1953–54 French Division 1

Division Nationale

Season	1953–54
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Lille OSC won Division 1 season 1953–1954 of the French Association Football League with 47 points.

Participating teams

• Bordeaux
• Le Havre AC
• RC Lens
• Lille OSC
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• FC Nancy
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• Stade de Reims
• CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sète
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Stade français (football)
• RC Strasbourg
• Toulouse FC

Bordeaux

Le Havre

Lens      

Lille

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Nancy

Nice

Nîmes

Reims

Roubaix-Tourcoing

Sète

Stade Français

St. Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Toulouse

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Location of teams in 1953–54 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lille OSC (C)	34	17	13	4	49	22	+27	47
2	Stade de Reims	34	18	10	6	62	36	+26	46
3	Bordeaux	34	20	6	8	69	44	+25	46
4	Toulouse FC	34	15	14	5	55	39	+16	44
5	AS Saint-Etienne	34	16	6	12	48	47	+1	38
6	RC Strasbourg	34	15	6	13	60	61	−1	36
7	RC Lens	34	13	9	12	58	56	+2	35
8	OGC Nice	34	12	10	12	73	59	+14	34	Winner of Coupe de France
9	Nîmes Olympique	34	14	5	15	49	46	+3	33
10	AS Monaco	34	11	9	14	44	48	−4	31
11	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	34	9	12	13	55	57	−2	30
12	FC Metz	34	10	10	14	45	59	−14	30
13	FC Nancy	34	12	6	16	50	65	−15	30
14	Olympique de Marseille	34	10	9	15	49	56	−7	29
15	CO Roubaix-Tourcoing	34	11	6	17	47	65	−18	28
16	Stade Français FC (R)	34	8	11	15	44	49	−5	27	Relegated to Division 2
17	Le Havre AC (R)	34	10	6	18	53	69	−16	26
18	FC Sète (R)	34	6	10	18	38	70	−32	22

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 1954/1955

• Olympique Lyonnais: Champion of Division 2
• AS Troyes-Savinienne: Runner-up
• RC Paris: Third place

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	LHA	RCL	LIL	OM	MET	ASM	FCN	NIC	NMS	REI	CRT	STE	SÉT	SOC	SFF	RCS	TOU
Bordeaux		1–4	1–2	1–3	3–0	3–0	4–3	1–0	4–1	2–1	0–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	7–1	3–2	5–2	0–0
Le Havre	2–3		1–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	10–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–1
Lens	1–1	3–1		0–2	4–1	4–0	0–0	3–2	2–3	4–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–1
Lille	1–0	2–1	1–0		4–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0
Marseille	3–2	5–1	2–0	1–1		1–1	5–1	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–2	3–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	5–1	0–1
Metz	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–2		1–0	2–4	0–0	2–0	0–1	4–2	5–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2
Monaco	1–2	4–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0		2–0	0–3	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–4	4–2	2–3
Nancy	2–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1		1–5	4–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	4–2
Nice	3–4	4–0	6–1	3–0	2–4	0–1	1–2	2–1		1–1	1–1	3–1	5–2	5–0	4–1	1–1	4–3	0–2
Nîmes	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–1		1–1	1–0	1–0	5–2	4–1	1–0	1–2	0–1
Reims	1–2	4–2	0–0	0–3	6–0	3–1	2–1	4–1	4–3	2–1		2–2	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–3	2–2	1–1
Roubaix-Tourcoing	0–2	3–1	0–4	0–3	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–2	3–2	4–2	2–2		0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	4–1
Saint-Étienne	2–0	0–1	5–2	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1		6–3	2–4	2–1	1–0	1–1
Sète	0–2	4–4	3–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–0	1–2		0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Sochaux	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	7–1	4–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–2		4–0	7–1	1–3
Stade Français	0–1	1–2	5–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–4	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	4–1		0–1	0–0
Strasbourg	1–2	4–0	5–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–4	4–2	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–0		2–0
Toulouse FC	3–1	5–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–2	4–1	1–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	3–1

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Édouard Kargu	Bordeaux	27
2	Bram Appel	Reims	23
3	Gunnar Andersson	Marseille	19
4	Robert Bahl	Roubaix-Tourcoing	18
5	Julien Stopyra	Lens	17
	Just Fontaine	Nice
	Joseph Ujlaki	Nice
8	Abdesselem Ben Mohamed	Bordeaux	14
	Jean Grumellon	Le Havre
	Henri Skiba	Monaco

References

• Division 1 season 1953-1954 at pari-et-gagne.com