1995–96 French Division 1

58th season of French Division 1

Football league season

Division 1
Season	1995–96
Dates	18 July 1995 – 18 May 1996
Champions	Auxerre (1st title)
Relegated	Gueugnon Saint-Étienne Martigues
Matches played	380
Goals scored	867 (2.28 per match)
Best Player	Zinedine Zidane
Top goalscorer	Sonny Anderson (21)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Division 1 season was the 58th since its establishment. Auxerre won their first league title in history with 72 points.

Participating teams

Auxerre
Bastia
Bordeaux
AS Cannes
FC Gueugnon
EA Guingamp
Le Havre AC
RC Lens
Lille OSC
Olympique Lyonnais
FC Martigues
FC Metz
AS Monaco
Montpellier HSC
FC Nantes Atlantique
OGC Nice
Paris Saint-Germain FC
Stade Rennais FC
AS Saint-Étienne
RC Strasbourg

Lens

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Location of teams in 1995–96 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Auxerre (C)	38	22	6	10	66	30	+36	72	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	19	11	8	65	36	+29	68	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Monaco	38	19	11	8	64	39	+25	68	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Metz	38	18	11	9	42	30	+12	65
5	Lens	38	16	15	7	45	31	+14	63
6	Montpellier	38	17	9	12	51	40	+11	60
7	Nantes	38	14	13	11	44	42	+2	55	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
8	Rennes	38	13	15	10	44	41	+3	54
9	Strasbourg	38	14	12	12	46	44	+2	54
10	Guingamp	38	13	14	11	34	33	+1	53
11	Lyon	38	10	18	10	41	41	0	48
12	Nice	38	12	9	17	37	44	−7	45
13	Le Havre	38	11	12	15	33	45	−12	45
14	Cannes	38	12	8	18	45	51	−6	44
15	Bastia	38	12	8	18	45	55	−10	44
16	Bordeaux	38	11	9	18	44	52	−8	42
17	Lille	38	9	12	17	27	50	−23	39
18	Gueugnon (R)	38	8	14	16	27	46	−19	38	Relegation to French Division 2
19	Saint-Étienne (R)	38	6	16	16	36	59	−23	34
20	Martigues (R)	38	9	7	22	31	58	−27	34

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1996/1997

SM Caen : champion of Ligue 2
Olympique Marseille : runners-up
AS Nancy : 3rd place

Results

Home \ Away	AUX	BAS	BOR	CAN	GUE	GUI	LHA	RCL	LIL	OL	MAR	MET	ASM	MHS	FCN	NIC	PSG	REN	STE	RCS
Auxerre		3–0	2–0	5–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Bastia	1–1		2–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–2	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–1
Bordeaux	0–1	1–3		2–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–4	3–0	3–0	4–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–1
Cannes	0–1	1–0	1–1		2–0	3–0	0–0	5–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	3–0	2–0	0–3
Gueugnon	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1		2–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–1
Guingamp	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0		2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0
Le Havre	0–4	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0		1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0
Lens	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0		1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–0
Lille	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	1–3		2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0
Lyon	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1		5–1	1–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1
Martigues	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2		0–1	0–4	0–1	0–4	0–0	2–4	1–2	1–1	2–0
Metz	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–0		0–3	1–0	0–0	4–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	3–2
Monaco	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1		3–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	5–1
Montpellier	3–1	4–3	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0		1–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–2
Nantes	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0		1–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–0
Nice	1–3	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–0		1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2
Paris SG	3–1	5–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–3	5–0	3–2		1–1	4–0	2–0
Rennes	2–1	2–0	4–3	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1		3–0	0–0
Saint-Étienne	0–5	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0		2–0
Strasbourg	1–0	4–3	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1

Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Sonny Anderson	Monaco	21
2	Anto Drobnjak	Bastia	20
3	Florian Maurice	Lyon	18
4	Julio César Dely Valdes	Paris Saint-Germain	15
	Japhet N'Doram	Nantes
	Sylvain Wiltord	Rennes
7	Raí	Paris Saint-Germain	14
8	Youri Djorkaeff	Paris Saint-Germain	13
8	Corentin Martins	Auxerre	13
10	James Debbah	Nice	12
	Christophe Horlaville	Cannes
	Lilian Laslandes	Auxerre

References

^ (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1995-96 from L'Equipe (Archived from the original on 2011-8-25)

External links

France 1995/96 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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1995–96 in French football

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Domestic leagues	Division 1 Division 2 National 1
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions
European	Champions League Men Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Division 1	Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux Cannes Gueugnon Guingamp Le Havre Lens Lille Lyon Martigues Metz Monaco Montpellier Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Strasbourg
Division 2	Marseille

International competition
Men	UEFA Euro 1996 Group B UEFA Euro 1996 knockout stage

v t e 1995–96 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '95 '96 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '95 '96 Finland '95 '96 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '95 '96 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '95 '96 Latvia '95 '96 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '95 '96 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '95 '96 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '95 '96 Finland '95 '96 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '95 '96 Israel Italy Latvia '95 '96 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '95 '96 France Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup