1956–57 French Division 1
19th season of French Division 1
Football league season
| Season | 1956–57 |
|---|---|
← 1955–56 1957–58 → | |
AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1956/1957 of the French Association Football League with 49 points.
Participating teams
- Angers SCO
- RC Lens
- Olympique Lyonnais
- Olympique de Marseille
- FC Metz
- AS Monaco
- FC Nancy
- OGC Nice
- Nîmes Olympique
- RC Paris
- Stade de Reims
- Stade Rennais UC
- AS Saint-Etienne
- UA Sedan-Torcy
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
- RC Strasbourg
- Toulouse FC
- US Valenciennes-Anzin
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
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
- Olympique Alès: Champion of Division 2
- AS Béziers: runner-up
- Lille OSC: Third place
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.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   Thadée Cisowski | Racing Paris | 33 |
| 2 | Just Fontaine | Reims | 30 |
| 3 |  Egon Johnsson | Lens | 29 |
| Eugène Njo-Léa | Saint-Étienne | ||
| 5 | Rachid Mekloufi | Saint-Étienne | 25 |
| 6 | Gunnar Andersson | Marseille | 23 |
| 7 |  Hassan Akesbi | Nîmes | 20 |
| 8 | Maryan Wisniewski | Lens | 17 |
| Pierre Grillet | Racing Paris | ||
| René Gardien | Sochaux |
References
- Division 1 season 1956-1957 at pari-et-gagne.com
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