| Competition: | Division 1 |
| Dates: | 19 July 1978 – 1 June 1979 |
| Season: | 1978–79 |
| Winners: | Strasbourg (1st title) |
| Relegated: | Paris FC Reims |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Strasbourg |
| Continentalcup2: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Nantes |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Monaco Saint-Étienne |
| League Topscorer: | Carlos Bianchi (27 goals) |
| Matches: | 380 |
| Total Goals: | 1141 |
| Prevseason: | 1977–78 |
| Nextseason: | 1979–80 |
RC Strasbourg won Division 1 season 1978/1979 of the French Association Football League with 56 points.
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| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Carlos Bianchi | Paris Saint-Germain | 27 |
| 2 | Delio Onnis | Monaco | 22 |
 Éric Pécout | Nantes | ||
| 4 | Pierre Pleimelding | Lille | 21 |
| Gilbert Marguerite | Nîmes | ||
| Dominique Rocheteau | Saint-Étienne | ||
| 7 | Nenad Bjeković | Nice | 17 |
| Albert Gemmrich | Strasbourg | ||
| 9 | Roberto Cabral | Lille | 16 |
| 10 | Johnny Rep | Bastia | 15 |
| Žarko Olarević | Lille | ||
| Bernard Zénier | Nancy | ||
| Zvonko Ivezić | Sochaux |
Raymond Domenech Jacky Duguépéroux (Cap.) Jacques Glassmann Jean-Jacques Marx Jacques Novi Léonard Specht Patrick Vincent René Deutschmann Yves Ehrlacher Roger Jouve Eric Mosser Francis Piasecki Bernard Tischner Rémy Vogel Arsène Wenger Albert Gemmrich Remy Gentes Pascal Greiner Joël Tanter Jacques Vergnes Roland Wagner André Wiss
Gilbert Gress (Coach)