French football Division 1 1937–38
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FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
won Division 1 season 1937/1938 of the French Association Football League
with 44 points.
(Victory:2 points, Draw:1 point, Defeat:0 points)
Promoted from Division 2
, who will play in Division 1 season 1938/1939:
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard is a French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. Sochaux plays its home matches at the Stade Auguste Bonal located within the city...
won Division 1 season 1937/1938 of the French Association Football League
Ligue de Football Professionnel
The Ligue de Football Professionnel , commonly known as the LFP, is a French governing body that runs the major professional football leagues in France. It was founded in 1944 and serves under the authority of the French Football Federation...
with 44 points.
Participating teams
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Excelsior AC Roubaix Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix was a French association football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord.-History:The team was founded in 1928 in a merger between Football Club de Roubaix and Excelsior Club de Tourcoing.In 1932, the team turned professional and played the first professional... RC Roubaix Racing Club de Roubaix was a French association football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord.-History:The team was founded in 1895 and was very successful before the establishment of professionalism in France... FC Rouen Football Club de Rouen 1899 is a French association football club based in Rouen. The club was formed in 1899 and currently play in the Championnat National, the third level of French football. Rouen plays its home matches at the Stade Robert Diochon; named after Robert Diochon, a historic player... FC Sète FC Sète 34 is a French football club based in Sète and founded in 1900. The club won the French league twice and the French cup also twice . In 1934 they became the first club to win the French league and cup double.... FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard is a French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. Sochaux plays its home matches at the Stade Auguste Bonal located within the city... RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace... |
Final table
| Position | Club | Points | Played | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | av. attendance | Honours, Division 2 |
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| 1 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard is a French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. Sochaux plays its home matches at the Stade Auguste Bonal located within the city... |
44 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 26 | +43 | Champion of France | |
| 2 | Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In... |
42 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 61 | 35 | +26 | (Winner of Coupe de France Coupe de France The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation... ) |
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| 3 | FC Sète FC Sète FC Sète 34 is a French football club based in Sète and founded in 1900. The club won the French league twice and the French cup also twice . In 1934 they became the first club to win the French league and cup double.... |
41 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 52 | 28 | +24 | ||
| 4 | FC Rouen FC Rouen Football Club de Rouen 1899 is a French association football club based in Rouen. The club was formed in 1899 and currently play in the Championnat National, the third level of French football. Rouen plays its home matches at the Stade Robert Diochon; named after Robert Diochon, a historic player... |
36 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 44 | +13 | ||
| 5 | RC Strasbourg RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace... |
33 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 54 | +12 | ||
| 6 | Excelsior AC Roubaix Excelsior AC Roubaix Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix was a French association football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord.-History:The team was founded in 1928 in a merger between Football Club de Roubaix and Excelsior Club de Tourcoing.In 1932, the team turned professional and played the first professional... |
31 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 57 | +2 | ||
| 7 | Olympique Lillois Olympique Lillois Olympique Lillois was a French association football club from the city of Lille. Founded in 1902 they merged with SC Fives in 1944 to form Lille OSC.-Honours:Championnat de France*Champion : 1933*Runner-up : 1936Trophée de France... |
29 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 33 | +6 | ||
| 8 | RC Roubaix RC Roubaix Racing Club de Roubaix was a French association football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord.-History:The team was founded in 1895 and was very successful before the establishment of professionalism in France... |
28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 60 | -21 | ||
| 9 | AS Cannes AS Cannes Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin... |
27 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 47 | +9 | ||
| 10 | FC Antibes FC Antibes Football Club Antibes Juan-les-Pins is a French association football team based in Antibes. The team currently plays at an amateur and regional level but was part of Division 1 for 7 seasons, from its beginning in 1932 to 1939.-Landmarks:... |
27 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 40 | -2 | ||
| 11 | FC Metz FC Metz Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as simply Metz , is a French association football club based in Metz. The club was formed in 1932 and has spent most of its history in the Ligue 1, though they currently play in Ligue 2, the second level in French football league system. Metz plays its... |
27 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 56 | -11 | ||
| 12 | SC Fives SC Fives SC Fives was a French association football club from Fives, a suburb in the east of Lille. Founded in 1901, the club merged with Olympique Lillois in 1944 to form Lille OSC.-Honours:Championnat de France*Runner-up : 1934Coupe de France... |
26 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 42 | 43 | -1 | ||
| 13 | RC Paris | 26 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 59 | -11 | ||
| 14 | RC Lens RC Lens Racing Club de Lens is a French association football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, sang et or , comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. Their primary rivals are their northern neighbors Lille OSC, whom they contest the Derby du... |
26 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 63 | -18 | ||
| 15 | Red Star Olympique | 19 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 47 | 71 | -24 | Relegated to Division 2 Ligue 2 Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division... |
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| 16 | US Valenciennes-Anzin | 18 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 77 | -47 | Relegated to Division 2 Ligue 2 Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division... |
(Victory:2 points, Draw:1 point, Defeat:0 points)
Promoted from Division 2
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division...
, who will play in Division 1 season 1938/1939:
- Le Havre ACLe Havre ACLe Havre Athletic Club Football Association is a French association football club based in Le Havre. The club was founded originally as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, thus making it the oldest association football and rugby club registered in France...
:Champion of Division 2Ligue 2Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division... - AS Saint-ÉtienneAS Saint-ÉtienneAssociation Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire is a French association football club based in Saint-Étienne. The club was founded in 1919 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Saint-Étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard located within the city...
:Runner-up Division 2Ligue 2Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division...
Top goalscorers
| Place | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals |
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| 1 | Jean Nicolas Jean Nicolas Jean Edouard Marie Nicolas was a French international footballer.Born in Nanterre, Nicolas played club soccer for FC Rouen, and appeared in the 1934 and 1938 World Cup squads for France, and scored two goals in the 1938 tournament.He scored a total of 21 goals in 25 international games between... |
FC Rouen FC Rouen Football Club de Rouen 1899 is a French association football club based in Rouen. The club was formed in 1899 and currently play in the Championnat National, the third level of French football. Rouen plays its home matches at the Stade Robert Diochon; named after Robert Diochon, a historic player... |
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| 2 | Oskar Rohr Oskar Rohr Oskar Rohr was a German footballer and one of the first footballers to play abroad in a foreign league. He was born in Mannheim, Germany.-Early career:... |
 Nazi GermanyNazi Germany Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by... |
RC Strasbourg RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace... |
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| 3 | Désiré Koranyi Désiré Koranyi Désiré Koranyi , aka Dezsõ Korányi or Dezsõ Kronenberger, was a Hungarian-French football player. He played club football most notably with FC Sète where he won the Division 1 in 1938-39... |
FC Sète FC Sète FC Sète 34 is a French football club based in Sète and founded in 1900. The club won the French league twice and the French cup also twice . In 1934 they became the first club to win the French league and cup double.... |
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| 4 | Josef Petrak | AS Cannes AS Cannes Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin... |
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| 5 | Roger Courtois Roger Courtois Roger Courtois was a French association football striker and manager.He was part of France national football team at the FIFA World Cup 1934 and 1938.- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard:* Division 1: 1935, 1938* Coupe de France: 1937... |
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard is a French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. Sochaux plays its home matches at the Stade Auguste Bonal located within the city... |
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| 6 | André Simonyi André Simonyi András "André" Simonyi was a Hungarian-born French football player who played for Lille OSC, FC Sochaux, Red Star 93, Rennes, Angers SCO, Stade Français and CO Roubaix-Tourcoing, as well as with the French national side.... |
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| 7 | Mario Zatelli Mario Zatelli Mario Zatelli was a French football player and manager.Born in Sétif, Algeria, but of Italian origin, he mostly played for Olympique de Marseille. For the French national team he got 1 caps in 1939. He was in the roster also for 1938 FIFA World Cup, without playing any game... |
Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In... |
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