# 1945–46 French Division 1

Lille OSC won Division 1 season 1945/1946, the first professional football season since the end of World War II, of the French Association Football League with 45 points.

## Participating teams

* Bordeaux
* AS Cannes
* Le Havre AC
* RC Lens
* Lille OSC
* Lyon OU
* Olympique de Marseille
* FC Metz
* RC Paris
* Red Star Olympique
* Stade de Reims
* Stade Rennais UC
* CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
* FC Rouen
* AS Saint-Étienne
* FC Sète
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* RC Strasbourg

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lille OSC (C) | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 89 | 44 | +45 | 45 | Winner of Coupe de France |
| 2 | AS Saint-Étienne | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 86 | 68 | +18 | 44 | |
| 3 | CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 41 | |
| 4 | Stade de Reims | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 40 | |
| 5 | Stade Rennais UC | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 37 | |
| 6 | RC Lens | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 72 | 57 | +15 | 36 | |
| 7 | FC Rouen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 36 | |
| 8 | RC Paris | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 35 | |
| 9 | Olympique de Marseille | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 70 | 65 | +5 | 34 | |
| 10 | AS Cannes | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 34 | |
| 11 | Red Star Olympique | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 33 | |
| 12 | RC Strasbourg | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 33 | |
| 13 | FC Sète | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 32 | |
| 14 | Bordeaux | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 31 | |
| 15 | Lyon OU (R) | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 78 | −26 | 31 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 16 | Le Havre AC | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 30 | |
| 17 | FC Metz | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 77 | −37 | 25 | Readmitted (Alsace-Loraine) |
| 18 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 35 | 79 | −44 | 15 | Relegated to Division 2 |
Club from Alsace-Loraine, annexed by Nazi Germany during WW2, could not be relegated.
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1946/1947
* FC Nancy: Champion of Division 2, north group
* SO Montpellier: Champion of Division 2, south group
* Stade Français FC: Runner-up Division 2, north group
* Toulouse FC: Runner-up Division 2, south group

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOR | CAN | LHA | RCL | LIL | LOU | OM | FCM | RCP | RSO | REI | REN | CRT | ROU | STE | SÉT | SOC | RCS |
| Bordeaux | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–3 |
| Cannes | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Le Havre | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Lens | 1–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | | 3–1 | 9–2 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 |
| Lille | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 4–4 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 8–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Lyon OU | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 3–2 |
| Marseille | 3–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Metz | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Racing Paris | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–6 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Red Star Olympique | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 |
| Reims | 2–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Rennes | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| Roubaix-Tourcoing | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Rouen | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 6–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Sète | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Sochaux | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 1–3 | | 4–2 |
| Strasbourg | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | René Bihel | Lille | 28 |
| 2 | Pierre Sinibaldi | Reims | 26 |
| 3 | Antoine Rodriguez | Saint-Étienne | 22 |
| 4 | Louis de Sainte de Maréville | Marseille | 21 |
| 5 | Désiré Koranyi | Sète | 20 |
| 6 | Jean Baratte | Lille | 19 |
| 7 | René Alpsteg | Saint-Étienne | 18 |
| 7 | Stefan Dembicki | Lens | 18 |
| 7 | René Lozia | Red Star | 18 |
| 7 | Joseph Rabstejnek | Rennes | 18 |