1965–66 French Division 1

Division Nationale

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

Angers

Bordeaux

Cannes

Lens      

Lille

Lyon

AS Monaco

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

Red Star

Rennes

Rouen

St-Étienne

Sedan

Sochaux

Stade de Paris

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1965–66 Division 1

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
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:

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.

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