1938–39 French Division 1

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

Division Nationale

Season	1938–39
Champions	FC Sète 2nd title
Relegated	Antibes Roubaix
Matches played	240
Goals scored	766 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roger Courtois (27) Désiré Koranyi (27)
← 1937–38 1945–46 →

Participating teams

• FC Antibes
• AS Cannes
• SC Fives
• Le Havre AC
• RC Lens
• Olympique Lillois
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• RC Paris
• Excelsior AC Roubaix
• RC Roubaix
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Étienne
• FC Sète
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg

Antibes

Cannes

Le Havre

Lens

SC Fives

O. Lillois

Marseille

Metz

RC Paris

Excelsior AC Roubaix
RC Roubaix

Rouen

Sète

St. Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

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Location of teams in 1938–39 Division 1

Final table

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

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

Promoted from Division 2, who would 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

Results

Home \ Away	FCA	CAN	EAR	SCF	LHA	RCL	LIL	OM	MET	RCP	RCR	ROU	STE	SÉT	SOC	RCS
Antibes		0–0	3–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–4	0–2	0–0	1–1
Cannes	3–0		2–1	1–5	3–2	2–1	1–2	2–4	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–1
Excelsior Roubaix	0–2	3–5		3–1	3–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	6–2	4–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	3–2	6–1
Fives	4–1	3–1	4–2		7–3	0–4	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	3–2	1–3	2–4	2–0
Le Havre	2–0	3–0	1–3	0–0		2–2	1–0	2–0	0–3	2–1	5–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1
Lens	1–1	6–2	2–2	4–2	3–1		2–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1
Olympique Lillois	2–0	4–3	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1		3–2	0–2	2–1	5–3	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1
Marseille	5–2	0–1	4–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0		5–1	5–2	6–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Metz	6–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	5–1		3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–3	2–1
Racing Paris	3–0	5–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–2		1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	6–1	3–2
Racing Roubaix	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–5	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–3		1–2	2–2	1–0	1–4	2–0
Rouen	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–4	3–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	0–0		0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1
Saint-Étienne	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	5–0	2–1		3–1	2–1	0–0
Sète	4–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	6–3	5–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1		2–0	2–0
Sochaux	2–0	7–3	8–0	5–2	8–0	0–2	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–1		2–0
Strasbourg	2–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	1–3	2–0

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Roger Courtois	Sochaux	27
	Désiré Koranyi	Sète
3	Norbert Van Caeneghem	Fives	24
4	Henri Hiltl	Excelsior Roubaix	18
5	Emmanuel Aznar	Marseille	16
	Antoine Franceschetti	Cannes
	Alessandro Frigerio	Le Havre
	Ignace Tax	Saint-Étienne

References

• Division 1 season 1938-1939 at pari-et-gagne.com