1946–47 French Division 1

Division Nationale

Season	1946–47
Champions	CO Roubaix-Tourcoing 1st title
Relegated	Lens Bordeaux Le Havre FC Rouen
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,334 (3.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pierre Sinibaldi (33)
← 1945–46 1947–48 →

CO Roubaix-Tourcoing won Division 1 season 1946/1947 of the French Association Football League with 53 points.

Participating teams

• Bordeaux
• AS Cannes
• Le Havre AC
• RC Lens
• Lille OSC
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• SO Montpellier
• FC Nancy
• RC Paris
• Red Star Olympique
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais UC
• CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Étienne
• FC Sète
• Stade Français FC
• RC Strasbourg
• Toulouse FC

Bordeaux

Cannes

Le Havre

Lens

Lille

Marseille

Metz

Montpellier

Nancy

RC Paris

Red Star

Reims

Rennes

Roubaix-Tourcoing

Rouen

Sète

St. Étienne

Stade Français

Strasbourg

Toulouse

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Location of teams in 1946–47 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CO Roubaix-Tourcoing (C)	38	24	5	9	71	47	+24	53
2	Stade de Reims	38	22	5	11	72	40	+32	49
3	RC Strasbourg	38	21	7	10	79	50	+29	49
4	Lille OSC	38	20	7	11	89	52	+37	47	Winner of Coupe de France
5	Stade Français FC	38	19	8	11	72	58	+14	46
6	Olympique de Marseille	38	17	11	10	69	55	+14	45
7	Red Star Olympique	38	15	9	14	56	61	−5	39
8	AS Cannes	38	17	4	17	57	66	−9	38
9	Stade Rennais UC	38	16	6	16	67	78	−11	38
10	FC Metz	38	12	13	13	93	75	+18	37
11	AS Saint-Étienne	38	13	11	14	71	84	−13	37
12	FC Nancy	38	13	10	15	62	59	+3	36
13	FC Sète	38	12	11	15	65	79	−14	35
14	Toulouse FC	38	15	4	19	70	80	−10	34
15	RC Paris	38	14	5	19	76	80	−4	33
16	SO Montpellier	38	14	5	19	59	71	−12	33
17	RC Lens (R)	38	12	7	19	67	72	−5	31	Relegated to Division 2
18	Bordeaux (R)	38	12	7	19	58	81	−23	31
19	Le Havre AC (R)	38	9	7	22	44	83	−39	25
20	FC Rouen (R)	38	7	10	21	37	63	−26	24

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

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1947/1948

• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard: Champion of Division 2
• Olympique Alès: Runner-up

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	CAN	LHA	RCL	LIL	OM	MET	MON	FCN	RCP	RSO	REI	REN	CRT	ROU	STE	SÉT	SFF	RCS	TOU
Bordeaux		1–4	1–2	3–2	1–0	2–2	4–3	4–0	1–1	0–6	3–2	1–3	0–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	4–3	1–4	2–5	1–1
Cannes	2–0		2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	7–0	5–2	1–0	2–2	3–2
Le Havre	1–0	1–0		0–2	1–4	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–3	4–1	0–0	5–1	2–3	1–2	0–2
Lens	1–0	2–1	8–0		3–3	0–0	5–1	1–2	2–3	5–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1
Lille	4–1	8–2	3–0	1–1		5–1	5–3	5–3	4–1	3–1	3–0	5–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	4–3	2–3	5–0	2–2	1–1
Marseille	0–0	4–1	5–3	5–2	1–1		3–3	2–1	3–1	5–3	4–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	3–0
Metz	1–1	7–1	2–3	2–1	4–1	1–1		7–2	6–0	5–0	8–0	2–2	6–0	0–1	0–0	4–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4
Montpellier	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	3–0		4–1	0–1	4–4	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	3–2	1–3	0–1	3–1
Nancy	2–4	0–0	7–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–1		0–2	0–1	1–3	7–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–1
Racing Paris	0–1	4–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	3–3	2–3	4–3		1–2	0–3	2–3	2–1	0–0	3–4	0–2	4–2	2–3	8–2
Red Star Olympique	2–1	2–0	1–0	6–2	5–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–3		1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–1
Reims	3–1	5–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–0		1–0	1–2	3–0	5–0	3–0	5–1	3–0	3–1
Rennes	3–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	4–6	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–3		2–3	2–0	2–1	5–2	0–1	1–6	3–0
Roubaix-Tourcoing	4–1	1–0	1–0	5–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–3		1–0	7–3	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–0
Rouen	2–2	0–0	2–2	3–1	0–3	2–3	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–1		3–0	6–1	0–2	1–3	1–5
Saint-Étienne	4–2	4–3	2–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	6–2	3–0	2–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–5	2–0	1–0		1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Sète	6–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	5–0	2–5	1–3	2–1		3–1	1–2	1–0
Stade Français	0–1	2–0	4–4	3–1	0–2	4–1	0–0	6–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	3–2	5–3	4–3	0–1	3–0	1–1		2–4	5–1
Strasbourg	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	8–1	4–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	3–3	2–1	1–2		1–3
Toulouse FC	1–4	2–1	5–0	2–0	3–4	0–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	4–2	0–4	0–2	1–0	1–2	3–2	4–3	5–1	1–2	3–1

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pierre Sinibaldi	Reims	33
2	Gustave Kemp	Metz	30
3	Jean Baratte	Lille	28
4	Marcel Poblome	Nancy	26
5	Roger Planté	Bordeaux	25
6	Désiré Koranyi	Sète	24
7	Henri Hiltl	Roubaix-Tourcoing	23
8	Henri Baillot	Metz	21
	Curt Keller	Toulouse FC
	István Nyers	Stade Français

References

• Division 1 season 1946-1947 at pari-et-gagne.com