Ligue 1 1971-72

France · Champions: Olympique de Marseille · 2.86 goals per game

League table

Final 1971-72 standings: 20 teams, sorted by points, then goal difference. Saint-Étienne scored most, 81 goals.

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Olympique de Marseille	38	24	8	6	78	37	+41	80
2	Nîmes Olympique	38	21	9	8	76	37	+39	72
3	Sochaux	38	21	5	12	57	42	+15	68
4	Saint-Étienne	38	20	4	14	81	59	+22	64
5	Angers	38	19	7	12	56	40	+16	64
6	Olympique Lyonnais	38	18	9	11	58	45	+13	63
7	Bastia	38	20	2	16	58	57	+1	62
8	Nantes	38	17	9	12	70	48	+22	60
9	Nice	38	15	12	11	58	44	+14	57
10	Nancy	38	14	12	12	56	49	+7	54
11	Stade Rennais	38	13	12	13	53	54	-1	51
12	Bordeaux	38	12	11	15	39	52	-13	47
13	Metz	38	13	7	18	44	49	-5	46
14	Ajaccio	38	12	9	17	49	53	-4	45
15	Paris Saint-Germain	38	10	10	18	51	67	-16	40
16	Stade de Reims	38	9	13	16	46	69	-23	40
17	Red Star FC	38	10	10	18	34	64	-30	40
18	Lille	38	8	10	20	43	68	-25	34
19	AS Monaco	38	8	10	20	41	68	-27	34
20	Angoulême Charente FC	38	8	7	23	39	85	-46	31