1952–53 French Division 1

15th season of French Division 1 Division Nationale 1952–53 1951–52 1953–54 Stade de Reims won Division 1 season 1952/1953 of the French Association Football League with 48 points. Participating teams Bordeaux Le Havre AC RC Lens Lille OSC Olympique de Marseille FC Metz SO Montpellier FC Nancy OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique RC Paris Stade de Reims Stade Rennais UC CO Roubaix-Tourcoing AS Saint-Etienne FC Sète FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Stade français (football) France 350 right Location of teams in 1952–53 Division 1 France 44.896944 -0.563333 Bordeaux left France 49.501942 0.171061 Le Havre left France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens       bottom France 50.621137 3.157519 Lille left France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz right France 43.61194 3.97722 Montpellier left France 48.6955 6.210687 Nancy right France 43.683328 7.25875 Nice bottom France 43.8377777 4.36083333 Nîmes right France 48.929444 2.248056 RC Paris left France 49.246389 4.025 Reims bottom France 48.1147 -1.6794 Rennes right France 50.7013 3.2228 Roubaix-Tourcoing right France 43.412514 3.670547 Sète bottom France 48.84 2.2803 Stade Français bottom France 45.460767 4.390117 St. Étienne left France 47.512417 6.8112 Sochaux left Final table main WDL QR 2 y REI Reims SOC Sochaux BOR Bordeaux LIL Lille NMS Nîmes OM Marseille RCL Lens FCN Nancy SFF Stade Français Sète Sète STE Saint-Étienne MET Metz NIC Nice LHA Le Havre CRT Roubaix-Tourcoing REN Rennes RCP Racing Paris SOM Montpellier 22 4 8 86 36 C 18 8 8 72 58 19 5 10 79 56 15 10 9 61 43 17 6 11 62 47 15 7 12 62 53 13 8 13 50 48 16 2 16 48 58 12 9 13 54 51 13 7 14 42 49 11 8 15 44 59 11 7 16 44 48 12 5 17 49 57 11 7 16 47 63 9 10 15 42 49 10 8 16 37 56 R 11 6 17 40 64 R 8 9 17 43 67 R yellow C red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs PO red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R R Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points complete March 2025 Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1953/1954 Toulouse FC: Champion of Division 2 AS Monaco: Runner-up RC Strasbourg: Third place Results main FBR grey BOR LHA RCL LIL OM MET SOM FCN NIC NMS RCP REI REN CRT STE SÉT SOC SFF Bordeaux 6–0 2–0 1–5 2–0 4–0 6–0 4–1 7–3 3–2 3–1 1–0 7–0 4–2 0–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 Le Havre 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–4 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–3 Lens 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–3 5–0 1–3 1–2 3–0 5–1 1–1 Lille 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 6–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–5 1–1 2–1 0–2 5–0 3–1 2–1 Marseille 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 4–3 3–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 4–2 1–0 3–3 1–6 1–0 Metz 0–2 6–1 3–0 0–3 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 Montpellier 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–5 0–1 2–6 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–3 Nancy 3–0 0–3 1–3 1–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 5–1 Nice 1–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–4 3–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 5–3 2–1 Nîmes 5–1 7–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 Racing Paris 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–3 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 Reims 2–3 5–0 5–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–2 3–1 2–0 5–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 Rennes 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 Roubaix-Tourcoing 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–4 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 Saint-Étienne 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 6–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 2–6 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 Sète 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 0–0 2–2 Sochaux 8–2 3–2 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 4–2 1–3 Stade Français 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–4 4–1 0–1 4–2 5–0 1–5 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 complete March 2025 Relegation play-offs Strasbourg 7–1 Rennes 4–0 3–1 |} Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1SWE Gunnar AnderssonMarseille352NED Bram AppelReims303FRA Abdesselem Ben MohamedBordeaux224FRA Jean SaunierLe Havre195FRA POL Édouard KarguBordeaux186FRA Georges DuprazMontpellier17FRA René GardienSochauxARG Alberto MuroSochaux9FRA Rachid BelaïdNancy1610SWE Egon JonssonStade Français14FRA Henri FontaineSète Attendances # Club Average 1 Racing 20,695 2 Marseille 17,569 3 Stade français 17,367 4 Girondins 15,167 5 Nice 13,344 6 LOSC 13,334 7 Lens 12,112 8 Reims 9,968 9 Nîmes 9,662 10 Saint-Étienne 9,502 11 Le Havre 9,413 12 Stade rennais 9,235 13 Roubaix-Tourcoing 8,171 14 MHSC 8,045 15 Nancy 7,861 16 Metz 7,560 17 Sochaux 7,367 18 Sète 5,385Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1953.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 6 August 2026 References External links Division 1 season 1952-1953 at pari-et-gagne.com 1952–53 1 France