1975–76 French Division 1

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1975/1976 of the French Association Football League with 57 points.

Division 1

Season	1975–76
Dates	7 August 1975 – 19 June 1976
Champions	Saint-Étienne (9th title)
Relegated	Monaco Strasbourg Avignon
European Cup	Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' Cup	Marseille
UEFA Cup	Nice Sochaux
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,145 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Bianchi (34 goals)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Participating teams

Avignon

Bastia

Bordeaux

Lens

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

PSG

Reims

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Troyes

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1975–76 Division 1

• Olympique Avignonnais
• SEC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• RC Lens
• Lille
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Paris Saint-Germain FC
• Stade de Reims
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg
• Troyes AF
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saint-Étienne (C)	38	18	15	5	69	38	+31	6	57	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Nice	38	17	13	8	67	40	+27	7	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Sochaux	38	16	14	8	59	50	+9	6	52
4	Nantes	38	15	14	9	67	44	+23	6	50
5	Reims	38	17	8	13	67	49	+18	5	47
6	Metz	38	18	4	16	72	62	+10	7	47
7	Nancy	38	14	10	14	67	59	+8	7	45
8	Bastia	38	14	13	11	59	53	+6	4	45
9	Marseille	38	20	1	17	60	60	0	1	42	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
10	Bordeaux	38	15	9	14	59	59	0	1	40
11	Nîmes	38	14	9	15	50	53	−3	3	40
12	Valenciennes	38	13	10	15	44	54	−10	4	40
13	Lille	38	14	8	16	59	73	−14	4	40
14	Paris Saint-Germain	38	13	11	14	63	60	+3	2	39
15	Lens	38	10	16	12	58	66	−8	2	38
16	Lyon	38	13	7	18	55	61	−6	4	37
17	Troyes	38	9	16	13	48	55	−7	3	37
18	Monaco (R)	38	12	9	17	53	73	−20	2	35	Relegation to French Division 2
19	Strasbourg (R)	38	9	11	18	39	56	−17	3	32
20	Avignon (R)	38	7	6	25	30	80	−50	0	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, a bonus of 1 point for scoring three or more goals in a match
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1976/1977

• Angers SCO: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• Stade Rennais FC: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
• Stade Lavallois: Third place, winner of barrages

Results

Home \ Away	OAV	BAS	BOR	RCL	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	NAL	NAN	NIC	NMS	PSG	REI	STE	SOC	RCS	TRO	VAL
Avignon		1–1	3–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–5	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–2
Bastia	2–0		2–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–3	3–2	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1
Bordeaux	2–1	3–0		2–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1
Lens	3–1	1–1	3–2		2–0	3–1	2–3	4–1	3–0	4–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1
Lille	4–0	2–0	3–2	4–2		2–1	4–3	1–1	3–3	1–2	1–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	5–1
Lyon	2–0	2–2	1–2	4–1	3–0		2–1	2–3	4–1	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1
Marseille	3–1	4–3	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–0		2–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	0–3	1–0	3–2	3–0
Metz	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	5–2	3–1	1–0		4–1	4–1	3–0	2–2	4–3	1–2	2–4	1–1	3–1	5–0	0–1	3–0
Monaco	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–4	1–0	2–1	2–0		1–0	4–4	4–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–1
Nancy	6–0	0–1	3–2	3–0	5–0	1–4	4–2	0–0	3–0		1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–1	0–0	5–1	1–1	0–0	3–3
Nantes	4–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	4–0	2–3	0–1	2–0	3–1	3–0		1–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–0
Nice	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	4–2	4–1	2–1	2–2		4–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	5–2	1–0
Nîmes	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	5–1	2–0	0–1	3–2	3–2	2–2	0–0	2–1		2–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–0
Paris SG	6–2	1–1	2–2	4–2	2–2	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–2	1–4	2–1	0–0	2–0		2–3	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–0
Reims	4–1	1–2	0–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		3–2	1–1	6–0	1–1	5–1
Saint-Étienne	4–0	4–2	5–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–1		2–0	2–1	3–0	2–0
Sochaux	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	4–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–4	1–0	1–1		1–1	2–2	3–0
Strasbourg	4–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–0	5–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–5	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–0		2–1	1–0
Troyes	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–4	2–2	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1		4–0
Valenciennes	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Bianchi	Reims	34
2	Delio Onnis	Monaco	29
3	Hugo Curioni	Metz	25
4	Michel Platini	Nancy	22
5	Robert Pintenat	Sochaux	21
6	Christian Coste	Lille	19
	Hector Yazalde	Marseille
8	Serge Chiesa	Lyon	18
9	Nico Braun	Metz	16
	Gilles Rampillon	Nantes

References

• Division 1 season 1975-1976 at pari-et-gagne.com