1938–39 French Division 1

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Division Nationale
Season1938–39
ChampionsFC Sète
2nd title
RelegatedAntibes
Roubaix
Matches played240
Goals scored766 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorerRoger Courtois (27)
Désiré Koranyi (27)

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[]

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Location of teams in 1938–39 Division 1

Final table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Sète (C) 30 19 4 7 65 36 +29 42
2 Marseille 30 18 4 8 56 34 +22 40
3 RC Paris 30 15 8 7 58 43 +15 38 Winner of Coupe de France
4 Saint-Étienne 30 14 7 9 46 30 +16 35
5 Olympique Lillois 30 14 6 10 42 38 +4 34
6 Sochaux 30 14 4 12 65 39 +26 32
7 Lens 30 11 9 10 51 42 +9 31
8 Metz 30 12 7 11 49 46 +3 31
9 SC Fives 30 13 5 12 57 54 +3 31
10 RC Strasbourg 30 10 8 12 39 43 −4 28
11 Le Havre 30 11 6 13 48 59 −11 28
12 Cannes 30 11 5 14 47 62 −15 27
13 Excelsior AC Roubaix 30 8 8 14 60 71 −11 24
14 Rouen 30 6 9 15 31 48 −17 21
15 FC Antibes (R) 30 6 9 15 21 54 −33 21 Relegated to Division 2
16 RC Roubaix (R) 30 4 9 17 31 67 −36 17
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

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)

Results[]

Home \ Away 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
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[]

Place Player Nationality Club Goals
1 Roger Courtois  France   Switzerland FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 27
- Désiré Koranyi  France  Hungary FC Sète 27
3 Van Caeneghem  France SC Fives 24
4 Henri Hiltl  Austria Excelsior AC Roubaix 18
5 Emmanuel Aznar  France Olympique de Marseille 16
-  France AS Cannes 16
- Alessandro Frigerio   Switzerland Le Havre AC 16
-  France  Austria AS Saint-Étienne 16

See also[]

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