Nice scored a six-goal victory on Saturday's final night of the French season to secure Champions League qualification as St. Tyne was condemned to relegation back to the second level.
Champions League finalist Paris Saint-Germain has already won the title, while Marseille and Monaco have qualified for European elite club competitions before the Ligue 1 campaign climax.
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But there is another seat on the top table on the continent on the last day to grab it, and if they can stop the challengers of Lille, Strasbourg and Lyon, the fourth-place Nice pole.
The club owned by Ineos secured the top four by defeating Brest 6-0 on Gaetan Laborde's Cote D'Azur.
Ivorian International Evann Guessand's 12th Ligue 1 goal of the season put Nice ahead, with Badredine Bouanani then getting free throws before Terem Moffi and Ali Abdi reached their goal in the end.
Nice will enter the Champions League next season in the third round of qualifying in early August and will have to win two bipedal connections to enter the league stage.
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Lille finished fifth after a late free throw from substitute Chuba Akpom, entering the Europa League, winning 2-1 at home, while Strasbourg suffered a huge 3-2 loss against Le Havre, which caused a stunning late twist in the result.
Le Havre needs to win and hopes Reims or Nantes lose to escape the fall zone, and the Normandy side shows extraordinary determination and then wins in extraordinary ways.
Abdoulaye Toure was fined for the second time in the ninth minute of the game, driving Le Havre out of the descent area, meaning Reims will playoffs next season against Metz.
Rems will now have to play against both sides of PSG in the French Cup final next weekend.
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-Lacazette's 200th Lyon goal -
Strasbourg's defeat led Lyon to beat Alexandre Lacazette 2-0 twice to beat the Angers 2-0 and finished sixth.
The former Arsenal striker's stand allows him to achieve a double-century goal for his childhood club as he is now ready to leave Lyon, the club he made his Ligue 1 debut in 2010.
If PSG wins the French Cup, it will be Strasbourg's entry into the conference league, which will be a guarantee for European football next season and will enter the Europa League.
Saint-Etienne needs to achieve positive results and also need favors from elsewhere to avoid relegation, but they fell to 3-2 in their domestic match against Toulouse.
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Yann Gboho earned the proven winner in Toulouse as 10-time champion Saint-Etienne returns to Ligue 2 right away.
-PSG title party -
PSG competed in the upcoming finals, including a Champions League showdown with Inter Milan in Munich on May 31, defeating Auxerre 3-1 from the capital.
Lassine Sinayoko pushed Auxerre forward as visitors threatened to sabotage PSG’s championship party, but Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored two points in the second half for either side of Marquinhos’ header. Goncalo Ramos also saved penalties.
Marseille secured second place in the car park’s 4-2 win over Reins, including two scores from Mason Greenwood, including one free throw, while Adrien Rabiot grabbed the pole.
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Greenwood scored 21 goals in his Ligue 1 debut season and finished the unit's joint shooter with PSG's Ousmane Dembele.
Monaco ranked third, falling to a 4-0 loss on the camera, Neil El Aynaoui hit two shots, while Nantes secured their safety by defeating the relegated Montpellier 3-0.
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