1937–38 French Division 1

Division Nationale

Season	1937–38
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard won Division 1 season 1937/1938 of the French Association Football League with 44 points.

Participating teams

• FC Antibes
• AS Cannes
• SC Fives
• RC Lens
• Olympique Lillois
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• RC Paris
• Red Star Olympique
• Excelsior AC Roubaix
• RC Roubaix
• FC Rouen
• FC Sète
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Antibes

Cannes

Lens

SC Fives
O. Lillois

Marseille

Metz

RC Paris

E. AC Roubaix
RC Roubaix

Red Star

Rouen

Sète

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1937–38 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sochaux (C)	30	18	8	4	69	26	+43	44
2	Marseille	30	15	12	3	61	35	+26	42	Winner of Coupe de France
3	FC Sète	30	16	9	5	52	28	+24	41
4	Rouen	30	14	8	8	57	44	+13	36
5	Strasbourg	30	12	9	9	66	54	+12	33
6	Excelsior AC Roubaix	30	10	11	9	59	57	+2	31
7	Olympique Lillois	30	10	9	11	39	33	+6	29
8	RC Roubaix	30	11	6	13	39	60	−21	28
9	Cannes	30	8	11	11	56	47	+9	27
10	FC Antibes	30	9	9	12	38	40	−2	27
11	Metz	30	8	11	11	45	56	−11	27
12	SC Fives	30	7	12	11	42	43	−1	26
13	RC Paris	30	9	8	13	48	59	−11	26
14	Lens	30	9	8	13	45	63	−18	26
15	Red Star (R)	30	6	7	17	47	71	−24	19	Relegated to Division 2
16	Valenciennes (R)	30	6	6	18	30	77	−47	18

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 1938/1939:

• Le Havre AC: Champion of Division 2
• AS Saint-Étienne: Runner-up Division 2

Results

Home \ Away	FCA	CAN	EAR	SCF	RCL	LIL	OM	MET	RCP	RSO	RCR	ROU	SÈT	SOC	RCS	VAL
Antibes		2–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	2–0	2–2	4–1	5–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0
Cannes	2–1		2–1	0–0	5–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	5–5	2–3	6–1	3–4	0–1	2–3	5–0
Excelsior Roubaix	2–1	2–2		3–2	1–1	2–2	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	3–2	5–0
Fives	3–1	2–2	4–4		2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2
Lens	2–4	2–2	2–2	3–2		2–1	4–3	2–3	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	2–1
Olympique Lillois	4–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0		1–1	3–1	0–1	4–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1
Marseille	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0		4–0	2–1	1–0	5–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Metz	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2		4–4	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–0
Racing Paris	1–2	3–1	5–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	3–3	2–2		2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–4	0–3	0–3
Red Star Olympique	0–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	2–2		7–0	2–2	1–4	0–1	2–2	2–0
Racing Roubaix	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	2–3	2–1	0–0		0–3	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–2
Rouen	2–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0		3–1	1–3	3–0	4–1
Sète	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–0		0–1	3–0	3–0
Sochaux	1–0	1–1	1–1	6–2	4–0	2–0	1–2	3–2	4–0	3–1	3–0	5–0	0–1		3–3	6–1
Strasbourg	3–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	9–3	4–0	3–3	0–2	1–6		10–0
Valenciennes	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–4	1–2	5–2	1–3	3–2	2–4	1–9	0–0	0–0	1–2

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jean Nicolas	Rouen	26
2	Oskar Rohr	Strasbourg	25
3	Désiré Koranyi	Sète	24
4	Ivan Petrak	Cannes	23
5	Roger Courtois	Sochaux	22
6	André Simonyi	Red Star	21
7	Mario Zatelli	Marseille	20

References

• Division 1 season 1937-1938 at pari-et-gagne.com