# 1971–72 French Division 1

Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1971/1972 of the French Association Football League with 56 points.

## Teams

* AC Ajaccio
* Angers SCO
* AS Angoulême
* SEC Bastia
* Bordeaux
* Lille OSC
* Olympique Lyonnais
* Olympique de Marseille
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* AS Nancy
* FC Nantes
* OGC Nice
* Nîmes Olympique
* Paris Saint-Germain Football Club
* Red Star Paris
* Stade de Reims
* Stade Rennais FC
* AS Saint-Etienne
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Marseille (C) | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 78 | 37 | +41 | 56 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Nîmes | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 76 | 37 | +39 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Sochaux | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 47 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Angers | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Lyon | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 45 | |
| 6 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 81 | 59 | +22 | 44 | |
| 7 | Nantes | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 43 | |
| 8 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 42 | |
| 9 | Bastia | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 42 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 10 | Nancy | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 40 | |
| 11 | Rennes | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 38 | |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 35 | |
| 13 | Ajaccio | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 33 | |
| 14 | Metz | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 33 | |
| 15 | Reims | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 31 | |
| 16 | Paris Saint-Germain (R) | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 30 | Administratively relegated to French Division 3 |
| 17 | Red Star | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 30 | |
| 18 | Lille (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 26 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 19 | Monaco (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 68 | −27 | 26 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Angoulême (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 39 | 85 | −46 | 23 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
* ↑ Bastia qualified for 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1971–72 Coupe de France as cup winners Marseille also won the league and qualified for the European Cup.
* ↑ Paris Saint-Germain was administratively relegated to Division 3 due to the split from Paris FC.
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1972/1973
* US Valenciennes-Anzin: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
* CS Sedan: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
* RC Strasbourg: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group C

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | ANG | ASA | BAS | BOR | LIL | OL | OM | MET | ASM | NAL | NAN | NIC | NMS | PSG | RS | REI | REN | STE | SOC |
| Ajaccio | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Angers | 2–1 | | 8–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Angoulême | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 |
| Bastia | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 |
| Bordeaux | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Lille | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Lyon | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Marseille | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 |
| Metz | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| Monaco | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Nancy | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Nantes | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| Nice | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Nîmes | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Paris SG | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Red Star | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Reims | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Rennes | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 2–4 | 0–2 |
| Saint-Étienne | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 9–1 | 4–2 | | 0–1 |
| Sochaux | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Josip Skoblar | Marseille | 30 |
| 2 | Salif Keita | Saint-Étienne | 29 |
| 3 | Jacques Vergnes | Nîmes | 26 |
| 4 | Delio Onnis | Reims | 22 |
| 5 | Angel Marcos | Nantes | 20 |
| 6 | Bernard Lacombe | Lyon | 19 |
| 6 | Hervé Revelli | Nice | 19 |
| 8 | François M'Pelé | Ajaccio | 17 |
| 8 | Fleury Di Nallo | Lyon | 17 |
| 8 | Jacques Bonnet | Nîmes | 17 |
| 8 | Philippe Piat | Sochaux | 17 |