# 1951–52 French Division 1

OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1951/1952 of the French Association Football League with 46 points.

## Participating teams

* Bordeaux
* Le Havre AC
* RC Lens
* Lille OSC
* Olympique Lyonnais
* Olympique de Marseille
* FC Metz
* FC Nancy
* OGC Nice
* Nîmes Olympique
* RC Paris
* Stade de Reims
* Stade Rennais UC
* CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
* AS Saint-Etienne
* FC Sète
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* RC Strasbourg

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | OGC Nice (C) | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 46 | Winner of Coupe de France |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 88 | 49 | +39 | 45 | |
| 3 | Lille OSC | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 85 | 50 | +35 | 44 | |
| 4 | Stade de Reims | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 38 | |
| 5 | FC Metz | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 38 | |
| 6 | Nîmes Olympique | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 37 | |
| 7 | Le Havre AC | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 37 | |
| 8 | CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 36 | |
| 9 | AS Saint-Etienne | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 69 | 68 | +1 | 36 | |
| 10 | FC Sète | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 36 | |
| 11 | FC Nancy | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 35 | |
| 12 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 31 | |
| 13 | RC Lens | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 31 | |
| 14 | RC Paris | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 60 | 71 | −11 | 31 | |
| 15 | Stade Rennais UC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 51 | 85 | −34 | 28 | |
| 16 | Olympique de Marseille | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 52 | 76 | −24 | 27 | |
| 17 | Olympique Lyonnais (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 38 | 78 | −40 | 20 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 18 | RC Strasbourg (R) | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 38 | 80 | −42 | 16 | Relegated to Division 2 |
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1952/1953
* Stade français (football): Champion of Division 2
* SO Montpellier: Runner-up

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOR | LHA | RCL | LIL | OL | OM | MET | FCN | NIC | NMS | RCP | REI | REN | CRT | STE | SÉT | SOC | RCS |
| Bordeaux | | 4–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 9–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Le Havre | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| Lens | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 |
| Lille | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 9–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 7–3 | 3–1 |
| Lyon | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Marseille | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–10 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Metz | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Nancy | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 9–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Nice | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Nîmes | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Racing Paris | 1–0 | 2–6 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 5–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 5–2 |
| Reims | 6–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 |
| Rennes | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Roubaix-Tourcoing | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| Sète | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Sochaux | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 0–1 |
| Strasbourg | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gunnar Andersson | Marseille | 31 |
| 2 | Lambertus De Harder | Bordeaux | 25 |
| 2 | Marcel Rouvière | Nîmes | 25 |
| 4 | Jean Saunier | Le Havre | 20 |
| 4 | André Strappe | Lille | 20 |
| 6 | Maurice Singier | Sète | 19 |
| 7 | Wilhelm Van Lent | Lens | 18 |
| 8 | Léon Deladerrière | Nancy | 17 |
| 9 | Jean-Jacques Kretschmar | Roubaix-Tourcoing | 16 |
| 9 | André Lukac | Bordeaux | 16 |