1971–72 French Division 1

34th season of French Division 1 Division Nationale 1971–72 Marseille (4th title) LilleMonacoAngoulême European Cup Marseille Cup Winners' Cup Bastia UEFA Cup NîmesSochauxAngers Josip Skoblar (30) 380 1087 1970–71 1972–73 Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1971/1972 of the French Association Football League with 56 points. Teams AC Ajaccio Angers SCO AS Angoulême SEC Bastia Bordeaux Lille OSC Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco AS Nancy FC Nantes OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique Paris Saint-Germain Football Club Red Star Paris Stade de Reims Stade Rennais FC AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux-Montbéliard France 350 right Location of teams in 1971–72 Division 1 France 41.92667 8.73694 Ajaccio bottom France 47.460427 -0.530804 Angers right France 45.641894 0.176128 Angoulême bottom France 42.7008 9.4503 Bastia bottom France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 50.621137 3.157519 Lille right France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon top France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz right France 43.727606 7.415614 Monaco right France 48.6955 6.210687 Nancy right France 47.255631 -1.525375 Nantes bottom France 43.673328 7.258756 Nice left France 43.8377777 4.36083333 Nîmes left France 48.841422 2.393053 PSG France 48.9000 2.3333 Red Star left France 49.246389 4.025 Reims right France 48.1147 -1.6794 Rennes right France 45.460767 4.490117 St-Étienne left France 47.512311 6.811345 Sochaux bottom League table main WDL 5 QR 2 OM Marseille NMS Nîmes SOC Sochaux ANG Angers OL Lyon STE Saint-Étienne NAN Nantes NIC Nice BAS Bastia NAL Nancy REN Rennes BOR Bordeaux ACA Ajaccio MET Metz REI Reims PSG Paris Saint-Germain RED Red Star LIL Lille ASM Monaco ASA Angoulême 24 8 6 78 37 C 21 9 8 76 37 21 5 12 57 42 19 7 12 56 40 18 9 11 58 45 20 4 14 81 59 17 9 12 70 48 15 12 11 58 44 20 2 16 58 57 14 12 12 56 49 13 12 13 53 54 12 11 15 39 52 12 9 17 49 53 13 7 18 44 49 9 13 16 46 69 10 10 18 51 67 R 10 10 18 34 64 8 10 20 43 68 R 8 10 20 41 68 R 8 7 23 39 85 R green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC UC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round Bastia qualified for 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1971–72 Coupe de France as cup winners Marseille also won the league and qualified for the European Cup. CWC red1 Administratively relegated to Division 3 [fr] Paris Saint-Germain were administratively relegated to Division 3 following their split from Paris FC at the end of the season. R1 red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R2 R2 R2 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points complete Histoire du PSG Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1972/1973 US Valenciennes-Anzin: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B CS Sedan: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A RC Strasbourg: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group C Results main FBR grey ACA ANG ASA BAS BOR LIL OL OM MET ASM NAL NAN NIC NMS PSG RS REI REN STE SOC Ajaccio 1–3 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 Angers 2–1 8–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 Angoulême 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–3 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–5 1–1 0–3 3–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–4 0–0 Bastia 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 6–1 Bordeaux 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 Lille 3–1 0–1 4–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–3 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–3 Lyon 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–2 3–2 1–3 2–0 3–2 3–1 5–1 5–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 Marseille 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–2 6–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–0 Metz 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 4–0 1–0 1–3 4–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–4 0–1 Monaco 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–2 4–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 Nancy 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 Nantes 2–0 1–0 5–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 6–0 1–1 0–2 4–0 4–3 2–0 Nice 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 5–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 Nîmes 2–0 1–0 3–0 6–2 1–1 5–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 5–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 Paris SG 1–1 0–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 4–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–4 2–3 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–4 1–1 1–3 1–0 Red Star 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–5 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 Reims 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–3 Rennes 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 5–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–4 0–2 Saint-Étienne 1–1 0–1 4–0 5–3 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–3 0–1 5–1 9–1 4–2 0–1 Sochaux 3–1 2–0 4–1 6–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 complete Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1YUG Josip SkoblarMarseille302MLI Salif KeitaSaint-Étienne293FRA Jacques VergnesNîmes264ARG Delio OnnisReims225ARG Angel MarcosNantes206FRA Bernard LacombeLyon19FRA Hervé RevelliNice8COG François M'PeléAjaccio17FRA Fleury Di NalloLyonFRA Jacques BonnetNîmesFRA Philippe PiatSochaux Attendances # Club Average 1 Marseille 22,864 2 Saint-Étienne 13,440 3 Nantes 11,678 4 Olympique lyonnais 11,625 5 Stade rennais 10,652 6 Nice 10,188 7 LOSC 10,059 8 Paris FC 10,030 9 Reims 10,027 10 Nancy 9,888 11 Nîmes 9,887 12 Metz 9,424 13 Red Star 8,273 14 Sochaux 7,280 15 Girondins 7,167 16 Angers 6,020 17 Bastia 4,030 18 Angoulême 3,539 19 Ajaccio 3,076 20 Monaco 2,534Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1972.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 31, 2026 References External links Division 1 season 1971-1972, Pari-et-gagne.com Association football France 1971–72 1 France