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.

Division Nationale
Season1945–46
ChampionsLille
1st title
RelegatedLyon
Sochaux
Matches played306
Goals scored1,080 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorerRené Bihel (28)

Participating teams
Location of teams in 1945–46 Division 1

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
Source:
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

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

Top goalscorers
Place Player Nationality Club Goals
1 René Bihel  France Lille OSC 28
2 Pierre Sinibaldi  France Stade de Reims 26
3 Antoine Rodriguez  France AS Saint-Étienne 22
4 Louis de Sainte de Maréville  France Olympique de Marseille 21
5 Désiré Koranyi  France  Hungary FC Sète 20
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