1965–66 French Division 1

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Division Nationale
Season1965–66
Dates21 August 1965 –
12 June 1966
Champions Nantes (2nd title)
Relegated Cannes
Red Star
European Cup Nantes
Cup Winners' Cup Strasbourg
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Bordeaux
Toulouse FC
Nice
Matches played380
Goals scored1,190 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorer Philippe Gondet
(36 goals)
1966–67

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1965/1966 of the French Association Football League with 60 points.

Contents

Participating teams

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Nantes (C)3826848436+4860Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Bordeaux 3822978436+4853Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3 Valenciennes 38191455844+1452
4 Toulouse 38198116146+1546Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5 Saint-Étienne 38197128562+2345
6 Rennes 38186148070+1042
7 Sochaux 38159146156+539
8 Strasbourg 381312135947+1238Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
9 Sedan 381312136858+1038
10 Nice 38164186659+736Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
11 Angers 381310156866+236
12 Lens 381310155557236
13 Monaco 38139164854635
14 Rouen 3810141441622134
15 Stade Français 3810131545571233
16 Lyon 381291743561333
17 Nîmes (O)381291752671533Qualification to relegation play-offs
18 Lille (O)381262051712030
19 Cannes (R)38692337864921Relegation to French Division 2
20 Red Star (R)3851023441005620
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Strasbourg qualified for 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1965–66 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1966/1967

Merger at the end of the season

Results

Home \ Away ANG BOR CAN RCL LIL OL ASM NAN NIC NMS RS REN ROU STE SED SOC SFF RCS TOU VAL
Angers 0–04–13–23–14–11–11–11–03–02–25–36–01–12–02–20–00–32–00–1
Bordeaux 2–01–02–11–02–25–01–20–25–26–02–14–14–04–24–210–04–03–02–0
Cannes 2–52–11–12–00–00–31–61–31–21–11–01–22–82–11–10–42–15–30–1
Lens 2–20–11–02–02–10–01–14–21–13–04–10–02–11–10–11–00–00–11–1
Lille 1–00–02–01–11–02–10–12–11–23–01–32–13–01–12–13–32–11–06–1
Lyon 2–11–42–03–26–31–00–22–03–10–01–20–01–12–11–02–02–00–10–1
Monaco 1–30–20–03–02–02–01–30–34–02–11–13–01–13–31–13–10–02–30–2
Nantes 5–32–21–04–23–12–02–12–14–17–24–02–15–04–22–12–12–02–01–1
Nice 5–21–21–10–32–04–21–20–04–14–03–26–04–21–03–11–10–22–11–1
Nîmes 1–01–11–14–54–10–04–01–21–03–12–22–11–11–01–00–04–12–02–2
Red Star 0–22–03–21–26–42–22–00–32–33–30–20–11–53–31–11–52–21–12–0
Rennes 4–42–02–24–14–05–20–12–03–03–12–14–02–04–24–34–32–12–11–1
Rouen 4–00–01–01–31–10–01–20–01–01–01–02–22–03–11–12–10–00–11–3
Saint-Étienne 4–02–11–12–07–42–11–30–35–12–17–04–02–22–13–10–05–13–05–1
Sedan 3–11–13–11–31–02–00–23–02–02–05–23–14–44–13–00–00–00–12–2
Sochaux 3–20–13–13–21–07–22–13–11–03–13–03–24–02–30–11–02–10–11–1
Stade Français 2–12–43–13–11–10–11–00–12–12–11–12–10–01–21–11–10–22–01–1
Strasbourg 1–13–05–01–04–10–01–11–01–31–07–13–10–00–13–35–14–02–20–0
Toulouse FC 1–00–06–14–12–01–05–10–02–13–01–04–16–52–02–21–11–12–01–2
Valenciennes 4–12–23–02–02–01–01–02–24–23–01–02–11–13–10–40–01–03–21–1
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification LIL NMS BAS LIM
1 Lille 430152+36Qualification to French Division 1 1–01–0
2 Nîmes 4211105+553–27–0
3 Bastia 420274+34Qualification to French Division 2 2–03–0
4 Limoges 40130111110–30–0
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of France.svg Philippe Gondet Nantes 36
2 Flag of France.svg Robert Herbin Saint-Étienne 26
3 Flag of France.svg André Guy Lille 22
Flag of France.svg Michel Lafranceschina Sochaux
5 Flag of France.svg Flag of Argentina.svg Hector De Bourgoing Bordeaux 21
Flag of Algeria.svg Rachid Mekloufi Saint-Étienne
7 Flag of France.svg Daniel Rodighiéro Rennes 20
8 Flag of France.svg Laurent Robuschi Bordeaux 18
9 Flag of France.svg Lucien Cossou Monaco 17
Flag of France.svg Georges Lech Lens

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