1965–66 French Division 1
28th season of French Division 1
Football league season
| Season | 1965–66 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 August 1965 – 12 June 1966 |
| Champions | Nantes (2nd title) |
| Relegated | Cannes Red Star |
| European Cup | Nantes |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Strasbourg |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Bordeaux Toulouse FC Nice |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 1,190 (3.13 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Philippe Gondet (36 goals) |
← 1964–65 1966–67 → | |
FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1965/1966 of the French Association Football League with 60 points.
Participating teams
- Angers SCO
- Bordeaux
- AS Cannes
- RC Lens
- Lille OSC
- Olympique Lyonnais
- AS Monaco
- FC Nantes
- OGC Nice
- Nîmes Olympique
- Red Star Olympique
- Stade Rennais UC
- FC Rouen
- AS Saint-Etienne
- UA Sedan-Torcy
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
- Stade de Paris FC
- RC Strasbourg
- Toulouse FC (1937)
- US Valenciennes-Anzin
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 FC | 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 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 33 | |
| 18 | Lille | 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: 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:
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:
- ^ 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
- Stade de Reims: Champion of Division 2
- Olympique de Marseille: runner-up of Division 2
Merger at the end of the season
- UA Sedan-Torcy with RC Paris, become RC Paris-Sedan
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: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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 |
References
- Division 1 season 1965-1966 at pari-et-gagne.com
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