1956–57 French Division 1

19th season of French Division 1 Division Nationale 1956–57 Saint-Étienne Stade RennaisStrasbourgNancy European Cup Saint-Étienne 1955–56 1957–58 June 2013 AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1956/1957 of the Professional Football League with 49 points. Participating teams Angers SCO RC Lens Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco FC Nancy OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique RC Paris Stade de Reims Stade Rennais UC AS Saint-Etienne UA Sedan-Torcy FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg Toulouse FC US Valenciennes-Anzin France 350 right Location of teams in 1956–57 Division 1 France 47.460427 -0.530804 Angers right France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens       bottom France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon top France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz right France 43.727606 7.415614 AS Monaco right 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 45.460767 4.390117 St. Étienne left France 49.7025 4.9411 Sedan right France 47.512417 6.8112 Sochaux left France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom France 43.583314 1.434047 Toulouse bottom France 50.348925 3.526847 Valenciennes right Final table main WDL QR 2 y STE Saint-Étienne RCL Lens REI Reims RCP Racing Paris ASM Monaco OM Marseille SOC Sochaux TFC Toulouse SED Sedan NMS Nîmes ANG Angers OL Lyon NIC Nice VAL Valenciennes MET Metz REN Rennes RCS Strasbourg FCN Nancy 20 9 5 88 45 C 21 3 10 77 49 18 7 9 73 47 17 8 9 86 55 17 6 11 57 44 16 7 11 60 53 14 5 15 63 62 12 8 14 61 49 9 14 11 51 59 13 5 16 52 56 10 11 13 42 51 13 4 17 45 53 11 8 15 59 72 10 9 15 43 72 9 10 15 51 58 11 5 18 36 63 R 9 8 17 43 66 R 8 9 17 43 76 R green1 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round EC 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 Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1957/1958 Olympique Alès: Champion of Division 2 AS Béziers: runner-up Lille OSC: Third place Results main FBR grey 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 complete Relegation play-offs Lille 5–4 Rennes 0–2 3–1 2–1 |} Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1FRA POL Thadée CisowskiRacing Paris332FRA Just FontaineReims303SWE Egon JohnssonLens29FRA Eugène Njo-LéaSaint-Étienne5FRA Rachid MekloufiSaint-Étienne256SWE Gunnar AnderssonMarseille237MAR Hassan AkesbiNîmes208FRA Maryan WisniewskiLens17FRA Pierre GrilletRacing ParisFRA René GardienSochaux Attendances # Club Average 1 Racing 19,186 2 Saint-Étienne 16,541 3 Marseille 16,186 4 Valenciennes 11,197 5 Stade rennais 11,085 6 Nice 11,022 7 Lens 10,923 8 Olympique lyonnais 10,778 9 Toulouse 9,461 10 Strasbourg 9,028 11 Angers 9,020 12 Nîmes 8,144 13 Reims 7,115 14 Metz 7,063 15 Nancy 6,883 16 Sedan 6,519 17 Sochaux 6,305 18 Monaco 3,787 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1957.htm Historical attendances www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Division 1 season 1956-1957 at pari-et-gagne.com 1956–57 1 France