1952–53 French Division 1

Stade de Reims won Division 1 season 1952/1953 of the French Association Football League with 48 points.

Participating teams

Nîmes Olympique
RC Paris
Stade de Reims
Stade Rennais UC
CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
AS Saint-Etienne
FC Sète
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Stade français (football)

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Honours, Division 2
1	Stade de Reims	48	34	22	4	8	86	36	+50		Champion of France
2	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	44	34	18	8	8	72	58	+14
3	Bordeaux	43	34	19	5	10	79	56	+23
4	Lille OSC	40	34	15	10	9	61	43	+18		(Winner of Coupe de France)
5	Nîmes Olympique	40	34	17	6	11	62	47	+15
6	Olympique de Marseille	37	34	15	7	12	62	53	+9
7	RC Lens	34	34	13	8	13	50	48	+2
8	FC Nancy	34	34	16	2	16	48	58	-10
9	Stade français (football)	33	34	12	9	13	54	51	+3
10	FC Sète	33	34	13	7	14	42	49	-7
11	AS Saint-Etienne	30	34	11	8	15	44	59	-15
12	FC Metz	29	34	11	7	16	44	48	-4
13	OGC Nice	29	34	12	5	17	49	57	-8
14	Le Havre AC	29	34	11	7	16	47	63	-16
15	CO Roubaix-Tourcoing	28	34	9	10	15	42	49	-7
16	Stade Rennais UC	28	34	10	8	16	37	56	-19		Relegated to Division 2
17	RC Paris	28	34	11	6	17	40	64	-24		Relegated to Division 2
18	SO Montpellier	25	34	8	9	17	43	67	-24		Relegated to Division 2

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

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1953/1954

Toulouse FC: Champion of Division 2
AS Monaco: Runner-up
RC Strasbourg: Third place

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Gunnar Andersson	Sweden	Olympique de Marseille	35
2	Bram Appel	Netherlands	Stade de Reims	30
3	Abdesselem Ben Mohamed	France	Bordeaux	22
4	Jean Saunier	?	Le Havre AC	19
5	Édouard Kargu	France Poland	Bordeaux	18
6	Georges Dupraz	?	SO Montpellier	17
-	René Gardien	France	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	17
-	Alberto Muro	Argentina	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	17
9	Rachid Belaïd	France	FC Nancy	16
10	Egon Jonsson	Sweden	Stade français (football)	14
-	Henri Fontaine	France	FC Sète	14
12	Bernard Lefèbvre	?	Lille OSC	13
-	Joseph Ujlaki	France Hungary	Nîmes Olympique	13
-	Léon Nino	?	Roubaix-Tourcoing	13
-	Raymond Kopa	France Poland	Stade de Reims	13

References

Division 1 / Ligue 1 seasons

Division 1 (1932–2002)	1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Ligue 1 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Ligue 1

2014–15 clubs	Bastia Bordeaux Caen Evian Guingamp Lens Lille Lorient Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Montpellier Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Reims Rennes Saint-Étienne Toulouse

Former clubs	Aix-en-Provence Ajaccio Arles-Avignon Alès Angers Antibes Angoulême Auxerre Avignon Béziers Boulogne Brest Cannes Châteauroux Club Français Colmar Dijon Excelsior Roubaix FC Nancy Fives Grenoble Gueugnon Hyères Istres Laval Le Havre Le Mans Limoges Foot Lyon OU Martigues Mulhouse AS Nancy Nîmes Niort Olympique Lillois Paris Paris-Charenton Racing Paris Racing Roubaix Red Star Paris Roubaix-Tourcoing Rouen Sedan SO Montpellier Stade Français Stade Saint-Germain Strasbourg Sète Sochaux Toulon Tours Troyes AC Valenciennes

Competition	Teams (winners) Winning managers Players (foreign) Top scorers Stadia Broadcasters

Statistics and awards	Records Yearly awards Player of the Month

Finances	Richest clubs: (Deloitte list) (Forbes' list) Average attendances

Associated competitions	Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Trophée des Champions UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Division 1 Féminine

1952–53 in European football

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Domestic leagues	Albania '52 '53 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '52 '53 Cyprus Czechoslovakia '52 '53 Denmark England Estonia '52 '53 Faroe Islands '52 '53 Finland '52 '53 France East Germany West Germany '52 '53 Greece Hungary '52 '53 Iceland '52 '53 Italy Latvia '52 '53 Lithuania '52 '53 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '52 '53 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '52 '53 Scotland Soviet Union '52 '53 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania '52 '53 Bulgaria Cyprus England France East Germany West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '52 '53 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '52 '53 Scotland Soviet Union '52 '53 Spain Sweden '53 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	Scotland