1967–68 French Division 1
# 1967–68 French Division 1

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

## 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 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 19 | Lille (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 27 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Aix-en-Provence (R) | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 48 | 95 | −47 | 20 | Relegation to French Division 2 |

* ↑ 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 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 6 | André Guy | Lyon | 16 |
| 6 | Johny Leonard | Metz | 16 |
| 9 | Didier Couécou | Bordeaux | 15 |
| 9 | Silvester Takač | Rennes | 15 |
| 9 | Guy Lassalette | Sochaux | 15 |
