1959–60 French Division 1

22nd season of French Division 1 Division Nationale 1959–60 1958–59 1960–61 Stade de Reims won Division 1 season 1959/1960 of the French Association Football League with 60 points. Participating teams Angers SCO Bordeaux Le Havre AC RC Lens Limoges FC Olympique Lyonnais AS Monaco OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique RC Paris Stade de Reims Stade Rennais UC AS Saint-Etienne UA Sedan-Torcy FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Stade Français FC RC Strasbourg SC Toulon Toulouse FC US Valenciennes-Anzin France 350 right Location of teams in 1959–60 Division 1 France 47.460427 -0.530804 Angers right France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux France 49.501942 0.171061 Le Havre left France 45.8112 1.3184 Limoges left France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens       bottom France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon top France 43.727606 7.415614 AS Monaco right France 43.683328 7.25875 Nice bottom France 43.8377777 4.36083333 Nîmes top France 48.929444 2.248056 RC Paris left France 49.246389 4.025 Reims bottom France 48.1147 -1.6794 Rennes right France 45.460767 4.390117 St. Étienne left France 49.7025 4.9411 Sedan right France 47.512417 6.8112 Sochaux left France 48.84 2.2803 Stade Français bottom France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom France 43.126 5.902 Toulon bottom France 43.583314 1.434047 Toulouse bottom France 50.348925 3.526847 Valenciennes right Final table main WDL QR 2 y REI Reims NMS Nîmes RCP Racing Paris ASM Monaco TFC Toulouse RCL Lens LHA Le Havre VAL Valenciennes NIC Nice LFC Limoges SED Sedan STE Saint-Étienne ANG Angers SFF Stade Français REN Rennes OL Lyon SOC Sochaux RCS Strasbourg SCT Toulon BOR Bordeaux 26 8 4 109 46 C 22 9 7 78 43 19 11 8 118 56 19 7 12 70 45 19 6 13 74 61 18 8 12 55 57 15 12 11 63 68 16 8 14 65 60 17 6 15 71 74 14 10 14 46 46 12 13 13 62 62 12 12 14 62 65 13 10 15 60 67 14 6 18 59 70 13 7 18 47 59 10 11 17 41 52 8 11 19 40 67 R 9 7 22 50 85 R 9 7 22 55 92 R 7 7 24 52 102 R green1 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round EC blue1 Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ICFC red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R R R R Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points complete April 2025 Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1960/1961 FC Grenoble: Champion of Division 2 FC Nancy: runner-up of Division 2 FC Rouen: Third place AS Troyes-Savinienne: Fourth place Results main FBR grey ANG BOR LHA RCL LFC OL ASM NIC NMS RCP REI REN STE SED SOC SFF RCS SCT TOU VAL Angers 4–1 4–2 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 6–1 2–0 3–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 Bordeaux 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 4–2 0–3 1–3 1–5 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–4 6–4 3–3 0–1 2–1 3–5 3–7 Le Havre 5–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–3 2–2 2–2 4–2 0–0 3–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–3 3–2 Lens 4–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–5 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 6–2 4–0 1–0 Limoges 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 8–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 Lyon 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 Monaco 2–1 5–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 3–3 2–2 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–2 1–3 3–0 1–0 Nice 1–5 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–3 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–5 1–4 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–3 2–3 4–2 1–0 1–1 Nîmes 1–1 4–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 5–1 5–1 0–2 0–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 3–0 Racing Paris 4–1 6–1 9–0 3–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–3 0–2 4–0 2–3 8–0 1–1 2–2 7–1 1–3 6–4 Reims 6–0 8–2 8–2 5–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 5–0 3–0 5–2 2–1 Rennes 2–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 4–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 Saint-Étienne 1–1 4–2 3–1 6–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–4 2–5 2–1 3–3 0–3 1–1 7–3 3–1 3–3 3–1 Sedan 2–0 2–3 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 1–4 1–3 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–4 2–2 Sochaux 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–6 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 Stade Français 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 3–2 2–3 0–0 3–3 0–3 1–2 3–2 1–5 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 Strasbourg 4–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–4 1–3 2–5 1–3 1–1 3–0 3–3 0–1 2–5 3–2 2–0 0–0 Toulon 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–4 0–1 1–2 Toulouse 5–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 6–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 Valenciennes 3–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–4 0–2 4–3 3–1 1–4 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 5–3 complete April 2025 Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1FRA Just FontaineReims282FRA Thadée CisowskiRacing Paris273FRA Ginès LironSaint-Étienne234MAR Hassan AkesbiNîmes22FRA Bernard RahisNîmesNED Petrus Van RhijnStade FrançaisFRA HUN Joseph UjlakiRacing Paris8FRA Laurent RobuschiBordeaux209FRA Roger PiantoniReims1810FRA CIV Jean TopkaRacing Paris17FRA Ernie SchultzToulouse FC Attendances # Club Average 1 Racing 16,804 2 Reims 11,554 3 Stade français 10,575 4 Le Havre 10,531 5 Stade rennais 10,004 6 Saint-Étienne 9,698 7 Girondins 9,650 8 Nice 9,483 9 Limoges 9,463 10 Nîmes 8,979 11 Olympique lyonnais 8,325 12 Toulouse 8,234 13 Lens 7,743 14 Toulon 7,622 15 Valenciennes 7,540 16 Strasbourg 7,075 17 Angers 6,604 18 Sochaux 5,490 19 Sedan 4,301 20 Monaco 3,081Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1960.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 31, 2026 References External links Division 1 season 1959-1960, Pari-et-gagne.com 1959–60 1 France