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
Season1995–96
Dates18 July 1995 – 18 May 1996
ChampionsAuxerre (1st title)
RelegatedGueugnon
Saint-Étienne
Martigues
Matches played380
Goals scored867 (2.28 per match)
Best PlayerZinedine Zidane
Top goalscorerSonny Anderson (21)

Participating teams
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[lower-alpha 1]
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

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 Brazil Sonny Anderson Monaco 21
2 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Anto Drobnjak Bastia 20
3 France Florian Maurice Lyon 18
4 Panama Julio César Dely Valdes Paris Saint-Germain 15
Chad Japhet N'Doram Nantes
France Sylvain Wiltord Rennes
7 Brazil Raí Paris Saint-Germain 14
8 France Youri Djorkaeff Paris Saint-Germain 13
France Corentin Martins Auxerre
10 Liberia James Debbah Nice 12
France Christophe Horlaville Cannes
France Lilian Laslandes Auxerre

References
  1. (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1995-96 from L'Equipe (Archived from the original on 2011-8-25)
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