1945–46 French Division 1

Last updated
Division Nationale
Season1945–46
Champions Lille
1st title
Relegated Lyon
Sochaux
Matches played306
Goals scored1,080 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer René Bihel (28)
1946–47

Lille OSC won Division 1 season 1945/1946, the first professional football season since the end of World War II, of the French Association Football League with 45 points.

Contents

Participating teams

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Lille OSC (C)3419788944+4545Winner of Coupe de France
2 AS Saint-Étienne 34204108668+1844
3 CO Roubaix-Tourcoing 34151186038+2241
4 Stade de Reims 34151096848+2040
5 Stade Rennais UC 341311105752+537
6 RC Lens 34148127257+1536
7 FC Rouen 34148125347+636
8 RC Paris 34163155652+435
9 Olympique de Marseille 341210127065+534
10 AS Cannes 341210125155434
11 Red Star Olympique 34129136259+333
12 RC Strasbourg 34137145362933
13 FC Sète 34136156365232
14 Bordeaux 34119146566131
15 Lyon OU (R)341191452782631Relegated to Division 2
16 Le Havre AC 341341748682030
17 FC Metz 341051940773725Readmitted (Alsace-Loraine)
18 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (R)34472335794415Relegated to Division 2
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Club from Alsace-Loraine, annexed by Nazi Germany during WW2, could not be relegated.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1946/1947

Results

Home \ Away BOR CAN LHA RCL LIL LOU OM FCM RCP RSO REI REN CRT ROU STE SÉT SOC RCS
Bordeaux 4–11–22–21–50–11–18–03–12–15–14–10–24–11–30–33–24–3
Cannes 0–03–21–02–11–10–20–11–13–11–12–21–13–11–42–14–13–1
Le Havre 3–21–21–01–20–04–33–03–50–12–30–04–11–00–24–11–03–0
Lens 1–12–17–13–19–23–15–32–31–12–22–22–11–06–15–13–00–4
Lille 5–05–11–03–14–04–47–00–13–13–02–50–22–28–05–23–14–1
Lyon OU 0–02–21–02–01–21–12–01–02–21–23–50–52–13–32–03–43–2
Marseille 3–06–13–04–12–21–12–10–02–13–52–20–22–31–41–23–15–0
Metz 2–01–02–22–30–31–43–12–12–42–20–14–20–00–32–12–01–3
Racing Paris 2–20–34–12–02–11–32–62–01–02–13–00–20–14–14–13–02–1
Red Star Olympique 4–21–13–01–12–22–22–22–30–10–30–43–03–13–26–04–14–2
Reims 2–22–44–01–21–16–04–11–11–04–05–01–14–11–32–11–00–1
Rennes 4–20–20–13–01–43–10–01–01–01–01–11–12–02–33–35–10–1
Roubaix-Tourcoing 3–12–01–13–01–15–01–14–01–03–50–11–10–03–23–12–21–1
Rouen 1–11–16–02–12–12–16–04–12–01–11–01–12–12–10–31–15–0
Saint-Étienne 3–12–15–12–13–14–02–43–13–23–22–34–21–33–16–21–00–0
Sète 2–41–03–00–01–26–22–33–13–24–01–12–00–04–11–14–00–1
Sochaux 0–32–22–40–30–01–31–00–02–40–21–10–20–12–04–41–34–2
Strasbourg 1–13–20–23–30–13–23–00–24–11–13–11–12–11–13–21–12–1
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of France.svg René Bihel Lille 28
2 Flag of France.svg Pierre Sinibaldi Reims 26
3 Flag of France.svg Antoine Rodriguez Saint-Étienne 22
4 Flag of France.svg Louis de Sainte de Maréville Marseille 21
5 Flag of France.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Désiré Koranyi Sète 20
6 Flag of France.svg Jean Baratte Lille 19
7 Flag of France.svg René Alpsteg Saint-Étienne 18
Flag of France.svg Flag of Poland.svg Stefan Dembicki Lens
Flag of France.svg René Lozia Red Star
Flag of France.svg Joseph Rabstejnek Rennes

References