1967–68 French Division 1

Division Nationale

Season	1967–68
Dates	17 August 1967 – 5 July 1968
Champions	Saint-Étienne (4th title)
Relegated	Lens Angers Lille Aix-en-Provence
European Cup	Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' Cup	Bordeaux
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Nice Marseille Metz Lyon
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,002 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Étienne Sansonetti (26 goals)
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

AS Saint-Étienne won Division 1 season 1967/1968 of the French Association Football League with 57 points.

Participating teams

• AS Aixoise
• AC Ajaccio
• Angers SCO
• Bordeaux
• RC Lens
• Lille OSC
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• FC Nantes
• OGC Nice
• Red Star FC
• Stade Rennais UC
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Étienne
• RC Paris-Sedan
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Aix-en-Provence

Ajaccio

Angers

Bordeaux

Lens      

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Nantes

Nice

Red Star

Rennes

Rouen

St-Étienne

RC Paris-Sedan

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1967–68 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saint-Étienne (C)	38	24	9	5	78	30	+48	57	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Nice	38	18	10	10	49	41	+8	46	Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Sochaux	38	16	11	11	48	39	+9	43
4	Marseille	38	17	9	12	49	46	+3	43	Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5	Valenciennes	38	17	8	13	42	34	+8	42
6	Metz	38	15	12	11	49	44	+5	42	Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
7	Nantes	38	15	11	12	55	50	+5	41
8	Bordeaux	38	18	4	16	57	44	+13	40	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	Ajaccio	38	16	7	15	59	59	0	39
10	RC Paris-Sedan	38	15	8	15	56	47	+9	38
11	Monaco	38	15	7	16	45	48	−3	37
12	Lyon	38	12	12	14	53	51	+2	36	Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
13	Red Star	38	12	12	14	44	43	+1	36
14	Rennes	38	13	10	15	49	57	−8	36
15	Rouen	38	15	5	18	48	51	−3	35
16	Strasbourg	38	13	8	17	34	40	−6	34
17	Lens (R)	38	13	8	17	48	61	−13	34	Relegation to French Division 2
18	Angers (R)	38	12	10	16	56	70	−14	34
19	Lille (R)	38	9	9	20	35	52	−17	27
20	Aix-en-Provence (R)	38	6	8	24	48	95	−47	20

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 1968/1969

• SEC Bastia: Champion of Division 2
• Nîmes Olympique: runner-up of Division 2

Results

Home \ Away	AIX	ACA	ANG	BOR	RCL	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	NAN	NIC	RS	REN	ROU	STE	RPS	SOC	RCS	VAL
Aix-en-Provence		2–4	1–3	5–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–6	3–1	0–0	2–3	4–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	0–3	1–1
Ajaccio	8–2		4–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	5–3	2–1	0–0	2–0	5–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–4
Angers	9–1	3–0		0–0	1–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–0
Bordeaux	3–0	3–0	1–2		6–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	6–2	4–0	1–0	6–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–1
Lens	4–1	1–2	4–2	2–1		1–1	1–0	5–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–0	2–4	1–1	2–1	1–3	3–0	0–2	1–0	1–0
Lille	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–1		1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–3
Lyon	4–3	2–1	8–0	2–0	3–0	1–1		3–2	3–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–0
Marseille	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1		2–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0
Metz	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–0		2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	6–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	2–0	1–0	2–0
Monaco	1–1	0–1	5–0	1–2	2–3	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–1		3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–3	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1
Nantes	5–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0		0–0	4–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–2
Nice	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–3	1–1	4–1	0–2	5–1		2–1	0–3	4–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1
Red Star	2–1	4–1	3–3	1–0	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1		3–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0
Rennes	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–0		0–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Rouen	5–0	3–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–0		3–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–2
Saint-Étienne	3–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–0		2–1	2–0	4–0	3–0
RC Paris-Sedan	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	5–2		2–0	3–1	1–1
Sochaux	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	4–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–4	3–0		1–1	3–1
Strasbourg	1–0	0–0	5–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–4		0–1
Valenciennes	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	0–1

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Étienne Sansonetti	Ajaccio	26
2	Hervé Revelli	Saint-Étienne	23
3	Fleury Di Nallo	Lyon	18
	Joseph Yegba Maya	Marseille
5	Lucien Cossou	Aix-en-Provence	17
6	Georges Lech	Lens	16
	André Guy	Lyon
	Johny Leonard	Metz
9	Didier Couécou	Bordeaux	15
	Silvester Takač	Rennes
	Guy Lassalette	Sochaux

References

• Division 1 season 1967-1968 at pari-et-gagne.com