1975–76 French Division 1

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1975/1976 of the French Association Football League with 57 points.

Participating teams

Olympique Avignonnais SEC Bastia Bordeaux RC Lens Lille Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco FC AS Nancy

FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique Paris Saint-Germain FC Stade de Reims AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg Troyes AF US Valenciennes-Anzin

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Bonus	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
1	AS Saint-Etienne	57	38	18	15	5	69	38	+31	6		Champion of France European Cup
2	OGC Nice	54	38	17	13	8	67	40	+27	7		UEFA Cup
3	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	52	38	16	14	8	59	50	+9	6		UEFA Cup
4	FC Nantes Atlantique	50	38	15	14	9	67	44	+23	6
5	Stade de Reims	47	38	17	8	13	67	49	+18	5
6	FC Metz	47	38	18	4	16	72	62	+10	7
7	AS Nancy	45	38	14	10	14	67	59	+8	7
8	SEC Bastia	45	38	14	13	11	59	53	+6	4
9	Olympique de Marseille	42	38	20	1	17	60	60	0	1		UEFA Cup Winner's Cup (Winner of Coupe de France)
10	Bordeaux	40	38	15	9	14	59	59	0	1
11	Nîmes Olympique	40	38	14	9	15	50	53	-3	3
12	US Valenciennes-Anzin	40	38	13	10	15	44	54	-10	4
13	Lille	40	38	14	8	16	59	73	-14	4
14	Paris Saint-Germain FC	39	38	13	11	14	63	60	+3	2
15	RC Lens	38	38	10	16	12	58	66	-8	2
16	Olympique Lyonnais	37	38	13	7	18	55	61	-6	4
17	Troyes AF	37	38	9	16	13	48	55	-7	3
18	AS Monaco FC	35	38	12	9	17	53	73	-20	2		Relegated to Division 2
19	RC Strasbourg	32	38	9	11	18	39	56	-17	3		Relegated to Division 2
20	Olympique Avignonnais	'20	38	7	6	25	30	80	-50	0		Relegated to Division 2

(Victory:2 points, Draw:1 point, Defeat:0 points, a bonus of 1 point for a victory with a 3 goals at least difference)

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1976/1977

• Angers SCO:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• Stade Rennais FC:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
• Stade Lavallois:Third place, winner of barrages

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	Stade de Reims	34
2	Delio Onnis	Argentina	AS Monaco FC	29
3	Hugo Curioni	Argentina	FC Metz	25
4	Michel Platini	France	AS Nancy	22
5	Robert Pintenat	France	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	21
6	Christian Coste	France	Lille	19
-	Hector Yazalde	Argentina	Olympique de Marseille	19
8	Serge Chiesa	France	Olympique Lyonnais	18
9	Nico Braun	Luxembourg	FC Metz	16
-	Gilles Rampillon	France	FC Nantes Atlantique	16
11	Jacques Zimako	France	SEC Bastia	15
-	Joachim Marx	Poland	RC Lens	15
-	Gérard Soler	France	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	15
14	Alain Giresse	France	Bordeaux	13