1945–46 French Division 1

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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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGAvPtsQualification or relegation
1 Lille (C)34197889442.02345
2 Saint-Étienne 342041086681.26544
3 Roubaix-Tourcoing 341511860381.57941
4 Reims 341510968481.41740
5 Rennes 3413111057521.09637
6 Lens 341481272571.26336
7 Rouen 341481253471.12836
8 Racing Paris 341631556521.07735
9 Marseille 3412101270651.07734
10 Cannes 3412101251550.92734
11 Red Star 341291362591.05133
12 Strasbourg 341371453620.85533
13 Sète 341361563650.96932
14 Bordeaux 341191465660.98531
15 Lyon OU (R)341191452780.66731Relegation to French Division 2
16 Le Havre 341341748680.70630Spared from relegation [a]
17 Metz 341051940770.51925
18 Sochaux (R)34472335790.44315Relegation to French Division 2
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Le Havre and Metz were spared from relegation as the clubs suffered massive damages from World War II, thus Lyon OU were relegated instead. This reprieve also applied to Strasbourg, however the club finished outside of the relegation zone.

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