# 1995–96 French Division 1

The 1995–96 Division 1 season was the 58th since its establishment. Auxerre won their first league title in history with 72 points.

## Participating teams

* Auxerre
* Bastia
* Bordeaux
* AS Cannes
* FC Gueugnon
* EA Guingamp
* Le Havre AC
* RC Lens
* Lille OSC
* Olympique Lyonnais
* FC Martigues
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* Montpellier HSC
* FC Nantes Atlantique
* OGC Nice
* Paris Saint-Germain FC
* Stade Rennais FC
* AS Saint-Étienne
* RC Strasbourg

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Auxerre (C) | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 66 | 30 | +36 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 68 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 68 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Metz | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 65 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Lens | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 63 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Montpellier | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Nantes | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 55 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 8 | Rennes | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 54 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 54 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 10 | Guingamp | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 53 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 11 | Lyon | 38 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 48 | |
| 12 | Nice | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 45 | |
| 13 | Le Havre | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 45 | |
| 14 | Cannes | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 44 | |
| 15 | Bastia | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 44 | |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 42 | |
| 17 | Lille | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 39 | |
| 18 | Gueugnon (R) | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 38 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 19 | Saint-Étienne (R) | 38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 34 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Martigues (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 34 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
* ↑ Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.
Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1996/1997
* SM Caen : champion of Ligue 2
* Olympique Marseille : runners-up
* AS Nancy : 3rd place

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUX | BAS | BOR | CAN | GUE | GUI | LHA | RCL | LIL | OL | MAR | MET | ASM | MHS | FCN | NIC | PSG | REN | STE | RCS |
| Auxerre | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Bastia | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Bordeaux | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Cannes | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Gueugnon | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Guingamp | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Le Havre | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Lens | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Lille | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Lyon | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Martigues | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Metz | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Monaco | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| Montpellier | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Nantes | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Nice | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Paris SG | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Rennes | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 0–5 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 |
| Strasbourg | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Sonny Anderson | Monaco | 21 |
| 2 | Anto Drobnjak | Bastia | 20 |
| 3 | Florian Maurice | Lyon | 18 |
| 4 | Julio César Dely Valdes | Paris Saint-Germain | 15 |
| 4 | Japhet N'Doram | Nantes | 15 |
| 4 | Sylvain Wiltord | Rennes | 15 |
| 7 | Raí | Paris Saint-Germain | 14 |
| 8 | Youri Djorkaeff | Paris Saint-Germain | 13 |
| 8 | Corentin Martins | Auxerre | 13 |
| 10 | James Debbah | Nice | 12 |
| 10 | Christophe Horlaville | Cannes | 12 |
| 10 | Lilian Laslandes | Auxerre | 12 |