1972–73 French Division 1

Division 1

Season	1972–73
Champions	Nantes (3rd title)
Relegated	Valenciennes Red Star Ajaccio
European Cup	Nantes
Cup Winners' Cup	Lyon
UEFA Cup	Nice Marseille
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,050 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Josip Skoblar (26)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1972/1973 of the French Association Football League with 55 points.

Participating teams

• AC Ajaccio
• Angers SCO
• SEC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Paris FC
• Red Star Paris
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais FC
• AS Saint-Etienne
• CS Sedan
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Ajaccio

Angers

Bastia

Bordeaux

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

Paris FC

Red Star

Reims

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sedan

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Valenciennes

Location of teams in 1972–73 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nantes (C)	38	23	9	6	67	31	+36	55	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Nice	38	20	10	8	70	44	+26	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Marseille	38	19	10	9	64	37	+27	48
4	Saint-Étienne	38	18	10	10	64	47	+17	46
5	Angers	38	16	11	11	52	47	+5	43
6	Nancy	38	16	10	12	59	47	+12	42
7	Nîmes	38	16	10	12	48	39	+9	42
8	Reims	38	15	11	12	50	47	+3	41
9	Bastia	38	15	8	15	59	41	+18	38
10	Rennes	38	14	10	14	46	53	−7	38
11	Sochaux	38	12	13	13	56	54	+2	37
12	Paris FC	38	13	10	15	54	58	−4	36
13	Lyon	38	14	7	17	62	67	−5	35	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [lower-alpha 1]
14	Bordeaux	38	12	11	15	49	55	−6	35
15	Metz	38	13	9	16	44	52	−8	35
16	Strasbourg	38	9	12	17	42	62	−20	30
17	Sedan	38	11	8	19	49	71	−22	30
18	Valenciennes (R)	38	9	10	19	37	51	−14	28	Relegated to French Division 2
19	Red Star (R)	38	7	14	17	38	58	−20	28
20	Ajaccio (R)	38	7	9	22	40	89	−49	23

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lyon qualified for 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1972–73 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1973/1974

• RC Lens: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group A
• Troyes AF: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group B
• AS Monaco: Third place, winner of barrages

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Josip Skoblar	SFR Yugoslavia	Olympique de Marseille	26
2	Bernard Lacombe	France	Olympique Lyonnais	23
3	Hervé Revelli	France	OGC Nice	22
4	Dick van Dijk	Netherlands	OGC Nice	20
5	Nestor Combin	France	FC Metz	18
6	François M'Pelé	Congo	AC Ajaccio	17
-	François Félix	France	SEC Bastia	17
-	Fleury Di Nallo	France	Olympique Lyonnais	17
-	Delio Onnis	Argentina	Stade de Reims	17
10	Louis Floch	France	Paris FC	16
-	Antoine Kuszowski	France	AS Nancy	16
-	Patrick Revelli	France	AS Saint-Etienne	16
13	Eduardo Flores	Argentina	AS Nancy	15
-	Jacques Vergnes	France	Nîmes Olympique	15
15	Éric Edwige	France	Angers SCO	14

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See also

• 1972–73 Coupe de France
• 1972–73 French Division 2

References

1. (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1972-73