| Competition: | Division 1 |
| Dates: | 26 July 1979 – 27 May 1980 |
| Season: | 1979–80 |
| Winners: | Nantes (5th title) |
| Relegated: | Marseille Brest |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Nantes |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Sochaux Saint-Étienne |
| Continentalcup3: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Monaco |
| League Topscorer: | Erwin Kostedde (21) Delio Onnis (21) |
| Matches: | 380 |
| Total Goals: | 1073 |
| Prevseason: | 1978–79 |
| Nextseason: | 1980–81 |
FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1979/1980 of the French Association Football League with 57 points.
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| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erwin Kostedde | Laval | 21 | |
 Delio Onnis | Monaco | |||
| 3 |  Pierre Pleimelding | Lille | 18 | |
| 4 | Drago Vabec | Brest | 17 | |
| 5 | Michel Platini | Saint-Étienne | 16 | |
| 6 | Yves Ehrlacher | Lens | 15 | |
| Nenad Bjeković | Nice | |||
| Johnny Rep | Saint-Étienne | |||
| Bernard Genghini | Sochaux | |||
| 10 | Yannick Stopyra | Sochaux | 14 |