# 1950–51 French Division 1

OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1950/1951 of the French Association Football League with 41 points.

## Participating teams

* Bordeaux
* Le Havre AC
* RC Lens
* Lille OSC
* Olympique de Marseille
* 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
* Stade Français FC
* RC Strasbourg
* Toulouse FC

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | OGC Nice (C) | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 41 | |
| 2 | Lille OSC | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 41 | |
| 3 | Le Havre AC | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 40 | |
| 4 | Stade de Reims | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 40 | |
| 5 | Nîmes Olympique | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 40 | |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 37 | |
| 7 | AS Saint-Etienne | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 63 | 59 | +4 | 37 | |
| 8 | Olympique de Marseille | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 36 | |
| 9 | RC Strasbourg | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 34 | Winner of Coupe de France |
| 10 | CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 32 | |
| 11 | FC Nancy | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 32 | |
| 12 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 32 | |
| 13 | RC Paris | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 32 | |
| 14 | Stade Rennais UC | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 63 | 69 | −6 | 31 | |
| 15 | FC Sète | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 30 | |
| 16 | RC Lens | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 77 | −18 | 29 | |
| 17 | Toulouse FC (R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 27 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 18 | Stade Français FC (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 38 | 72 | −34 | 21 | Relegated to Division 2 |
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1951/1952
* Olympique Lyonnais: Champion of Division 2
* FC Metz: Runner-up

## Results

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

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Roger Piantoni | Nancy | 28 |
| 2 | Jean Courteaux | Nice | 27 |
| 3 | Henri Baillot | Bordeaux | 22 |
| 4 | Jean Levandowski | Lens | 21 |
| 4 | Jean Grumellon | Rennes | 21 |
| 6 | Jean Saunier | Le Havre | 20 |
| 6 | Bram Appel | Reims | 20 |
| 8 | Jean Baratte | Lille | 19 |
| 9 | Marcel Rouvière | Nîmes | 17 |
| 10 | Léon Deladerrière | Nancy | 15 |
| 10 | Pär Bengtsson | Nice | 15 |
| 10 | Jean-Jacques Kretschmar | Roubaix-Tourcoing | 15 |