1955–56 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season1955–56
ChampionsNice
RelegatedLille
Bordeaux
AS Troyes-Savinienne
European CupNice

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

Participating teams

Final table

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
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 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–3 1–2 2–1 1–4 2–3 4–3 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–4 2–2
Lens 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 4–1 1–2 3–2 4–0 3–1 7–3 4–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
Lille 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–3 4–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 6–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 4–0
Lyon 5–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–4 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–0
Marseille 3–0 2–2 2–1 5–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–0
Metz 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 5–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–1
Monaco 4–2 5–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 0–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Nancy 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2[a] 1–3 2–0 3–1 2–3 1–4 2–2 4–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–0
Nice 2–0 5–2 7–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0
Nîmes 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 6–2 6–1 1–1 1–5 2–2 1–1 6–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 5–2
Racing Paris 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–4 4–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–5 2–2 3–0 1–1
Reims 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 5–2 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 6–2 0–1 2–1
Saint-Étienne 3–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 3–1 5–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 3–1 3–2 3–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 4–0
Sedan 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 5–2 1–1 1–3
Sochaux 2–4 3–1 3–3 1–2 3–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–3 2–3 0–2 2–2 0–0 5–1
Strasbourg 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 5–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–4 0–1 5–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1
Toulouse FC 2–1 4–2 4–2 2–1 2–3 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 4–4 2–1
Troyes-Savinienne 1–1 3–0 1–6 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–5 4–4 2–2 4–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–2
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 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Valenciennes 6–2 Lille 1–0 1–2 4–0

Top goalscorers

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