French football Division 1 1951–52
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OGC Nice
OGC Nice
Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur is a French association football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top-tier of French football. Nice plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal du Ray located within the city. In 2013, the club is...

 won Division 1 season 1951/1952 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 46 points.

Participating teams

  • Bordeaux
    FC Girondins de Bordeaux
    Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux is a French association football club based in the city of Bordeaux. The club currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, and won its last Ligue 1 title in the 2008–09 season....

  • Le Havre AC
    Le Havre AC
    Le 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...

  • 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...

  • Lille OSC
    Lille OSC
    LOSC Lille Métropole is a French association football club based in Lille. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Lille plays its home matches at the Stade Lille-Metropole in nearby Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In 2012, the...

  • Olympique Lyonnais
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Olympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • FC Nancy
    FC Nancy
    Football club de Nancy was a French association football team playing in the city of Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle.The team was founded in 1901 and disappeared in 1965, due to financial problems.Two years after the demise of this team, Nancy's current top team, AS Nancy were founded.-Honours:* Coupe de...

  • OGC Nice
    OGC Nice
    Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur is a French association football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top-tier of French football. Nice plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal du Ray located within the city. In 2013, the club is...

 
  • Nîmes Olympique
    Nîmes Olympique
    Nîmes Olympique is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was formed on 10 April 1937 and currently play in Championnat National, the third level of French football. The club's only achievement was winning Ligue 2 in 1950 and the Championnat National in 1997...

  • RC Paris
  • Stade de Reims
  • Stade Rennais UC
  • CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
    CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
    Club Olympique de Roubaix Tourcoing was a French football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord. The team was founded in 1945 in a merge between three clubs: Excelsior AC Roubaix, RC Roubaix and US Tourcoing. The team won Division 1 in 1946/1947...

  • AS Saint-Etienne
    AS Saint-Étienne
    Association 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...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • 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...


  • Final table

    Position Club Points Played W D L GF GA GD av. attendance Honours, Division 2
    1 OGC Nice
    OGC Nice
    Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur is a French association football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top-tier of French football. Nice plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal du Ray located within the city. In 2013, the club is...

    46 34 21 4 9 65 42 +23 Champion of France
    (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...

    )
    2 Bordeaux
    FC Girondins de Bordeaux
    Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux is a French association football club based in the city of Bordeaux. The club currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, and won its last Ligue 1 title in the 2008–09 season....

    45 34 20 5 9 88 49 +39
    3 Lille OSC
    Lille OSC
    LOSC Lille Métropole is a French association football club based in Lille. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Lille plays its home matches at the Stade Lille-Metropole in nearby Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In 2012, the...

    44 34 19 6 9 85 50 +35
    4 Stade de Reims 38 34 16 6 12 64 48 +16
    5 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...

    38 34 14 10 10 48 45 +3
    6 Nîmes Olympique
    Nîmes Olympique
    Nîmes Olympique is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was formed on 10 April 1937 and currently play in Championnat National, the third level of French football. The club's only achievement was winning Ligue 2 in 1950 and the Championnat National in 1997...

    37 34 16 5 13 63 47 +16
    7 Le Havre AC
    Le Havre AC
    Le 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...

    37 34 15 7 12 55 44 +11
    8 CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
    CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
    Club Olympique de Roubaix Tourcoing was a French football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord. The team was founded in 1945 in a merge between three clubs: Excelsior AC Roubaix, RC Roubaix and US Tourcoing. The team won Division 1 in 1946/1947...

    36 34 14 8 12 57 44 +13
    9 AS Saint-Etienne
    AS Saint-Étienne
    Association 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...

    36 34 15 6 13 69 68 +1
    10 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....

    36 34 14 8 12 54 56 -2
    11 FC Nancy
    FC Nancy
    Football club de Nancy was a French association football team playing in the city of Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle.The team was founded in 1901 and disappeared in 1965, due to financial problems.Two years after the demise of this team, Nancy's current top team, AS Nancy were founded.-Honours:* Coupe de...

    35 34 12 11 11 59 53 +6
    12 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...

    31 34 12 7 15 51 54 -3
    13 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...

    31 34 12 7 15 54 61 -7
    14 RC Paris 31 34 13 5 16 60 71 -11
    15 Stade Rennais UC 28 34 10 8 16 51 85 -34
    16 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...

    27 34 9 9 16 52 76 -24
    17 Olympique Lyonnais
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Olympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The...

    20 34 7 6 21 38 78 -40 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...

    18 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...

    16 34 4 8 22 38 80 -42 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 1952/1953
    • Stade français (football):Champion of 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...

    • SO Montpellier:Runner-up

    Top goalscorers

    Place Player Nationality Club Goals
    1 Gunnar Andersson
    Gunnar Andersson
    Gunnar Andersson, was a football player from Sweden. He is widely considered as one of Olympique de Marseille best strikers, along with Josip Skoblar and Jean-Pierre Papinby who?....

    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...

    31
    2 Lambertus De Harder Bordeaux
    FC Girondins de Bordeaux
    Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux is a French association football club based in the city of Bordeaux. The club currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, and won its last Ligue 1 title in the 2008–09 season....

    25
    - Marcel Rouvière Nîmes Olympique
    Nîmes Olympique
    Nîmes Olympique is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was formed on 10 April 1937 and currently play in Championnat National, the third level of French football. The club's only achievement was winning Ligue 2 in 1950 and the Championnat National in 1997...

    25
    4 Jean Saunier ? Le Havre AC
    Le Havre AC
    Le 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...

    20
    - André Strappe
    André Strappe
    André Strappe was a French footballer who played striker, and later served as a manager....

    Lille OSC
    Lille OSC
    LOSC Lille Métropole is a French association football club based in Lille. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Lille plays its home matches at the Stade Lille-Metropole in nearby Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In 2012, the...

    20
    6 Maurice Singier 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....

    19
    7 Wilhelm Van Lent 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...

    18
    8 Léon Deladerrière
    Léon Deladerrière
    Léon Deladerrière is a French former footballer and coach.He played for FC Nancy and Toulouse FC.After his playing career, he became a coach with Toulouse FC, FC Nancy, LB Châteauroux, FC Mulhouse and US Boulogne ....

    FC Nancy
    FC Nancy
    Football club de Nancy was a French association football team playing in the city of Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle.The team was founded in 1901 and disappeared in 1965, due to financial problems.Two years after the demise of this team, Nancy's current top team, AS Nancy were founded.-Honours:* Coupe de...

    17
    9 Jean-Jacques Kretschmar Roubaix-Tourcoing
    CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
    Club Olympique de Roubaix Tourcoing was a French football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord. The team was founded in 1945 in a merge between three clubs: Excelsior AC Roubaix, RC Roubaix and US Tourcoing. The team won Division 1 in 1946/1947...

    16
    9 André Lukac ? Bordeaux
    FC Girondins de Bordeaux
    Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux is a French association football club based in the city of Bordeaux. The club currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, and won its last Ligue 1 title in the 2008–09 season....

    16
    11 Jacques Foix
    Jacques Foix
    Jacques Foix is a former French footballer who played striker.-References:**...

    RC Paris 15
    12 Erik Kuld Jensen
    Erik Kuld Jensen
    Erik Kuld Jensen was a Danish football player.-External links:* * *...

    Lille OSC
    Lille OSC
    LOSC Lille Métropole is a French association football club based in Lille. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Lille plays its home matches at the Stade Lille-Metropole in nearby Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In 2012, the...

    14
    - Edmond Plewa ? FC Nancy
    FC Nancy
    Football club de Nancy was a French association football team playing in the city of Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle.The team was founded in 1901 and disappeared in 1965, due to financial problems.Two years after the demise of this team, Nancy's current top team, AS Nancy were founded.-Honours:* Coupe de...

    14
    - Jean Grumellon
    Jean Grumellon
    Jean Grumellon was a French professional footballer. A striker, he played for Rennes, Lille, Nice, Monaco and Le Havre between 1946 and 1956.Grumellon was the Ligue 1 topscorer in the 1949-50 season, scoring 25 goals....

    Stade Rennais UC 14

    OGC Nice Winning Squad 1951-'52

    Goal Marcel Domingo
    Marcel Domingo
    Marcel Domingo Algara was a former French association football goalkeeper and manager of Spanish origin. He spent part of his career in Spain...

     Marcel Lupi


    Defence Ahmed Firoud César Hector Gonzales Alphonse Martinez Serge Pedini Guy Poitevin
    Guy Poitevin
    Guy Poitevin is a former French footballer and manager, born 19 October 1927 in Entrains-sur-Nohain and died 2 December 2008.A very tall defender, he played for Lille, before a brilliant career at Nice...



    Midfield Jean Belver Abdelaziz Ben Tifour
    Abdelaziz Ben Tifour
    Abdelaziz Ben Tifour was a professional French-Algerian footballer who played as a forward.-Life and career:He was a pioneer of Algerian football playing in Tunisia and France in the 40s and 50s as well as establishing the first Algerian national team with two other FLN activists featuring ten...

     Désiré Carré Léon Rossi

    Attack Pär Bengtsson Antoine Bonifaci
    Antoine Bonifaci
    Antoine Bonifaci is a retired French association football player who played in France with Nice and Stade Français, and in Italy with Inter Milan, Bologna, Torino and Vicenza, as well as with the French national side....

     Luis Carniglia
    Luis Carniglia
    Luis Antonio Carniglia was a football striker and manager from Argentina. He played for Boca Juniors in the 1930s, but is probably best known for managing Real Madrid in the 1950s....

     Georges Cesari Jean Courteaux Victor Nuremberg


    Management Numa Andoire
    Numa Andoire
    Numa Andoire was a French football defender and a manager. He participated at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, but never gained any caps with the French football team....

    (Coach)
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