1965–66 French Division 1
FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1965/1966 of the French Association Football League with 60 points.
Participating teams
- Angers SCO
- Bordeaux
- AS Cannes
- RC Lens
- Lille OSC
- Olympique Lyonnais
- AS Monaco
- FC Nantes
- OGC Nice
- Nîmes Olympique
- Red Star Olympique
- Stade Rennais UC
- FC Rouen
- AS Saint-Etienne
- UA Sedan-Torcy
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
- Stade de Paris FC
- RC Strasbourg
- Toulouse FC (1937)
- US Valenciennes-Anzin
League table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1966/1967- Stade de Reims: Champion of Division 2
- Olympique de Marseille: runner-up of Division 2
- UA Sedan-Torcy with RC Paris, become RC Paris-Sedan
Attendances
| # | Club | Average attendance |
| 1 | Nantes | 16,707 |
| 2 | Girondins | 11,227 |
| 3 | Stade rennais | 10,724 |
| 4 | Nice | 9,450 |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 9,339 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 8,900 |
| 7 | Lens | 8,631 |
| 8 | LOSC | 7,784 |
| 9 | Rouen | 7,624 |
| 10 | Stade français | 7,170 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 7,100 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 7,042 |
| 13 | Olympique lyonnais | 7,020 |
| 14 | Nîmes | 7,000 |
| 15 | Sedan | 6,918 |
| 16 | Angers | 6,300 |
| 17 | Red Star | 6,000 |
| 18 | Sochaux | 5,512 |
| 19 | Cannes | 4,400 |
| 20 | Monaco | 2,700 |
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