1976–77 French Division 1

Division 1
Season	1976–77
Dates	6 August 1976 –; 8 June 1977
Champions	Nantes (4th title)
Relegated	Angers; Lille; Rennes
European Cup	Nantes
Cup Winners' Cup	Saint-Étienne
UEFA Cup	Lens; Bastia
Matches	380
Goals	1,125 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Bianchi; (28 goals)
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FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1976/1977 of the French Association Football League with 58 points.

Season1976–77

Dates6 August 1976 –
8 June 1977

ChampionsNantes (4th title)

RelegatedAngers
Lille
Rennes

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nantes (C)	38	25	8	5	80	40	+40	58	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Lens	38	19	11	8	73	53	+20	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Bastia	38	20	7	11	82	53	+29	47	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Nancy	38	18	9	11	78	53	+25	45
5	Saint-Étienne	38	17	11	10	55	36	+19	45	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
6	Lyon	38	17	10	11	54	47	+7	44
7	Nice	38	19	6	13	60	54	+6	44
8	Metz	38	17	9	12	67	54	+13	43
9	Paris Saint-Germain	38	17	8	13	65	55	+10	42
10	Bordeaux	38	15	8	15	66	57	+9	38
11	Reims	38	12	12	14	53	60	−7	36
12	Marseille	38	14	8	16	48	63	−15	36
13	Nîmes	38	12	10	16	45	56	−11	34
14	Sochaux	38	12	10	16	44	56	−12	34
15	Troyes	38	13	7	18	41	59	−18	33
16	Laval	38	11	10	17	46	62	−16	32
17	Valenciennes	38	9	13	16	41	56	−15	31
18	Angers (R)	38	8	11	19	44	65	−21	27	Relegation to French Division 2
19	Lille (R)	38	7	7	24	40	67	−27	21
20	Rennes (R)	38	6	9	23	43	79	−36	21

Home \ Away	ANG	BAS	BOR	LVL	RCL	LIL	OL	OM	MET	NAL	NAN	NIC	NMS	PSG	REI	REN	STE	SOC	TRO	VAL
Angers		0–3	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	5–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–2	0–0
Bastia	5–1		4–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–0	5–0	5–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	4–0
Bordeaux	4–1	1–0		0–1	5–2	2–1	1–2	5–0	3–3	2–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	5–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0
Laval	2–0	3–1	0–0		1–3	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1
Lens	2–0	4–3	3–3	2–1		4–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0
Lille	0–1	0–3	2–2	3–2	0–1		3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1
Lyon	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	1–0		2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–0	0–0	2–0
Marseille	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	3–1		3–1	2–4	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
Metz	4–2	1–1	4–2	5–3	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–0		3–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–2
Nancy	1–1	4–1	7–3	4–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	4–1		3–0	1–4	3–1	1–2	4–2	3–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0
Nantes	3–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	3–1		6–1	1–0	3–3	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–1
Nice	4–1	5–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–4	2–0	1–2		1–0	1–0	2–3	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1
Nîmes	3–1	3–1	3–2	4–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–2		3–0	1–1	6–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–2
Paris SG	2–0	2–2	2–1	5–0	3–1	2–1	2–4	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–0		2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–2
Reims	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–3	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–3		3–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–0
Rennes	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–3	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–2		0–1	2–2	2–2	0–2
Saint-Étienne	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	4–0		2–0	4–0	5–0
Sochaux	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–5	4–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	2–6	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	4–0		2–0	2–1
Troyes	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–3	0–0	3–2	0–1	2–3	2–2	3–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	1–0		2–1
Valenciennes	0–2	1–2	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	5–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Carlos Bianchi	Reims	28
2	Michel Platini	Nancy	25
3	Nico Braun	Metz	23
4	Hugo Curioni	Metz	22
4	Mustapha Dahleb	Paris Saint-Germain	22
6	Dragan Džajić	Bastia	21
	François Félix	Bastia
	Bernard Lacombe	Lyon
9	Jacques Vergnes	Laval	19
9	Nenad Bjeković	Nice	19

No.	Club	Average attendance	Change
1	Paris Saint-Germain FC	22,410	29.8%
2	RC Lens	19,097	23.2%
3	FC Nantes	17,969	38.0%
4	AS Saint-Étienne	17,618	-9.5%
5	Olympique lyonnais	15,598	59.2%
6	AS Nancy	13,435	43.7%
7	Olympique de Marseille	13,292	-23.8%
8	FC Metz	13,065	-8.8%
9	Stade lavallois	10,753	63.5%
10	OGC Nice	10,318	-25.8%
11	Girondins de Bordeaux	9,865	2.6%
12	Stade de Reims	9,066	-13.3%
13	Stade rennais	8,843	13.4%
14	LOSC	8,313	-20.1%
15	Troyes AF	8,241	-5.3%
16	US Valenciennes	7,201	-21.7%
17	Angers SCO	6,584	25.8%
18	Nîmes Olympique	6,323	-7.0%
19	SC Bastia	5,118	4.6%
20	FC Sochaux	4,981	-37.9%

1976–77 French Division 1

Participating teams

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

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