1994–95 French Division 1

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1994/1995 of the French Association Football League with 79 points and only one defeat.

Division 1

Season	1994–95
Champions	Nantes (7th title)
Relegated	Caen Sochaux
Champions League	Nantes
Cup Winners' Cup	Paris SG
UEFA Cup	Bordeaux Monaco Lens Strasbourg Lyon Auxerre
Matches played	380
Goals scored	951 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Patrice Loko (22 goals)
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

Participating teams

• Auxerre
• SC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• SM Caen
• AS Cannes
• Le Havre AC
• Lens
• Lille
• Olympique Lyonnais
• FC Martigues
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• Montpellier HSC
• FC Nantes Atlantique
• OGC Nice
• Paris Saint-Germain FC
• Stade Rennais FC
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg

Auxerre

Bastia

Bordeaux

Caen

Cannes

Le Havre

Lens      

Lille

Lyon

Martigues

Metz

AS Monaco

Montpellier

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Location of teams in 1994–95 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nantes (C)	38	21	16	1	71	34	+37	79	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Lyon	38	19	12	7	56	38	+18	69	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Paris Saint-Germain	38	20	7	11	58	41	+17	67	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
4	Auxerre	38	15	17	6	59	34	+25	62	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Lens	38	15	14	9	48	44	+4	59
6	Monaco	38	15	12	11	60	39	+21	57
7	Bordeaux	38	16	9	13	52	47	+5	57	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
8	Metz	38	16	8	14	50	44	+6	56
9	Cannes	38	15	8	15	56	48	+8	53
10	Strasbourg	38	13	12	13	43	43	0	51
11	Martigues	38	13	12	13	37	49	−12	51
12	Le Havre	38	12	13	13	46	49	−3	49
13	Rennes	38	12	12	14	53	55	−2	48
14	Lille	38	13	9	16	29	44	−15	48
15	Bastia	38	11	11	16	44	56	−12	44
16	Nice	38	11	10	17	39	52	−13	43
17	Montpellier	38	9	14	15	38	53	−15	41
18	Saint-Étienne	38	9	11	18	45	55	−10	38
19	Caen (R)	38	10	6	22	38	58	−20	36	Relegated to French Division 2
20	Sochaux (R)	38	6	5	27	29	68	−39	23

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1994–95 Coupe de France and 1994–95 Coupe de la Ligue.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1995/1996

• Olympique Marseille : champion of Ligue 2: Due to financial problems, Olympique Marseille remains in Ligue 2, AS Saint-Etienne is not relegated even though they finished 18th.
• EA Guingamp : runners-up
• FC Gueugnon : third place

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Patrice Loko	Nantes	22
2	Alain Caveglia	Le Havre	20
3	Nicolas Ouedec	Nantes	18
4	Florian Maurice	Lyon	15
	Marco Grassi	Rennes
6	Joël Tiéhi	Lens	14
	Youri Djorkaeff	Monaco
8	Ardian Kozniku	Cannes	13
	Didier Tholot	Martigues
	Laurent Blanc	Saint-Étienne

See also

• 1994–95 Coupe de France
• 1994–95 French Division 2

References

1. (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1994-95 from L'Equipe (Archived from the original on 2011-9-9)