1932–33 French Division 1

1st season of French Division 1

Football league season

Division Nationale
Season	1932–33
Champions	Olympique Lillois
Relegated	Club Français Hyères Mulhouse Red Star Olympique Metz Olympique Alès
1933–34 →

Olympique Lillois won Division 1 season 1932-1933 of the French Association Football League, the first professional football season in France, defeating AS Cannes in the final.

20 participating teams

Group A

Group B

Sèteclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 1932–33 Division 1 Group A

Sochauxclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 1932–33 Division 1 Group B

Final table

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympique Lillois (Q)	18	14	0	4	41	23	+18	28	Winner of group A qualified for the final
2	Marseille	18	10	3	5	40	24	+16	23
3	RC Paris	18	8	5	5	40	36	+4	21
4	FC Sète	18	8	4	6	32	32	0	20
5	Nîmes	18	8	3	7	37	38	−1	19
6	Excelsior AC Roubaix	18	5	8	5	32	37	−5	18	Winner of Coupe de France
7	Nice	18	5	5	8	26	32	−6	15
8	Club Français (R)	18	5	3	10	43	50	−7	13	Relegated to Division 2
9	Hyères FC (R)	18	4	4	10	22	29	−7	12
10	FC Mulhouse (R)	18	4	3	11	36	48	−12	11

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Antibes	18	10	4	4	39	21	+18	24	Disqualified
2	Cannes (Q)	18	8	6	4	37	24	+13	22	Winner of group B qualified for the final
3	Sochaux	18	9	4	5	40	31	+9	22
4	SO Montpellier	18	9	3	6	37	36	+1	21
5	CA Paris	18	8	4	6	38	37	+1	20
6	Rennes	18	7	4	7	41	36	+5	18
7	SC Fives	18	6	5	7	42	48	−6	17
8	Red Star (R)	18	4	6	8	38	29	+9	14	Relegated to Division 2
9	Metz (R)	18	5	3	10	25	51	−26	13
10	Olympique Alès (R)	18	2	5	11	25	49	−24	9

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Antibes was suspected of bribery and did not take part in the final.

Results

Group A

Home \ Away	CF	EAR	HFC	OL	OM	MUL	NIC	NMS	RCP	SÈT
Club Français		2–2	2–2	1–3	6–2	5–0	2–0	5–2	5–5	2–3
Excelsior Roubaix	4–1		2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	4–4	1–1	0–3
Hyères	3–1	3–1		0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–2
Olympique Lillois	5–3	2–0	2–1		1–2	2–0	3–0	4–0	4–1	4–2
Marseille	5–1	2–2	1–2	7–0		3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1
Mulhouse	2–3	6–2	3–1	1–2	1–4		5–2	3–4	3–5	3–1
Nice	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–3	1–0	5–2		2–3	0–0	2–2
SC Nîmes	3–1	2–0	3–0	0–3	1–3	3–1	2–0		5–1	1–3
Racing Paris	4–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	3–1		5–3
Sète	3–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–2

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

Group B

Home \ Away	ALÈ	FCA	CAN	CAP	SCF	MET	SOM	RSO	REN	SOC
Alès		3–3	2–4	2–1	7–4	2–3	2–2	0–0	4–4	0–1
Antibes	0–0		1–0	3–0	5–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	4–1
Cannes	2–0	3–0		2–2	5–5	0–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–1
CA Paris	2–1	2–3	1–1		1–2	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–5
Fives	3–0	0–5	1–1	0–2		8–1	2–3	3–2	4–4	2–2
Metz	4–0	3–2	0–2	2–3	0–0		2–1	1–7	1–2	0–3
Montpellier	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–4	4–2	7–3		1–1	1–0	2–0
Red Star	5–0	2–3	1–1	3–4	0–1	2–2	4–0		6–2	0–1
Rennes	4–0	0–0	5–4	3–1	0–1	4–0	6–1	3–1		1–1
Sochaux	5–2	1–3	2–1	1–3	6–4	5–0	2–3	1–1	2–1

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

Final

14 May 1933

Olympique Lillois	4–3	Cannes
Barrett 25' Varga 30' Winckelmans 75', 86'		Fecchino 59' Calecca 78' Tourniaire 82'

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, ColombesAttendance: 16,000

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Robert Mercier	Club Français	15
1	Walter Kaiser	Rennes	15
3	Joseph Alcazar	Marseille	14
3	Pierre Fecchino	Cannes	14
5	Karl Klima	Antibes	13
5	Horacio Finamore	Red Star	13
7	Robert Saint-Pé	Fives	12
	Istvan Zavadsky	Montpellier
	Pierre Bertrand	Red Star
10	André Cheuva	Fives	11
	Ernest Libérati	Fives
	Julien Dominique	Rennes

References

Division 1 season 1932-1933 at pari-et-gagne.com

v t e Division 1 / Ligue 1 seasons
Division 1 (1932–2002)	1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
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Ligue 1
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v t e Original French Division 1 clubs, 1932–33
Alès Antibes Cannes Club Français Excelsior Fives Hyères Marseille Metz Montpellier Mulhouse Nice Nîmes Olympique Lillois CA Paris Racing Club de France Red Star Rennes Sète Sochaux

1932–33 in French football

« 1931–32 1933–34 »

Domestic leagues	Division 1
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final)

v t e 1932–33 in European football
« 1931–32 1933–34 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '32 '33 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '32 '33 Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia '32 '33 Finland '32 '33 France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '32 '33 Italy Latvia '32 '33 Lithuania '32 '33 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland '32 '33 Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey '32 '33 Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Austria England France Greece Hungary Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '32 '33 Portugal Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain '32 '33 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '32 '33

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