It was forty years ago. On June 2, 1981 the Greens won 2-1 against Bordeaux on the 38th and final day of the championship. A success which allowed them to be crowned champion of France for the tenth time. A performance still unmatched to this day.
However at the time we did not necessarily measure the scope of this feat: “JI didn’t remember that I was present at the stadium that day recognizes Jean-Charles Schuler President of the Supporters Associates. We were so used to victories that we could not imagine that it would be famine afterwards. We were 22,000 in the stadium. We were probably to be happy, but it was contained joy. Today the land would be invaded“.
I remember a bengal fire – Jean-Paul Philibet, supporter
Also present that day Jean-Paul Philibet remembers a beautiful celebration in the Cauldron: “I was 16 at the time and a secondary school student in Roanne, my hometown. I used to go to the stadium with the parents of a friend. I remember at the end of the game a bengal fire or an improvised bonfire in the center circle. I also remember the goals of Platini of course and I did not imagine that we would stay on this tenth title“.
For 40 years no one has done better
For the Greens this title of champion of France is indeed the last. The case of the slush fund and fake passports will then darken the horizon of four disappointing decades in terms of sports results.
But despite the Marseille hegemony of the 90s, that of the Lyonnais in the 2000s and that of the PSG of the Qataris since 2010, the record of 10 titles still stands. The famous star remains the prerogative of a single jersey. The green tunic.