1965–66 French Division 1

28th season of French Division 1

Football league season

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1965/1966 of the French Association Football League with 60 points.

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• Bordeaux
• AS Cannes
• RC Lens
• Lille OSC
• Olympique Lyonnais
• AS Monaco
• FC Nantes
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Red Star Olympique
• Stade Rennais UC
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Etienne
• UA Sedan-Torcy
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Stade de Paris FC
• RC Strasbourg
• Toulouse FC (1937)
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Angers

Bordeaux

Cannes

Lens      

Lille

Lyon

AS Monaco

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

Red Star

Rennes

Rouen

St-Étienne

Sedan

Sochaux

Stade de Paris

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1965–66 Division 1

League table

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Strasbourg qualified for 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1965–66 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1966/1967

• Stade de Reims: Champion of Division 2
• Olympique de Marseille: runner-up of Division 2

Merger at the end of the season

• UA Sedan-Torcy with RC Paris, become RC Paris-Sedan

Results

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

References

• Division 1 season 1965-1966 at pari-et-gagne.com