# 1955–56 French Division 1

OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1955/1956 of the French Association Football League with 43 points.

## Participating teams

* Bordeaux
* RC Lens
* Lille OSC
* Olympique Lyonnais
* Olympique de Marseille
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* FC Nancy
* OGC Nice
* Nîmes Olympique
* RC Paris
* Stade de Reims
* AS Saint-Etienne
* UA Sedan-Torcy
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* RC Strasbourg
* Toulouse FC
* AS Troyes-Savinienne

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | OGC Nice (C) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 43 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | RC Lens | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 42 | |
| 3 | AS Monaco | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 41 | |
| 4 | AS Saint-Etienne | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 68 | 53 | +15 | 41 | |
| 5 | Olympique de Marseille | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 40 | |
| 6 | RC Paris | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 74 | 58 | +16 | 39 | |
| 7 | Toulouse FC | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 38 | |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 37 | |
| 9 | UA Sedan-Torcy | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 36 | Winner of Coupe de France |
| 10 | Stade de Reims | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 34 | |
| 11 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 32 | |
| 12 | FC Nancy | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 32 | |
| 13 | Nîmes Olympique | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 31 | |
| 14 | RC Strasbourg | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 54 | 66 | −12 | 30 | |
| 15 | FC Metz | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 68 | −19 | 29 | |
| 16 | Lille OSC (R) | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 24 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 17 | Bordeaux (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 24 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 18 | AS Troyes-Savinienne (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 43 | 78 | −35 | 19 | Relegated to Division 2 |
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1956/1957
* Stade Rennais UC:Champion of Division 2
* Angers SCO:runner-up
* US Valenciennes-Anzin: Third place

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOR | RCL | LIL | OL | OM | MET | ASM | FCN | NIC | NIM | RCP | REI | STE | SED | SOC | RCS | TOU | TRO |
| Bordeaux | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 |
| Lens | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 7–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Lille | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| Lyon | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Marseille | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Metz | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Monaco | 4–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Nancy | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Nice | 2–0 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Nîmes | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| Racing Paris | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Reims | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Saint-Étienne | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Sedan | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Sochaux | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Strasbourg | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Toulouse FC | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–4 | | 2–1 |
| Troyes-Savinienne | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
* ↑ The match between Nancy and Marseille was abandoned when the score was 2–4 and was subsequently rated 0–0 as a victory for Marseille.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Thadée Cisowski | Racing Paris | 31 |
| 2 | Rachid Mekloufi | Saint-Étienne | 21 |
| 3 | Gunnar Andersson | Marseille | 20 |
| 3 | Jacques Foix | Saint-Étienne | 20 |
| 5 | René Bliard | Reims | 19 |
| 6 | Ernst Stojaspal | Strasbourg | 18 |
| 7 | Roger Piantoni | Nancy | 17 |
| 7 | Hassan Akesbi | Nîmes | 17 |
| 9 | Egon Jonsson | Lens | 16 |
| 9 | Raúl Conti | Monaco | 16 |