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1956–57 French Division 1
19th season of French Division 1
19th season of French Division 1
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Division Nationale |
| season | 1956–57 |
| winners | Saint-Étienne |
| continentalcup1 | European Cup |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Saint-Étienne |
| prevseason | 1955–56 |
| nextseason | 1957–58 |
Stade Rennais Strasbourg Nancy AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1956/1957 of the Professional 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
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
Relegation play-offs
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Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FRA POL Thadée Cisowski | Racing Paris | 33 |
| 2 | FRA Just Fontaine | Reims | 30 |
| 3 | SWE Egon Johnsson | Lens | 29 |
| FRA Eugène Njo-Léa | Saint-Étienne | ||
| 5 | FRA Rachid Mekloufi | Saint-Étienne | 25 |
| 6 | SWE Gunnar Andersson | Marseille | 23 |
| 7 | MAR Hassan Akesbi | Nîmes | 20 |
| 8 | FRA Maryan Wisniewski | Lens | 17 |
| FRA Pierre Grillet | Racing Paris | ||
| FRA René Gardien | Sochaux |
Attendances
| # | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Racing | 19,186 |
| 2 | Saint-Étienne | 16,541 |
| 3 | Marseille | 16,186 |
| 4 | Valenciennes | 11,197 |
| 5 | Stade rennais | 11,085 |
| 6 | Nice | 11,022 |
| 7 | Lens | 10,923 |
| 8 | Olympique lyonnais | 10,778 |
| 9 | Toulouse | 9,461 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 9,028 |
| 11 | Angers | 9,020 |
| 12 | Nîmes | 8,144 |
| 13 | Reims | 7,115 |
| 14 | Metz | 7,063 |
| 15 | Nancy | 6,883 |
| 16 | Sedan | 6,519 |
| 17 | Sochaux | 6,305 |
| 18 | Monaco | 3,787 |
Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1957.htm
References
- Division 1 season 1956-1957 at pari-et-gagne.com
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