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

Metz

Nancy

Nantes

PSG

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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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^[a]
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:

^ 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

Results[]

Home \ Away	ANG	BAS	BOR	LVL	RCL	LIL	OL	OM	MET	NAL	NAN	NIC	NMS	PSG	REI	REN	STE	SOC	TRO	VAL
Angers		0–3	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	5–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–2	0–0
Bastia	5–1		4–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–0	5–0	5–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	4–0
Bordeaux	4–1	1–0		0–1	5–2	2–1	1–2	5–0	3–3	2–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	5–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0
Laval	2–0	3–1	0–0		1–3	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1
Lens	2–0	4–3	3–3	2–1		4–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0
Lille	0–1	0–3	2–2	3–2	0–1		3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1
Lyon	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	1–0		2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–0	0–0	2–0
Marseille	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	3–1		3–1	2–4	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
Metz	4–2	1–1	4–2	5–3	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–0		3–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–2
Nancy	1–1	4–1	7–3	4–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	4–1		3–0	1–4	3–1	1–2	4–2	3–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0
Nantes	3–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	3–1		6–1	1–0	3–3	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–1
Nice	4–1	5–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–4	2–0	1–2		1–0	1–0	2–3	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1
Nîmes	3–1	3–1	3–2	4–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–2		3–0	1–1	6–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–2
Paris SG	2–0	2–2	2–1	5–0	3–1	2–1	2–4	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–0		2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–2
Reims	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–3	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–3		3–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–0
Rennes	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–3	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–2		0–1	2–2	2–2	0–2
Saint-Étienne	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	4–0		2–0	4–0	5–0
Sochaux	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–5	4–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	2–6	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	4–0		2–0	2–1
Troyes	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–3	0–0	3–2	0–1	2–3	2–2	3–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	1–0		2–1
Valenciennes	0–2	1–2	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	5–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2

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	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

^[1]

References[]

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

[table_note_res_CWC0.6657684970022-1] Saint-Etienne qualified for 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1976–77 Coupe de France.

[2] (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1976-77

[a]

[1]

v t 1976–77 in European football (UEFA)
« 1975–76 1977–78 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '76 '77 England Faroe Islands '76 '77 Finland '76 '77 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '76 '77 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '76 '77 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '76 '77 Spain Sweden '76 '77 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria Cyprus England Faroe Islands Finland France West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 Israel Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '76 '77 Romania Scotland Spain Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '76 '77