1956–57 French Division 1

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AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1956/1957 of the French Association Football League with 49 points.

Participating teams[]

Location of teams in 1956–57 Division 1

Final table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AS Saint-Etienne (C) 34 20 9 5 88 45 +43 49 European Cup
2 RC Lens 34 21 3 10 77 49 +28 45
3 Stade de Reims 34 18 7 9 73 47 +26 43
4 RC Paris 34 17 8 9 86 55 +31 42
5 AS Monaco 34 17 6 11 57 44 +13 40
6 Olympique de Marseille 34 16 7 11 60 53 +7 39
7 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 34 14 5 15 63 62 +1 33
8 Toulouse FC 34 12 8 14 61 49 +12 32 Winner of Coupe de France
9 UA Sedan-Torcy 34 9 14 11 51 59 −8 32
10 Nîmes Olympique 34 13 5 16 52 56 −4 31
11 Angers SCO 34 10 11 13 42 51 −9 31
12 Olympique Lyonnais 34 13 4 17 45 53 −8 30
13 OGC Nice 34 11 8 15 59 72 −13 30
14 US Valenciennes-Anzin 34 10 9 15 43 72 −29 29
15 FC Metz 34 9 10 15 51 58 −7 28
16 Stade Rennais UC (R) 34 11 5 18 36 63 −27 27 Relegated to Division 2
17 RC Strasbourg (R) 34 9 8 17 43 66 −23 26
18 FC Nancy (R) 34 8 9 17 43 76 −33 25
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1957/1958

Top goalscorers[]

Place Player Nationality Club Goals
1 Thadée Cisowski  France  Poland RC Paris 33
2 Just Fontaine  France Stade de Reims 30
3 Egon Jonsson  Sweden RC Lens 29
-  France AS Saint-Etienne 29
5 Rachid Mekloufi  France AS Saint-Etienne 25
6 Gunnar Andersson  Sweden Olympique de Marseille 23
7 Hassan Akesbi  Morocco Nîmes Olympique 20
8 Maryan Wisnieski  France RC Lens 17
- Pierre Grillet  France RC Paris 17
- René Gardien  France FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 17
11  Argentina Toulouse 16
12 Célestin Oliver  France UA Sedan-Torcy 15
-  France FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 15
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