French football Division 1 1938–39

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FC Sète won Division 1 season 1938/1939, the last professional football season before World War II, of the French Association Football League with 42 points.

[edit] Participating teams

[edit] Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Honours, Division 2
1	FC Sète	42	30	19	4	7	65	35	+29	Champion of France
2	Olympique de Marseille	40	30	18	4	8	56	34	+22
3	RC Paris	38	30	15	8	7	58	43	+15	(Winner of Coupe de France)
4	AS Saint-Étienne	35	30	14	7	9	46	30	+16
5	Olympique Lillois	34	30	14	6	10	42	38	+4
6	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	32	30	14	4	12	65	39	+26
7	RC Lens	31	30	11	9	10	51	42	+9
8	FC Metz	31	30	12	7	11	49	46	+3
9	SC Fives	31	30	13	5	12	57	54	+3
10	RC Strasbourg	28	30	10	8	12	39	43	-4
11	Le Havre AC	28	30	11	6	13	48	59	-11
12	AS Cannes	27	30	11	5	14	47	62	-15
13	Excelsior AC Roubaix	24	30	8	8	14	60	71	-11
14	FC Rouen	21	30	6	9	15	31	48	-17
15	FC Antibes	21	30	6	9	15	21	54	-33	Relegated to Division 2
16	RC Roubaix	17	30	4	9	17	31	67	-36	Relegated to Division 2

(Victory:2 points, Draw:1 point, Defeat:0 points)

Promoted from Division 2 , who will play in Division 1 season 1945/1946 (With the beginning of World War II, relegations and promotions are only taken into account after the end of the war i.e. for season 1945/1946)

Red Star Olympique:Champion of Division 2
Stade Rennais UC:Runner-up Division 2

[edit] Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Roger Courtois	France Switzerland	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	27
-	Désiré Koranyi	France Hungary	FC Sète	27
3	Van Caeneghem	France	SC Fives	24
4	Henri Hiltl	Austria	Excelsior AC Roubaix	18
5	Emmanuel Aznar	France	Olympique de Marseille	16
-	Antoine Franceschetti	France	AS Cannes	16
-	Alessandro Frigerio	Switzerland	Le Havre AC	16
-	Ignace Tax	France Austria	AS Saint-Étienne	16