1965–66 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season1965–66
Dates21 August 1965 –
12 June 1966
ChampionsNantes (2nd title)
RelegatedCannes
Red Star
European CupNantes
Cup Winners' CupStrasbourg
Inter-Cities Fairs CupBordeaux
Toulouse FC
Nice
Matches380
Goals1,190 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorerPhilippe Gondet
(36 goals)

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1965/1966 of the French Association Football League with 60 points.

Participating teams

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nantes (C) 38 26 8 4 84 36 +48 60 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Bordeaux 38 22 9 7 84 36 +48 53 Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3 Valenciennes 38 19 14 5 58 44 +14 52
4 Toulouse 38 19 8 11 61 46 +15 46 Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5 Saint-Étienne 38 19 7 12 85 62 +23 45
6 Rennes 38 18 6 14 80 70 +10 42
7 Sochaux 38 15 9 14 61 56 +5 39
8 Strasbourg 38 13 12 13 59 47 +12 38 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
9 Sedan 38 13 12 13 68 58 +10 38
10 Nice 38 16 4 18 66 59 +7 36 Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
11 Angers 38 13 10 15 68 66 +2 36
12 Lens 38 13 10 15 55 57 −2 36
13 Monaco 38 13 9 16 48 54 −6 35
14 Rouen 38 10 14 14 41 62 −21 34
15 Stade Français 38 10 13 15 45 57 −12 33
16 Lyon 38 12 9 17 43 56 −13 33
17 Nîmes (O) 38 12 9 17 52 67 −15 33 Qualification to relegation play-offs
18 Lille (O) 38 12 6 20 51 71 −20 30
19 Cannes (R) 38 6 9 23 37 86 −49 21 Relegation to French Division 2
20 Red Star (R) 38 5 10 23 44 100 −56 20
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Strasbourg qualified for 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1965–66 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1966/1967

Merger at the end of the season

Results

Home \ Away ANG BOR CAN RCL LIL OL ASM NAN NIC NMS RS REN ROU STE SED SOC SFF RCS TOU VAL
Angers 0–0 4–1 3–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 5–3 6–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–1
Bordeaux 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 5–0 1–2 0–2 5–2 6–0 2–1 4–1 4–0 4–2 4–2 10–0 4–0 3–0 2–0
Cannes 2–5 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–6 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–8 2–1 1–1 0–4 2–1 5–3 0–1
Lens 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1
Lille 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–3 2–1 1–0 6–1
Lyon 2–1 1–4 2–0 3–2 6–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1
Monaco 1–3 0–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–3 4–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–3 0–2
Nantes 5–3 2–2 1–0 4–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 7–2 4–0 2–1 5–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1
Nice 5–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–0 4–2 1–2 0–0 4–1 4–0 3–2 6–0 4–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1
Nîmes 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–5 4–1 0–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 2–2
Red Star 0–2 2–0 3–2 1–2 6–4 2–2 2–0 0–3 2–3 3–3 0–2 0–1 1–5 3–3 1–1 1–5 2–2 1–1 2–0
Rennes 4–4 2–0 2–2 4–1 4–0 5–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 4–2 4–3 4–3 2–1 2–1 1–1
Rouen 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–3
Saint-Étienne 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 7–4 2–1 1–3 0–3 5–1 2–1 7–0 4–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 5–1 3–0 5–1
Sedan 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 5–2 3–1 4–4 4–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2
Sochaux 3–2 0–1 3–1 3–2 1–0 7–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–2 4–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1
Stade Français 2–1 2–4 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1
Strasbourg 1–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 7–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–3 5–1 4–0 2–2 0–0
Toulouse FC 1–0 0–0 6–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 6–5 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2
Valenciennes 4–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 4–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIL NMS BAS LIM
1 Lille 4 3 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Qualification to French Division 1 1–0 1–0
2 Nîmes 4 2 1 1 10 5 +5 5 3–2 7–0
3 Bastia 4 2 0 2 7 4 +3 4 Qualification to French Division 2 2–0 3–0
4 Limoges 4 0 1 3 0 11 −11 1 0–3 0–0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Philippe Gondet Nantes 36
2 Robert Herbin Saint-Étienne 26
3 André Guy Lille 22
Michel Lafranceschina Sochaux
5 Hector De Bourgoing Bordeaux 21
Rachid Mekloufi Saint-Étienne
7 Daniel Rodighiéro Rennes 20
8 Laurent Robuschi Bordeaux 18
9 Lucien Cossou Monaco 17
Georges Lech Lens

Attendances

# Club Average attendance
1 Nantes 16,707
2 Girondins 11,227
3 Stade rennais 10,724
4 Nice 9,450
5 Saint-Étienne 9,339
6 Strasbourg 8,900
7 Lens 8,631
8 LOSC 7,784
9 Rouen 7,624
10 Stade français 7,170
11 Valenciennes 7,100
12 Toulouse 7,042
13 Olympique lyonnais 7,020
14 Nîmes 7,000
15 Sedan 6,918
16 Angers 6,300
17 Red Star 6,000
18 Sochaux 5,512
19 Cannes 4,400
20 Monaco 2,700

Source:[1]

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