1945–46 French Division 1

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

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lille (C) 34 19 7 8 89 44 2.023 45
2 Saint-Étienne 34 20 4 10 86 68 1.265 44
3 Roubaix-Tourcoing 34 15 11 8 60 38 1.579 41
4 Reims 34 15 10 9 68 48 1.417 40
5 Rennes 34 13 11 10 57 52 1.096 37
6 Lens 34 14 8 12 72 57 1.263 36
7 Rouen 34 14 8 12 53 47 1.128 36
8 Racing Paris 34 16 3 15 56 52 1.077 35
9 Marseille 34 12 10 12 70 65 1.077 34
10 Cannes 34 12 10 12 51 55 0.927 34
11 Red Star 34 12 9 13 62 59 1.051 33
12 Strasbourg 34 13 7 14 53 62 0.855 33
13 Sète 34 13 6 15 63 65 0.969 32
14 Bordeaux 34 11 9 14 65 66 0.985 31
15 Lyon OU (R) 34 11 9 14 52 78 0.667 31 Relegation to French Division 2
16 Le Havre 34 13 4 17 48 68 0.706 30 Spared from relegation[a]
17 Metz 34 10 5 19 40 77 0.519 25
18 Sochaux (R) 34 4 7 23 35 79 0.443 15 Relegation 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 4–1 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