1961–62 French Division 1

Division Nationale

Season	1961–62
Champions	Reims (6th title)
Relegated	Saint-Étienne Sochaux Le Havre Metz
European Cup	Reims
Cup Winners' Cup	Saint-Étienne
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,192 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sékou Touré (25)
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

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

Participating teams

• Angers SCO
• Le Havre AC
• RC Lens
• Olympique Lyonnais
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• SO Montpellier
• FC Nancy
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• RC Paris
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais UC
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Etienne
• UA Sedan-Torcy
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Stade Français FC
• RC Strasbourg
• Toulouse FC

Angers

Le Havre

Lens      

Lyon

Metz

AS Monaco

Montpellier

Nancy

Nice

Nîmes

RC Paris

Reims

Rennes

Rouen

St. Étienne

Sedan

Sochaux

Stade Français

Strasbourg

Toulouse

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Location of teams in 1961–62 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Reims (C)	38	21	6	11	83	60	+23	48	Qualified for the European Cup
2	Racing Paris	38	21	6	11	86	63	+23	48
3	Nîmes	38	21	5	12	68	60	+8	47
4	Nancy	38	16	12	10	52	46	+6	44
5	Sedan	38	16	11	11	63	49	+14	43
6	Monaco	38	17	9	12	65	57	+8	43
7	Lens	38	19	4	15	67	52	+15	42
8	Montpellier	38	15	9	14	69	64	+5	39
9	Rouen	38	14	10	14	57	56	+1	38
10	Stade Français	38	13	12	13	58	57	+1	38
11	Toulouse	38	16	6	16	62	61	+1	38
12	Rennes	38	13	12	13	58	63	−5	38
13	Nice	38	16	6	16	53	64	−11	38
14	Angers	38	13	10	15	56	59	−3	36
15	Strasbourg	38	12	10	16	45	54	−9	34
16	Lyon	38	13	7	18	57	62	−5	33
17	Saint-Étienne (R)	38	10	10	18	55	60	−5	30	Qualified for the Cup Winner's Cup and relegated to Division 2
18	Sochaux (R)	38	8	12	18	55	69	−14	28	Division 2
19	Le Havre (R)	38	7	14	17	34	57	−23	28
20	Metz (R)	38	9	9	20	49	79	−30	27

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 Division 1 season 1962/1963

• FC Grenoble:Champion of Division 2
• US Valenciennes-Anzin:runner-up of Division 2
• Bordeaux: Third place
• Olympique de Marseille: Fourth place, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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: Footballdatabase.eu
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

• Division 1 season 1961-1962 at pari-et-gagne.com