1972–73 French Division 1

35th season of French Division 1 Division 1 1972–73 Nantes (3rd title) ValenciennesRed StarAjaccio European Cup Nantes Cup Winners' Cup Lyon UEFA Cup NiceMarseille Josip Skoblar (26) 380 1050 1971–72 1973–74 FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1972/1973 of the French Association Football League with 55 points. Participating teams AC Ajaccio Angers SCO SEC Bastia Bordeaux Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Nancy FC Nantes OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique Paris FC Red Star Paris Stade de Reims Stade Rennais FC AS Saint-Etienne CS Sedan FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg US Valenciennes-Anzin France 350 right Location of teams in 1972–73 Division 1 France 41.92667 8.73694 Ajaccio bottom France 47.460427 -0.530804 Angers right France 42.7008 9.4503 Bastia bottom France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon top France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz 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 Paris FC 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 49.7025 4.9411 Sedan right France 47.512311 6.811345 Sochaux bottom France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom France 50.348925 3.526847 Valenciennes left League table main WDL QR 2 NAN Nantes NIC Nice OM Marseille STE Saint-Étienne ANG Angers NAL Nancy NMS Nîmes REI Reims BAS Bastia REN Rennes SOC Sochaux PAR Paris FC OL Lyon BOR Bordeaux MET Metz RCS Strasbourg SED Sedan VAL Valenciennes RED Red Star ACA Ajaccio 23 9 6 67 31 C 20 10 8 70 44 19 10 9 64 37 18 10 10 64 47 16 11 11 52 47 16 10 12 59 47 16 10 12 48 39 15 11 12 50 47 15 8 15 59 41 14 10 14 46 53 12 13 13 56 54 13 10 15 54 58 14 7 17 62 67 12 11 15 49 55 13 9 16 44 52 9 12 17 42 62 11 8 19 49 71 9 10 19 37 51 R 7 14 17 38 58 R 7 9 22 40 89 R green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round Lyon qualified for 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1972–73 Coupe de France. CWC red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R 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 1973/1974 RC Lens: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group A Troyes AF: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group B AS Monaco: Third place, winner of barrages Results main FBR grey ACA ANG BAS BOR OL OM MET NAL NAN NIC NMS PFC RS REI REN STE SED SOC RCS VAL Ajaccio 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–3 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 Angers 4–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 5–1 Bastia 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–3 3–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 Bordeaux 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 6–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 Lyon 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–4 3–0 2–2 2–4 1–2 1–0 5–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 4–0 1–0 Marseille 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 5–2 5–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 Metz 7–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 Nancy 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 Nantes 6–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–3 6–2 1–0 Nice 5–3 2–4 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 6–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 4–2 4–1 3–0 4–1 Nîmes 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 Paris FC 3–1 1–2 2–0 4–3 5–1 1–3 1–3 3–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 Red Star 3–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 3–3 0–0 1–0 Reims 0–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 Rennes 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–3 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 Saint-Étienne 3–1 5–0 2–1 6–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 5–1 3–2 Sedan 5–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–5 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 Sochaux 4–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 0–1 5–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 Strasbourg 6–0 0–0 0–4 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–2 1–1 Valenciennes 3–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 5–1 0–0 1–2 complete Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goalshttp://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballClassementChampionnat305_BUT_1.html Football: D1 38ème journée, le classement des buteurs Lequipe.fr 6 August 20261YUG Josip SkoblarMarseille262FRA Bernard LacombeLyon233FRA Hervé RevelliNice224NED Dick van DijkNice205FRA Nestor CombinMetz186COG François M'PeléAjaccio17FRA François FélixBastiaFRA Fleury Di NalloLyonARG Delio OnnisReims10FRA Louis FlochParis FC16FRA Antoine KuszowskiNancyFRA Patrick RevelliSaint-Étienne Attendances # Club Average 1 Marseille 20,681 2 Nantes 16,467 3 Nice 14,367 4 Paris FC 13,202 5 Saint-Étienne 11,887 6 Strasbourg 11,347 7 Reims 10,697 8 Stade rennais 10,222 9 Nancy 10,188 10 Red Star 8,815 11 Metz 8,108 12 Nîmes 8,072 13 Olympique lyonnais 7,980 14 Girondins 7,241 15 Angers 6,276 16 Valenciennes 5,720 17 Sedan 5,548 18 Sochaux 4,642 19 Bastia 3,578 20 Ajaccio 2,241Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1973.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 6 August 2026 References External links Division 1 season 1972-1973 at pari-et-gagne.com Association football France 1972–73 1 France