# 1964–65 French Division 1

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1964/1965 of the French Association Football League with 43 points.

## Participating teams

* Angers SCO
* Bordeaux
* RC Lens
* Lille OSC
* Olympique Lyonnais
* AS Monaco
* FC Nantes
* Nîmes Olympique
* Stade Rennais UC
* FC Rouen
* AS Saint-Étienne
* UA Sedan-Torcy
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* Stade Français FC
* RC Strasbourg
* SC Toulon
* Toulouse FC (1937)
* US Valenciennes-Anzin

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Nantes (C) | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 66 | 45 | +21 | 43 | European Cup |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 41 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Valenciennes | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 40 | |
| 4 | Rennes | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 38 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (Winner of Coupe de France) |
| 5 | Strasbourg | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 38 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 6 | Lyon | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 36 | |
| 7 | Saint-Étienne | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 35 | |
| 8 | Lens | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 35 | |
| 9 | Lille | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 34 | |
| 10 | Sochaux | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 34 | |
| 11 | Toulouse FC | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 33 | |
| 12 | AS Monaco | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 33 | |
| 13 | Angers | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 31 | |
| 14 | Sedan | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 58 | −7 | 30 | |
| 15 | Stade Français | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 30 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 16 | Rouen | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 30 | Will play in 1965–66 Division 1 due to the division expansion to 20 clubs |
| 17 | Nîmes | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 29 | Will play in 1965–66 Division 1 due to the division expansion to 20 clubs |
| 18 | SC Toulon (R) | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 22 | Relegated to Division 2 |
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in 1965–66 French Division 1
* OGC Nice: Champion of Division 2
* Red Star Olympique: runner-up of Division 2
* AS Cannes: Third place

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANG | BOR | RCL | LIL | OL | ASM | NAN | NMS | REN | ROU | STE | SED | SOC | SFF | RCS | SCT | TOU | VAL |
| Angers | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 |
| Bordeaux | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Lens | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Lille | 3–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Lyon | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Monaco | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Nantes | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Nîmes | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| Rennes | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Rouen | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Saint-Étienne | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Sedan | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 1–3 |
| Sochaux | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Stade Français | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Strasbourg | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 5–3 | 3–3 |
| Toulon | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Toulouse FC | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| Valenciennes | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jacques Simon | Nantes | 24 |
| 2 | Daniel Rodighiéro | Rennes | 20 |
| 3 | André Perrin | Sedan | 18 |
| 4 | André Guy | Saint-Étienne | 17 |
| 5 | José Farías | Strasbourg | 16 |
| 5 | Serge Masnaghetti | Valenciennes | 16 |
| 7 | Ahmed Oudjani | Lens | 15 |
| 7 | Jean-Michel Lachot | Lille | 15 |
| 7 | Pierre Dorsini | Toulouse FC | 15 |
| 7 | Paul Sauvage | Valenciennes | 15 |