1976–77 French Division 1

Division 1

Season	1976–77
Dates	6 August 1976 – 8 June 1977
Champions	Nantes (4th title)
Relegated	Angers Lille Rennes
European Cup	Nantes
Cup Winners' Cup	Saint-Étienne
UEFA Cup	Lens Bastia
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,125 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Bianchi (28 goals)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1976/1977 of the French Association Football League with 58 points.

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• SEC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Stade Lavallois
• RC Lens
• Lille
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Paris Saint-Germain FC
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais FC
• AS Saint-Étienne
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Troyes AF
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Angers

Bastia

Bordeaux

Laval

Lens

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

PSG

Reims

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Troyes

Valenciennes

Location of teams in 1976–77 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nantes (C)	38	25	8	5	80	40	+40	58	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Lens	38	19	11	8	73	53	+20	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Bastia	38	20	7	11	82	53	+29	47
4	Nancy	38	18	9	11	78	53	+25	45
5	Saint-Étienne	38	17	11	10	55	36	+19	45	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [lower-alpha 1]
6	Lyon	38	17	10	11	54	47	+7	44
7	Nice	38	19	6	13	60	54	+6	44
8	Metz	38	17	9	12	67	54	+13	43
9	Paris Saint-Germain	38	17	8	13	65	55	+10	42
10	Bordeaux	38	15	8	15	66	57	+9	38
11	Reims	38	12	12	14	53	60	−7	36
12	Marseille	38	14	8	16	48	63	−15	36
13	Nîmes	38	12	10	16	45	56	−11	34
14	Sochaux	38	12	10	16	44	56	−12	34
15	Troyes	38	13	7	18	41	59	−18	33
16	Laval	38	11	10	17	46	62	−16	32
17	Valenciennes	38	9	13	16	41	56	−15	31
18	Angers (R)	38	8	11	19	44	65	−21	27	Relegated to French Division 2
19	Lille (R)	38	7	7	24	40	67	−27	21
20	Rennes (R)	38	6	9	23	43	79	−36	21

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Saint-Etienne qualified for 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1976–77 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1977/1978

• RC Strasbourg: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• AS Monaco: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
• FC Rouen: Third place, winner of barrages

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	Stade de Reims	28
2	Michel Platini	France	AS Nancy	25
3	Nico Braun	Luxembourg	FC Metz	23
4	Hugo Curioni	Argentina	FC Metz	22
-	Mustapha Dahleb	Algeria	Paris Saint-Germain FC	22
6	Dragan Dzajic	SFR Yugoslavia	SEC Bastia	21
-	François Félix	France	SEC Bastia	21
-	Bernard Lacombe	France	Olympique Lyonnais	21
9	Jacques Vergnes	France	Stade Lavallois	19
-	Nenad Bjekovic	SFR Yugoslavia	OGC Nice	19
11	André Barthélémy	France	Angers SCO	18
12	Alain Giresse	France	Bordeaux	16
13	Jacques Zimako	France	SEC Bastia	15
-	Gilbert Dussier	Luxembourg	AS Nancy	15
-	François M'Pelé	Congo	Paris Saint-Germain FC	15
-	Omar Sahnoun	France	FC Nantes Atlantique	15

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See also

• 1976–77 Coupe de France
• 1976–77 French Division 2

References

1. (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1976-77