# 1972–73 French Division 1

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1972/1973 of the French Association Football League with 55 points.

## Participating teams

* AC Ajaccio
* Angers SCO
* SEC Bastia
* Bordeaux
* Olympique Lyonnais
* Olympique de Marseille
* FC Metz
* AS Nancy
* FC Nantes
* OGC Nice
* Nîmes Olympique
* Paris FC
* Red Star Paris
* Stade de Reims
* Stade Rennais FC
* AS Saint-Etienne
* CS Sedan
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* RC Strasbourg
* US Valenciennes-Anzin

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Nantes (C) | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 55 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Nice | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 70 | 44 | +26 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Marseille | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 46 | |
| 5 | Angers | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 43 | |
| 6 | Nancy | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 42 | |
| 7 | Nîmes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 42 | |
| 8 | Reims | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 41 | |
| 9 | Bastia | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 38 | |
| 10 | Rennes | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 38 | |
| 11 | Sochaux | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 37 | |
| 12 | Paris FC | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 36 | |
| 13 | Lyon | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 62 | 67 | −5 | 35 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 14 | Bordeaux | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 35 | |
| 15 | Metz | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 35 | |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 30 | |
| 17 | Sedan | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 30 | |
| 18 | Valenciennes (R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 28 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 19 | Red Star (R) | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 28 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Ajaccio (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 40 | 89 | −49 | 23 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
* ↑ Lyon qualified for 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1972–73 Coupe de France.
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1973/1974
* RC Lens: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group A
* Troyes AF: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group B
* AS Monaco: Third place, winner of barrages

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | ANG | BAS | BOR | OL | OM | MET | NAL | NAN | NIC | NMS | PFC | RS | REI | REN | STE | SED | SOC | RCS | VAL |
| Ajaccio | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Angers | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Bastia | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Bordeaux | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Lyon | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 4–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Marseille | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Metz | 7–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Nancy | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Nantes | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 6–2 | 1–0 |
| Nice | 5–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Nîmes | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Paris FC | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Red Star | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Reims | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Rennes | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 |
| Sedan | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Sochaux | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Strasbourg | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | 1–1 |
| Valenciennes | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Josip Skoblar | Marseille | 26 |
| 2 | Bernard Lacombe | Lyon | 23 |
| 3 | Hervé Revelli | Nice | 22 |
| 4 | Dick van Dijk | Nice | 20 |
| 5 | Nestor Combin | Metz | 18 |
| 6 | François M'Pelé | Ajaccio | 17 |
| 6 | François Félix | Bastia | 17 |
| 6 | Fleury Di Nallo | Lyon | 17 |
| 6 | Delio Onnis | Reims | 17 |
| 10 | Louis Floch | Paris FC | 16 |
| 10 | Antoine Kuszowski | Nancy | 16 |
| 10 | Patrick Revelli | Saint-Étienne | 16 |