1956–57 French Division 1

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Division Nationale
Season1956–57
Champions Saint-Étienne
Relegated Stade Rennais
Strasbourg
Nancy
European Cup Saint-Étienne
1957–58 →

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1956/1957 of the Professional Football League with 49 points.

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Participating teams

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Location of teams in 1956–57 Division 1

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGAvPtsQualification or relegation
1 Saint-Étienne (C)34209588451.95649Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 Lens 342131077491.57145
3 Reims 34187973471.55343
4 Racing Paris 34178986551.56442
5 Monaco 341761157441.29540
6 Marseille 341671160531.13239
7 Sochaux 341451563621.01633
8 Toulouse 341281461491.24532
9 Sedan 349141151590.86432
10 Nîmes 341351652560.92931
11 Angers 3410111342510.82431
12 Lyon 341341745530.84930
13 Nice 341181559720.81930
14 Valenciennes 341091543720.59729
15 Metz 349101551580.87928
16 Rennes (R)341151836630.57127Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Strasbourg (R)34981743660.65226Relegation to French Division 2
18 Nancy (R)34891743760.56625
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 1957/1958

Results

Home \ Away ANG RCL OL OM MET ASM FCN NIC NMS RCP REI REN STE SED SOC RCS TOU VAL
Angers 1–00–22–20–30–23–00–11–11–12–22–00–10–04–04–12–52–0
Lens 0–33–12–03–13–13–16–14–02–02–13–00–21–03–10–24–10–0
Lyon 2–13–02–01–01–00–11–04–11–20–32–01–31–10–13–11–31–0
Marseille 0–01–43–23–32–03–13–13–10–31–21–04–33–02–33–13–04–1
Metz 0–11–53–11–01–21–13–33–12–22–51–11–23–11–32–04–12–2
Monaco 1–11–22–01–02–10–22–14–11–11–14–03–12–12–11–21–16–0
Nancy 2–20–20–20–10–20–24–21–02–50–04–01–73–21–33–31–11–4
Nice 1–13–21–01–31–10–23–25–21–12–10–22–21–04–21–01–02–2
Nîmes 3–12–32–02–01–13–14–03–24–21–22–10–02–13–04–10–12–3
Racing Paris 6–25–01–21–34–12–16–13–20–04–23–01–21–23–12–06–23–1
Reims 1–23–24–11–12–15–14–13–12–02–43–14–50–11–03–12–01–1
Rennes 4–11–42–11–11–00–10–32–32–12–21–11–02–02–02–11–03–0
Saint-Étienne 3–03–13–26–32–00–16–14–24–03–10–02–02–26–02–20–05–4
Sedan 1–14–42–21–13–23–31–13–31–01–10–41–12–61–03–11–13–0
Sochaux 0–02–23–13–01–11–13–14–23–13–52–03–11–15–26–01–34–0
Strasbourg 0–21–42–02–31–02–40–02–20–42–11–32–01–10–03–20–06–0
Toulouse FC 5–01–22–20–11–23–01–24–30–13–34–06–03–02–32–01–14–0
Valenciennes 1–02–11–22–21–12–10–02–10–03–11–55–21–10–43–10–11–0
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1 Series Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
Lille 5–4 Rennes 0–23–12–1

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of France.svg Flag of Poland.svg Thadée Cisowski Racing Paris 33
2 Flag of France.svg Just Fontaine Reims 30
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Egon Johnsson Lens 29
Flag of France.svg Eugène Njo-Léa Saint-Étienne
5 Flag of France.svg Rachid Mekloufi Saint-Étienne 25
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Andersson Marseille 23
7 Flag of Morocco.svg Hassan Akesbi Nîmes 20
8 Flag of France.svg Maryan Wisniewski Lens 17
Flag of France.svg Pierre Grillet Racing Paris
Flag of France.svg René Gardien Sochaux

References

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