1971–72 French Division 1

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

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 →

Teams

• AC Ajaccio
• Angers SCO
• AS Angoulême
• SEC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Lille OSC
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Paris Saint-Germain Football Club
• Red Star Paris
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais FC
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

Ajaccio

Angers

Angoulême

Bastia

Bordeaux

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

PSG

Red Star

Reims

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Location of teams in 1971–72 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or 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[a]
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 [fr][b]
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:

1. 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.
2. 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
	Hervé Revelli	Nice
8	François M'Pelé	Ajaccio	17
	Fleury Di Nallo	Lyon
	Jacques Bonnet	Nîmes
	Philippe Piat	Sochaux