1995–96 French Division 1

The 1995–96 Division 1 season was the 58th since its establishment. Auxerre won their first league title in history with 72 points.

Division 1

Season	1995–96
Dates	18 July 1995 – 18 May 1996
Champions	Auxerre (1st title)
Relegated	Gueugnon Saint-Étienne Martigues
Matches played	380
Goals scored	867 (2.28 per match)
Best Player	Zinedine Zidane
Top goalscorer	Sonny Anderson (21)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Participating teams

• Auxerre
• Bastia
• Bordeaux
• AS Cannes
• FC Gueugnon
• EA Guingamp
• Le Havre AC
• RC Lens
• Lille OSC
• Olympique Lyonnais
• FC Martigues
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• Montpellier HSC
• FC Nantes Atlantique
• OGC Nice
• Paris Saint-Germain FC
• Stade Rennais FC
• AS Saint-Étienne
• RC Strasbourg

Auxerre

Bastia

Bordeaux

Cannes

Gueugnon

Guingamp

Le Havre

Lens      

Lille

Lyon

Martigues

Metz

AS Monaco

Montpellier

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Rennes

St-Étienne

Strasbourg

Location of teams in 1995–96 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Auxerre (C)	38	22	6	10	66	30	+36	72	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	19	11	8	65	36	+29	68	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3	Monaco	38	19	11	8	64	39	+25	68	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Metz	38	18	11	9	42	30	+12	65
5	Lens	38	16	15	7	45	31	+14	63
6	Montpellier	38	17	9	12	51	40	+11	60
7	Nantes	38	14	13	11	44	42	+2	55	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
8	Rennes	38	13	15	10	44	41	+3	54
9	Strasbourg	38	14	12	12	46	44	+2	54
10	Guingamp	38	13	14	11	34	33	+1	53
11	Lyon	38	10	18	10	41	41	0	48
12	Nice	38	12	9	17	37	44	−7	45
13	Le Havre	38	11	12	15	33	45	−12	45
14	Cannes	38	12	8	18	45	51	−6	44
15	Bastia	38	12	8	18	45	55	−10	44
16	Bordeaux	38	11	9	18	44	52	−8	42
17	Lille	38	9	12	17	27	50	−23	39
18	Gueugnon (R)	38	8	14	16	27	46	−19	38	Relegation to French Division 2
19	Saint-Étienne (R)	38	6	16	16	36	59	−23	34
20	Martigues (R)	38	9	7	22	31	58	−27	34

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1996/1997

• SM Caen : champion of Ligue 2
• Olympique Marseille : runners-up
• AS Nancy : 3rd place

Results

Home \ Away	AUX	BAS	BOR	CAN	GUE	GUI	LHA	RCL	LIL	OL	MAR	MET	ASM	MHS	FCN	NIC	PSG	REN	STE	RCS
Auxerre		3–0	2–0	5–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Bastia	1–1		2–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–2	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–1
Bordeaux	0–1	1–3		2–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–4	3–0	3–0	4–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–1
Cannes	0–1	1–0	1–1		2–0	3–0	0–0	5–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	3–0	2–0	0–3
Gueugnon	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1		2–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–1
Guingamp	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0		2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0
Le Havre	0–4	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0		1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0
Lens	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0		1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–0
Lille	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	1–3		2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0
Lyon	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1		5–1	1–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1
Martigues	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2		0–1	0–4	0–1	0–4	0–0	2–4	1–2	1–1	2–0
Metz	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–0		0–3	1–0	0–0	4–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	3–2
Monaco	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1		3–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	5–1
Montpellier	3–1	4–3	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0		1–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–2
Nantes	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0		1–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–0
Nice	1–3	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–0		1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2
Paris SG	3–1	5–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–3	5–0	3–2		1–1	4–0	2–0
Rennes	2–1	2–0	4–3	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1		3–0	0–0
Saint-Étienne	0–5	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0		2–0
Strasbourg	1–0	4–3	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1

Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Sonny Anderson	Monaco	21
2	Anto Drobnjak	Bastia	20
3	Florian Maurice	Lyon	18
4	Julio César Dely Valdes	Paris Saint-Germain	15
	Japhet N'Doram	Nantes
	Sylvain Wiltord	Rennes
7	Raí	Paris Saint-Germain	14
8	Youri Djorkaeff	Paris Saint-Germain	13
	Corentin Martins	Auxerre
10	James Debbah	Nice	12
	Christophe Horlaville	Cannes
	Lilian Laslandes	Auxerre