| Season | 1955–56 | 
|---|---|
| Champions | Nice | 
| Relegated | Lille Bordeaux AS Troyes-Savinienne | 
| European Cup | Nice | 
| ← 1954–55   1956–57 →  | |
OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1955/1956 of the French Association Football League with 43 points.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nice (C) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 43 | 1.395 | 43 | Qualification to European Cup preliminary round | 
| 2 | Lens | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 65 | 49 | 1.327 | 42 | |
| 3 | Monaco | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 63 | 45 | 1.400 | 41 | |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 68 | 53 | 1.283 | 41 | |
| 5 | Marseille | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 49 | 1.122 | 40 | |
| 6 | Racing Paris | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 74 | 58 | 1.276 | 39 | |
| 7 | Toulouse | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 46 | 1.109 | 38 | |
| 8 | Lyon | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 49 | 1.020 | 37 | |
| 9 | Sedan | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 56 | 0.946 | 36 | |
| 10 | Reims | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 61 | 50 | 1.220 | 34 | |
| 11 | Sochaux | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 50 | 0.940 | 32 | |
| 12 | Nancy | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 51 | 61 | 0.836 | 32 | |
| 13 | Nîmes | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 64 | 56 | 1.143 | 31 | |
| 14 | Strasbourg | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 54 | 66 | 0.818 | 30 | |
| 15 | Metz | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 68 | 0.721 | 29 | |
| 16 | Lille (R) | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 58 | 65 | 0.892 | 24 | Qualification to relegation play-offs | 
| 17 | Bordeaux (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 45 | 69 | 0.652 | 24 | Relegation to French Division 2 | 
| 18 | Troyes-Savinienne (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 43 | 78 | 0.551 | 19 | 
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1956/1957
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valenciennes | 6–2 | Lille | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |    Thadée Cisowski | Racing Paris | 31 | 
| 2 |  Rachid Mekloufi | Saint-Étienne | 21 | 
| 3 |  Gunnar Andersson | Marseille | 20 | 
|  Jacques Foix | Saint-Étienne | ||
| 5 |  René Bliard | Reims | 19 | 
| 6 |  Ernst Stojaspal | Strasbourg | 18 | 
| 7 |  Roger Piantoni | Nancy | 17 | 
|  Hassan Akesbi | Nîmes | ||
| 9 |  Egon Jonsson | Lens | 16 | 
|  Raúl Conti | Monaco | 
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