AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1981/1982 of the French Association Football League with 55 points.
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top eighteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from 1980–81 French Division 2.
The competition was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 38 rounds.
Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1982/1983