1960–61 French Division 1

Division Nationale

Season	1960–61
Champions	Monaco (1st title)
Relegated	Grenoble Limoges Valenciennes Troyes
European Cup	Monaco
Cup Winners' Cup	Sedan
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Lyon
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,196 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roger Piantoni (28)
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1960/1961 of the French Association Football League with 57 points.

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• FC Grenoble
• Le Havre AC
• RC Lens
• Limoges FC
• Olympique Lyonnais
• AS Monaco
• FC Nancy
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• RC Paris
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais UC
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Etienne
• UA Sedan-Torcy
• Stade Français FC
• Toulouse FC
• AS Troyes-Savinienne
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Angers

Grenoble

Le Havre

Limoges

Lens      

Lyon

AS Monaco

Nancy

Nice

Nîmes

RC Paris

Reims

Rennes

Rouen

St. Étienne

Sedan

Stade Français

Toulouse

Troyes

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1960–61 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monaco (C)	38	26	5	7	77	42	+35	57	1961–62 European Cup
2	Racing Paris	38	23	10	5	93	57	+36	56
3	Reims	38	23	4	11	78	44	+34	50
4	Rouen	38	21	4	13	56	42	+14	46
5	Saint-Étienne	38	16	11	11	60	54	+6	43
6	Nîmes	38	17	8	13	70	61	+9	42
7	Angers	38	16	8	14	64	56	+8	40
8	Nancy	38	13	13	12	55	52	+3	39
9	Sedan	38	15	8	15	64	63	+1	38	1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup
10	Lens	38	14	9	15	50	54	−4	37
11	Le Havre	38	13	10	15	61	62	−1	36
12	Toulouse	38	13	10	15	49	58	−9	36
13	Nice	38	13	8	17	66	73	−7	34
14	Rennes	38	12	10	16	52	59	−7	34
15	Lyon	38	13	8	17	60	71	−11	34	1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
16	Stade Français	38	12	8	18	52	59	−7	32
17	Grenoble (R)	38	8	15	15	47	55	−8	31	1961–62 French Division 2
18	Limoges (R)	38	11	8	19	55	69	−14	30
19	Valenciennes (R)	38	12	6	20	35	57	−22	30
20	Troyes (R)	38	5	5	28	52	108	−56	15

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1961/1962

• SO Montpellier:Champion of Division 2
• FC Metz:runner-up of Division 2
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard: Third place
• RC Strasbourg: Fourth place, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	GRE	LHA	RCL	LFC	OL	ASM	FCN	NIC	NMS	RCP	REI	REN	ROU	STE	SED	SFF	TOU	TRO	VAL
Angers		2–2	1–0	3–2	4–0	3–0	1–4	1–2	5–0	4–2	0–3	3–2	1–1	1–3	2–4	0–0	1–0	1–1	5–1	3–1
Grenoble	0–0		0–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	6–3	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–0
Le Havre	0–0	1–1		3–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	5–2	0–1
Lens	2–2	1–1	2–1		1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–0
Limoges	1–3	1–0	2–1	5–2		3–1	1–5	0–0	4–2	4–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	4–3	1–1	1–0	2–1
Lyon	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–1		2–0	0–1	4–3	2–2	4–2	0–2	4–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	5–2	0–0
Monaco	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	3–1		2–0	5–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–4	3–1	5–0	1–0
Nancy	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–4		3–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	5–1	1–0	3–2	4–0
Nice	3–2	4–2	3–3	1–0	2–1	2–2	6–0	1–4		0–1	0–1	1–4	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0
Nîmes	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	3–2	3–0	1–1	3–4	4–1		2–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	5–0	4–3	3–0	2–0	2–0
Racing Paris	5–3	6–3	4–4	3–2	3–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	4–2	3–2		1–1	0–2	0–1	4–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–3	1–1
Reims	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	5–1	5–3		1–1	3–1	0–1	4–3	2–0	4–2	3–1	4–0
Rennes	2–0	1–0	3–2	4–2	3–2	6–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–2		0–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–2	2–2	1–2
Rouen	1–0	2–0	3–1	6–2	3–1	0–1	2–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–0		1–0	1–0	0–0	7–0	1–0	3–0
Saint-Étienne	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	4–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–3	1–1		0–0	2–0	1–0	7–1	1–0
Sedan	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	4–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–1	4–0	2–2		4–0	1–1	4–1	2–1
Stade Français	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	3–3	0–1	3–1	0–1	5–0	3–1		1–3	2–1	3–0
Toulouse	3–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–0		3–3	2–2
Troyes	1–2	3–3	4–3	1–3	3–2	2–3	0–1	2–1	0–5	0–2	1–4	1–4	2–3	0–2	4–0	3–7	5–3	0–3		0–2
Valenciennes	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–0

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

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Roger Piantoni	France	Stade de Reims	28
2	Antoine Keller	France	AS Troyes-Savinienne	23
3	Hassan Akesbi	Morocco	Nîmes Olympique	21
-	Joseph Ujlaki	France Hungary	RC Paris	21
5	Hector De Bourgoing	France Argentina	OGC Nice	20
-	Jacques Faivre	France	Stade Rennais UC	20
7	Lucien Cossou	France	AS Monaco	18
8	Yvon Douis	France	Le Havre AC	17
9	Mohamed Salem	Algeria	UA Sedan-Torcy	16
10	Nestor Combin	France Argentina	Olympique Lyonnais	15
-	Alberto Muro	Argentina	FC Nancy	15
-	Jean-Jacques Marcel	France	RC Paris	15
-	Norbert Eschmann	Switzerland	Stade Français	15

See also

• 1960–61 Coupe de France
• 1960–61 French Division 2