1945–46 French Division 1

8th season of French Division 1 Division Nationale 1945–46 Lille1st title LyonSochaux René Bihel (28) 306 1080 1938–39 1946–47 The 1945–46 French Division 1, the first professional football season since the end of World War II, was won by Lille OSC. Participating teams Bordeaux AS Cannes Le Havre AC RC Lens Lille OSC Lyon OU Olympique de Marseille FC Metz RC Paris Red Star Olympique Stade de Reims Stade Rennais UC CO Roubaix-Tourcoing FC Rouen AS Saint-Étienne FC Sète FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg France 350 right Location of teams in 1945–46 Division 1 France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 43.553056 6.964608 Cannes top France 49.501942 0.171061 Le Havre left France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens bottom France 50.621137 3.157519 Lille left France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon top France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz right France 48.929444 2.248056 RC Paris bottom France 48.9000 2.3333 Red Star top France 49.246389 4.025 Reims bottom France 48.1147 -1.6794 Rennes right France 50.7013 3.2228 Roubaix-Tourcoing right France 49.4439 1.1033 Rouen top 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 LIL Lille STE Saint-Étienne CRT Roubaix-Tourcoing REI Reims REN Rennes RCL Lens ROU Rouen RCP Racing Paris OM Marseille CAN Cannes RED Red Star RCS Strasbourg FCS Sète BOR Bordeaux OL Lyon OU LHA Le Havre MET Metz SOC Sochaux 19 7 8 89 44 C 20 4 10 86 68 15 11 8 60 38 15 10 9 68 48 13 11 10 57 52 14 8 12 72 57 14 8 12 53 47 16 3 15 56 52 12 10 12 70 65 12 10 12 51 55 12 9 13 62 59 13 7 14 53 62 13 6 15 63 65 11 9 14 65 66 11 9 14 52 78 R 13 4 17 48 68 10 5 19 40 77 4 7 23 35 79 R yellow WCF red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R R REP REP Spared from relegation Le Havre and Metz were spared from relegation as the clubs suffered massive damages from World War II, thus Lyon OU were relegated instead. This reprieve also applied to Strasbourg, however the club finished outside of the relegation zone. Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points complete Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1946/1947 FC Nancy: Champion of Division 2, north group SO Montpellier: Champion of Division 2, south group Stade Français FC: Runner-up Division 2, north group Toulouse FC: Runner-up Division 2, south group Results main FBR grey BOR CAN LHA RCL LIL LOU OM FCM RCP RSO REI REN CRT ROU STE SÉT SOC RCS Bordeaux 4–1 1–2 2–2 1–5 0–1 1–1 8–0 3–1 2–1 5–1 4–1 0–2 4–1 1–3 0–3 3–2 4–3 Cannes 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–4 2–1 4–1 3–1 Le Havre 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 4–3 3–0 3–5 0–1 2–3 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 Lens 1–1 2–1 7–1 3–1 9–2 3–1 5–3 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 6–1 5–1 3–0 0–4 Lille 5–0 5–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 4–4 7–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–5 0–2 2–2 8–0 5–2 3–1 4–1 Lyon OU 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–5 0–5 2–1 3–3 2–0 3–4 3–2 Marseille 3–0 6–1 3–0 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–5 2–2 0–2 2–3 1–4 1–2 3–1 5–0 Metz 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–3 0–3 1–4 3–1 2–1 2–4 2–2 0–1 4–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–3 Racing Paris 2–2 0–3 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 2–6 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 4–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 Red Star Olympique 4–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–3 0–1 0–3 0–4 3–0 3–1 3–2 6–0 4–1 4–2 Reims 2–2 2–4 4–0 1–2 1–1 6–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 1–1 4–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 Rennes 4–2 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–4 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 3–3 5–1 0–1 Roubaix-Tourcoing 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 5–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–5 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 Rouen 1–1 1–1 6–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 6–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 5–0 Saint-Étienne 3–1 2–1 5–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–4 3–1 3–2 3–2 2–3 4–2 1–3 3–1 6–2 1–0 0–0 Sète 2–4 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 6–2 2–3 3–1 3–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 Sochaux 0–3 2–2 2–4 0–3 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–4 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 4–4 1–3 4–2 Strasbourg 1–1 3–2 0–2 3–3 0–1 3–2 3–0 0–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 complete Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1FRA René BihelLille282FRA Pierre SinibaldiReims263FRA Antoine RodriguezSaint-Étienne224FRA Louis de Sainte de MarévilleMarseille215FRA HUN Désiré KoranyiSète206FRA Jean BaratteLille197FRA René AlpstegSaint-Étienne18FRA POL Stefan DembickiLensFRA René LoziaRed StarFRA Joseph RabstejnekRennes References Division 1 season 1945-1946 at pari-et-gagne.com 1938–39 1 France