1973–74 French Division 1

Division 1

Season	1973–74
Dates	7 August 1973 – 25 May 1974
Champions	Saint-Étienne (7th title)
Relegated	Nancy Paris FC Sedan
European Cup	Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' Cup	Monaco
UEFA Cup	Nantes Lyon
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,151 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Bianchi (30 goals)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

AS Saint-Etienne won the 1973–74 edition of the French Association Football League Division 1 season with 66 points.

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• SEC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• RC Lens
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• AS Nancy
• FC Nantes
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Paris FC
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais FC
• AS Saint-Etienne
• CS Sedan
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg
• Troyes AF

Angers

Bastia

Bordeaux

Lens

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

Paris FC

Reims

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sedan

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Troyes

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Location of teams in 1973–74 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saint-Étienne (C)	38	23	9	6	74	40	+34	11	66	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Nantes	38	19	9	10	63	41	+22	11	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Lyon	38	18	11	9	64	51	+13	8	55
4	Angers	38	17	9	12	77	57	+20	11	54
5	Nice	38	16	10	12	71	55	+16	12	54
6	Reims	38	16	7	15	67	62	+5	11	50
7	Sochaux	38	17	8	13	59	46	+13	7	49
8	Strasbourg	38	13	11	14	62	67	−5	8	45
9	Nîmes	38	13	15	10	41	37	+4	3	44
10	Lens	38	14	8	16	58	65	−7	8	44
11	Metz	38	14	7	17	53	53	0	8	43
12	Marseille	38	13	9	16	58	62	−4	8	43
13	Rennes	38	16	8	14	42	47	−5	3	43
14	Bordeaux	38	11	12	15	55	57	−2	8	42
15	Bastia	38	14	8	16	44	49	−5	5	41
16	Monaco	38	11	11	16	64	73	−9	8	41	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
17	Troyes	38	11	11	16	52	63	−11	8	41
18	Nancy (R)	38	10	13	15	51	67	−16	8	41	Relegation to French Division 2
19	Paris FC (R)	38	9	9	20	54	79	−25	9	36
20	Sedan (R)	38	8	9	21	42	80	−38	3	28

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 1974/1975

• Lille: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group A
• Red Star Paris: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group B
• Paris Saint-Germain FC: Third place, winner of barrages

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	BAS	BOR	RCL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	NAL	NAN	NIC	NMS	PFC	REI	REN	STE	SED	SOC	RCS	TRO
Angers		1–2	4–3	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–3	4–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	4–0	4–0	2–4	3–3	6–1
Bastia	0–0		2–0	0–0	5–1	4–0	0–0	4–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–6	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0
Bordeaux	0–2	3–1		1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	6–1	3–0	0–1	0–5	2–1	1–1	2–2	4–1
Lens	1–1	3–1	0–1		1–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	3–0	2–3	4–2	1–1	3–1	0–0
Lyon	3–1	1–0	2–0	4–2		2–2	2–0	0–1	4–0	3–1	5–2	2–0	5–4	4–4	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	2–0
Marseille	2–2	2–1	3–1	5–2	1–1		3–1	0–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	6–1	2–3
Metz	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0		3–2	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	4–0	5–1	4–1	3–2	2–0	1–1
Monaco	1–2	3–3	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–1		3–3	1–4	1–1	0–2	3–0	3–3	2–0	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1
Nancy	0–3	2–0	0–2	3–2	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–1		1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	4–1	0–1	3–1	0–0
Nantes	1–0	3–0	3–1	4–0	1–2	4–1	2–2	2–1	0–0		1–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–0
Nice	4–0	3–0	2–1	2–4	4–1	3–0	4–0	3–2	1–1	1–1		2–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	4–1	7–2	2–2	3–2	1–1
Nîmes	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	4–3	1–0	0–0	0–0		1–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1
Paris FC	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	0–1	3–2	4–0	4–2	2–5	3–2	3–1		3–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–3	3–0	0–2
Reims	4–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	8–4	1–2	4–2	2–2	1–0	4–0		4–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	3–2
Rennes	1–2	1–2	4–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0		1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1
Saint-Étienne	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	6–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–2	0–0		4–1	2–0	3–3	2–0
Sedan	0–4	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–3	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	0–0		1–1	2–1	4–3
Sochaux	4–2	1–0	4–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	0–2	3–0		1–0	2–0
Strasbourg	2–2	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	0–4	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2		2–0
Troyes	3–2	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	4–4	1–0	2–2	0–0	4–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–3

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Bianchi	Reims	30
2	Marc Berdoll	Angers	29
3	Nico Braun	Metz	28
4	Delio Onnis	Monaco	26
5	Gérard Tonnel	Troyes AF	21
6	Josip Skoblar	Marseille	20
	Hervé Revelli	Saint-Étienne
8	Božidar Antić	Angers	18
	Éric Edwige	Angers
	François Félix	Paris FC

References

• Division 1 season 1973-1974 at pari-et-gagne.com