| Season | 1995–96 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 July 1995 – 18 May 1996 |
| Champions | Auxerre (1st title) |
| Relegated | Gueugnon Saint-Étienne Martigues |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 867 (2.28 per match) |
| Best Player | Zinedine Zidane |
| Top goalscorer | Sonny Anderson (21) |
1996–97 → | |
The1995–96 Division 1 season was the 58th since its establishment.Auxerre won their first league title in history with 72 points.
| 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 toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 68 | Qualification toCup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 68 | Qualification toUEFA 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 toIntertoto 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 toFrench 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 |
Promoted fromLigue 2, who will play inDivision 1 season 1996/1997
| 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 |
| # | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSG | 37,353 |
| 2 | Lens | 25,492 |
| 3 | Nantes | 24,475 |
| 4 | Olympique lyonnais | 22,251 |
| 5 | Metz | 16,003 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 15,334 |
| 7 | Girondins | 14,764 |
| 8 | Saint-Étienne | 13,746 |
| 9 | Stade rennais | 13,031 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 11,496 |
| 11 | AJA | 11,015 |
| 12 | MHSC | 9,929 |
| 13 | Le Havre | 9,590 |
| 14 | LOSC | 8,676 |
| 15 | Gueugnon | 6,540 |
| 16 | Monaco | 6,308 |
| 17 | Nice | 5,429 |
| 18 | Cannes | 4,839 |
| 19 | Bastia | 4,816 |
| 20 | Martigues | 3,520 |
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