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

Aix-en-Provence

Lens

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^[a]
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:

^ Bordeaux qualified for 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1967–68 Coupe de France as cup winners Saint-Étienne also won the league and qualified for the European Cup.

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]
1	Étienne Sansonetti	Ajaccio	26
2	Hervé Revelli	Saint-Étienne	23
3	Fleury Di Nallo	Lyon	18
3	Joseph Yegba Maya	Marseille	18
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

^ (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1967-68

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

[table_note_res_CWC0.028566388892274-1] Bordeaux qualified for 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1967–68 Coupe de France as cup winners Saint-Étienne also won the league and qualified for the European Cup.

[2] (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1967-68

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