1962–63 French Division 1

Division Nationale

Season	1962–63
Champions	Monaco (2nd title)
Relegated	Grenoble FC Nancy Montpellier Marseille
European Cup	Monaco
Cup Winners' Cup	Lyon
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Racing Paris
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,186 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Serge Masnaghetti (35)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1962/1963 of the French Association Football League with 50 points.

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• Bordeaux
• FC Grenoble
• RC Lens
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• AS Monaco
• SO Montpellier
• FC Nancy
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• RC Paris
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais UC
• FC Rouen
• UA Sedan-Torcy
• Stade Français FC
• RC Strasbourg
• Toulouse FC
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Angers

Bordeaux

Grenoble

Lens       

Lyon

Marseille

AS Monaco

Montpellier

Nancy

Nice

Nîmes

RC Paris

Reims

Rennes

Rouen

Sedan

Stade Français

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Valenciennes

Location of teams in 1962–63 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AS Monaco (C)	38	20	10	8	77	44	+33	50	European Cup
2	Reims	38	19	9	10	79	52	+27	47
3	Sedan	38	19	8	11	68	46	+22	46
4	Bordeaux	38	15	15	8	63	38	+25	45
5	Lyon	38	15	13	10	52	41	+11	43	UEFA Cup Winner's Cup (Runner-up of Coupe de France)
6	Nîmes	38	16	10	12	67	47	+20	42
7	Toulouse FC	38	16	10	12	64	52	+12	42
8	Rouen	38	18	6	14	59	57	+2	42
9	Valenciennes	38	13	15	10	60	45	+15	41
10	RC Paris	38	14	13	11	80	71	+9	41	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
11	Rennes	38	14	13	11	69	71	−2	41
12	Nice	38	14	10	14	64	79	−15	38
13	Angers	38	13	11	14	51	64	−13	37
14	Strasbourg	38	9	16	13	54	63	−9	34
15	Stade Français	38	11	10	17	54	70	−16	32
16	Lens	38	10	10	18	60	67	−7	30
17	Grenoble (R)	38	7	14	17	36	61	−25	28	Relegated to Division 2
18	FC Nancy (R)	38	9	10	19	37	66	−29	28
19	SO Montpellier (R)	38	9	9	20	50	77	−27	27
20	Marseille (R)	38	9	8	21	42	75	−33	26

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Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1963/1964

• AS Saint-Etienne:Champion of Division 2
• FC Nantes:runner-up of Division 2

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Serge Masnaghetti	France	US Valenciennes-Anzin	35
2	Lucien Cossou	France	AS Monaco	28
3	Hassan Akesbi	Morocco	Stade de Reims	24
4	Aimé Gori	France	Bordeaux	22
-	Khennane Mahi	Algeria	Toulouse	22
6	Mohamed Salem	Algeria	UA Sedan-Torcy	21
7	Antoine Groschulski	France   Poland	Nancy	20
-	Hector De Bourgoing	France   Argentina	OGC Nice	20
-	Salah Djebaïli	Algeria	Nîmes Olympique	20
10	Guy Van Sam	France	RC Paris	18
11	Ahmed Oudjani	Algeria	RC Lens	17
-	Miloš Milutinović	SFR Yugoslavia	RC Paris	17
13	Nestor Combin	France	Olympique Lyonnais	16
-	Alain Jubert	France	Stade Rennais UC	16
-	Jean-Michel Lachot	France	FC Rouen	16