# 1953–54 French Division 1

Lille OSC won Division 1 season 1953–1954 of the French Association Football League with 47 points.

## Participating teams

* Bordeaux
* Le Havre AC
* RC Lens
* Lille OSC
* Olympique de Marseille
* FC Metz
* AS Monaco
* FC Nancy
* OGC Nice
* Nîmes Olympique
* Stade de Reims
* CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
* AS Saint-Etienne
* FC Sète
* FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* Stade français (football)
* RC Strasbourg
* Toulouse FC

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lille OSC (C) | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 47 | |
| 2 | Stade de Reims | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 46 | |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 46 | |
| 4 | Toulouse FC | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 44 | |
| 5 | AS Saint-Etienne | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 38 | |
| 6 | RC Strasbourg | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 36 | |
| 7 | RC Lens | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 35 | |
| 8 | OGC Nice | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 73 | 59 | +14 | 34 | Winner of Coupe de France |
| 9 | Nîmes Olympique | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 33 | |
| 10 | AS Monaco | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 31 | |
| 11 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 30 | |
| 12 | FC Metz | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 30 | |
| 13 | FC Nancy | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 30 | |
| 14 | Olympique de Marseille | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 29 | |
| 15 | CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 28 | |
| 16 | Stade Français FC (R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 27 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 17 | Le Havre AC (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 26 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 18 | FC Sète (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 38 | 70 | −32 | 22 | Relegated to Division 2 |
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1954/1955
* Olympique Lyonnais: Champion of Division 2
* AS Troyes-Savinienne: Runner-up
* RC Paris: Third place

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOR | LHA | RCL | LIL | OM | MET | ASM | FCN | NIC | NMS | REI | CRT | STE | SÉT | SOC | SFF | RCS | TOU |
| Bordeaux | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 |
| Le Havre | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 10–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Lens | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Lille | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Marseille | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| Metz | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Monaco | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–3 |
| Nancy | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–5 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Nice | 3–4 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 |
| Nîmes | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Reims | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Roubaix-Tourcoing | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Saint-Étienne | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 6–3 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Sète | 0–2 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Sochaux | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 7–1 | 1–3 |
| Stade Français | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Strasbourg | 1–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 |
| Toulouse FC | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Édouard Kargu | Bordeaux | 27 |
| 2 | Bram Appel | Reims | 23 |
| 3 | Gunnar Andersson | Marseille | 19 |
| 4 | Robert Bahl | Roubaix-Tourcoing | 18 |
| 5 | Julien Stopyra | Lens | 17 |
| 5 | Just Fontaine | Nice | 17 |
| 5 | Joseph Ujlaki | Nice | 17 |
| 8 | Abdesselem Ben Mohamed | Bordeaux | 14 |
| 8 | Jean Grumellon | Le Havre | 14 |
| 8 | Henri Skiba | Monaco | 14 |