| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ES Troyes AC | 20 | 41 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
| 2. | Red Star FC | 20 | 36 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 3. | Stade Reims | 20 | 35 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 4. | Le Mans FC | 20 | 35 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| 5. | AS St. Etienne | 20 | 34 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 6. | USL Dunkerque | 20 | 33 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| 7. | EA Guingamp | 20 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| 8. | FC Annecy | 20 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| 9. | HSC Montpellier | 20 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| 10. | Pau FC | 20 | 28 | 29 | 33 | -4 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 11. | Rodez Aveyron | 20 | 26 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| 12. | Clermont Foot | 20 | 22 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 13. | Grenoble Foot | 20 | 22 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 14. | AS Nancy-Lorraine | 20 | 21 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 15. | US Boulogne | 20 | 20 | 21 | 31 | -10 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 16. | Amiens SC | 20 | 19 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 17. | Stade Laval | 20 | 16 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 18. | SC Bastia | 20 | 14 | 11 | 27 | -16 | 3 | 5 | 12 |