1945–46 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season	1945–46
Champions	Lille; 1st title
Relegated	Lyon; Sochaux
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,080 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	René Bihel (28)
	← 1938–39 1946–47 →

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: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (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

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

Home \ Away	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

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	René Bihel	Lille	28
2	Pierre Sinibaldi	Reims	26
3	Antoine Rodriguez	Saint-Étienne	22
4	Louis de Sainte de Maréville	Marseille	21
5	Désiré Koranyi	Sète	20
6	Jean Baratte	Lille	19
7	René Alpsteg	Saint-Étienne	18
	Stefan Dembicki	Lens
	René Lozia	Red Star
	Joseph Rabstejnek	Rennes

References

Division 1 season 1945-1946 at pari-et-gagne.com