1945–46 French Division 1

Division 1
Season 1945–46
Champions Lille
1st title
Relegated Lyon
Sochaux
Matches played 306
Goals scored 1080 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer René 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

 

Final table

Position Club Points Played W D L GF GA GD av. attendance Honours, Division 2
1 Lille OSC 45 34 19 7 8 89 44 +45 Champion of France
(Winner of Coupe de France)
2 AS Saint-Étienne 44 34 20 4 10 86 68 +18
3 CO Roubaix-Tourcoing41 34 15 11 8 60 38 +22
4 Stade de Reims40 34 15 10 9 68 48 +20
5 Stade Rennais UC37 34 13 11 10 57 52 +5
6 RC Lens 36 34 14 8 12 72 57 +15
7 FC Rouen 36 34 14 8 12 53 47 +6
8 RC Paris 35 34 16 3 15 56 52 +4
9 Olympique de Marseille 34 34 12 10 12 70 65 +5
10 AS Cannes 34 34 12 10 12 51 55 -4
11 Red Star Olympique33 34 12 9 13 62 59 +3
12 RC Strasbourg 33 34 13 7 14 53 62 -9
13 FC Sète 32 34 13 6 15 63 65 -2
14 Bordeaux 31 34 11 9 14 65 66 -1
15 Lyon OU31 34 11 9 14 52 78 -26 Relegated to Division 2
16 Le Havre AC 30 34 13 4 17 48 68 -20
17 FC Metz 25 34 10 5 19 40 77 -37
18 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard15 34 4 7 23 35 79 -44 Relegated to Division 2

(Victory:2 points, Draw:1 point, Defeat:0 points)

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 Antoine Rodriguez  France AS Saint-Étienne 22
4 Louis de Sainte de Maréville  France Olympique de Marseille 21
5 Désiré Koranyi  France  Hungary FC Sète 20

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