| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Lorient | 27 | 55 | 49 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 6 |
| 2. | FC Metz | 27 | 53 | 47 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| 3. | Paris FC | 27 | 52 | 42 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 7 |
| 4. | USL Dunkerque | 27 | 48 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 9 |
| 5. | EA Guingamp | 27 | 45 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 10 |
| 6. | Stade Laval | 27 | 43 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
| 7. | FC Annecy | 27 | 40 | 33 | 37 | -4 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
| 8. | SC Bastia | 27 | 37 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 6 |
| 9. | Grenoble Foot | 27 | 37 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| 10. | Pau FC | 27 | 34 | 30 | 37 | -7 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| 11. | AC Ajaccio | 27 | 34 | 25 | 33 | -8 | 10 | 4 | 13 |
| 12. | ES Troyes AC | 27 | 33 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
| 13. | Amiens SC | 27 | 33 | 28 | 41 | -13 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
| 14. | Red Star FC | 27 | 32 | 29 | 42 | -13 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
| 15. | Rodez Aveyron | 27 | 31 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
| 16. | Clermont Foot | 27 | 26 | 22 | 35 | -13 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| 17. | FC Martigues | 27 | 25 | 20 | 43 | -23 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 18. | SM Caen | 27 | 19 | 23 | 40 | -17 | 5 | 4 | 18 |