1938–39 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season1938–39
ChampionsFC Sète
2nd title
RelegatedAntibes
Roubaix
Matches played240
Goals scored766 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorerRoger Courtois (27)
Désiré Koranyi (27)

FC Sète won Division 1 season 1938/1939, the last professional football season before World War II, of the French Association Football League.

Participating teams

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Location of teams in 1938–39 Division 1

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Sète (C) 30 19 4 7 65 36 +29 42
2 Marseille 30 18 4 8 56 34 +22 40
3 RC Paris 30 15 8 7 58 43 +15 38 Winner of Coupe de France
4 Saint-Étienne 30 14 7 9 46 30 +16 35
5 Olympique Lillois 30 14 6 10 42 38 +4 34
6 Sochaux 30 14 4 12 65 39 +26 32
7 Lens 30 11 9 10 51 42 +9 31
8 Metz 30 12 7 11 49 46 +3 31
9 SC Fives 30 13 5 12 57 54 +3 31
10 RC Strasbourg 30 10 8 12 39 43 −4 28
11 Le Havre 30 11 6 13 48 59 −11 28
12 Cannes 30 11 5 14 47 62 −15 27
13 Excelsior AC Roubaix 30 8 8 14 60 71 −11 24
14 Rouen 30 6 9 15 31 48 −17 21
15 FC Antibes (R) 30 6 9 15 21 54 −33 21 Relegated to Division 2
16 RC Roubaix (R) 30 4 9 17 31 67 −36 17
Source: gallica.bnf.fr
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promoted from Division 2, who would play in Division 1 season 1945/1946 (With the beginning of World War II, relegations and promotions are only taken into account after the end of the war i.e. for season 1945/1946)

Results

Home \ Away FCA CAN EAR SCF LHA RCL LIL OM MET RCP RCR ROU STE SÉT SOC RCS
Antibes 0–0 3–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–4 0–2 0–0 1–1
Cannes 3–0 2–1 1–5 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–4 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–1
Excelsior Roubaix 0–2 3–5 3–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 6–2 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–3 3–2 6–1
Fives 4–1 3–1 4–2 7–3 0–4 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 1–3 2–4 2–0
Le Havre 2–0 3–0 1–3 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 5–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Lens 1–1 6–2 2–2 4–2 3–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1
Olympique Lillois 2–0 4–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 2–1 5–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1
Marseille 5–2 0–1 4–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 5–1 5–2 6–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Metz 6–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 5–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–3 2–1
Racing Paris 3–0 5–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 6–1 3–2
Racing Roubaix 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–5 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–4 2–0
Rouen 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 1–4 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1
Saint-Étienne 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 5–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0
Sète 4–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 6–3 5–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0
Sochaux 2–0 7–3 8–0 5–2 8–0 0–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0
Strasbourg 2–1 1–3 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–3 2–0
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Switzerland Roger Courtois Sochaux 27
France Hungary Désiré Koranyi Sète
3 France Norbert Van Caeneghem Fives 24
4 France Austria Henri Hiltl Excelsior Roubaix 18
5 France Emmanuel Aznar Marseille 16
France Antoine Franceschetti Cannes
Switzerland Alessandro Frigerio Le Havre
France Austria Ignace Tax Saint-Étienne

References