1964–65 French Division 1

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1964/1965 of the French Association Football League with 43 points.

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• Bordeaux
• RC Lens
• Lille OSC
• Olympique Lyonnais
• AS Monaco
• FC Nantes
• Nîmes Olympique
• Stade Rennais UC
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Étienne
• UA Sedan-Torcy
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Stade Français FC
• RC Strasbourg
• SC Toulon
• Toulouse FC (1937)
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Angers

Bordeaux

Lens       

Lille

Lyon

AS Monaco

Nantes

Nîmes

Rennes

Rouen

St-Étienne

Sedan

Sochaux

Stade Français

Strasbourg

Toulon

Toulouse

Valenciennes

Location of teams in 1964–65 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nantes (C)	34	16	11	7	66	45	+21	43	European Cup
2	Bordeaux	34	16	9	9	43	32	+11	41	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Valenciennes	34	14	12	8	52	30	+22	40
4	Rennes	34	15	8	11	67	48	+19	38	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (Winner of Coupe de France)
5	Strasbourg	34	13	12	9	56	46	+10	38	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Lyon	34	13	10	11	46	50	−4	36
7	Saint-Étienne	34	13	9	12	48	43	+5	35
8	Lens	34	12	11	11	55	61	−6	35
9	Lille	34	10	14	10	57	48	+9	34
10	Sochaux	34	13	8	13	49	45	+4	34
11	Toulouse FC	34	12	9	13	50	52	−2	33
12	AS Monaco	34	13	7	14	41	45	−4	33
13	Angers	34	12	7	15	44	51	−7	31
14	Sedan	34	11	8	15	51	58	−7	30
15	Stade Français	34	9	12	13	40	52	−12	30	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
16	Rouen	34	12	6	16	31	48	−17	30	Will play in 1965–66 Division 1 due to the division expansion to 20 clubs
17	Nîmes	34	13	3	18	42	58	−16	29
18	SC Toulon (R)	34	9	4	21	31	57	−26	22	Relegated to Division 2

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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 1965–66 French Division 1

• OGC Nice: Champion of Division 2
• Red Star Olympique: runner-up of Division 2
• AS Cannes: Third place

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Jacques Simon	France	FC Nantes	24
2	Daniel Rodighiéro	France	Stade Rennais UC	20
3	André Perrin	France	UA Sedan-Torcy	18
4	André Guy	France	AS Saint-Étienne	17
5	José Farías	Argentina	RC Strasbourg	16
6	Serge Masnaghetti	France	US Valenciennes-Anzin	16
7	Ahmed Oudjani	Algeria	RC Lens	15
8	Jean-Michel Lachot	France	Lille OSC	15
9	Pierre Dorsini	France	Toulouse FC (1937)	15
10	Paul Sauvage	France	US Valenciennes-Anzin	15
11	Giovanni Pellegrini	France	Stade Rennais UC	14
12	Francis Magny	France	Lille OSC	13
13	Fleury Di Nallo	France	Olympique Lyonnais	13
14	Hector De Bourgoing	France   Argentina	Bordeaux	12
15	Claude Dubaële	France	Stade Rennais UC	12