1972–73 French Division 1

Division 1

Season	1972–73
Champions	Nantes (3rd title)
Relegated	Valenciennes Red Star Ajaccio
European Cup	Nantes
Cup Winners' Cup	Lyon
UEFA Cup	Nice Marseille
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,050 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Josip Skoblar (26)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

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

Ajaccio

Angers

Bastia

Bordeaux

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

Paris FC

Red Star

Reims

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sedan

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1972–73 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nantes (C)	38	23	9	6	67	31	+36	55	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Nice	38	20	10	8	70	44	+26	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Marseille	38	19	10	9	64	37	+27	48
4	Saint-Étienne	38	18	10	10	64	47	+17	46
5	Angers	38	16	11	11	52	47	+5	43
6	Nancy	38	16	10	12	59	47	+12	42
7	Nîmes	38	16	10	12	48	39	+9	42
8	Reims	38	15	11	12	50	47	+3	41
9	Bastia	38	15	8	15	59	41	+18	38
10	Rennes	38	14	10	14	46	53	−7	38
11	Sochaux	38	12	13	13	56	54	+2	37
12	Paris FC	38	13	10	15	54	58	−4	36
13	Lyon	38	14	7	17	62	67	−5	35	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
14	Bordeaux	38	12	11	15	49	55	−6	35
15	Metz	38	13	9	16	44	52	−8	35
16	Strasbourg	38	9	12	17	42	62	−20	30
17	Sedan	38	11	8	19	49	71	−22	30
18	Valenciennes (R)	38	9	10	19	37	51	−14	28	Relegation to French Division 2
19	Red Star (R)	38	7	14	17	38	58	−20	28
20	Ajaccio (R)	38	7	9	22	40	89	−49	23

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:

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

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	ANG	BAS	BOR	OL	OM	MET	NAL	NAN	NIC	NMS	PFC	RS	REI	REN	STE	SED	SOC	RCS	VAL
Ajaccio		1–1	0–1	2–2	4–3	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–3	2–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–1
Angers	4–0		3–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	5–1
Bastia	1–0	2–0		1–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–3	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–0
Bordeaux	3–0	1–2	1–1		1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	6–1	1–1	2–1	2–0
Lyon	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1		4–4	3–0	2–2	2–4	1–2	1–0	5–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	4–0	1–0
Marseille	3–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	5–2		5–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–0
Metz	7–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–0		1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	4–2	2–1	1–1	1–1
Nancy	2–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–2		1–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	1–1
Nantes	6–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–1		2–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–3	6–2	1–0
Nice	5–3	2–4	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	6–0	1–0	3–0		2–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	4–1	3–0	4–1
Nîmes	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1		2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–1
Paris FC	3–1	1–2	2–0	4–3	5–1	1–3	1–3	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–1		3–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1
Red Star	3–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–3		1–2	2–0	0–3	1–1	3–3	0–0	1–0
Reims	0–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	3–0		1–1	0–0	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Rennes	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–3	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Saint-Étienne	3–1	5–0	2–1	6–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		2–0	2–2	5–1	3–2
Sedan	5–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–5	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–3		1–1	0–0	3–1
Sochaux	4–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	4–1	2–2	0–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0		1–1	3–0
Strasbourg	6–0	0–0	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	4–2		1–1
Valenciennes	3–2	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	5–1	0–0	1–2

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Josip Skoblar	Marseille	26
2	Bernard Lacombe	Lyon	23
3	Hervé Revelli	Nice	22
4	Dick van Dijk	Nice	20
5	Nestor Combin	Metz	18
6	François M'Pelé	Ajaccio	17
	François Félix	Bastia
	Fleury Di Nallo	Lyon
	Delio Onnis	Reims
10	Louis Floch	Paris FC	16
	Antoine Kuszowski	Nancy
	Patrick Revelli	Saint-Étienne

References

• Division 1 season 1972-1973 at pari-et-gagne.com