1971–72 French Division 1

34th season of French Division 1

Football league season

Division Nationale
Season	1971–72
Champions	Marseille (4th title)
Relegated	Lille Monaco Angoulême
European Cup	Marseille
Cup Winners' Cup	Bastia
UEFA Cup	Nîmes Sochaux Angers
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,087 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Josip Skoblar (30)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1971/1972 of the: French Association Football League with 56 points.

Teams※

Location of teams in 1971–72 Division 1

League table※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/relegation
1	Marseille (C)	38	24	8	6	78	37	+41	56	Qualification——to European Cup first round
2	Nîmes	38	21	9	8	76	37	+39	51	Qualification——to UEFA Cup first round
3	Sochaux	38	21	5	12	57	42	+15	47
4	Angers	38	19	7	12	56	40	+16	45
5	Lyon	38	18	9	11	58	45	+13	45
6	Saint-Étienne	38	20	4	14	81	59	+22	44
7	Nantes	38	17	9	12	70	48	+22	43
8	Nice	38	15	12	11	58	44	+14	42
9	Bastia	38	20	2	16	58	57	+1	42	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
10	Nancy	38	14	12	12	56	49	+7	40
11	Rennes	38	13	12	13	53	54	−1	38
12	Bordeaux	38	12	11	15	39	52	−13	35
13	Ajaccio	38	12	9	17	49	53	−4	33
14	Metz	38	13	7	18	44	49	−5	33
15	Reims	38	9	13	16	46	69	−23	31
16	Paris Saint-Germain (R)	38	10	10	18	51	67	−16	30	Administratively relegated to French Division 3 ※
17	Red Star	38	10	10	18	34	64	−30	30
18	Lille (R)	38	8	10	20	43	68	−25	26	Relegation to French Division 2
19	Monaco (R)	38	8	10	20	41	68	−27	26
20	Angoulême (R)	38	8	7	23	39	85	−46	23

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Bastia qualified for 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the——1971–72 Coupe de France as cup winners Marseille also won the "league." And qualified for the European Cup.
^ Paris Saint-Germain was administratively relegated to Division 3 due to the split from Paris FC.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1972/1973

US Valenciennes-Anzin: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
CS Sedan: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
RC Strasbourg: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group C

Results※

Home \ Away	ACA	ANG	ASA	BAS	BOR	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	NAL	NAN	NIC	NMS	PSG	RS	REI	REN	STE	SOC
Ajaccio		1–3	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	4–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–2
Angers	2–1		8–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0
Angoulême	1–3	1–0		2–1	3–0	3–3	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–5	1–1	0–3	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	3–4	0–0
Bastia	2–1	3–1	2–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	3–0	6–1
Bordeaux	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1		3–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–4	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1
Lille	3–1	0–1	4–2	1–0	0–0		0–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–3	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–3
Lyon	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–0		3–3	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–0	3–2	3–1	5–1	5–0	0–2	2–0	1–0
Marseille	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	3–0	3–0	1–1		3–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	4–2	6–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	3–0
Metz	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	4–0	1–0	1–3		4–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	0–4	0–1
Monaco	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–2		4–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–3
Nancy	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–0		1–0	3–2	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	0–0
Nantes	2–0	1–0	5–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–2		4–0	2–0	6–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	4–3	2–0
Nice	2–0	3–1	3–0	0–1	5–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1		4–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–2
Nîmes	2–0	1–0	3–0	6–2	1–1	5–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	5–1	0–0	4–0	2–0		4–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	2–1
Paris SG	1–1	0–1	3–0	4–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–4	2–3	1–1	1–1		4–1	2–4	1–1	1–3	1–0
Red Star	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–5	0–0		2–2	1–0	1–2	2–1
Reims	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–3	0–1		0–2	2–1	2–3
Rennes	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	5–2	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1		2–4	0–2
Saint-Étienne	1–1	0–1	4–0	5–3	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–3	0–1	5–1	9–1	4–2		0–1
Sochaux	3–1	2–0	4–1	6–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–2

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers※

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Josip Skoblar	Marseille	30
2	Salif Keita	Saint-Étienne	29
3	Jacques Vergnes	Nîmes	26
4	Delio Onnis	Reims	22
5	Angel Marcos	Nantes	20
6	Bernard Lacombe	Lyon	19
6	Hervé Revelli	Nice	19
8	François M'Pelé	Ajaccio	17
	Fleury Di Nallo	Lyon
	Jacques Bonnet	Nîmes
	Philippe Piat	Sochaux

References※

Division 1 season 1971-1972 at pari-et-gagne.com

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1971–72 in French football

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Domestic leagues	Division 1 Division 2
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Challenge des Champions [fr]
European	European Cup Men Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Division 1	Ajaccio Angers Angoulême Bastia Bordeaux Lille Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Nancy Nantes Nice Nîmes Paris Saint-Germain Red Star Reims Rennes Saint-Étienne Sochaux

International competition
Men	1971 Mediterranean Games

v t e 1971–72 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '71 '72 England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden '71 '72 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '71 '72

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