1964–65 French Division 1

Division Nationale

Season	1964–65
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1964/1965 of the French Association Football League with 43 points.

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• Bordeaux
• RC Lens
• Lille OSC
• Olympique Lyonnais
• AS Monaco
• FC Nantes
• Nîmes Olympique
• Stade Rennais UC
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Étienne
• UA Sedan-Torcy
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Stade Français FC
• RC Strasbourg
• SC Toulon
• Toulouse FC (1937)
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Angers

Bordeaux

Lens      

Lille

Lyon

AS Monaco

Nantes

Nîmes

Rennes

Rouen

St-Étienne

Sedan

Sochaux

Stade Français

Strasbourg

Toulon

Toulouse

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1964–65 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nantes (C)	34	16	11	7	66	45	+21	43	European Cup
2	Bordeaux	34	16	9	9	43	32	+11	41	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Valenciennes	34	14	12	8	52	30	+22	40
4	Rennes	34	15	8	11	67	48	+19	38	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (Winner of Coupe de France)
5	Strasbourg	34	13	12	9	56	46	+10	38	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Lyon	34	13	10	11	46	50	−4	36
7	Saint-Étienne	34	13	9	12	48	43	+5	35
8	Lens	34	12	11	11	55	61	−6	35
9	Lille	34	10	14	10	57	48	+9	34
10	Sochaux	34	13	8	13	49	45	+4	34
11	Toulouse FC	34	12	9	13	50	52	−2	33
12	AS Monaco	34	13	7	14	41	45	−4	33
13	Angers	34	12	7	15	44	51	−7	31
14	Sedan	34	11	8	15	51	58	−7	30
15	Stade Français	34	9	12	13	40	52	−12	30	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
16	Rouen	34	12	6	16	31	48	−17	30	Will play in 1965–66 Division 1 due to the division expansion to 20 clubs
17	Nîmes	34	13	3	18	42	58	−16	29
18	SC Toulon (R)	34	9	4	21	31	57	−26	22	Relegated to Division 2

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in 1965–66 French Division 1

• OGC Nice: Champion of Division 2
• Red Star Olympique: runner-up of Division 2
• AS Cannes: Third place

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	BOR	RCL	LIL	OL	ASM	NAN	NMS	REN	ROU	STE	SED	SOC	SFF	RCS	SCT	TOU	VAL
Angers		2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	5–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–4	2–2
Bordeaux	2–1		0–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–2	1–0
Lens	1–0	3–2		0–1	1–2	2–0	0–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	4–1	3–1	2–3	5–2	0–3	2–1	1–1	3–2
Lille	3–4	3–1	4–0		2–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	3–3	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	5–0	0–2	1–1
Lyon	5–2	0–0	1–1	1–0		0–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0
Monaco	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–2		4–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–4	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
Nantes	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1		0–2	2–3	3–0	4–1	2–2	3–0	4–2	3–2	5–1	4–0	1–0
Nîmes	2–1	0–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–3		2–3	2–0	1–0	0–3	3–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–4	2–1
Rennes	6–0	1–2	3–3	3–3	3–0	1–0	4–0	4–0		4–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	3–1
Rouen	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0		0–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–3	1–0	3–0	1–1
Saint-Étienne	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–3	6–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–3		1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
Sedan	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–2	4–2	2–2	0–2	1–0		0–0	0–3	5–2	3–2	6–0	1–3
Sochaux	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–3	3–2	2–2		4–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	3–2
Stade Français	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	3–3		2–2	3–2	2–0	0–3
Strasbourg	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–2	3–3	3–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0		0–0	5–3	3–3
Toulon	4–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–6	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0		0–2	1–3
Toulouse FC	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	5–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–1		1–0
Valenciennes	0–0	0–0	6–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–1

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jacques Simon	Nantes	24
2	Daniel Rodighiéro	Rennes	20
3	André Perrin	Sedan	18
4	André Guy	Saint-Étienne	17
5	José Farías	Strasbourg	16
	Serge Masnaghetti	Valenciennes
7	Ahmed Oudjani	Lens	15
	Jean-Michel Lachot	Lille
	Pierre Dorsini	Toulouse FC
	Paul Sauvage	Valenciennes

References

• Division 1 season 1964-1965 at pari-et-gagne.com