# 1959–60 French Division 1

Stade de Reims won Division 1 season 1959/1960 of the French Association Football League with 60 points.

## Participating teams

* Angers SCO
* Bordeaux
* Le Havre AC
* RC Lens
* Limoges FC
* Olympique Lyonnais
* AS Monaco
* OGC Nice
* Nîmes Olympique
* RC Paris
* Stade de Reims
* Stade Rennais UC
* AS Saint-Etienne
* UA Sedan-Torcy
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* Stade Français FC
* RC Strasbourg
* SC Toulon
* Toulouse FC
* US Valenciennes-Anzin

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Reims (C) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 109 | 46 | +63 | 60 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Nîmes | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 78 | 43 | +35 | 53 | |
| 3 | Racing Paris | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 118 | 56 | +62 | 49 | |
| 4 | Monaco | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 45 | +25 | 45 | Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup |
| 5 | Toulouse | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 74 | 61 | +13 | 44 | |
| 6 | Lens | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 44 | |
| 7 | Le Havre | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 63 | 68 | −5 | 42 | |
| 8 | Valenciennes | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 65 | 60 | +5 | 40 | |
| 9 | Nice | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 71 | 74 | −3 | 40 | |
| 10 | Limoges | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 38 | |
| 11 | Sedan | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 37 | |
| 12 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 36 | |
| 13 | Angers | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 67 | −7 | 36 | |
| 14 | Stade Français | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 59 | 70 | −11 | 34 | |
| 15 | Rennes | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 33 | |
| 16 | Lyon | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 31 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 17 | Sochaux (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 27 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 18 | Toulon (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 50 | 85 | −35 | 25 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 19 | Strasbourg (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 55 | 92 | −37 | 25 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 20 | Bordeaux (R) | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 52 | 102 | −50 | 21 | Relegated to Division 2 |
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1960/1961
* FC Grenoble: Champion of Division 2
* FC Nancy: runner-up of Division 2
* FC Rouen: Third place
* AS Troyes-Savinienne: Fourth place

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANG | BOR | LHA | RCL | LFC | OL | ASM | NIC | NMS | RCP | REI | REN | STE | SED | SOC | SFF | RCS | SCT | TOU | VAL |
| Angers | | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Bordeaux | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 3–7 |
| Le Havre | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 |
| Lens | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Limoges | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Lyon | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Monaco | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Nice | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Nîmes | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Racing Paris | 4–1 | 6–1 | 9–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 3–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 1–3 | 6–4 |
| Reims | 6–0 | 8–2 | 8–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 |
| Rennes | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Saint-Étienne | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 7–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| Sedan | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 |
| Sochaux | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–6 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Stade Français | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Strasbourg | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–5 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Toulon | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Toulouse | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 |
| Valenciennes | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–3 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Just Fontaine | Reims | 28 |
| 2 | Thadée Cisowski | Racing Paris | 27 |
| 3 | Ginès Liron | Saint-Étienne | 23 |
| 4 | Hassan Akesbi | Nîmes | 22 |
| 4 | Bernard Rahis | Nîmes | 22 |
| 4 | Petrus Van Rhijn | Stade Français | 22 |
| 4 | Joseph Ujlaki | Racing Paris | 22 |
| 8 | Laurent Robuschi | Bordeaux | 20 |
| 9 | Roger Piantoni | Reims | 18 |
| 10 | Jean Topka | Racing Paris | 17 |
| 10 | Ernie Schultz | Toulouse FC | 17 |