12	10	4	47	20	34
Group G	SR Rodez A	26	14	9	3	42	22	37
Group H	SEC Bastia A	26	13	10	3	39	22	36

2nd Division Championship Playoff

Team 1	Team 2	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Agg
Final
Olympique Lyon	FC Mulhouse 93	2-1	2-1	4-2

3rd Division Championship Playoff

Team 1		Team 2
Quarter-Finals
RC Lens A	5	CSFC Lorient	1
OGC Nice A	2	AS St. Seurin-sur-L’Isle	1
Semi-Finals
ECAC Chaumont	6	FC Tours	3
OGC Nice A	4	RC Lens A	2
Final		At Nevers
OGC Nice A	1	ECAC Chaumont	0

4th Division Championship Playoff

Team 1		Team 2
Quarter-Finals
US St. Omer	3	AS Cherbourg	2
SEC Bastia A	1	SR Rodez A	0
ASPTT Metz	4	En Avant Guingamp A	2 aet
Paris FC 83	5	FC Baume-Isle-sur-Doube	1
Semi-Finals
Paris FC 83	1	US St. Omer	0
SEC Bastia A	2	ASPTT Metz	0
Final
SEC Bastia A	2	Paris FC 83	1

Report

Olympique Marseille were French Soccer Champions in 1988-89, and the 2nd Division Championship Playoff was won by Olympique Lyon 4-2 on aggregate versus FC Mulhouse 93. The 3rd Division had 6 regional leagues, with OSG Nice A defeating ECAC Chaumont 1-0 in the Championship Playoff Final.

Of note to Irish readers is the Champions of the 3rd Division West, which was primarily based in Brittany and surrounding departments. CSFC Lorient won this League but lost 5-1 to RC Lens A in the Quarter-Finals.

The 4th Division had 8 Groups (Leagues) and the Playoff Champions were SEC Bastia A from Corsica. Group D is of particular note to Irish readers in that it was also primarily based in Brittany, En Avant Guingamp A the Champions, but lost 4-2 in extra-time in the Championship Playoff Quarter-Finals to ASPTT Metz.

The best placed Breton team was FC Nantes Atlantique who finished in 7th place in the first division. fellow Breton teams FCA Brest finished second in 2nd Division Group A and Stade Rennes third in the same Group.

References

Images

[1] Fruugo.ie (2021) 100068712_max France Flag Map [Internet] Available from: https://img.fruugo.com/product/2/71/100068712_max.jpg [Accessed 28 May 2021]

Bibliography

[2] Soccer International (1989) “USSR Final Results” Soccer International September 1989 Issue 5. pg. 6-7, 11-12.

Images

[3] Pinterest (2019) UEFA Logo [Internet] Available from: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f6/c4/ae/f6c4ae32d00050ac7826d3d9b5d8ef87.png [Accessed 26 December 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Conor Moran, Cathal Gallagher, Gabriel McCloyne, Peter Lemass & Emerson Callender.

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