1972–73 French Division 1

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Division 1
Season1972–73
Champions Nantes (3rd title)
Relegated Valenciennes
Red Star
Ajaccio
European Cup Nantes
Cup Winners' Cup Lyon
UEFA Cup Nice
Marseille
Matches played380
Goals scored1,050 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer Josip Skoblar (26)
1973–74

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

Contents

Participating teams

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Nantes (C)3823966731+3655Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Nice 38201087044+2650Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Marseille 38191096437+2748
4 Saint-Étienne 381810106447+1746
5 Angers 381611115247+543
6 Nancy 381610125947+1242
7 Nîmes 381610124839+942
8 Reims 381511125047+341
9 Bastia 38158155941+1838
10 Rennes 381410144653738
11 Sochaux 381213135654+237
12 Paris FC 381310155458436
13 Lyon 38147176267535Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
14 Bordeaux 381211154955635
15 Metz 38139164452835
16 Strasbourg 389121742622030
17 Sedan 381181949712230
18 Valenciennes (R)389101937511428Relegation to French Division 2
19 Red Star (R)387141738582028
20 Ajaccio (R)38792240894923
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; (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

Results

Home \ Away ACA ANG BAS BOR OL OM MET NAL NAN NIC NMS PFC RS REI REN STE SED SOC RCS VAL
Ajaccio 1–10–12–24–31–00–02–21–10–31–12–12–22–32–32–02–12–00–23–1
Angers 4–03–03–11–00–23–20–01–00–00–11–11–01–10–22–02–21–01–05–1
Bastia 1–02–01–11–10–04–03–10–03–03–01–03–01–14–03–33–03–13–02–0
Bordeaux 3–01–21–11–02–12–03–12–10–10–10–11–12–01–11–16–11–12–12–0
Lyon 1–02–12–00–14–43–02–22–41–21–05–21–21–13–12–01–22–04–01–0
Marseille 3–03–21–01–15–25–00–01–01–11–20–03–03–13–03–10–11–13–11–0
Metz 7–02–03–21–12–22–01–00–21–00–10–13–01–22–11–24–22–11–11–1
Nancy 2–10–03–22–14–11–00–21–13–02–11–22–13–04–04–01–14–22–11–1
Nantes 6–12–01–03–03–01–20–02–12–22–12–03–10–01–01–01–04–36–21–0
Nice 5–32–41–00–12–21–16–01–03–02–03–21–12–22–01–14–24–13–04–1
Nîmes 2–12–22–12–03–11–10–02–11–10–12–01–12–11–14–02–13–03–01–1
Paris FC 3–11–22–04–35–11–31–33–21–22–03–13–00–02–21–12–10–21–11–1
Red Star 3–01–22–23–10–11–21–00–11–31–11–12–31–22–00–31–13–30–01–0
Reims 0–03–22–03–12–12–10–02–32–12–30–11–13–01–10–05–11–01–01–0
Rennes 1–11–22–13–03–22–31–04–10–01–01–02–11–11–02–21–10–01–02–0
Saint-Étienne 3–15–02–16–21–12–11–01–01–20–13–13–01–12–12–02–02–25–13–2
Sedan 5–02–22–11–04–10–21–11–00–30–52–13–10–12–02–31–31–10–03–1
Sochaux 4–01–13–20–03–11–24–12–20–15–10–01–11–02–12–12–11–01–13–0
Strasbourg 6–00–00–42–20–21–10–11–10–30–12–12–02–24–12–10–02–14–21–1
Valenciennes 3–23–01–03–01–21–01–00–11–11–11–01–10–01–22–00–15–10–01–2
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [1]
1 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Josip Skoblar Marseille 26
2 Flag of France.svg Bernard Lacombe Lyon 23
3 Flag of France.svg Hervé Revelli Nice 22
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dick van Dijk Nice 20
5 Flag of France.svg Nestor Combin Metz 18
6 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg François M'Pelé Ajaccio 17
Flag of France.svg François Félix Bastia
Flag of France.svg Fleury Di Nallo Lyon
Flag of Argentina.svg Delio Onnis Reims
10 Flag of France.svg Louis Floch Paris FC 16
Flag of France.svg Antoine Kuszowski Nancy
Flag of France.svg Patrick Revelli Saint-Étienne

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