1971–72 French Division 1

Division Nationale

Season	1971–72
Champions	Marseille (4th title)
Relegated	Lille Monaco Angoulême
European Cup	Marseille
Cup Winners' Cup	Bastia
UEFA Cup	Nîmes Sochaux Angers
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,087 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Josip Skoblar (30)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

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

Teams

• AC Ajaccio
• Angers SCO
• AS Angoulême
• SEC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Lille OSC
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Paris Saint-Germain Football Club
• Red Star Paris
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais FC
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

Ajaccio

Angers

Angoulême

Bastia

Bordeaux

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

PSG

Red Star

Reims

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Location of teams in 1971–72 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marseille (C)	38	24	8	6	78	37	+41	56	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Nîmes	38	21	9	8	76	37	+39	51	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Sochaux	38	21	5	12	57	42	+15	47
4	Angers	38	19	7	12	56	40	+16	45
5	Lyon	38	18	9	11	58	45	+13	45
6	Saint-Étienne	38	20	4	14	81	59	+22	44
7	Nantes	38	17	9	12	70	48	+22	43
8	Nice	38	15	12	11	58	44	+14	42
9	Bastia	38	20	2	16	58	57	+1	42	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [lower-alpha 1]
10	Nancy	38	14	12	12	56	49	+7	40
11	Rennes	38	13	12	13	53	54	−1	38
12	Bordeaux	38	12	11	15	39	52	−13	35
13	Ajaccio	38	12	9	17	49	53	−4	33
14	Metz	38	13	7	18	44	49	−5	33
15	Reims	38	9	13	16	46	69	−23	31
16	Paris Saint-Germain	38	10	10	18	51	67	−16	30
17	Red Star	38	10	10	18	34	64	−30	30
18	Lille (R)	38	8	10	20	43	68	−25	26	Relegated to French Division 2
19	Monaco (R)	38	8	10	20	41	68	−27	26
20	Angoulême (R)	38	8	7	23	39	85	−46	23

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (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.

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

• US Valenciennes-Anzin: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• CS Sedan: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
• RC Strasbourg: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group C

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Josip Skoblar	SFR Yugoslavia	Olympique de Marseille	30
2	Salif Keita	Mali	AS Saint-Etienne	29
3	Jacques Vergnes	France	Nîmes Olympique	26
4	Delio Onnis	Argentina	Stade de Reims	22
5	Angel Marcos	Argentina	FC Nantes	20
6	Bernard Lacombe	France	Olympique Lyonnais	19
-	Hervé Revelli	France	OGC Nice	19
8	François M'Pelé	Congo	AC Ajaccio	17
-	Fleury Di Nallo	France	Olympique Lyonnais	17
-	Jacques Bonnet	France	Nîmes Olympique	17
-	Philippe Piat	France	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	17

See also

• 1971–72 Coupe de France
• 1971–72 French Division 2