1938–39 French Division 1
Season | 1938–39 |
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Champions | FC Sète 2nd title |
Relegated | Antibes Roubaix |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 766 (3.19 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Roger Courtois (27) Désiré Koranyi (27) |
← 1937–38 1945–46 → |
FC Sète won Division 1 season 1938/1939, the last professional football season before World War II, of the French Association Football League.
Participating teams

Location of teams in 1938–39 Division 1
Final table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sète (C) | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 65 | 36 | 1.806 | 42 | |
2 | Marseille | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 34 | 1.647 | 40 | |
3 | Racing Paris | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 43 | 1.349 | 38 | |
4 | Saint-Étienne | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 30 | 1.533 | 35 | |
5 | Lillois[a] | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 1.105 | 34 | |
6 | Sochaux | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 65 | 39 | 1.667 | 32 | |
7 | Lens | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 42 | 1.214 | 31 | |
8 | Metz | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 46 | 1.065 | 31 | |
9 | Fives[a] | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 57 | 54 | 1.056 | 31 | |
10 | Strasbourg | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 0.907 | 28 | |
11 | Le Havre | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 59 | 0.814 | 28 | |
12 | Cannes | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 47 | 62 | 0.758 | 27 | |
13 | Excelsior[b] | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 71 | 0.845 | 24 | |
14 | Rouen | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 48 | 0.646 | 21 | |
15 | Antibes (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 54 | 0.389 | 21 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
16 | Roubaix[b] | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 67 | 0.463 | 17 | Merged into Roubaix-Tourcoing |
Source: gallica.bnf.fr
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b During World War II, Lillois and Fives merged to from Lille OSC, which took both the clubs' place in Division 1 after the war ended.
- ^ a b During World War II, Excelsior and Roubaix merged into CO Roubaix-Tourcoing, which took Excelsior's place in Division 1 after the war ended.
Promoted from Division 2, who would play in Division 1 season 1945/1946 (With the beginning of World War II, relegations and promotions are only taken into account after the end of the war i.e. for season 1945/1946)
- Red Star Olympique: Champion of Division 2
- Stade Rennais UC: Runner-up Division 2
Results
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() ![]() |
Sochaux | 27 |
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Sète | ||
3 | ![]() |
Fives | 24 |
4 | ![]() ![]() |
Excelsior Roubaix | 18 |
5 | ![]() |
Marseille | 16 |
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Cannes | ||
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Le Havre | ||
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Saint-Étienne |
References
- Division 1 season 1938-1939 at pari-et-gagne.com