1995–96 French Division 1

AJ Auxerre won Division 1 season 1995/1996 of the French Association Football League with 72 points.

Participating teams

Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux AS Cannes FC Gueugnon EA Guingamp Le Havre AC RC Lens Lille OSC Olympique Lyonnais

FC Martigues FC Metz AS Monaco FC Montpellier HSC FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Paris Saint-Germain FC Stade Rennais FC AS Saint-Étienne RC Strasbourg

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
1	AJ Auxerre	72	38	22	6	10	69	30	+36	11015	Champion of France Champions League and winner of Coupe de France
2	Paris SG	68	38	19	11	8	65	36	+29	37353	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (holders)
3	AS Monaco	68	38	19	11	8	64	39	+25	6307	UEFA Cup
4	FC Metz	65	38	18	11	9	42	30	+12	16003	UEFA Cup (winner of Coupe de la Ligue)
5	RC Lens	63	38	16	15	7	45	31	+14	25492	UEFA Cup
6	Montpellier HSC	60	38	17	9	12	51	40	+11	9929	UEFA Cup
7	FC Nantes	55	38	14	13	11	44	42	+2	24474	Intertoto Cup
8	Stade Rennais	54	38	13	15	10	44	41	+3	13031	Intertoto Cup
9	RC Strasbourg	54	38	14	12	12	46	44	+2	15334	Intertoto Cup
10	EA Guingamp	53	38	13	14	11	34	33	+1	11495	Wins Intertoto Cup, go to UEFA Cup
11	Olympique Lyonnais	48	38	10	18	10	41	41	0	22251
12	OGC Nice	45	38	12	9	17	37	44	-7	5428
13	Le Havre AC	45	38	11	12	15	33	45	-12	9590
14	AS Cannes	44	38	12	8	18	45	51	-6	4839
15	SC Bastia	44	38	12	8	18	45	55	-10	4816
16	Bordeaux	42	38	11	9	18	44	52	-8	14764
17	Lille OSC	39	38	9	12	17	27	50	-23	8676
18	FC Gueugnon	38	38	8	14	16	27	46	-19		Relegated to Ligue 2
19	AS Saint-Étienne	34	38	6	16	16	36	59	-23		Relegated to Ligue 2
20	FC Martigues	34	38	9	7	22	31	58	-27		Relegated to Ligue 2

Promoted from Ligue 2 , who will play in Division 1 season 1996/1997

• • SM Caen : champion of Ligue 2
  • Olympique Marseille : runners-up
  • AS Nancy : 3rd place

Top goalscorers

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Sonny Anderson	Brazil	AS Monaco	21
2	Anto Drobnjak	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	SC Bastia	20
3	Florian Maurice	France	Olympique Lyonnais	18
4	Julio César Dely Valdes	Panama	Paris SG	15
4	Japhet N'Doram	Chad	FC Nantes	15
4	Sylvain Wiltord	France	Stade Rennais	15
7	Raí	Brazil	Paris SG	14
8	Youri Djorkaeff	France	Paris SG	13
8	Corentin Martins	France	AJ Auxerre	13
10	James Debbah	Liberia	OGC Nice	12
10	Christophe Horlaville	France	AS Cannes	12
10	Lilian Laslandes	France	AJ Auxerre	12
13	Bruno Rodriguez	France	SC Bastia	11
13	Alain Caveglia	France	Le Havre AC	11
13	Robert Pirès	France	FC Metz	11
13	Cyrille Pouget	France	FC Metz	11
13	Fabien Lefèvre	France	Montpellier HSC	11
13	Christophe Sanchez	France	Montpellier HSC	11
13	Marco Grassi	Switzerland	Stade Rennais	11
20	Bernard Diomède	France	AJ Auxerre	9
20	Lionel Rouxel	France	EA Guingamp	9
20	Tony Vairelles	France	RC Lens	9
20	Antoine Sibierski	France	Lille OSC	9
20	Samuel Ipoua	Cameroon	OGC Nice	9
20	Alexander Mostovoi	Russia	RC Strasbourg	9

Sources

• France Football:N°2627