1945–46 French Division 1

The 1945–46 French Division 1, the first professional football season since the end of World War II, was won by Lille OSC.

Division Nationale

Season	1945–46
Champions	Lille 1st title
Relegated	Lyon Sochaux
Matches	306
Goals	1,080 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	René Bihel (28)
← 1938–39 1946–47 →

Participating teams

• Bordeaux
• AS Cannes
• Le Havre AC
• RC Lens
• Lille OSC
• Lyon OU
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• RC Paris
• Red Star Olympique
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais UC
• CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Étienne
• FC Sète
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg

Bordeaux

Cannes

Le Havre

Lens

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

RC Paris

Red Star

Reims

Rennes

Roubaix-Tourcoing

Rouen

Sète

St. Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Location of teams in 1945–46 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lille (C)	34	19	7	8	89	44	2.023	45
2	Saint-Étienne	34	20	4	10	86	68	1.265	44
3	Roubaix-Tourcoing	34	15	11	8	60	38	1.579	41
4	Reims	34	15	10	9	68	48	1.417	40
5	Rennes	34	13	11	10	57	52	1.096	37
6	Lens	34	14	8	12	72	57	1.263	36
7	Rouen	34	14	8	12	53	47	1.128	36
8	Racing Paris	34	16	3	15	56	52	1.077	35
9	Marseille	34	12	10	12	70	65	1.077	34
10	Cannes	34	12	10	12	51	55	0.927	34
11	Red Star	34	12	9	13	62	59	1.051	33
12	Strasbourg	34	13	7	14	53	62	0.855	33
13	Sète	34	13	6	15	63	65	0.969	32
14	Bordeaux	34	11	9	14	65	66	0.985	31
15	Lyon OU (R)	34	11	9	14	52	78	0.667	31	Relegation to French Division 2
16	Le Havre	34	13	4	17	48	68	0.706	30	Spared from relegation
17	Metz	34	10	5	19	40	77	0.519	25
18	Sochaux (R)	34	4	7	23	35	79	0.443	15	Relegation to French Division 2

Source:
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1946/1947

• FC Nancy: Champion of Division 2, north group
• SO Montpellier: Champion of Division 2, south group
• Stade Français FC: Runner-up Division 2, north group
• Toulouse FC: Runner-up Division 2, south group

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	CAN	LHA	RCL	LIL	LOU	OM	FCM	RCP	RSO	REI	REN	CRT	ROU	STE	SÉT	SOC	RCS
Bordeaux		4–1	1–2	2–2	1–5	0–1	1–1	8–0	3–1	2–1	5–1	4–1	0–2	4–1	1–3	0–3	3–2	4–3
Cannes	0–0		3–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–4	2–1	4–1	3–1
Le Havre	3–2	1–2		1–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	3–0	3–5	0–1	2–3	0–0	4–1	1–0	0–2	4–1	1–0	3–0
Lens	1–1	2–1	7–1		3–1	9–2	3–1	5–3	2–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	6–1	5–1	3–0	0–4
Lille	5–0	5–1	1–0	3–1		4–0	4–4	7–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–5	0–2	2–2	8–0	5–2	3–1	4–1
Lyon OU	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–2		1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–5	0–5	2–1	3–3	2–0	3–4	3–2
Marseille	3–0	6–1	3–0	4–1	2–2	1–1		2–1	0–0	2–1	3–5	2–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	1–2	3–1	5–0
Metz	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–3	0–3	1–4	3–1		2–1	2–4	2–2	0–1	4–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–0	1–3
Racing Paris	2–2	0–3	4–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–6	2–0		1–0	2–1	3–0	0–2	0–1	4–1	4–1	3–0	2–1
Red Star Olympique	4–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–3	0–1		0–3	0–4	3–0	3–1	3–2	6–0	4–1	4–2
Reims	2–2	2–4	4–0	1–2	1–1	6–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	4–0		5–0	1–1	4–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–1
Rennes	4–2	0–2	0–1	3–0	1–4	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	2–0	2–3	3–3	5–1	0–1
Roubaix-Tourcoing	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–5	0–1	1–1		0–0	3–2	3–1	2–2	1–1
Rouen	1–1	1–1	6–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	6–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1		2–1	0–3	1–1	5–0
Saint-Étienne	3–1	2–1	5–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–4	3–1	3–2	3–2	2–3	4–2	1–3	3–1		6–2	1–0	0–0
Sète	2–4	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	6–2	2–3	3–1	3–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–1		4–0	0–1
Sochaux	0–3	2–2	2–4	0–3	0–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	4–4	1–3		4–2
Strasbourg	1–1	3–2	0–2	3–3	0–1	3–2	3–0	0–2	4–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	René Bihel	Lille	28
2	Pierre Sinibaldi	Reims	26
3	Antoine Rodriguez	Saint-Étienne	22
4	Louis de Sainte de Maréville	Marseille	21
5	Désiré Koranyi	Sète	20
6	Jean Baratte	Lille	19
7	René Alpsteg	Saint-Étienne	18
	Stefan Dembicki	Lens
	René Lozia	Red Star
	Joseph Rabstejnek	Rennes

References

• Division 1 season 1945-1946 at pari-et-gagne.com