1956–57 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season1956–57
ChampionsSaint-Étienne
RelegatedStade Rennais
Strasbourg
Nancy
European CupSaint-Étienne

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1956/1957 of the Professional Football League with 49 points.

Participating teams

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Location of teams in 1956–57 Division 1

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AS Saint-Etienne (C) 34 20 9 5 88 45 +43 49 European Cup
2 RC Lens 34 21 3 10 77 49 +28 45
3 Stade de Reims 34 18 7 9 73 47 +26 43
4 RC Paris 34 17 8 9 86 55 +31 42
5 AS Monaco 34 17 6 11 57 44 +13 40
6 Olympique de Marseille 34 16 7 11 60 53 +7 39
7 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 34 14 5 15 63 62 +1 33
8 Toulouse FC 34 12 8 14 61 49 +12 32 Winner of Coupe de France
9 UA Sedan-Torcy 34 9 14 11 51 59 −8 32
10 Nîmes Olympique 34 13 5 16 52 56 −4 31
11 Angers SCO 34 10 11 13 42 51 −9 31
12 Olympique Lyonnais 34 13 4 17 45 53 −8 30
13 OGC Nice 34 11 8 15 59 72 −13 30
14 US Valenciennes-Anzin 34 10 9 15 43 72 −29 29
15 FC Metz 34 9 10 15 51 58 −7 28
16 Stade Rennais UC (R) 34 11 5 18 36 63 −27 27 Relegated to Division 2
17 RC Strasbourg (R) 34 9 8 17 43 66 −23 26
18 FC Nancy (R) 34 8 9 17 43 76 −33 25
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1957/1958

Results

Home \ Away ANG RCL OL OM MET ASM FCN NIC NMS RCP REI REN STE SED SOC RCS TOU VAL
Angers 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–3 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 4–1 2–5 2–0
Lens 0–3 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 6–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 4–1 0–0
Lyon 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–0
Marseille 0–0 1–4 3–2 3–3 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 4–3 3–0 2–3 3–1 3–0 4–1
Metz 0–1 1–5 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–3 3–1 2–2 2–5 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 2–0 4–1 2–2
Monaco 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 6–0
Nancy 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 4–2 1–0 2–5 0–0 4–0 1–7 3–2 1–3 3–3 1–1 1–4
Nice 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–2 3–2 5–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–2
Nîmes 3–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 3–2 4–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 0–1 2–3
Racing Paris 6–2 5–0 1–2 1–3 4–1 2–1 6–1 3–2 0–0 4–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 6–2 3–1
Reims 1–2 3–2 4–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 2–4 3–1 4–5 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1
Rennes 4–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0
Saint-Étienne 3–0 3–1 3–2 6–3 2–0 0–1 6–1 4–2 4–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 6–0 2–2 0–0 5–4
Sedan 1–1 4–4 2–2 1–1 3–2 3–3 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–1 2–6 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–0
Sochaux 0–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 3–1 3–5 2–0 3–1 1–1 5–2 6–0 1–3 4–0
Strasbourg 0–2 1–4 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–4 0–0 2–2 0–4 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 6–0
Toulouse FC 5–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 4–3 0–1 3–3 4–0 6–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 4–0
Valenciennes 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–5 5–2 1–1 0–4 3–1 0–1 1–0
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Poland Thadée Cisowski Racing Paris 33
2 France Just Fontaine Reims 30
3 Sweden Egon Johnsson Lens 29
France Eugène Njo-Léa Saint-Étienne
5 France Rachid Mekloufi Saint-Étienne 25
6 Sweden Gunnar Andersson Marseille 23
7 Morocco Hassan Akesbi Nîmes 20
8 France Maryan Wisniewski Lens 17
France Pierre Grillet Racing Paris
France René Gardien Sochaux

References