1938–39 French Division 1

7th season of French Division 1 Division Nationale 1938–39 FC Sète2nd title AntibesRoubaix Roger Courtois (27)Désiré Koranyi (27) 240 766 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 FC Antibes AS Cannes SC Fives Le Havre AC RC Lens Olympique Lillois Olympique de Marseille FC Metz RC Paris Excelsior AC Roubaix RC Roubaix FC Rouen AS Saint-Étienne FC Sète FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg France 350 right Location of teams in 1938–39 Division 1 France 43.590833 7.125556 Antibes right France 43.553056 6.964608 Cannes bottom France 49.501942 0.171061 Le Havre left France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens bottom France 50.621137 3.157519 SC Fives left France 50.621137 3.157519 O. Lillois top France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz right France 48.929444 2.248056 RC Paris bottom France 50.7013 3.2228 Excelsior AC RoubaixRC Roubaix right France 49.4439 1.1033 Rouen bottom France 43.412514 3.670547 Sète bottom France 45.460767 4.390117 St. Étienne left France 47.512311 6.811345 Sochaux bottom France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom Final table main WDL QR 2 y FCS Sète OM Marseille RCP Racing Paris STE Saint-Étienne OL Lillois SOC Sochaux RCL Lens MET Metz SCF Fives RCS Strasbourg LHA Le Havre CAN Cannes EAR Excelsior ROU Rouen FCA Antibes RCR Roubaix 19 4 7 65 36 C 18 4 8 56 34 15 8 7 58 43 14 7 9 46 30 14 6 10 42 38 During World War II, Lillois and Fives merged to form Lille OSC, which took both the clubs' place in Division 1 after the war ended. 14 4 12 65 39 11 9 10 51 42 12 7 11 49 46 13 5 12 57 54 OL 10 8 12 39 43 11 6 13 48 59 11 5 14 47 62 8 8 14 60 71 During World War II, Excelsior and Roubaix merged into CO Roubaix-Tourcoing, which took Excelsior's place in Division 1 after the war ended. 6 9 15 31 48 6 9 15 21 54 R 4 9 17 31 67 EAR yellow C red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R black1 Merged into Roubaix-Tourcoing MERGE Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points complete gallica.bnf.fr 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 main FBR grey FCA CAN EAR SCF LHA RCL LIL OM MET RCP RCR ROU STE SÉT SOC RCS Antibes 0–0 3–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–4 0–2 0–0 1–1 Cannes 3–0 2–1 1–5 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–4 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 Excelsior Roubaix 0–2 3–5 3–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 6–2 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–3 3–2 6–1 Fives 4–1 3–1 4–2 7–3 0–4 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 1–3 2–4 2–0 Le Havre 2–0 3–0 1–3 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 5–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 Lens 1–1 6–2 2–2 4–2 3–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 Olympique Lillois 2–0 4–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 2–1 5–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 Marseille 5–2 0–1 4–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 5–1 5–2 6–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 Metz 6–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 5–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–3 2–1 Racing Paris 3–0 5–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 6–1 3–2 Racing Roubaix 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–5 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–4 2–0 Rouen 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 1–4 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 Saint-Étienne 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 5–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 Sète 4–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 6–3 5–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 Sochaux 2–0 7–3 8–0 5–2 8–0 0–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 Strasbourg 2–1 1–3 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 complete April 2025 Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1FRA SUI Roger CourtoisSochaux27FRA HUN Désiré KoranyiSète3FRA Norbert Van CaeneghemFives244FRA AUT Henri HiltlExcelsior Roubaix185FRA Emmanuel AznarMarseille16FRA Antoine FranceschettiCannesSUI Alessandro FrigerioLe HavreFRA AUT Ignace TaxSaint-Étienne References Division 1 season 1938-1939 at pari-et-gagne.com 1938–39 1 France