1955–56 French Division 1

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Division Nationale
Season1955–56
Champions Nice
Relegated Lille
Bordeaux
AS Troyes-Savinienne
European Cup Nice
1956–57

OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1955/1956 of the French Association Football League with 43 points.

Contents

Participating teams

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGAvPtsQualification or relegation
1 Nice (C)34187960431.39543Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 Lens 341941165491.32742
3 Monaco 341771063451.40041
4 Saint-Étienne 341511868531.28341
5 Marseille 341681055491.12240
6 Racing Paris 341751274581.27639
7 Toulouse 3414101051461.10938
8 Lyon 341571250491.02037
9 Sedan 341481253560.94636
10 Reims 341381361501.22034
11 Sochaux 341281447500.94032
12 Nancy 341361551610.83632
13 Nîmes 341191464561.14331
14 Strasbourg 341261654660.81830
15 Metz 341171649680.72129
16 Lille (R)341042058650.89224Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Bordeaux (R)34961945690.65224Relegation to French Division 2
18 Troyes-Savinienne (R)34592043780.55119
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1956/1957

Results

Home \ Away BOR RCL LIL OL OM MET ASM FCN NIC NIM RCP REI STE SED SOC RCS TOU TRO
Bordeaux 1–22–12–01–02–10–23–31–22–11–42–34–32–10–13–03–42–2
Lens 2–01–01–04–04–11–23–24–03–17–34–12–24–02–11–01–03–1
Lille 2–11–14–10–34–12–01–22–13–26–12–20–20–11–24–01–24–0
Lyon 5–20–12–11–12–11–12–02–40–03–12–12–10–03–12–02–23–0
Marseille 3–02–22–15–14–01–11–20–02–01–41–02–22–21–03–13–03–0
Metz 1–12–32–01–12–31–22–02–02–21–31–15–23–13–12–21–02–1
Monaco 4–25–22–02–13–04–02–24–21–00–02–12–30–24–00–01–01–1
Nancy 1–01–03–12–01–2 [a] 1–32–03–12–31–42–24–20–13–11–21–0
Nice 2–05–27–12–01–21–01–13–02–12–01–02–13–21–22–11–02–0
Nîmes 3–03–12–02–11–10–06–26–11–11–52–21–16–21–04–02–15–2
Racing Paris 3–00–12–11–24–01–22–13–44–23–22–13–04–02–52–23–01–1
Reims 3–03–01–13–01–15–20–21–21–31–12–11–21–13–06–20–12–1
Saint-Étienne 3–00–04–10–13–15–01–01–13–33–13–23–13–20–03–10–04–0
Sedan 1–11–02–12–22–14–22–11–00–12–13–01–13–02–15–21–11–3
Sochaux 2–43–13–31–23–10–13–10–00–01–01–14–32–30–22–20–05–1
Strasbourg 1–11–03–11–25–03–12–14–01–02–11–40–15–23–01–01–22–1
Toulouse FC 2–14–24–22–12–34–13–11–01–12–20–00–22–21–10–14–42–1
Troyes-Savinienne 1–13–01–61–30–11–12–54–42–24–20–22–31–12–11–13–00–2
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match between Nancy and Marseille was abandoned when the score was 2–4 and was subsequently rated 0–0 as a victory for Marseille.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1 Series Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
Valenciennes 6–2 Lille 1–01–24–0

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of France.svg Flag of Poland.svg Thadée Cisowski Racing Paris 31
2 Flag of France.svg Rachid Mekloufi Saint-Étienne 21
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Andersson Marseille 20
Flag of France.svg Jacques Foix Saint-Étienne
5 Flag of France.svg René Bliard Reims 19
6 Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Stojaspal Strasbourg 18
7 Flag of France.svg Roger Piantoni Nancy 17
Flag of Morocco.svg Hassan Akesbi Nîmes
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Egon Jonsson Lens 16
Flag of Argentina.svg Raúl Conti Monaco

OGC Nice Winning Squad 1955-'56

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References

  1. "OGC Nice official site". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2008-03-16.