# 1976–77 French Division 1

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1976/1977 of the French Association Football League with 58 points.

## Participating teams

* Angers SCO
* SEC Bastia
* Bordeaux
* Stade Lavallois
* RC Lens
* Lille
* Olympique Lyonnais
* Olympique de Marseille
* FC Metz
* AS Nancy
* FC Nantes
* OGC Nice
* Nîmes Olympique
* Paris Saint-Germain FC
* Stade de Reims
* Stade Rennais FC
* AS Saint-Étienne
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* Troyes AF
* US Valenciennes-Anzin

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Nantes (C) | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 80 | 40 | +40 | 58 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Lens | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 73 | 53 | +20 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Bastia | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 82 | 53 | +29 | 47 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Nancy | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 78 | 53 | +25 | 45 | |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 45 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Lyon | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 44 | |
| 7 | Nice | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 44 | |
| 8 | Metz | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 43 | |
| 9 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 42 | |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 38 | |
| 11 | Reims | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 36 | |
| 12 | Marseille | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 36 | |
| 13 | Nîmes | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 34 | |
| 14 | Sochaux | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 34 | |
| 15 | Troyes | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 33 | |
| 16 | Laval | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 32 | |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 31 | |
| 18 | Angers (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 27 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 19 | Lille (R) | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 21 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Rennes (R) | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 43 | 79 | −36 | 21 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
* ↑ Saint-Etienne qualified for 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1976–77 Coupe de France.
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1977/1978
* RC Strasbourg: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
* AS Monaco: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
* FC Rouen: Third place, winner of barrages

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANG | BAS | BOR | LVL | RCL | LIL | OL | OM | MET | NAL | NAN | NIC | NMS | PSG | REI | REN | STE | SOC | TRO | VAL |
| Angers | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Bastia | 5–1 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Bordeaux | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Laval | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Lens | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Lille | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Lyon | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Marseille | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Metz | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Nancy | 1–1 | 4–1 | 7–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Nantes | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Nice | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Nîmes | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Paris SG | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Reims | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Rennes | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Saint-Étienne | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| Sochaux | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Troyes | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Valenciennes | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Carlos Bianchi | Reims | 28 |
| 2 | Michel Platini | Nancy | 25 |
| 3 | Nico Braun | Metz | 23 |
| 4 | Hugo Curioni | Metz | 22 |
| 4 | Mustapha Dahleb | Paris Saint-Germain | 22 |
| 6 | Dragan Džajić | Bastia | 21 |
| 6 | François Félix | Bastia | 21 |
| 6 | Bernard Lacombe | Lyon | 21 |
| 9 | Jacques Vergnes | Laval | 19 |
| 9 | Nenad Bjeković | Nice | 19 |