1985–86 French Division 1

French Football Division 1
Season	1985–86
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain; (1st title)
Relegated	Nancy; Strasbourg; Bastia
European Cup	Paris Saint-Germain
Cup Winners' Cup	Bordeaux
UEFA Cup	Nantes; Toulouse; Lens
Matches played	380
Goals scored	931 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jules Bocandé (23)
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985-86 Division 1 season was the 48th since its establishment. Paris Saint-Germain became champions for the first time in their history with 56 points. During this season the "Boulogne Boys" and "Gavroche" emerged. They were groups of supporters located in the Kop of Boulogne a stand in the Parc des Princes. On 26 July 1985, Paris Saint-Germain took the top spot in the league for the first time in their history after defeating Toulouse 3-1. On 20 September, Les Parisiens recovered from a 2-0 score and claimed a 2-3 victory over Lens. A victory that proved the strength of the current championship leader. On 29 November, Paris recorded a goalless draw against Girondins de Bordeaux, setting a new record of 22 matches without defeat along the way (previously held by Saint-Étienne in the 1957-58 season). The capital club would eventually lose against Lille in the 20th matchday after recording a run of 27 matches without a single defeat. On 11 April 1986, Oumar Sène gave PSG the victory over AS Monaco in stoppage time. Thanks to the victory, the club captained by Luis Fernández was virtually champion of France, with four points ahead of the second and with a better goal difference. The club would become the first club from Paris to win the league since 1936. On 18 April, PSG lost 3-1 against Metz with a surprising ending that saw Paris goalkeeper Joël Bats abandon the pitch injured, leaving his place to Luis Fernández. On 25 April, Paris SG claimed their first league title after easily defeating Bastia 3-1 at the Parc des Princes. After the match, fireworks blazed in the sky celebrating the first championship of the club. On 28 April, the Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, received the champion of France at the Paris City Hall.^[1]

Promotion and relegation[]

Lens

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

PSG

Toulon

Toulouse

Location of teams in 1985–86 Division 1

Teams promoted from 1984–85 Division 2

Champions: Le Havre
Runners-up: Nice

Teams relegated to 1985–86 Division 2

18th Place: Rouen
19th Place: Tours
20th Place: Paris

Relegation play-off[]

Nancy 3-0 / 0-2 Mulhouse (3-2)

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	38	23	10	5	66	33	+33	56	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Nantes	38	20	13	5	53	27	+26	53	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Bordeaux	38	18	13	7	55	46	+9	49	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
4	Toulouse	38	18	7	13	59	44	+15	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Lens	38	15	13	10	51	43	+8	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Metz	38	15	12	11	53	34	+19	42
7	Auxerre	38	16	9	13	45	39	+6	41
8	Nice	38	14	11	13	39	44	−5	39
9	Monaco	38	9	19	10	49	42	+7	37
10	Lille	38	13	10	15	40	49	−9	36
11	Laval	38	11	13	14	39	47	−8	35
12	Marseille	38	11	12	15	43	39	+4	34
13	Rennes	38	12	10	16	36	41	−5	34
14	Brest	38	13	8	17	53	63	−10	34
15	Sochaux	38	11	12	15	47	57	−10	34
16	Toulon	38	9	15	14	43	46	−3	33
17	Le Havre	38	11	11	16	49	53	−4	33
18	Nancy (O)	38	13	7	18	45	51	−6	33	Qualification to relegation play-off^[b]
19	Strasbourg (R)	38	10	11	17	36	54	−18	31	Relegated to French Division 2
20	Bastia (R)	38	5	10	23	30	79	−49	20	Relegated to French Division 2

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
A win is worth 2 points, with 1 point for a draw and 0 for a loss.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Bordeaux qualified for 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1985–86 Coupe de France.
^ Nancy remained in Division 1 as winners of relegation play-off against Division 2 side Mulhouse.

Results[]

Home \ Away	AUX	BAS	BOR	BRS	LAV	LHA	RCL	LIL	OM	MET	ASM	NAL	FCN	NIC	PSG	REN	SOC	RCS	SCT	TFC
Auxerre		2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–1
Bastia	0–0		0–2	3–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–3	0–1	2–4	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–2
Bordeaux	0–0	2–2		4–0	2–1	5–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
Brest	1–3	7–0	0–1		2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–2
Laval	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0		2–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	3–2
Le Havre	3–3	5–2	0–1	2–0	1–1		3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	4–3	1–0
Lens	2–1	6–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	4–1		1–4	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–3	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0
Lille	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	0–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0
Marseille	2–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	4–0	1–1	3–3	1–0		0–0	2–2	2–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–3	1–1
Metz	2–0	3–0	2–3	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–3	4–0	3–0		3–2	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–1
AS Monaco	1–0	2–1	9–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–2	0–0	0–0		1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	3–0
Nancy	1–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–2	0–2	1–1		1–3	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	5–3	0–1
Nantes	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	5–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0		1–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–0
Nice	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0		0–0	2–1	2–0	5–1	2–1	3–1
PSG	4–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	5–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–2		1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	3–0
Rennes	4–1	3–1	0–0	0–4	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–3		0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1
Sochaux	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0		3–1	1–0	4–1
Strasbourg	1–3	6–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0		1–1	0–3
Toulon	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0		1–1
Toulouse	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	4–2	0–0	1–3	4–1	3–0	3–0	4–0

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

Top goalscorers[]

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Jules Bocandé	Senegal	Metz	23
2	Dominique Rocheteau	France	Paris Saint-Germain	19
-	Víctor Ramos	Argentina	Toulon	19
4	Vahid Halilhodžić	Yugoslavia	Nantes	18
5	Abdelkrim Merry Krimau	Morocco	Le Havre	17
6	Uwe Reinders	West Germany	Bordeaux	15
7	Gérard Buscher	France	Brest	14
-	Chérif Oudjani	Algeria	Laval	14
-		France	Brest	14
10	Bernard Genghini	France	AS Monaco	13
-	Bernard Bureau	France	Lille	13
12	Gérard Soler	France	Bastia (6) Lille (5)	11
-	Yannick Stopyra	France	Toulouse	11
-	Patrick Cubaynes	France	Bastia (4) Strasbourg (7)	11
15	Patrice Garande	France	Auxerre	10
-	Jean-Marc Ferreri	France	Auxerre	10
-	Venancio Ramos	Uruguay	Lens	10
-		France	Nancy	10
-	Stéphane Paille	France	Sochaux	10
-	François Brisson	France	Strasbourg	10
-	Jorge Domínguez (footballer)	Argentina	Nice	10
-	Safet Sušić	SFR Yugoslavia	Paris Saint-Germain	10
-	Albert Emon	France	Toulon	10
-	Alberto Márcico	Argentina	Toulouse	10
-	Gérald Passi	France	Toulouse	10

References[]

^ "Saison 1985/86". PSG70. Retrieved 28 March 2010.

[table_note_res_ECWC0.47561875892599-2] Bordeaux qualified for 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1985–86 Coupe de France.

[table_note_res_RP0.47561875892599-3] Nancy remained in Division 1 as winners of relegation play-off against Division 2 side Mulhouse.

[1] "Saison 1985/86". PSG70. Retrieved 28 March 2010.

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