| Season | 1972–73 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Nantes (3rd title) |
| Relegated | Valenciennes Red Star Ajaccio |
| European Cup | Nantes |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Lyon |
| UEFA Cup | Nice Marseille |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 1,050 (2.76 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Josip Skoblar (26) |
1973–74 → | |
FC Nantes wonDivision 1 season 1972/1973 of theFrench Association Football League with 55 points.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nantes(C) | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 55 | Qualification toEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | Nice | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 70 | 44 | +26 | 50 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Marseille | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 48 | |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 46 | |
| 5 | Angers | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 43 | |
| 6 | Nancy | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 42 | |
| 7 | Nîmes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 42 | |
| 8 | Reims | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 41 | |
| 9 | Bastia | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 38 | |
| 10 | Rennes | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 38 | |
| 11 | Sochaux | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 37 | |
| 12 | Paris FC | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 36 | |
| 13 | Lyon | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 62 | 67 | −5 | 35 | Qualification toCup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
| 14 | Bordeaux | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 35 | |
| 15 | Metz | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 35 | |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 30 | |
| 17 | Sedan | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 30 | |
| 18 | Valenciennes(R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 28 | Relegation toFrench Division 2 |
| 19 | Red Star(R) | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 28 | |
| 20 | Ajaccio(R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 40 | 89 | −49 | 23 |
Promoted fromDivision 2, who will play inDivision 1 season 1973/1974
| Home \ Away | ACA | ANG | BAS | BOR | OL | OM | MET | NAL | NAN | NIC | NMS | PFC | RS | REI | REN | STE | SED | SOC | RCS | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajaccio | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |
| Angers | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | |
| Bastia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Bordeaux | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Lyon | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
| Marseille | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| Metz | 7–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Nancy | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Nantes | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 6–2 | 1–0 | |
| Nice | 5–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
| Nîmes | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| Paris FC | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Red Star | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Reims | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Rennes | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Saint-Étienne | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | |
| Sedan | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
| Sochaux | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
| Strasbourg | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | |
| Valenciennes | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |