# 1960–61 French Division 1

AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1960/1961 of the French Association Football League with 57 points.

## Participating teams

* Angers SCO
* FC Grenoble
* Le Havre AC
* RC Lens
* Limoges FC
* Olympique Lyonnais
* AS Monaco
* FC Nancy
* OGC Nice
* Nîmes Olympique
* RC Paris
* Stade de Reims
* Stade Rennais UC
* FC Rouen
* AS Saint-Etienne
* UA Sedan-Torcy
* Stade Français FC
* Toulouse FC
* AS Troyes-Savinienne
* US Valenciennes-Anzin

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Monaco (C) | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 77 | 42 | +35 | 57 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Racing Paris | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 93 | 57 | +36 | 56 | |
| 3 | Reims | 38 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 50 | |
| 4 | Rouen | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 46 | |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 43 | |
| 6 | Nîmes | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 42 | |
| 7 | Angers | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 40 | |
| 8 | Nancy | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 39 | |
| 9 | Sedan | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 38 | Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup |
| 10 | Lens | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 37 | |
| 11 | Le Havre | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 36 | |
| 12 | Toulouse | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 36 | |
| 13 | Nice | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 66 | 73 | −7 | 34 | |
| 14 | Rennes | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 34 | |
| 15 | Lyon | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 60 | 71 | −11 | 34 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 16 | Stade Français | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 32 | |
| 17 | Grenoble (R) | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 31 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 18 | Limoges (R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 69 | −14 | 30 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 19 | Valenciennes (R) | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 30 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 20 | Troyes (R) | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 52 | 108 | −56 | 15 | Relegated to Division 2 |
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1961/1962
* SO Montpellier:Champion of Division 2
* FC Metz:runner-up of Division 2
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard: Third place
* RC Strasbourg: Fourth place, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANG | GRE | LHA | RCL | LFC | OL | ASM | FCN | NIC | NMS | RCP | REI | REN | ROU | STE | SED | SFF | TOU | TRO | VAL |
| Angers | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 |
| Grenoble | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Le Havre | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 |
| Lens | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Limoges | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | | 3–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Lyon | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 |
| Monaco | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Nancy | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| Nice | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–4 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Nîmes | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Racing Paris | 5–3 | 6–3 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Reims | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–3 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Rennes | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Rouen | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 |
| Sedan | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Stade Français | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Toulouse | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 2–2 |
| Troyes | 1–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–7 | 5–3 | 0–3 | | 0–2 |
| Valenciennes | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Roger Piantoni | Reims | 28 |
| 2 | Antoine Keller | Troyes | 23 |
| 3 | Hassan Akesbi | Nîmes | 21 |
| 3 | Joseph Ujlaki | Racing Paris | 21 |
| 5 | Hector De Bourgoing | Nice | 20 |
| 5 | Jacques Faivre | Rennes | 20 |
| 7 | Lucien Cossou | Monaco | 18 |
| 8 | Yvon Douis | Le Havre | 17 |
| 9 | Mohamed Salem | Sedan | 16 |
| 10 | Nestor Combin | Lyon | 15 |
| 10 | Alberto Muro | Nancy | 15 |
| 10 | Jean-Jacques Marcel | Racing Paris | 15 |
| 10 | Norbert Eschmann | Stade Français | 15 |