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

Nancy

PSG

Troyes

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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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^[a]
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:

^ 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

Results[]

Home \ Away	OAV	BAS	BOR	RCL	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	NAL	NAN	NIC	NMS	PSG	REI	STE	SOC	RCS	TRO	VAL
Avignon		1–1	3–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–5	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–2
Bastia	2–0		2–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–3	3–2	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1
Bordeaux	2–1	3–0		2–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1
Lens	3–1	1–1	3–2		2–0	3–1	2–3	4–1	3–0	4–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1
Lille	4–0	2–0	3–2	4–2		2–1	4–3	1–1	3–3	1–2	1–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	5–1
Lyon	2–0	2–2	1–2	4–1	3–0		2–1	2–3	4–1	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1
Marseille	3–1	4–3	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–0		2–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	0–3	1–0	3–2	3–0
Metz	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	5–2	3–1	1–0		4–1	4–1	3–0	2–2	4–3	1–2	2–4	1–1	3–1	5–0	0–1	3–0
Monaco	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–4	1–0	2–1	2–0		1–0	4–4	4–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–1
Nancy	6–0	0–1	3–2	3–0	5–0	1–4	4–2	0–0	3–0		1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–1	0–0	5–1	1–1	0–0	3–3
Nantes	4–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	4–0	2–3	0–1	2–0	3–1	3–0		1–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–0
Nice	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	4–2	4–1	2–1	2–2		4–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	5–2	1–0
Nîmes	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	5–1	2–0	0–1	3–2	3–2	2–2	0–0	2–1		2–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–0
Paris SG	6–2	1–1	2–2	4–2	2–2	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–2	1–4	2–1	0–0	2–0		2–3	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–0
Reims	4–1	1–2	0–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		3–2	1–1	6–0	1–1	5–1
Saint-Étienne	4–0	4–2	5–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–1		2–0	2–1	3–0	2–0
Sochaux	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	4–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–4	1–0	1–1		1–1	2–2	3–0
Strasbourg	4–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–0	5–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–5	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–0		2–1	1–0
Troyes	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–4	2–2	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1		4–0
Valenciennes	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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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References[]

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

[table_note_res_CWC0.64123367128951-1] Marseille qualified for 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1975–76 Coupe de France.

[2] (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1975-76

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