Division 1 1967/68

Division 1 1967/68
master	AS Saint-Etienne
European Cup of National Champions	AS Saint-Etienne
Trade fair trophy	OGC Nice Olympique Marseille FC Metz Olympique Lyon
Cup winners	AS Saint-Etienne
European Cup Winners' Cup	Girondins Bordeaux
Relegation ↓	Racing Strasbourg Racing Lens
Relegated	SCO Angers OSC Lille AS Aix Racing Lens
Teams	20th
Games	380 + 8 relegation games
Gates	1.002  (ø 2.64 per game)
Top scorer	Étienne Sansonetti ( AC Ajaccio )
← Division 1 1966/67 Division 1 1968/69 →
Division 2 1967/68 ↓

The Division 1 1967-68 was the 30th staging of the professional French football league. Champion was the fourth time since 1957 , the AS Saint-Etienne , which was able to defend her title.

The first game day was August 17, 1967, the last game day took place on July 5, 1968 (see below) . There was a three-week “winter break” between December 18th and January 6th.

societies

The clubs that had finished the previous season no worse than in 16th place were eligible to participate, as well as two direct promoters from the second division and the two winners of the relegation round . Of the latter, however, Toulouse FC had subsequently sold its license to Red Star and was no longer represented in Division 1 . Thus, the following teams played for the championship title this season:

• three clubs from the far north ( Racing Lens , US Valenciennes-Anzin , OSC Lille ),
• two from Paris and Champagne-Ardenne ( Racing Paris-Sedan , "license purchaser" Red Star FC ),
• three from the northeast ( FC Sochaux , Racing Strasbourg , newly promoted FC Metz ),
• four from the northwest ( FC Rouen , Stade Rennes UC , FC Nantes , SCO Angers ),
• one from the southwest ( Girondins Bordeaux ),
• six from the southeast (defending champions AS Saint-Étienne , Olympique Lyon , Olympique Marseille , relegation winners AS Aix , OGC Nice , AS Monaco ),
• one from Corsica (promoted AC Ajaccio ).

Season course

The two-point rule applied ; in the event of a tie, the goal difference was decisive for the placement. For this season, the French Football Association had generally allowed the exchange of one player per team without an injury.

The defending champion Saint-Étienne had a coach change, but this did not have any negative effects, because the outgoing Jean Snella and Albert Batteux, who replaced him, pursued a very similar concept. In addition, there were selective reinforcements of the team, with the arrival of a young attacker from Mali at the end of 1967 making headlines: Salif Keïta took a taxi from Le Bourget Airport to the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on his own initiative and received a contract there after a training session. In 18 league games he then scored twelve goals for ASSE. The battle for the championship went without tension, because the "Greens" from Saint-Étienne sat at the top of the table right from the start. For the first time on the eleventh match day they suffered a defeat against Angers, which was followed two weeks later by another against Paris-Sedan. Nevertheless, first place was never in danger, and in the end their “colossal superiority” was expressed in a record eleven point lead over runner-up Nice. The best storm and the best defense in the league had also secured the national cup and thus the doublé in mid-May ; for coach Batteux this was the second “double win” in ten years that he had achieved with Stade Reims .

The 1967/68 season saw Ajaccio for the first time in league history a Corsican team in Division 1 , which was to follow immediately after the end of the season with SEC Bastia . The license purchase by Red Star from Saint-Ouen was also a premiere - albeit "hardly in conformity with sports ethics" . This made the path of the "Red Devils" from Rouen , who together with newcomer Aix at the bottom of the table together with newcomer Aix, rated all the more positive adorned. Then they added at the beginning of 1968 Saint-Étienne one of his only five defeats and got as many points as the champions in the last third of the season, which enabled them to prevent relegation, although the league was reduced to 18 participants again the following season . From Division 2 , Bastia Olympique Nîmes returned to the top division, and Strasbourg also used the barrages to stay in the league.

French football was not untouched by the political and social events of Paris May '68 . First on the weekend around May 22nd, an entire matchday was canceled due to a players' strike; This action, organized by the footballers' union UNFP , was directed against the “contract for life”, which tied a professional to his first club until his 35th birthday. In addition, representatives of amateur clubs occupied the office of the Fédération Française de Football under the slogan “Football for footballers!” For five days and, among other things, enforced a statutory participation of the active in association decisions; their first elected representatives were Raymond Kopa and Michel Hidalgo . The 38th matchday could therefore only be played at the beginning of July.

Closing table

Paris (Red Star  +  Racing ) Monaco Strasbourg Lille Sochaux St. Etienne Marseille Nice Rouen Angers Nantes Valenciennes Lens Lyon Metz Aix Ajaccio Rennes Bordeaux

Division 1 venues in 1967/68

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AS Saint-Etienne (M)	38	24	9	5	078:300	+48	57:19
2.	OGC Nice	38	18th	10	10	049:410	+8	46:30
3.	FC Sochaux	38	16	11	11	048:390	+9	43:33
4th	Olympique Marseille	38	17th	9	12	049:460	+3	43:33
5.	US Valenciennes-Anzin	38	17th	8th	13	042:340	+8	42:34
6th	FC Metz (N)	38	15th	12	11	049:440	+5	42:34
7th	FC Nantes (M)	38	15th	11	12	055:500	+5	41:35
8th.	Girondins Bordeaux	38	18th	4th	16	057:440	+13	40:36
9.	AC Ajaccio (N)	38	16	7th	15th	059:590	± 0	39:37
10.	Racing Paris Sedan	38	15th	8th	15th	056:470	+9	38:38
11.	AS Monaco	38	15th	7th	16	045:480	−3	37:39
12.	Olympique Lyon (P)	38	12	12	14th	053:510	+2	36:40
13.	Red Star FC (L)	38	12	12	14th	044:430	+1	36:40
14th	Stade Rennes UC	38	13	10	15th	049:570	−8	36:40
15th	FC Rouen	38	15th	5	18th	048:510	−3	35:41
16.	Racing Strasbourg	38	13	8th	17th	034:400	−6	34:42
17th	Racing Lens	38	13	8th	17th	048:610	−13	34:42
18th	SCO Angers	38	12	10	16	056:700	−14	34:42
19th	Lille OSC	38	9	9	20th	035:520	−17	27:49
20th	AS Aix (N, R)	38	6th	8th	24	048:950	−47	20:56

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

French football champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1968/69

Participation as a cup finalist in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1968/69

Participation in the trade fair trophy 1968/69

Participation in the relegation round

Relegation to Division 2 1968/69

(M)	reigning French champion
(P)	reigning French cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from Division 2 1966/67
(R)	Relegation winner
(L)	Advancement through license purchase

Crosstab

	AS Aix	AC Yes	SCO Ang	Gi. boron	RC Len	OSC Lil	Ol. Lyo	Ol. Mar	FC Met	AS Mon	FC Nan	OGC Niz	RSt FC	SUC Ren	FC Rou	AS StÉ	RC P-S	FC Soc	RC Str	US Val
AS Aix		2: 4	1: 3	5: 1	2: 2	2: 1	2-0	1: 2	0: 1	0-0	2: 6	3: 1	0-0	2: 3	4: 1	1: 1	4: 2	0-0	0: 3	1: 1
AC Ajaccio	8: 2		4-0	3-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 2	2: 2	2: 1	1: 2	5: 3	2: 1	0-0	2-0	5: 3	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 4
SCO Angers	9: 1	3-0		0-0	1: 2	1: 3	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	3-0	1: 3	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	3-0	1-0	2: 3	1: 1	1-0	1-0
Girondins Bordeaux	3-0	3-0	1: 2		6: 1	2: 1	0-0	1: 2	1-0	3-0	6: 2	4-0	1-0	6: 2	1-0	1: 2	2-0	3-0	1: 2	0: 1
Racing Lens	4: 1	1: 2	4: 2	2: 1		1: 1	1-0	5: 1	1: 1	1: 3	1: 3	0-0	2: 4	1: 1	2: 1	1: 3	3-0	0: 2	1-0	1-0
Lille OSC	2: 1	1: 2	2: 1	1: 2	0: 1		1: 1	2-0	0-0	0: 1	2-0	0: 2	1: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 2	2-0	0: 1	0-0	0: 3
Olympique Lyon	4: 3	2: 1	8-0	2-0	3-0	1: 1		3: 2	3: 1	1: 2	0: 3	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	2: 2	0-0	0-0
Olympique Marseille	3: 2	2-0	3: 1	2-0	2-0	0-0	2: 1		2-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 2	2-0	3: 1	2: 2	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	0-0	2-0
FC Metz	3: 1	3-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	3: 1	3-0		2-0	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	6: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 5	2-0	1-0	2-0
AS Monaco	1: 1	0: 1	5-0	1: 2	2: 3	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	3: 1		3-0	2: 2	0: 1	2: 1	1: 3	0: 3	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 1
FC Nantes	5: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0		0-0	4: 2	2-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	0: 2
OGC Nice	1-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	3: 1	0: 3	1: 1	4: 1	0: 2	5: 1		2: 1	0: 3	4-0	1: 2	1-0	1-0	2-0	2: 1
Red Star FC	2: 1	4: 1	3: 3	1-0	3: 2	0: 2	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	2-0	0: 1	1: 1		3: 1	0: 2	1: 1	3-0	1: 2	0: 1	1-0
Stade Rennes UC	4-0	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0	4: 1	1-0	3: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	4-0	3-0		0: 1	0: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1
FC Rouen	5-0	3: 1	0: 1	3-0	0: 1	1-0	3: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	1-0	0: 2	2-0		3-0	0-0	1-0	3: 2	1: 2
AS Saint-Etienne	3: 1	4-0	3-0	1-0	3-0	3-0	1: 1	2-0	4-0	1-0	1: 2	3: 1	1: 1	3-0	3-0		2: 1	2-0	4-0	3-0
Racing Paris Sedan	3-0	2-0	3: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 3	1: 1	3-0	3-0	1-0	0: 1	0-0	3-0	2-0	5: 2		2-0	3: 1	1: 1
FC Sochaux	1: 1	3: 1	2-0	0: 1	4: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3: 2	0-0	1-0	0: 2	1-0	1: 2	3-0	0: 4	3-0		1: 1	3: 1
Racing Strasbourg	1-0	0-0	5: 1	0: 1	1-0	2-0	0: 1	1-0	0-0	2-0	3: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	0: 2	1: 4		0: 1
US Valenciennes-Anzin	1-0	0-0	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	3-0	2-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 2	1: 2	3: 1	0-0	0: 1

Relegation round

The two clubs in Division 1 each played two relegation games against the second division. There were no matches between teams from the same league. The top two teams played in Division 1 the following season .

However, the regulations provided for a deviation from the league operation for relegation, which came into effect in 1967/68; If two or more teams were tied here and promotion or non-promotion depended on it, the better goal difference was not decisive, but the teams were initially classified according to their league affiliation and, if necessary, then according to their placement in the same division.

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. Racing Strasbourg (D1)  4th  2  1  1 005: 300  +2 05: 30  2. Olympique Nîmes (D2)  4th  2  1  1 004: 400  ± 0 05: 30  3. Stade Reims (D2)  4th  2  1  1 008: 600  +2 05: 30  4th Racing Lens (D1)  4th  0  1  3 005: 900  −4 01: 70 Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored qualified for Division 1 1968/69 Relegation to Division 2 1968/69

Crosstab STR NÎM REI LEN Racing Strasbourg 3-0 2: 1 - Olympique Nîmes 0-0 - 3: 1 Stade Reims 2-0 - 2: 2 Racing Lens - 0: 1 2: 3

The AS Saint-Étienne championship team

1.

AS Saint-Etienne

Goal : Georges Carnus (38 / -) Defense : Roland Mitoraj (37/4), Bernard Bosquier (36/4), Georges Polny (36 / -), Vladimir Durković (34 / -), Francis Camerini (8 / -), José Pelletier (2 / -), Gérard Farison (1 / -) Midfield : Georges Bereta (36/5), Aimé Jacquet (35/3), Robert Herbin (27/3), Jean-Michel Larqué (21/5) Attack : Hervé Revelli (32/23), Rachid Mekhloufi (30/7), André Fefeu (27/9), Salif Keïta (18/12), Frédéric N'Doumbé (11 / -), Patrick Parizon (1 / - ) Trainer : Albert Batteux

There were also three own goals.

Most successful goal scorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Étienne Sansonetti	AC Ajaccio	26th
2	Hervé Revelli	AS Saint-Etienne	23
3	Fleury Di Nallo	Olympique Lyon	18th
	Joseph Yegba Maya	Olympique Marseille	18th
5	Lucien Cossou	AS Aix	17th
6th	André Guy	Olympique Lyon	16
	Georges Lech	Racing Lens	16
	Johnny Léonard	FC Metz	16
9	Didier Couécou	Girondins Bordeaux	15th
	Guy Lassalette	FC Sochaux	15th
	New Year's Takač	Stade Rennes UC	15th
12	José Farías	Red Star FC	13
	Philippe Levavasseur	Racing Paris Sedan	13
	Mohamed Salem	Racing Paris Sedan	13
15th	Jean-Claude Bras	US Valenciennes-Anzin	12
	Salif Keita	AS Saint-Etienne	12
	Charly Loubet	OGC Nice	12
	Jacques Simon	FC Nantes	12

See also

• Division 2 1967/68
• Coupe de France 1967/68

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

Web links

• Statistics on lfp.fr

Notes and evidence

1. ^ Pierre Minier: 1943-2003 - Football Club de Nantes, le doyen de l'élite. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2003, ISBN 2-911698-23-1 , pp. 277-280
2. ↑ L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: Coupe de France. La folle épopée. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2007, ISBN 978-2-915535-62-4 , p. 333
3. ↑ Rethacker, p. 105; Beaudet, p. 95
4. ↑ Beaudet, pp. 95f .; Rethacker, p. 114
5. ↑ Beaudet, p. 94
6. ↑ Beaudet, p. 96f.
7. ↑ Beaudet, p. 97; Guillet / Laforge, p. 167; Rethacker, p. 115; Fédération Française de Football (Ed.): 100 dates, histoires, objets du football français. Tana, o. O. 2011, ISBN 978-2-84567-701-2 , pp. 118/119
8. ↑ Grégoire-Boutreau / Verbicaro, pp. 138 and 302
9. ↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 167, 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.
10. ^ Frédéric Parmentier: AS Saint-Étienne, histoire d'une légende. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2004, ISBN 2-911698-31-2 , p. 291
11. Jump up ↑ Ligue 1 1967/68. In: weltfussball.de. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .