Division 1 1961/62
| Division 1 1961/62 | |
| master | Stade Reims |
| European Cup of National Champions |
Stade Reims |
| Cup winners | AS Saint-Etienne |
| European Cup Winners' Cup |
AS Saint-Etienne |
| Relegated | AS Saint-Étienne FC Sochaux Le Havre AC FC Metz |
| Teams | 20th |
| Games | 380 |
| Gates | 1,192 (ø 3.14 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Sékou Touré( SO Montpellier ) |
| ← Division 1 1960/61 | |
The Division 1 1961-62 was the 24th event of the professional French football league. Champion became Stade Reims , which won its sixth title since 1949 .
The first matchday was August 19, 1961, the last matchday May 20, 1962. There was no “winter break”; rather, they even played on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve .
societies
The clubs that had finished the previous season no worse than in 16th place and the four promoted teams from the second division were eligible to participate . Thus, the following teams played for the championship title this season:
- a club from the far north ( Racing Lens ),
- four from Paris and Champagne ( Racing Paris , Stade Français , Stade Reims , UA Sedan-Torcy ),
- four from the northeast ( FC Nancy and the three newly promoted FC Sochaux , FC Metz , Racing Strasbourg ),
- four from the northwest ( Le Havre AC , FC Rouen , Stade Rennes UC , SCO Angers ),
- seven from the south ( AS Saint-Étienne , Olympique Lyon , Toulouse FC , newly promoted SO Montpellier , Olympique Nîmes , OGC Nice , defending champions AS Monaco ).
Season course
The French print literature almost agrees that the long-term significance of this season is based on the drama of the final day of the match, which featured a “heartbeat finale” between three teams, each of which would have deserved the title. It was Racing Paris, who missed the championship by a hair's breadth in the previous year and third in each of the previous two seasons, Olympique Nîmes, now almost tragically "eternal second" (in the championship in 1958 , 1959 and 1960 , in addition in Landespokal 1958 , and in three of these four cases behind Stade Reims) as well as these Reimser.
On 20 May 1962, the starting position before the 38th matchday kicked off - in all stadiums at 3 p.m. - was that Nîmes was one point ahead of the table and "only" had to prevail at Stade Français for the season seemed to run; Racing and Stade were tied behind them, with the Parisians showing the better goal quotient with 1.355 versus 1.322. Paris solved his task, won 2-1 at defending champions AS Monaco and, when the news of Nîmes' surprising 1-0 defeat became known there a few minutes later, already thought they were the new French champions - but only very briefly, because then the radio also announced the result from Reims: the team from Champagne had outclassed Strasbourg by 5: 1, and the slide rules determined a tiny advantage of the Reims goal difference over that of the capital team. In the Paris locker room, statements such as "Alsatian neighborhood help" and more violent things are said to have made the rounds. In Nîmes, on the other hand, there was no bad word about Henri Skiba , a very successful striker at Olympique from 1957 to 1960, who had now scored the golden goal for Stade Français that had once more snatched a title from the team from the Gard department .
In two other cases, too, it was the goal quotient that had decided on the respective placement, albeit not with such fundamental consequences for those involved. In the middle of the table there were five equal-point teams, three of which had an identical goal difference (+1) but a slightly different goal quotient - between Rouen and Stade Français only the fourth decimal place was decisive - and in the relegation zone the goal difference decided the second to last or third from bottom - four years earlier that would have been the decision about relegation or relegation. The relegated this season were replaced for the coming season by the second division Girondins Bordeaux , FC Grenoble , Olympique Marseille and US Valenciennes . And two years later , the French federation introduced goal difference instead of goal difference in the event of a tie; had this been the case in 1962, Racing Paris would have become champions.
Closing table
Division 1 venues 1961/62 |
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stade Reims | 38 | 21st | 6th | 11 | 83:60 | 1.38 | 48:28 |
| 2. | Racing Paris | 38 | 21st | 6th | 11 | 86:63 | 1.37 | 48:28 |
| 3. | Olympique Nîmes | 38 | 21st | 5 | 12 | 68:60 | 1.13 | 47:29 |
| 4th | FC Nancy | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 52:46 | 1.13 | 44:32 |
| 5. | WP Sedan-Torcy (P) | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 63:49 | 1.29 | 43:33 |
| 6th | AS Monaco (M) | 38 | 17th | 9 | 12 | 65:57 | 1.14 | 43:33 |
| 7th | Racing Lens | 38 | 19th | 4th | 15th | 67:52 | 1.29 | 42:34 |
| 8th. | SO Montpellier (N) | 38 | 15th | 9 | 14th | 69:64 | 1.08 | 39:37 |
| 9. | FC Rouen | 38 | 14th | 10 | 14th | 57:56 | 1.02 | 38:38 |
| 10. | Stade Français Paris | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 58:57 | 1.02 | 38:38 |
| 11. | Toulouse FC | 38 | 16 | 6th | 16 | 62:61 | 1.02 | 38:38 |
| 12. | Stade Rennes UC | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 58:63 | 0.92 | 38:38 |
| 13. | OGC Nice | 38 | 16 | 6th | 16 | 53:64 | 0.83 | 38:38 |
| 14th | SCO Angers | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15th | 56:59 | 0.95 | 36:40 |
| 15th | Racing Strasbourg (N) | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 45:54 | 0.83 | 34:42 |
| 16. | Olympique Lyon | 38 | 13 | 7th | 18th | 57:62 | 0.92 | 33:43 |
| 17th | AS Saint-Etienne | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18th | 55:60 | 0.92 | 30:46 |
| 18th | FC Sochaux (N) | 38 | 8th | 12 | 18th | 55:69 | 0.80 | 28:48 |
| 19th | Le Havre AC | 38 | 7th | 14th | 17th | 34:57 | 0.60 | 28:48 |
| 20th | FC Metz (N) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20th | 49:79 | 0.62 | 27:49 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient
| (M) | reigning French champion |
| (P) | reigning French cup winner |
| (N) | Newcomers from Division 2 1960/61 |
Crosstab
| SCO Ang |
AC LeH |
RC Len |
Ol. Lyo |
FC Met |
AS Moc |
SO mop |
FC Nan |
OGC Niz |
Ol. Nîm |
RC par |
St. Rei |
SUC Ren |
FC Rou |
AS StÉ |
UA Sed |
FC Soc |
SF par |
RC Str |
FC Tou |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO Angers | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 8: 3 | 2: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | |
| Le Havre AC | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 4 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | |
| Racing Lens | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 5: 2 | 5-0 | 5: 1 | 4: 1 | 4: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 3 | 3: 4 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | |
| Olympique Lyon | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2: 4 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | |
| FC Metz | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 4 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 6-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | |
| AS Monaco | 5-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 4-0 | 5: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 4: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 4: 3 | |
| SO Montpellier | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 5 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 4: 3 | 5-0 | 4: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | |
| FC Nancy | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 5: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | |
| OGC Nice | 0: 2 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | |
| Olympique Nîmes | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 4 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | |
| Racing Paris | 4: 3 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 4 | 11: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 4 | 2: 6 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 3 | 2-0 | |
| Stade Reims | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4: 1 | 0: 4 | 5: 3 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 1: 4 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 0: 4 | 5: 1 | 5: 1 | |
| Stade Rennes UC | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 4: 6 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 2 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | |
| FC Rouen | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 4 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | |
| AS Saint-Etienne | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 3: 4 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 5: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 5-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | |
| UA Sedan-Torcy | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 5: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 1-0 | |
| FC Sochaux | 5: 2 | 6: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 4: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | |
| Stade Français Paris | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 4 | 2: 2 | 2: 4 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 4 | |
| Racing Strasbourg | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 5: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | |
| Toulouse FC | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 6: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | 6: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 |
The championship team Stade Reims
| 1. | Stade Reims |
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There was also an own goal.
Most successful goal scorers
| Pl. | player | society | Gates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sékou Touré
|
SO Montpellier | 25th |
| 2 |
 Hassan Akesbi
|
Stade Reims | 23 |
| 3 | Michel Lafranceschina | Racing Lens | 20th |
| 4th | Casimir Koza | Racing Strasbourg | 19th |
| 5 | Fleury Di Nallo | Olympique Lyon | 18th |
.svg){kind=small} Mahi Khennane
|
Stade Rennes UC | 18th | |
.svg){kind=small} José Parodi
|
Olympique Nîmes | 18th | |
| 8th | Roger Piantoni | Stade Reims | 16 |
| 9 | Michel Stievenard | SCO Angers | 15th |
| Jean-Jacques Marcel | Racing Paris | 15th | |
| 11 | François Today | Racing Paris | 14th |
| Ginès Liron | AS Saint-Etienne | 14th | |
| Joseph Ujlaki | Racing Paris | 14th | |
| 14th | Nestor Combin | Olympique Lyon | 13 |
| Pierre Dorsini | Toulouse FC | 13 | |
 Alberto Muro
|
FC Nancy | 13 | |
 Philippe Pottier
|
Stade Français Paris | 13 | |
| Ernest Schultz | Toulouse FC | 13 |
See also
literature
- Hubert Beaudet: Le Championnat et ses champions. 70 ans de Football en France. Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2002, ISBN 2-84253-762-9
- Sophie Guillet / François Laforge: Le guide français et international du football éd. 2009. Vecchi, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-7328-9295-5
- Jean-Philippe Rethacker: La grande histoire des clubs de foot champions de France. Sélection du Reader's Digest, Paris / Bruxelles / Montréal / Zurich 2001, ISBN 2-7098-1238-X
Notes and evidence
- ^ Pascal Grégoire-Boutreau / Tony Verbicaro: Stade de Reims - une histoire sans fin. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2001, ISBN 2-911698-21-5 , pp. 287–289
- ↑ Beaudet, p. 76ff .; Rethacker, pp. 74f .; Jean Cornu: Les grandes equipes françaises de football. Famot, Genève 1978, p. 72f. and 108f .; Pierre Delaunay / Jacques de Ryswick / Jean Cornu: 100 ans de football en France. Atlas, Paris 1983², ISBN 2-7312-0108-8 , p. 244; Jean-Philippe Rethacker / Jacques Thibert: La fabuleuse histoire du football. Minerva, Genève 1996, 2003², ISBN 978-2-8307-0661-1 , pp. 331f.
- ↑ In its article “May 20, 1962 - Reims pour dix-huit millièmes” on May 20, 2014, on p. 64, France Football once again presented the drama and the changing placements of the three title contenders in minute detail.
- ^ Jean-Philippe Rethacker / Jacques Thibert: La fabuleuse histoire du football. Minerva, Genève 1996, 2003², ISBN 978-2-8307-0661-1 , p. 332
- ↑ Beaudet, p. 78
- ↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 150, supplemented from Stéphane Boisson / Raoul Vian: Il était une fois le Championnat de France de Football. Tous les joueurs de la première division de 1948/49 à 2003/04. Neofoot, Saint-Thibault o. J.
- ^ Pascal Grégoire-Boutreau / Tony Verbicaro: Stade de Reims - une histoire sans fin. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2001, ISBN 2-911698-21-5 , p. 287