1956–57 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season1956–57
ChampionsSaint-Étienne
RelegatedStade Rennais
Strasbourg
Nancy
European CupSaint-Étienne

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

Participating teams

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Saint-Étienne (C) 34 20 9 5 88 45 1.956 49 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 Lens 34 21 3 10 77 49 1.571 45
3 Reims 34 18 7 9 73 47 1.553 43
4 Racing Paris 34 17 8 9 86 55 1.564 42
5 Monaco 34 17 6 11 57 44 1.295 40
6 Marseille 34 16 7 11 60 53 1.132 39
7 Sochaux 34 14 5 15 63 62 1.016 33
8 Toulouse 34 12 8 14 61 49 1.245 32
9 Sedan 34 9 14 11 51 59 0.864 32
10 Nîmes 34 13 5 16 52 56 0.929 31
11 Angers 34 10 11 13 42 51 0.824 31
12 Lyon 34 13 4 17 45 53 0.849 30
13 Nice 34 11 8 15 59 72 0.819 30
14 Valenciennes 34 10 9 15 43 72 0.597 29
15 Metz 34 9 10 15 51 58 0.879 28
16 Rennes (R) 34 11 5 18 36 63 0.571 27 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Strasbourg (R) 34 9 8 17 43 66 0.652 26 Relegation to French Division 2
18 Nancy (R) 34 8 9 17 43 76 0.566 25
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 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–3 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 4–1 2–5 2–0
Lens 0–3 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 6–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 4–1 0–0
Lyon 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–0
Marseille 0–0 1–4 3–2 3–3 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 4–3 3–0 2–3 3–1 3–0 4–1
Metz 0–1 1–5 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–3 3–1 2–2 2–5 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 2–0 4–1 2–2
Monaco 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 6–0
Nancy 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 4–2 1–0 2–5 0–0 4–0 1–7 3–2 1–3 3–3 1–1 1–4
Nice 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–2 3–2 5–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–2
Nîmes 3–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 3–2 4–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 0–1 2–3
Racing Paris 6–2 5–0 1–2 1–3 4–1 2–1 6–1 3–2 0–0 4–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 6–2 3–1
Reims 1–2 3–2 4–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 2–4 3–1 4–5 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1
Rennes 4–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0
Saint-Étienne 3–0 3–1 3–2 6–3 2–0 0–1 6–1 4–2 4–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 6–0 2–2 0–0 5–4
Sedan 1–1 4–4 2–2 1–1 3–2 3–3 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–1 2–6 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–0
Sochaux 0–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 3–1 3–5 2–0 3–1 1–1 5–2 6–0 1–3 4–0
Strasbourg 0–2 1–4 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–4 0–0 2–2 0–4 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 6–0
Toulouse FC 5–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 4–3 0–1 3–3 4–0 6–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 4–0
Valenciennes 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–5 5–2 1–1 0–4 3–1 0–1 1–0
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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

Top goalscorers

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

References