1965–66 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season1965–66
Dates21 August 1965 –
12 June 1966
ChampionsNantes (2nd title)
RelegatedCannes
Red Star
European CupNantes
Cup Winners' CupStrasbourg
Inter-Cities Fairs CupBordeaux
Toulouse FC
Nice
Matches played380
Goals scored1,190 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorerPhilippe Gondet
(36 goals)

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1965/1966 of the French Association Football League with 60 points.

Participating teams

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Location of teams in 1965–66 Division 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nantes (C) 38 26 8 4 84 36 +48 60 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Bordeaux 38 22 9 7 84 36 +48 53 Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3 Valenciennes 38 19 14 5 58 44 +14 52
4 Toulouse FC 38 19 8 11 61 46 +15 46 Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5 Saint-Étienne 38 19 7 12 85 62 +23 45
6 Rennes 38 18 6 14 80 70 +10 42
7 Sochaux 38 15 9 14 61 56 +5 39
8 Strasbourg 38 13 12 13 59 47 +12 38 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
9 Sedan 38 13 12 13 68 58 +10 38
10 Nice 38 16 4 18 66 59 +7 36 Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
11 Angers 38 13 10 15 68 66 +2 36
12 Lens 38 13 10 15 55 57 −2 36
13 Monaco 38 13 9 16 48 54 −6 35
14 Rouen 38 10 14 14 41 62 −21 34
15 Stade Français 38 10 13 15 45 57 −12 33
16 Lyon 38 12 9 17 43 56 −13 33
17 Nîmes 38 12 9 17 52 67 −15 33
18 Lille 38 12 6 20 51 71 −20 30
19 Cannes (R) 38 6 9 23 37 86 −49 21 Relegation to French Division 2
20 Red Star (R) 38 5 10 23 44 100 −56 20
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Strasbourg qualified for 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1965–66 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1966/1967

Merger at the end of the season

Results

Home \ Away 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
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Philippe Gondet Nantes 36
2 France Robert Herbin Saint-Étienne 26
3 France André Guy Lille 22
France Michel Lafranceschina Sochaux
5 France Argentina Hector De Bourgoing Bordeaux 21
Algeria Rachid Mekloufi Saint-Étienne
7 France Daniel Rodighiéro Rennes 20
8 France Laurent Robuschi Bordeaux 18
9 France Lucien Cossou Monaco 17
France Georges Lech Lens

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