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

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
1	FC Nantes	55	38	23	9	6	67	31	+36		Champion of France European Cup
2	OGC Nice	50	38	20	10	8	70	44	+26		UEFA Cup
3	Olympique de Marseille	48	38	19	10	9	64	37	+27		UEFA Cup
4	AS Saint-Etienne	46	38	18	10	10	64	47	+17
5	Angers SCO	43	38	16	11	11	52	47	+5
6	AS Nancy	42	38	16	10	12	59	47	+12
7	Nîmes Olympique	42	38	16	10	12	48	39	+9
8	Stade de Reims	41	38	15	11	12	50	47	+3
9	SEC Bastia	38	38	15	8	15	59	41	+18
10	Stade Rennais FC	38	38	14	10	14	46	53	-7
11	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	37	38	12	13	13	56	54	+2
12	Paris FC	36	38	13	10	15	54	58	-4
13	Olympique Lyonnais	35	38	14	7	17	62	67	-5		UEFA Cup Winner's Cup (Winner of Coupe de France)
14	Bordeaux	35	38	12	11	15	49	55	-6
15	FC Metz	35	38	13	9	16	44	52	-8
16	RC Strasbourg	30	38	9	12	17	42	62	-20
17	CS Sedan	30	38	11	8	19	49	71	-22
18	US Valenciennes-Anzin	28	38	9	10	19	37	51	-14		Relegated to Division 2
19	Red Star Paris	28	38	7	14	17	38	58	-20		Relegated to Division 2
20	AC Ajaccio	23	38	7	9	22	40	89	-49		Relegated to Division 2

(Victory:2 points, Draw:1 point, Defeat:0 points)

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

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Josip Skoblar	SFR Yugoslavia	Olympique de Marseille	26
2	Bernard Lacombe	France	Olympique Lyonnais	23
3	Hervé Revelli	France	OGC Nice	22
4	Dick van Dijk	Netherlands	OGC Nice	20
5	Nestor Combin	France	FC Metz	18
6	François M'Pelé	Congo	AC Ajaccio	17
-	François Félix	France	SEC Bastia	17
-	Fleury Di Nallo	France	Olympique Lyonnais	17
-	Delio Onnis	Argentina	Stade de Reims	17
10	Louis Floch	France	Paris FC	16
-	Antoine Kuszowski	France	AS Nancy	16
-	Patrick Revelli	France	AS Saint-Etienne	16
13	Eduardo Flores	Argentina	AS Nancy	15
-	Jacques Vergnes	France	Nîmes Olympique	15
15	Éric Edwige	France	Angers SCO	14

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See also

• 1972–73 Coupe de France
• 1972–73 French Division 2

References

1. (French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1972-73