1961–62 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season1961–62
ChampionsReims (6th title)
RelegatedSaint-Étienne
Sochaux
Le Havre
Metz
European CupReims
Cup Winners' CupSaint-Étienne
Matches380
Goals1,192 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorerSékou Touré (25)

Stade de Reims won Division 1 season 1961/1962 of the French Association Football League with 48 points.

Participating teams

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Reims (C) 38 21 6 11 83 60 1.383 48 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Racing Paris 38 21 6 11 86 63 1.365 48
3 Nîmes 38 21 5 12 68 60 1.133 47
4 Nancy 38 16 12 10 52 46 1.130 44
5 Sedan 38 16 11 11 63 49 1.286 43
6 Monaco 38 17 9 12 65 57 1.140 43
7 Lens 38 19 4 15 67 52 1.288 42
8 Montpellier 38 15 9 14 69 64 1.078 39
9 Rouen 38 14 10 14 57 56 1.018 38
10 Stade Français 38 13 12 13 58 57 1.018 38
11 Toulouse 38 16 6 16 62 61 1.016 38
12 Rennes 38 13 12 13 58 63 0.921 38
13 Nice 38 16 6 16 53 64 0.828 38
14 Angers 38 13 10 15 56 59 0.949 36
15 Strasbourg 38 12 10 16 45 54 0.833 34
16 Lyon 38 13 7 18 57 62 0.919 33
17 Saint-Étienne (R) 38 10 10 18 55 60 0.917 30 Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round and relegation to French Division 2
18 Sochaux (R) 38 8 12 18 55 69 0.797 28 Relegation to French Division 2
19 Le Havre (R) 38 7 14 17 34 57 0.596 28
20 Metz (R) 38 9 9 20 49 79 0.620 27
Source:
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1962/1963

Results

Home \ Away ANG LHA RCL OL MET ASM SOM FCN NIC NMS RCP REI REN ROU STE SED SOC SFF RCS TOU
Angers 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 8–3 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–2
Le Havre 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–4 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–0
Lens 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–2 5–0 5–1 4–1 4–2 3–1 2–3 3–4 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 4–0
Lyon 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–4 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–3
Metz 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–4 2–1 0–1 0–1 6–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1
Monaco 5–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 5–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 4–3
Montpellier 0–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 3–5 2–1 1–3 3–1 4–1 4–3 5–0 4–1 4–0 1–1 3–3
Nancy 3–2 1–1 1–0 5–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1
Nice 0–2 4–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–1
Nîmes 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–4 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0
Racing Paris 4–3 4–1 1–0 0–4 11–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–4 2–6 3–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 3–1 3–3 2–0
Reims 2–0 3–0 4–1 0–4 5–3 1–0 2–1 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–4 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–4 5–1 5–1
Rennes 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 4–6 1–1 3–0 2–2 4–2 2–3 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–1
Rouen 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–4 3–2 2–1 3–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 4–1 3–1 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–1
Saint-Étienne 2–3 1–1 3–4 2–0 2–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 4–1
Sedan 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 5–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–1 5–0 1–0
Sochaux 5–2 6–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 4–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–0 2–0
Stade Français 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–4 2–2 2–4 1–1 4–2 1–1 0–1 3–4
Strasbourg 2–1 3–1 3–1 5–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1
Toulouse 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 6–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–0 2–1 1–4 6–1 0–1 4–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sékou Touré Montpellier 25
2 Hassan Akesbi Reims 23
3 Michel Lafranceschina Lens 20
4 Casimir Koza Strasbourg 19
5 Fleury Di Nallo Lyon 18
José Parodi Nîmes
Khennane Mahi Rennes
8 Roger Piantoni Reims 16
9 Michel Stievenart Angers 15
Jean-Jacques Marcel Racing Paris

References