# 1958–59 French Division 1

OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1958–59 of the French Association Football League with 56 points.

## Participating teams

* Olympique Alès
* Angers SCO
* RC Lens
* Lille OSC
* Limoges FC
* Olympique Lyonnais
* Olympique de Marseille
* 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 | OGC Nice (C) | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 80 | 38 | +42 | 56 | European Cup |
| 2 | Nîmes Olympique | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 75 | 40 | +35 | 53 | |
| 3 | RC Paris | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 84 | 47 | +37 | 49 | |
| 4 | Stade de Reims | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 84 | 59 | +25 | 48 | |
| 5 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 43 | |
| 6 | AS Saint-Etienne | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 68 | 73 | −5 | 40 | |
| 7 | Angers SCO | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 39 | |
| 8 | AS Monaco | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 39 | |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 39 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 10 | UA Sedan-Torcy | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 38 | |
| 11 | RC Strasbourg | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 65 | 76 | −11 | 38 | |
| 12 | Stade Rennais UC | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 36 | |
| 13 | US Valenciennes-Anzin | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 36 | |
| 14 | Toulouse FC | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 35 | |
| 15 | Limoges FC | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 34 | |
| 16 | RC Lens | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 32 | |
| 17 | FC Nancy (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 29 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 18 | Lille OSC (R) | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 56 | 78 | −22 | 29 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 19 | Olympique Alès (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 83 | −38 | 24 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 20 | Olympique de Marseille (R) | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 50 | 84 | −34 | 23 | Relegated to Division 2 |
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1959/1960
* Le Havre AC: Champion of Division 2, (Winner of Coupe de France)
* Stade Français FC: runner-up of Division 2
* SC Toulon: Third place
* Bordeaux: Fourth place

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALÈ | ANG | RCL | LIL | LFC | OL | OM | ASM | FCN | NIC | NMS | RCP | REI | REN | STE | SED | SOC | RS | TOU | VAL |
| Alès | | 1–3 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–6 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Angers | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Lens | 2–4 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Lille | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| Limoges | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Lyon | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Marseille | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Monaco | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Nancy | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 3–6 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Nice | 4–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Nîmes | 3–0 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Racing Paris | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 7–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Reims | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Rennes | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–5 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 1–1 |
| Sedan | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Sochaux | 4–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Strasbourg | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Toulouse FC | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 1–2 |
| Valenciennes | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Thadée Cisowski | Racing Paris | 30 |
| 2 | Hassan Akesbi | Nîmes | 24 |
| 2 | Just Fontaine | Reims | 24 |
| 4 | Mahi Khennane | Rennes | 23 |
| 5 | Roger Piantoni | Reims | 20 |
| 6 | Henri Skiba | Nîmes | 19 |
| 6 | N'Ganga Samuel Edimo | Sochaux | 19 |
| 6 | Antoine Groschulski | Strasbourg | 19 |
| 9 | Stéphane Bruey | Angers | 18 |
| 9 | Jacques Foix | Nice | 18 |
| 9 | Eugène Njo-Léa | Saint-Étienne | 18 |
| 9 | Ginès Liron | Valenciennes | 18 |