1971–72 French Division 1

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Division Nationale
Season1971–72
Champions Marseille (4th title)
Relegated Lille
Monaco
Angoulême
European Cup Marseille
Cup Winners' Cup Bastia
UEFA Cup Nîmes
Sochaux
Angers
Matches played380
Goals scored1,087 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer Josip Skoblar (30)
1972–73

Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1971/1972 of the French Association Football League with 56 points.

Contents

Teams

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Marseille (C)3824867837+4156Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Nîmes 3821987637+3951Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Sochaux 38215125742+1547
4 Angers 38197125640+1645
5 Lyon 38189115845+1345
6 Saint-Étienne 38204148159+2244
7 Nantes 38179127048+2243
8 Nice 381512115844+1442
9 Bastia 38202165857+142Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
10 Nancy 381412125649+740
11 Rennes 381312135354138
12 Bordeaux 3812111539521335
13 Ajaccio 38129174953433
14 Metz 38137184449533
15 Reims 389131646692331
16 Paris Saint-Germain (R)3810101851671630Administratively relegated to Division 3 [fr] [b]
17 Red Star 3810101834643030
18 Lille (R)388102043682526Relegation to French Division 2
19 Monaco (R)388102041682726
20 Angoulême (R)38872339854623
Source: Histoire du PSG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Bastia qualified for 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1971–72 Coupe de France as cup winners Marseille also won the league and qualified for the European Cup.
  2. Paris Saint-Germain were administratively relegated to Division 3 following their split from Paris FC at the end of the season.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1972/1973

Results

Home \ Away ACA ANG ASA BAS BOR LIL OL OM MET ASM NAL NAN NIC NMS PSG RS REI REN STE SOC
Ajaccio 1–33–02–03–10–12–01–11–03–03–14–20–00–03–01–02–21–22–11–2
Angers 2–18–12–03–13–12–11–01–14–11–12–12–00–02–01–03–21–11–12–0
Angoulême 1–31–02–13–03–32–02–31–02–01–12–51–10–33–10–22–10–03–40–0
Bastia 2–13–12–01–01–01–12–11–01–22–02–13–31–01–02–03–14–13–06–1
Bordeaux 1–01–12–02–13–10–30–20–03–11–02–22–11–42–02–01–12–10–20–1
Lille 3–10–14–21–00–00–10–23–01–11–13–03–31–11–33–10–00–02–02–3
Lyon 2–11–22–03–02–21–03–32–12–23–21–32–03–23–15–15–00–22–01–0
Marseille 1–12–13–00–23–03–01–13–04–21–12–01–03–14–26–00–01–12–33–0
Metz 3–00–01–02–11–34–01–01–34–00–13–01–03–12–03–03–01–20–40–1
Monaco 2–23–01–00–11–21–10–10–13–24–22–10–21–12–10–01–10–11–21–3
Nancy 2–01–03–22–02–12–12–21–21–13–01–03–20–12–31–10–03–13–10–0
Nantes 2–01–05–04–00–02–12–01–15–11–12–24–02–06–01–10–24–04–32–0
Nice 2–03–13–00–15–13–12–12–01–12–01–01–14–01–11–03–00–01–21–2
Nîmes 2–01–03–06–21–15–22–01–31–15–10–04–02–04–12–02–13–04–02–1
Paris SG 1–10–13–04–10–04–11–21–23–10–01–42–31–11–14–12–41–11–31–0
Red Star 3–12–11–12–11–00–01–12–41–11–01–10–11–21–50–02–21–01–22–1
Reims 3–12–13–10–22–12–00–01–30–11–13–20–01–21–13–30–10–22–12–3
Rennes 1–13–12–21–02–05–20–01–23–01–33–11–12–20–21–12–04–12–40–2
Saint-Étienne 1–10–14–05–31–14–00–12–12–03–21–32–12–21–30–15–19–14–20–1
Sochaux 3–12–04–16–10–02–04–00–11–03–12–12–01–11–00–21–21–13–20–2
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Josip Skoblar Marseille 30
2 Flag of Mali.svg Salif Keita Saint-Étienne 29
3 Flag of France.svg Jacques Vergnes Nîmes 26
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Delio Onnis Reims 22
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Angel Marcos Nantes 20
6 Flag of France.svg Bernard Lacombe Lyon 19
Flag of France.svg Hervé Revelli Nice
8 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg François M'Pelé Ajaccio 17
Flag of France.svg Fleury Di Nallo Lyon
Flag of France.svg Jacques Bonnet Nîmes
Flag of France.svg Philippe Piat Sochaux

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