1945–46 French Division 1

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Division Nationale
Season1945–46
ChampionsLille
1st title
RelegatedLyon
Sochaux
Matches played306
Goals scored1,080 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorerRené Bihel (28)

Lille OSC won Division 1 season 1945/1946, the first professional football season since the end of World War II, of the French Association Football League with 45 points.

Participating teams[]

Location of teams in 1945–46 Division 1

Final table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lille OSC (C) 34 19 7 8 89 44 +45 45 Winner of Coupe de France
2 AS Saint-Étienne 34 20 4 10 86 68 +18 44
3 CO Roubaix-Tourcoing 34 15 11 8 60 38 +22 41
4 Stade de Reims 34 15 10 9 68 48 +20 40
5 Stade Rennais UC 34 13 11 10 57 52 +5 37
6 RC Lens 34 14 8 12 72 57 +15 36
7 FC Rouen 34 14 8 12 53 47 +6 36
8 RC Paris 34 16 3 15 56 52 +4 35
9 Olympique de Marseille 34 12 10 12 70 65 +5 34
10 AS Cannes 34 12 10 12 51 55 −4 34
11 Red Star Olympique 34 12 9 13 62 59 +3 33
12 RC Strasbourg 34 13 7 14 53 62 −9 33
13 FC Sète 34 13 6 15 63 65 −2 32
14 Bordeaux 34 11 9 14 65 66 −1 31
15 Lyon OU (R) 34 11 9 14 52 78 −26 31 Relegated to Division 2
16 Le Havre AC 34 13 4 17 48 68 −20 30
17 FC Metz 34 10 5 19 40 77 −37 25 Readmitted (Alsace-Loraine)
18 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (R) 34 4 7 23 35 79 −44 15 Relegated to Division 2
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Club from Alsace-Loraine, annexed by Nazi Germany during WW2, could not be relegated.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1946/1947

Top goalscorers[]

Place Player Nationality Club Goals
1 René Bihel  France Lille OSC 28
2 Pierre Sinibaldi  France Stade de Reims 26
3  France AS Saint-Étienne 22
4  France Olympique de Marseille 21
5 Désiré Koranyi  France  Hungary FC Sète 20
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