| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Lorient | 24 | 49 | 40 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 |
| 2. | Paris FC | 24 | 46 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 6 |
| 3. | FC Metz | 24 | 45 | 37 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 4. | USL Dunkerque | 24 | 45 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 |
| 5. | EA Guingamp | 24 | 39 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| 6. | FC Annecy | 24 | 39 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 |
| 7. | Stade Laval | 24 | 37 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| 8. | Grenoble Foot | 24 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 |
| 9. | SC Bastia | 24 | 34 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| 10. | Pau FC | 24 | 30 | 27 | 33 | -6 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| 11. | Amiens SC | 24 | 30 | 25 | 36 | -11 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 12. | AC Ajaccio | 24 | 28 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 13. | Rodez Aveyron | 24 | 27 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
| 14. | ES Troyes AC | 24 | 27 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 15. | Red Star FC | 24 | 26 | 23 | 39 | -16 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 16. | Clermont Foot | 24 | 25 | 21 | 31 | -10 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| 17. | FC Martigues | 24 | 21 | 17 | 40 | -23 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 18. | SM Caen | 24 | 16 | 21 | 37 | -16 | 4 | 4 | 16 |