1965–66 French Division 1

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

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• Bordeaux
• AS Cannes
• RC Lens
• Lille OSC
• Olympique Lyonnais
• AS Monaco
• FC Nantes
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Red Star Olympique
• Stade Rennais UC
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Etienne
• UA Sedan-Torcy
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Stade de Paris FC
• RC Strasbourg
• Toulouse FC (1937)
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Angers

Bordeaux

Cannes

Lens       

Lille

Lyon

AS Monaco

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

Red Star

Rennes

Rouen

St-Étienne

Sedan

Sochaux

Stade de Paris

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Valenciennes

Location of teams in 1965–66 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nantes (C)	38	26	8	4	84	36	+48	60	European Cup
2	Bordeaux	38	22	9	7	84	36	+48	53	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Valenciennes	38	19	14	5	58	44	+14	52
4	Toulouse FC	38	19	8	11	61	46	+15	46	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5	Saint-Etienne	38	19	7	12	85	62	+23	45
6	Rennes	38	18	6	14	80	70	+10	42
7	Sochaux	38	15	9	14	61	56	+5	39
8	Strasbourg	38	13	12	13	59	47	+12	38	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (Winner of Coupe de France)
9	Sedan	38	13	12	13	68	58	+10	38
10	Nice	38	16	4	18	66	59	+7	36	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
11	Angers	38	13	10	15	68	66	+2	36
12	Lens	38	13	10	15	55	57	−2	36
13	AS Monaco	38	13	9	16	48	54	−6	35
14	Rouen	38	10	14	14	41	62	−21	34
15	Stade de Paris	38	10	13	15	45	57	−12	33
16	Lyon	38	12	9	17	43	56	−13	33
17	Nîmes	38	12	9	17	52	67	−15	33
18	Lille	38	12	6	20	51	71	−20	30
19	Cannes (R)	38	6	9	23	37	86	−49	21	Relegated to Division 2
20	Red Star (R)	38	5	10	23	44	100	−56	20

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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 1966/1967

• Stade de Reims: Champion of Division 2
• Olympique de Marseille: runner-up of Division 2

Merger at the end of the season

• UA Sedan-Torcy with RC Paris, become RC Paris-Sedan

Goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Philippe Gondet	France	FC Nantes	36
2	Robert Herbin	France	AS Saint-Etienne	26
3	André Guy	France	Lille OSC	22
	Michel Lafranceschina	France	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	22
5	Hector De Bourgoing	France   Argentina	Bordeaux	21
	Rachid Mekloufi	Algeria	AS Saint-Etienne	21
7	Daniel Rodighiéro	France	Stade Rennais UC	20
8	Laurent Robuschi	France	Bordeaux	18
9	Lucien Cossou	France	AS Monaco	17
9	Georges Lech	France	RC Lens	17
11	Mohamed Lekkak	Algeria	FC Rouen	16
12	Jean Deloffre	France	Angers SCO	15
	Fleury Di Nallo	France	Olympique Lyonnais	15
	Serge Masnaghetti	France	US Valenciennes-Anzin	15