1995–96 French Division 1

58th season of French Division 1 Division 1 18 July 1995 – 18 May 1996 1995–96 Auxerre (1st title) GueugnonSaint-ÉtienneMartigues Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup Zinedine Zidane Sonny Anderson (21) 380 867 1994–95 1996–97 The 1995–96 Division 1 season was the 58th since its establishment. Auxerre won their first league title in history with 72 points. Participating teams Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux AS Cannes FC Gueugnon EA Guingamp Le Havre AC RC Lens Lille OSC Olympique Lyonnais FC Martigues FC Metz AS Monaco Montpellier HSC FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Paris Saint-Germain FC Stade Rennais FC AS Saint-Étienne RC Strasbourg France 350 right Location of teams in 1995–96 Division 1 France 47.786753 3.588664 Auxerre left France 42.39504 9.263343 Bastia left France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 43.553056 6.964608 Cannes left France 46.595086 4.056058 Gueugnon right France 48.566186 -3.164706 Guingamp left France 49.501942 0.171061 Le Havre France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens       bottom France 50.621137 3.157519 Lille right France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon France 43.407222 5.049444 Martigues bottom France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz right France 43.727606 7.415614 AS Monaco right France 43.61194 3.97722 Montpellier top France 47.255631 -1.525375 Nantes France 43.683328 7.25875 Nice bottom France 48.841422 2.393053 PSG France 48.107458 -1.712839 Rennes France 45.460767 4.490117 St-Étienne left France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom League table main WDL QR 5 AUX Auxerre PSG Paris Saint-Germain ASM Monaco MET Metz RCL Lens MHS Montpellier FCN Nantes REN Rennes RCS Strasbourg GUI Guingamp OL Lyon NIC Nice LHA Le Havre CAN Cannes BAS Bastia BOR Bordeaux LIL Lille FCG Gueugnon STE Saint-Étienne FCM Martigues 22 6 10 66 30 C 19 11 8 65 36 19 11 8 64 39 18 11 9 42 30 16 15 7 45 31 17 9 12 51 40 14 13 11 44 42 13 15 10 44 41 14 12 12 46 44 13 14 11 34 33 10 18 10 41 41 12 9 17 37 44 11 12 15 33 45 12 8 18 45 51 12 8 18 45 55 11 9 18 44 52 9 12 17 27 50 8 14 16 27 46 R 6 16 16 36 59 R 9 7 22 31 58 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLCF yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round CWC Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions. blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC UC UC #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage IC IC IC IC red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Ligue 1 Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1996/1997 SM Caen : champion of Ligue 2 Olympique Marseille : runners-up AS Nancy : 3rd place Results main FBR grey AUX BAS BOR CAN GUE GUI LHA RCL LIL OL MAR MET ASM MHS FCN NIC PSG REN STE RCS Auxerre 3–0 2–0 5–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 Bastia 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 Bordeaux 0–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–4 3–0 3–0 4–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 Cannes 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 5–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–3 Gueugnon 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 Guingamp 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 Le Havre 0–4 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 Lens 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 Lille 0–4 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–3 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 Lyon 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 3–3 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 Martigues 1–2 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–4 0–1 0–4 0–0 2–4 1–2 1–1 2–0 Metz 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 4–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 3–2 Monaco 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 5–1 Montpellier 3–1 4–3 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 Nantes 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 Nice 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 Paris SG 3–1 5–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–3 5–0 3–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 Rennes 2–1 2–0 4–3 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 Saint-Étienne 0–5 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–4 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 Strasbourg 1–0 4–3 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 complete Ligue 1 Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goalsfr Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1995-96 from L'Equipe (Archived from the original on 2011-8-25)1BRA Sonny AndersonMonaco212FRY Anto DrobnjakBastia203FRA Florian MauriceLyon184PAN Julio César Dely ValdesParis Saint-Germain15CHA Japhet N'DoramNantesFRA Sylvain WiltordRennes7BRA RaíParis Saint-Germain148FRA Youri DjorkaeffParis Saint-Germain13FRA Corentin MartinsAuxerre10LBR James DebbahNice 12FRA Christophe HorlavilleCannesFRA Lilian LaslandesAuxerre Attendances # Club Average 1 PSG 37,353 2 Lens 25,492 3 Nantes 24,475 4 Olympique lyonnais 22,251 5 Metz 16,003 6 Strasbourg 15,334 7 Girondins 14,764 8 Saint-Étienne 13,746 9 Stade rennais 13,031 10 Guingamp 11,496 11 AJA 11,015 12 MHSC 9,929 13 Le Havre 9,590 14 LOSC 8,676 15 Gueugnon 6,540 16 Monaco 6,308 17 Nice 5,429 18 Cannes 4,839 19 Bastia 4,816 20 Martigues 3,520Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1996.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 21, 2026 References External links France 1995/96 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1995–96 1 France