The 1995–96 Division 1 season was the 58th since its establishment. Auxerre won their first league title in history 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 Montpellier HSC FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Paris Saint-Germain FC Stade Rennais FC AS Saint-Étienne RC Strasbourg
League table
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
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1995-96 from L'Equipe (Archived from the original on 2011-8-25)1 Sonny AndersonMonaco212 Anto DrobnjakBastia203 Florian MauriceLyon184 Julio César Dely ValdesParis Saint-Germain15 Japhet N'DoramNantes Sylvain WiltordRennes7 RaíParis Saint-Germain148 Youri DjorkaeffParis Saint-Germain13 Corentin MartinsAuxerre10 James DebbahNice 12 Christophe HorlavilleCannes Lilian LaslandesAuxerre
Attendances
# 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 3,520Source:
References
External links France 1995/96 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation