# 1961–62 French Division 1

Stade de Reims won Division 1 season 1961/1962 of the French Association Football League with 48 points.

## Participating teams

* Angers SCO
* Le Havre AC
* RC Lens
* Olympique Lyonnais
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* SO Montpellier
* FC Nancy
* OGC Nice
* Nîmes Olympique
* RC Paris
* Stade de Reims
* Stade Rennais UC
* FC Rouen
* AS Saint-Etienne
* UA Sedan-Torcy
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* Stade Français FC
* RC Strasbourg
* Toulouse FC

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Reims (C) | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 83 | 60 | +23 | 48 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Racing Paris | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 86 | 63 | +23 | 48 | |
| 3 | Nîmes | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 47 | |
| 4 | Nancy | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 44 | |
| 5 | Sedan | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 43 | |
| 6 | Monaco | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 65 | 57 | +8 | 43 | |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 67 | 52 | +15 | 42 | |
| 8 | Montpellier | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 69 | 64 | +5 | 39 | |
| 9 | Rouen | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 38 | |
| 10 | Stade Français | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 38 | |
| 11 | Toulouse | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 38 | |
| 12 | Rennes | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 38 | |
| 13 | Nice | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 64 | −11 | 38 | |
| 14 | Angers | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 36 | |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 34 | |
| 16 | Lyon | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 33 | |
| 17 | Saint-Étienne (R) | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 30 | Qualified for the Cup Winner's Cup and relegated to Division 2 |
| 18 | Sochaux (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 55 | 69 | −14 | 28 | Division 2 |
| 19 | Le Havre (R) | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 28 | Division 2 |
| 20 | Metz (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 49 | 79 | −30 | 27 | Division 2 |
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1962/1963
* FC Grenoble:Champion of Division 2
* US Valenciennes-Anzin:runner-up of Division 2
* Bordeaux: Third place
* Olympique de Marseille: Fourth place, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANG | LHA | RCL | OL | MET | ASM | SOM | FCN | NIC | NMS | RCP | REI | REN | ROU | STE | SED | SOC | SFF | RCS | TOU |
| Angers | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 8–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Le Havre | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Lens | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Lyon | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Metz | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Monaco | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 |
| Montpellier | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Nancy | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Nice | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Nîmes | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Racing Paris | 4–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 11–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | | 2–6 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
| Reims | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| Rennes | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–6 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Rouen | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Saint-Étienne | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Sedan | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Sochaux | 5–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Stade Français | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–4 |
| Strasbourg | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 |
| Toulouse | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Sékou Touré | Montpellier | 25 |
| 2 | Hassan Akesbi | Reims | 23 |
| 3 | Michel Lafranceschina | Lens | 20 |
| 4 | Casimir Koza | Strasbourg | 19 |
| 5 | Fleury Di Nallo | Lyon | 18 |
| 5 | José Parodi | Nîmes | 18 |
| 5 | Khennane Mahi | Rennes | 18 |
| 8 | Roger Piantoni | Reims | 16 |
| 9 | Michel Stievenart | Angers | 15 |
| 9 | Jean-Jacques Marcel | Racing Paris | 15 |