| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Metz | 38 | 81 | 60 | 23 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 5 |
| 2. | Stade Brest 29 | 38 | 74 | 64 | 35 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 |
| 3. | ES Troyes AC | 38 | 71 | 51 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 9 |
| 4. | Paris FC | 38 | 65 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 7 |
| 5. | RC Lens | 38 | 63 | 49 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 11 |
| 6. | FC Lorient | 38 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 9 |
| 7. | Havre AC | 38 | 54 | 45 | 40 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 |
| 8. | US Orleans 45 | 38 | 52 | 51 | 53 | -2 | 15 | 7 | 16 |
| 9. | Grenoble Foot | 38 | 50 | 43 | 47 | -4 | 13 | 11 | 14 |
| 10. | Clermont Foot | 38 | 48 | 44 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 12 |
| 11. | LB Chateauroux | 38 | 48 | 37 | 42 | -5 | 11 | 15 | 12 |
| 12. | Chamois Niortais FC | 38 | 47 | 34 | 41 | -7 | 11 | 14 | 13 |
| 13. | Valenciennes FC | 38 | 43 | 52 | 61 | -9 | 11 | 10 | 17 |
| 14. | AS Nancy-Lorraine | 38 | 42 | 36 | 50 | -14 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| 15. | AJ Auxerre | 38 | 41 | 34 | 36 | -2 | 10 | 11 | 17 |
| 16. | FC Sochaux | 38 | 41 | 27 | 43 | -16 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 17. | AC Ajaccio | 38 | 40 | 29 | 45 | -16 | 9 | 13 | 16 |
| 18. | GFCO Ajaccio | 38 | 39 | 30 | 54 | -24 | 9 | 12 | 17 |
| 19. | AS Béziers | 38 | 38 | 33 | 50 | -17 | 9 | 11 | 18 |
| 20. | Red Star FC | 38 | 30 | 28 | 58 | -30 | 7 | 9 | 22 |