1975–76 French Division 1

Division 1

Season	1975–76
Dates	7 August 1975 – 19 June 1976
Champions	Saint-Étienne (9th title)
Relegated	Monaco Strasbourg Avignon
European Cup	Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' Cup	Marseille
UEFA Cup	Nice Sochaux
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,145 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Bianchi (34 goals)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1975/1976 of the French Association Football League with 57 points.

Participating teams

Avignon

Bastia

Bordeaux

Lens

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

PSG

Reims

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Troyes

Valenciennes

Location of teams in 1975–76 Division 1

• Olympique Avignonnais
• SEC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• RC Lens
• Lille
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Paris Saint-Germain FC
• Stade de Reims
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg
• Troyes AF
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saint-Étienne (C)	38	18	15	5	69	38	+31	6	57	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Nice	38	17	13	8	67	40	+27	7	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Sochaux	38	16	14	8	59	50	+9	6	52
4	Nantes	38	15	14	9	67	44	+23	6	50
5	Reims	38	17	8	13	67	49	+18	5	47
6	Metz	38	18	4	16	72	62	+10	7	47
7	Nancy	38	14	10	14	67	59	+8	7	45
8	Bastia	38	14	13	11	59	53	+6	4	45
9	Marseille	38	20	1	17	60	60	0	1	42	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [lower-alpha 1]
10	Bordeaux	38	15	9	14	59	59	0	1	40
11	Nîmes	38	14	9	15	50	53	−3	3	40
12	Valenciennes	38	13	10	15	44	54	−10	4	40
13	Lille	38	14	8	16	59	73	−14	4	40
14	Paris Saint-Germain	38	13	11	14	63	60	+3	2	39
15	Lens	38	10	16	12	58	66	−8	2	38
16	Lyon	38	13	7	18	55	61	−6	4	37
17	Troyes	38	9	16	13	48	55	−7	3	37
18	Monaco (R)	38	12	9	17	53	73	−20	2	35	Relegated to French Division 2
19	Strasbourg (R)	38	9	11	18	39	56	−17	3	32
20	Avignon (R)	38	7	6	25	30	80	−50	0	20

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points, a bonus of 1 point for scoring three or more goals in a match
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Marseille qualified for 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1975–76 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1976/1977

• Angers SCO: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• Stade Rennais FC: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
• Stade Lavallois: Third place, winner of barrages

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	Stade de Reims	34
2	Delio Onnis	Argentina	AS Monaco	29
3	Hugo Curioni	Argentina	FC Metz	25
4	Michel Platini	France	AS Nancy	22
5	Robert Pintenat	France	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	21
6	Christian Coste	France	Lille	19
-	Hector Yazalde	Argentina	Olympique de Marseille	19
8	Serge Chiesa	France	Olympique Lyonnais	18
9	Nico Braun	Luxembourg	FC Metz	16
-	Gilles Rampillon	France	FC Nantes Atlantique	16
11	Jacques Zimako	France	SEC Bastia	15
-	Joachim Marx	Poland	RC Lens	15
-	Gérard Soler	France	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	15
14	Alain Giresse	France	Bordeaux	13

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See also

• 1975–76 Coupe de France
• 1975–76 French Division 2

References

1. (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1975-76