1974–75 French Division 1

Division 1

Season	1974–75
Dates	2 August 1974 – 3 June 1975
Champions	Saint-Étienne (8th title)
Relegated	Angers Rennes Red Star
European Cup	Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' Cup	Lens
UEFA Cup	Marseille Lyon
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,075 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Delio Onnis (30 goals)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1974/1975 of the French Association Football League with 58 points.

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• SEC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• RC Lens
• Lille
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• FC Nantes
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Paris Saint-Germain FC
• Red Star Paris
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais FC
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg
• Troyes AF

Angers

Bastia

Bordeaux

Lens

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

PSG

Red Star

Reims

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Troyes

Location of teams in 1974–75 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saint-Étienne (C)	38	23	6	9	70	39	+31	6	58	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Marseille	38	18	9	11	65	45	+20	4	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Lyon	38	16	11	11	64	53	+11	5	48
4	Nîmes	38	16	11	11	56	49	+7	4	47
5	Nantes	38	16	11	11	50	42	+8	2	45
6	Bastia	38	15	11	12	54	47	+7	4	45
7	Lens	38	16	8	14	59	59	0	4	44	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [lower-alpha 1]
8	Metz	38	15	10	13	54	56	−2	4	44
9	Strasbourg	38	16	8	14	49	56	−7	3	43
10	Monaco	38	18	4	16	64	68	−4	2	42
11	Reims	38	15	8	15	57	57	0	3	41
12	Bordeaux	38	15	7	16	48	49	−1	2	39
13	Lille	38	15	5	18	53	56	−3	4	39
14	Nice	38	13	10	15	59	63	−4	3	39
15	Paris Saint-Germain	38	12	12	14	57	65	−8	1	37
16	Troyes	38	12	10	16	46	55	−9	3	37
17	Sochaux	38	11	10	17	41	49	−8	2	34
18	Angers (R)	38	9	10	19	48	60	−12	5	33	Relegated to French Division 2
19	Rennes (R)	38	10	11	17	38	52	−14	2	33
20	Red Star (R)	38	7	12	19	43	55	−12	3	29

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points, a bonus of 1 point for scoring three or more goals in a match
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lens qualified for 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1974–75 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 1975/1976

• AS Nancy: Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• US Valenciennes-Anzin: Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
• Olympique Avignonnais: Third place, winner of barrages

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Delio Onnis	Argentina	AS Monaco	30
2	François M'Pelé	Congo	Paris Saint-Germain FC	21
3	Hugo Curioni	Argentina	FC Nantes/FC Metz	19
4	Marc Berdoll	France	Angers SCO	17
-	Nico Braun	Luxembourg	FC Metz	17
-	Bernard Lacombe	France	Olympique Lyonnais	17
-	Gérard Tonnel	France	Troyes AF	17
8	Bozidar Antic	SFR Yugoslavia	Angers SCO	16
-	Christian Coste	France	Lille	16
-	Paulo César Lima	Brazil	Olympique de Marseille	16
11	Nestor Combin	France	Red Star Paris	15
-	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	Stade de Reims	15
13	Serge Chiesa	France	Olympique Lyonnais	14
-	Hervé Revelli	France	AS Saint-Etienne	14
-	Laurent Pokou	Ivory Coast	Stade Rennais FC	14

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See also

• 1974–75 Coupe de France
• 1974–75 French Division 2

References

1. (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1974-75