# 1973–74 French Division 1

AS Saint-Etienne won the 1973–74 edition of the French Association Football League Division 1 season with 66 points.

## Participating teams

* Angers SCO
* SEC Bastia
* Bordeaux
* RC Lens
* Olympique Lyonnais
* Olympique de Marseille
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* AS Nancy
* FC Nantes
* OGC Nice
* Nîmes Olympique
* Paris FC
* Stade de Reims
* Stade Rennais FC
* AS Saint-Etienne
* CS Sedan
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* RC Strasbourg
* Troyes AF

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Saint-Étienne (C) | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 74 | 40 | +34 | 11 | 66 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Nantes | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 41 | +22 | 11 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Lyon | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 64 | 51 | +13 | 8 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Angers | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 77 | 57 | +20 | 11 | 54 | |
| 5 | Nice | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 71 | 55 | +16 | 12 | 54 | |
| 6 | Reims | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 11 | 50 | |
| 7 | Sochaux | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 7 | 49 | |
| 8 | Strasbourg | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 67 | −5 | 8 | 45 | |
| 9 | Nîmes | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 3 | 44 | |
| 10 | Lens | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 8 | 44 | |
| 11 | Metz | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 8 | 43 | |
| 12 | Marseille | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 58 | 62 | −4 | 8 | 43 | |
| 13 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 3 | 43 | |
| 14 | Bordeaux | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 8 | 42 | |
| 15 | Bastia | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 5 | 41 | |
| 16 | Monaco | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 64 | 73 | −9 | 8 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 17 | Troyes | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 52 | 63 | −11 | 8 | 41 | |
| 18 | Nancy (R) | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 8 | 41 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 19 | Paris FC (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 54 | 79 | −25 | 9 | 36 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Sedan (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 42 | 80 | −38 | 3 | 28 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
* ↑ Monaco qualified for 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1973–74 Coupe de France as cup winners Saint-Étienne also won the league and qualified for the European Cup.
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1974/1975
* Lille: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group A
* Red Star Paris: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group B
* Paris Saint-Germain FC: Third place, winner of barrages

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANG | BAS | BOR | RCL | OL | OM | MET | ASM | NAL | NAN | NIC | NMS | PFC | REI | REN | STE | SED | SOC | RCS | TRO |
| Angers | | 1–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–1 |
| Bastia | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Bordeaux | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Lens | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Lyon | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Marseille | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–3 |
| Metz | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Monaco | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Nancy | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Nantes | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Nice | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 7–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Nîmes | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Paris FC | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Reims | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 8–4 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Rennes | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Saint-Étienne | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
| Sedan | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 |
| Sochaux | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Strasbourg | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 |
| Troyes | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Carlos Bianchi | Reims | 30 |
| 2 | Marc Berdoll | Angers | 29 |
| 3 | Nico Braun | Metz | 28 |
| 4 | Delio Onnis | Monaco | 26 |
| 5 | Gérard Tonnel | Troyes AF | 21 |
| 6 | Josip Skoblar | Marseille | 20 |
| 6 | Hervé Revelli | Saint-Étienne | 20 |
| 8 | Božidar Antić | Angers | 18 |
| 8 | Éric Edwige | Angers | 18 |
| 8 | François Félix | Paris FC | 18 |