1965–66 French Division 1

28th season of French Division 1 Division Nationale 21 August 1965 –12 June 1966 1965–66 Nantes (2nd title) CannesRed Star European Cup Nantes Cup Winners' Cup Strasbourg Inter-Cities Fairs Cup BordeauxToulouse FCNice Philippe Gondet(36 goals) 380 1190 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 France 350 right Location of teams in 1965–66 Division 1 France 47.460427 -0.530804 Angers right France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 43.553056 6.964608 Cannes bottom France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens       bottom France 50.621137 3.157519 Lille right France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon top France 43.727606 7.415614 AS Monaco right France 47.255631 -1.525375 Nantes bottom France 43.673328 7.258756 Nice left France 43.8377777 4.36083333 Nîmes left France 48.9000 2.3333 Red Star top France 48.1147 -1.6794 Rennes right France 49.4439 1.1033 Rouen top France 45.460767 4.490117 St-Étienne left France 49.7025 4.9411 Sedan right France 47.512311 6.811345 Sochaux bottom France 48.84 2.2803 Stade de Paris bottom France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom France 43.583314 1.434047 Toulouse bottom France 50.348925 3.526847 Valenciennes right League table main WDL QR 2 NAN Nantes BOR Bordeaux VAL Valenciennes TFC Toulouse STE Saint-Étienne REN Rennes SOC Sochaux RCS Strasbourg SED Sedan NIC Nice ANG Angers RCL Lens ASM Monaco ROU Rouen SPF Stade Français OL Lyon NMS Nîmes LIL Lille CAN Cannes RED Red Star 26 8 4 84 36 C 22 9 7 84 36 19 14 5 58 44 19 8 11 61 46 19 7 12 85 62 18 6 14 80 70 15 9 14 61 56 13 12 13 59 47 13 12 13 68 58 16 4 18 66 59 13 10 15 68 66 13 10 15 55 57 13 9 16 48 54 10 14 14 41 62 10 13 15 45 57 12 9 17 43 56 12 9 17 52 67 O 12 6 20 51 71 O 6 9 23 37 86 R 5 10 23 44 100 R green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC blue1 Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ICFC ICFC ICFC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round Strasbourg qualified for 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1965–66 Coupe de France. CWC red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs PO PO red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points complete 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 main FBR grey 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 complete Relegation play-offs main WDL 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points 2 true August 2025 LIL, NMS, BAS, LIM complete 3 0 1 5 2 2 1 1 10 5 2 0 2 7 4 0 1 3 0 11 1-0 1-0 3-2 7-0 2-0 3-0 0-3 0-0 Lille Nîmes Bastia Limoges Q D1 D1 D2 D2 green1 Qualification to French Division 1 Qualification to French Division 2 Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1FRA Philippe GondetNantes362FRA Robert HerbinSaint-Étienne263FRA André GuyLille22FRA Michel LafranceschinaSochaux5FRA ARG Hector De BourgoingBordeaux21ALG Rachid MekloufiSaint-Étienne7FRA Daniel RodighiéroRennes208FRA Laurent RobuschiBordeaux189FRA Lucien CossouMonaco17FRA Georges LechLens Attendances # Club Average attendance 1 Nantes 16,707 2 Girondins 11,227 3 Stade rennais 10,724 4 Nice 9,450 5 Saint-Étienne 9,339 6 Strasbourg 8,900 7 Lens 8,631 8 LOSC 7,784 9 Rouen 7,624 10 Stade français 7,170 11 Valenciennes 7,100 12 Toulouse 7,042 13 Olympique lyonnais 7,020 14 Nîmes 7,000 15 Sedan 6,918 16 Angers 6,300 17 Red Star 6,000 18 Sochaux 5,512 19 Cannes 4,400 20 Monaco 2,700Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1966.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk August 18, 2026 References External links Division 1 season 1965-1966 at pari-et-gagne.com 1965–66 1 France