1945–46 French Division 1

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Division Nationale
Season1945–46
ChampionsLille
1st title
RelegatedLyon
Sochaux
Matches played306
Goals scored1,080 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorerRené Bihel (28)

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.

Participating teams

Sochaux
Strasbourg
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Location of teams in 1945–46 Division 1

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lille OSC (C) 34 19 7 8 89 44 +45 45 Winner of Coupe de France
2 AS Saint-Étienne 34 20 4 10 86 68 +18 44
3 CO Roubaix-Tourcoing 34 15 11 8 60 38 +22 41
4 Stade de Reims 34 15 10 9 68 48 +20 40
5
Stade Rennais UC
 34 13 11 10 57 52 +5 37
6 RC Lens 34 14 8 12 72 57 +15 36
7 FC Rouen 34 14 8 12 53 47 +6 36
8
RC Paris
 34 16 3 15 56 52 +4 35
9 Olympique de Marseille 34 12 10 12 70 65 +5 34
10 AS Cannes 34 12 10 12 51 55 −4 34
11
Red Star Olympique
 34 12 9 13 62 59 +3 33
12
RC Strasbourg
 34 13 7 14 53 62 −9 33
13
FC Sète
 34 13 6 15 63 65 −2 32
14 Bordeaux 34 11 9 14 65 66 −1 31
15 Lyon OU (R) 34 11 9 14 52 78 −26 31 Relegated to Division 2
16 Le Havre AC 34 13 4 17 48 68 −20 30
17 FC Metz 34 10 5 19 40 77 −37 25 Readmitted (
Alsace-Loraine
)
18 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (R) 34 4 7 23 35 79 −44 15 Relegated to Division 2
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Club from

WW2
, could not be relegated.

Promoted from

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 4–1 1–2 2–2 1–5 0–1 1–1 8–0 3–1 2–1 5–1 4–1 0–2 4–1 1–3 0–3 3–2 4–3
Cannes 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–4 2–1 4–1 3–1
Le Havre 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 4–3 3–0 3–5 0–1 2–3 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 3–0
Lens 1–1 2–1 7–1 3–1 9–2 3–1 5–3 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 6–1 5–1 3–0 0–4
Lille 5–0 5–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 4–4 7–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–5 0–2 2–2 8–0 5–2 3–1 4–1
Lyon OU 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–5 0–5 2–1 3–3 2–0 3–4 3–2
Marseille 3–0 6–1 3–0 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–5 2–2 0–2 2–3 1–4 1–2 3–1 5–0
Metz 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–3 0–3 1–4 3–1 2–1 2–4 2–2 0–1 4–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–3
Racing Paris
 2–2 0–3 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 2–6 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 4–1 4–1 3–0 2–1
Red Star Olympique 4–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–3 0–1 0–3 0–4 3–0 3–1 3–2 6–0 4–1 4–2
Reims 2–2 2–4 4–0 1–2 1–1 6–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 1–1 4–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–1
Rennes 4–2 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–4 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 3–3 5–1 0–1
Roubaix-Tourcoing 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 5–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–5 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–1
Rouen 1–1 1–1 6–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 6–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 5–0
Saint-Étienne 3–1 2–1 5–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–4 3–1 3–2 3–2 2–3 4–2 1–3 3–1 6–2 1–0 0–0
Sète
 2–4 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 6–2 2–3 3–1 3–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 4–0 0–1
Sochaux 0–3 2–2 2–4 0–3 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–4 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 4–4 1–3 4–2
Strasbourg
 1–1 3–2 0–2 3–3 0–1 3–2 3–0 0–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

References