1966–67 French Division 1

Division Nationale

Season	1966–67
Dates	18 August 1966 – 11 June 1967
Champions	Saint-Étienne (3rd title)
Relegated	Nîmes Reims Stade Français
European Cup	Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' Cup	Lyon
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Bordeaux Nice
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,003 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hervé Revelli (31 goals)
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1966/1967 of the French Association Football League with 54 points.

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• Bordeaux
• RC Lens
• Lille OSC
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• AS Monaco
• FC Nantes
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais UC
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Etienne
• RC Paris-Sedan
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Stade de Paris FC
• RC Strasbourg
• Toulouse FC (1937)
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Angers

Bordeaux

Lens      

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

AS Monaco

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

Reims

Rennes

Rouen

St-Étienne

RC Paris-Sedan

Sochaux

Stade de Paris

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1966–67 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saint-Étienne (C)	38	24	6	8	82	37	+45	54	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Nantes	38	17	16	5	81	51	+30	50
3	Angers	38	14	16	8	66	46	+20	44
4	Bordeaux	38	16	11	11	53	43	+10	43	Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5	RC Paris-Sedan	38	13	16	9	58	50	+8	42
6	Nice	38	17	7	14	53	55	−2	41	Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
7	Valenciennes	38	15	10	13	42	37	+5	40
8	Lens	38	15	10	13	58	55	+3	40
9	Marseille	38	13	13	12	44	45	−1	39
10	Lille	38	15	8	15	48	50	−2	38
11	Rennes	38	14	9	15	59	56	+3	37
12	Strasbourg	38	14	8	16	54	52	+2	36
13	Sochaux	38	11	13	14	43	53	−10	35
14	Monaco	38	10	14	14	44	44	0	34
15	Lyon	38	10	14	14	40	56	−16	34	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
16	Rouen	38	11	11	16	37	44	−7	33
17	Toulouse FC	38	10	12	16	40	52	−12	32
18	Nîmes (R)	38	12	8	18	43	64	−21	32	Relegation to French Division 2
19	Reims (R)	38	11	8	19	40	66	−26	30
20	Stade Français (R)	38	6	14	18	18	47	−29	26

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 1967/1968

• AC Ajaccio: Champion of Division 2
• FC Metz: runner-up of Division 2
• AS Aixoise: 4th place, SEC Bastia (3rd) stay in Division 2

Merger at the end of the season

• Toulouse FC (1937) with Red Star Olympique, become Red Star FC

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	BOR	RCL	LIL	OL	OM	ASM	NAN	NIC	NMS	REI	REN	ROU	STE	RPS	SOC	SFF	RCS	TOU	VAL
Angers		2–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	5–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	5–2	0–3	2–5	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1
Bordeaux	1–4		1–1	1–3	4–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–5	1–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	0–0
Lens	1–1	3–2		1–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	4–0	1–3	2–1	5–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–0
Lille	0–0	1–2	2–1		0–1	0–0	2–1	2–4	3–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	6–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0
Lyon	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1		2–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0
Marseille	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	4–1		1–2	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–1
Monaco	1–5	1–1	2–1	3–0	4–0	0–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	5–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2
Nantes	2–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	5–2	3–3	2–1		4–1	5–3	6–2	1–0	0–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–2	3–1
Nice	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	4–3	0–0	0–0	3–1		4–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–2	5–1	1–4	0–0	2–1	3–1	5–2
Nîmes	1–4	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–1		2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–2
Reims	0–3	4–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1		2–4	1–0	1–2	1–4	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–0
Rennes	2–3	0–1	3–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–1	3–0	3–0		2–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	4–3	1–2	1–0
Rouen	1–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	3–2	5–1	0–0	3–3	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0		0–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1
Saint-Étienne	4–2	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	7–0	3–1	3–0	4–1	3–0		1–0	1–0	7–1	2–1	3–0	3–1
RC Paris-Sedan	1–1	0–3	3–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–3	0–1	2–2	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–0		1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0
Sochaux	2–5	1–1	2–5	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–3	1–0		3–0	1–0	1–0	0–1
Stade Français	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–3		0–0	0–0	0–2
Strasbourg	0–0	0–3	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	5–0	5–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0		4–0	4–1
Toulouse FC	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–2	0–0	1–1		0–2
Valenciennes	0–0	0–1	1–3	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hervé Revelli	Saint-Étienne	31
2	Georges Lech	Lens	25
3	André Guy	Lille	20
	Daniel Rodighiéro	Rennes
5	Philippe Levavasseur	RC Paris-Sedan	17
6	Michel Margottin	Angers	16
	Philippe Piat	Monaco
	Jean-Pierre Serra	Nice
9	Claude Dubaele	Angers	15
	Joseph Yegba Maya	Marseille
	Jean-Pierre Guinot	Valenciennes

References

• Division 1 season 1966-1967 at pari-et-gagne.com