1955–56 French Division 1

OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1955/1956 of the French Association Football League with 43 points.

Participating teams

Nîmes Olympique
RC Paris
Stade de Reims
AS Saint-Etienne
UA Sedan-Torcy
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
RC Strasbourg
Toulouse FC
AS Troyes-Savinienne

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Division 2
1	OGC Nice	43	34	18	7	9	60	43	+17		Champion of France European Cup
2	RC Lens	42	34	19	4	11	65	49	+16
3	AS Monaco	41	34	17	7	10	63	45	+18
4	AS Saint-Etienne	41	34	15	11	8	68	53	+15
5	Olympique de Marseille	40	34	16	8	10	55	49	+6
6	RC Paris	39	34	17	5	12	74	58	+16
7	Toulouse FC	38	34	14	10	10	51	46	+5
8	Olympique Lyonnais	37	34	15	7	12	50	49	+1
9	UA Sedan-Torcy	36	34	14	8	12	53	56	-3		(Winner of Coupe de France)
10	Stade de Reims	34	34	13	8	13	61	50	+11
11	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	32	34	12	8	14	47	50	-3
12	FC Nancy	32	34	13	6	15	51	61	-10
13	Nîmes Olympique	31	34	11	9	14	64	56	+8
14	RC Strasbourg	30	34	12	6	16	54	66	-12
15	FC Metz	29	34	11	7	16	49	68	-19
16	Lille OSC	24	34	10	4	20	58	65	-7		Relegated to Division 2
17	Bordeaux	24	34	9	6	19	45	69	-24		Relegated to Division 2
18	AS Troyes-Savinienne	19	34	5	9	20	43	78	-35		Relegated to Division 2

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

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1956/1957

Stade Rennais UC:Champion of Division 2
Angers SCO:runner-up
US Valenciennes-Anzin: Third place

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Thadée Cisowski	France Poland	RC Paris	31
2	Rachid Mekloufi	France	AS Saint-Etienne	21
3	Gunnar Andersson	Sweden	Olympique de Marseille	20
-	Jacques Foix	France	AS Saint-Etienne	20
5	René Bliard	France	Stade de Reims	19
6	Ernst Stojaspal	Austria	RC Strasbourg	18
7	Roger Piantoni	France	FC Nancy	17
-	Hassan Akesbi	Morocco	Nîmes Olympique	17
9	Egon Jonsson	Sweden	RC Lens	16
-	Raúl Conti	Argentina	AS Monaco	16
11	Ernie Schultz	France	Olympique Lyonnais	15
-	Joseph Ujlaki	France Hungary	OGC Nice	15
-	Bernard Rahis	France	Nîmes Olympique	15
14	Pierre Tillon	France	UA Sedan-Torcy	14
-	Eduardo Di Loreto	Argentina	Toulouse FC	14

OGC Nice Winning Squad 1955-'56

Goal

Dominique Colonna
Henri Hairabedian

Defence

Gilbert Bonvin
Rémy Fronzoni
César Hector Gonzales
Alphonse Martinez
Aleardo Nani
Guy Poitevin

Midfield

José Carlos Brandaozinho
Jean Luciano
François Milazzo

Attack

Jean-Pierre Alba
Mohammed Abderrazak
Ruben Bravo
Robert Brun
Just Fontaine
Victor Nuremberg
Joseph Ujlaki

Management

Luis Carniglia (Coach)

References

↑ OGC Nice official site

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

1955–56 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania '55 '56 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '55 '56 Czechoslovakia '55 '56 Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '55 '56 West Germany '55 '56 Greece Hungary '55 '56 Iceland '55 '56 Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '55 '56 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 '56 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '56 West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '55 '56 Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '55 '56 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 Spain Switzerland Wales

League cups	Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)

Others	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage)