# 1975–76 French Division 1

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1975/1976 of the French Association Football League with 57 points.

## Participating teams

* Olympique Avignonnais
* SEC Bastia
* Bordeaux
* RC Lens
* Lille
* Olympique Lyonnais
* Olympique de Marseille
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* AS Nancy
* FC Nantes
* OGC Nice
* Nîmes Olympique
* Paris Saint-Germain FC
* Stade de Reims
* AS Saint-Etienne
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* RC Strasbourg
* Troyes AF
* US Valenciennes-Anzin

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Saint-Étienne (C) | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 6 | 57 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Nice | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 7 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Sochaux | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 6 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Nantes | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 67 | 44 | +23 | 6 | 50 | |
| 5 | Reims | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 5 | 47 | |
| 6 | Metz | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 72 | 62 | +10 | 7 | 47 | |
| 7 | Nancy | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 67 | 59 | +8 | 7 | 45 | |
| 8 | Bastia | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 4 | 45 | |
| 9 | Marseille | 38 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 42 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 40 | |
| 11 | Nîmes | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 3 | 40 | |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 4 | 40 | |
| 13 | Lille | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 59 | 73 | −14 | 4 | 40 | |
| 14 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 2 | 39 | |
| 15 | Lens | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 2 | 38 | |
| 16 | Lyon | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 4 | 37 | |
| 17 | Troyes | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 3 | 37 | |
| 18 | Monaco (R) | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 53 | 73 | −20 | 2 | 35 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 19 | Strasbourg (R) | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 3 | 32 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Avignon (R) | 38 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 80 | −50 | 0 | 20 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
* ↑ Marseille qualified for 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1975–76 Coupe de France.
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1976/1977
* Angers SCO: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
* Stade Rennais FC: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
* Stade Lavallois: Third place, winner of barrages

## Results

| Home \ Away | OAV | BAS | BOR | RCL | LIL | OL | OM | MET | ASM | NAL | NAN | NIC | NMS | PSG | REI | STE | SOC | RCS | TRO | VAL |
| Avignon | | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Bastia | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Bordeaux | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Lens | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Lille | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Lyon | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Marseille | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Metz | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Monaco | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 4–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Nancy | 6–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 |
| Nantes | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Nice | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 |
| Nîmes | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Paris SG | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Reims | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Saint-Étienne | 4–0 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Sochaux | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Strasbourg | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Troyes | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 |
| Valenciennes | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Carlos Bianchi | Reims | 34 |
| 2 | Delio Onnis | Monaco | 29 |
| 3 | Hugo Curioni | Metz | 25 |
| 4 | Michel Platini | Nancy | 22 |
| 5 | Robert Pintenat | Sochaux | 21 |
| 6 | Christian Coste | Lille | 19 |
| 6 | Hector Yazalde | Marseille | 19 |
| 8 | Serge Chiesa | Lyon | 18 |
| 9 | Nico Braun | Metz | 16 |
| 9 | Gilles Rampillon | Nantes | 16 |