1958–59 French Division 1

21st season of French Division 1 Football league season

Division Nationale
Season	1958–59
Champions	OGC Nice
Relegated	FC Nancy Lille OSC Olympique Alès Olympique de Marseille
European Cup	OGC Nice
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Olympique Lyonnais
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,257 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Thadée Cisowski (30 goals)
Biggest home win	Stade de Reims 7–1 FC Nancy RC Lens 6–0 RC Strasbourg
Biggest away win	Lille OSC 1–6 RC Paris
Highest scoring	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 4–5 Olympique Alès Olympique Alès 3–6 Stade de Reims FC Nancy 3–6 OGC Nice RC Paris 7–2 Lille OSC
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1958–59 of the French Association Football League with 56 points.

Participating teams

Lens

Valenciennesclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 1958–59 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	OGC Nice (C)	38	24	8	6	80	38	+42	56	European Cup
2	Nîmes Olympique	38	21	11	6	75	40	+35	53
3	RC Paris	38	18	13	7	84	47	+37	49
4	Stade de Reims	38	19	10	9	84	59	+25	48
5	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	38	17	9	12	70	64	+6	43
6	AS Saint-Etienne	38	16	8	14	68	73	−5	40
7	Angers SCO	38	13	13	12	66	58	+8	39
8	AS Monaco	38	14	11	13	52	51	+1	39
9	Olympique Lyonnais	38	16	7	15	62	68	−6	39	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
10	UA Sedan-Torcy	38	12	14	12	65	53	+12	38
11	RC Strasbourg	38	14	10	14	65	76	−11	38
12	Stade Rennais UC	38	13	10	15	61	61	0	36
13	US Valenciennes-Anzin	38	13	10	15	53	63	−10	36
14	Toulouse FC	38	12	11	15	59	59	0	35
15	Limoges FC	38	12	10	16	48	57	−9	34
16	RC Lens	38	12	8	18	56	66	−10	32
17	FC Nancy (R)	38	10	9	19	58	79	−21	29	Relegated to Division 2
18	Lille OSC (R)	38	9	11	18	56	78	−22	29
19	Olympique Alès (R)	38	8	8	22	45	83	−38	24
20	Olympique de Marseille (R)	38	6	11	21	50	84	−34	23

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 1959/1960

Le Havre AC: Champion of Division 2, (Winner of Coupe de France)
Stade Français FC: runner-up of Division 2
SC Toulon: Third place
Bordeaux: Fourth place

Results

Home \ Away	ALÈ	ANG	RCL	LIL	LFC	OL	OM	ASM	FCN	NIC	NMS	RCP	REI	REN	STE	SED	SOC	RS	TOU	VAL
Alès		1–3	2–6	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	0–4	1–1	3–6	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–0
Angers	1–0		2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–2	0–0	4–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	4–0
Lens	2–4	1–1		2–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–4	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	3–2	6–0	0–1	2–0
Lille	5–0	1–1	1–1		2–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–6	0–2	4–4	2–4	0–3	3–0	2–3	3–2	6–1
Limoges	2–2	2–2	2–1	5–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–4	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0
Lyon	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1		1–1	4–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–5	5–2	2–0	4–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2
Marseille	2–1	2–3	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–1		0–2	4–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–3	4–1	1–1	0–0	3–3	1–1	3–1
Monaco	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	2–0		1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	0–2	1–0	0–3	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Nancy	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	4–3	2–2	2–2		3–6	2–1	1–2	3–5	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–1
Nice	4–2	0–3	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	6–1	2–0	3–0		2–0	3–2	4–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	4–2	3–2	1–0
Nîmes	3–0	5–3	4–2	3–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1		0–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0
Racing Paris	5–2	5–0	5–0	7–2	4–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	4–4	1–1	2–2		0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	5–2	2–0	3–0
Reims	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	7–1	1–2	3–1	0–0		4–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	2–3	3–1	2–1
Rennes	4–2	3–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–4	2–2	2–1	3–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	2–2		0–2	3–1	4–0	2–2	3–0	4–0
Saint-Étienne	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	3–5	4–0	3–4	0–1	3–3	4–4	2–2		2–1	4–3	1–5	4–3	1–1
Sedan	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	6–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	5–0		0–1	1–3	1–1	4–0
Sochaux	4–5	2–1	2–1	2–3	3–1	5–3	5–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2		3–0	2–2	1–1
Strasbourg	2–0	4–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–1	3–3	1–3	2–1		1–2	3–2
Toulouse FC	4–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	2–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	5–1		1–2
Valenciennes	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–2	2–3	1–0	5–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thadée Cisowski	Racing Paris	30
2	Hassan Akesbi	Nîmes	24
2	Just Fontaine	Reims	24
4	Mahi Khennane	Rennes	23
5	Roger Piantoni	Reims	20
6	Henri Skiba	Nîmes	19
	N'Ganga Samuel Edimo	Sochaux
	Antoine Groschulski	Strasbourg
9	Stéphane Bruey	Angers	18
	Jacques Foix	Nice
	Eugène Njo-Léa	Saint-Étienne
	Ginès Liron	Valenciennes

OGC Nice Winning Squad 1958-'59

Goal

Georges Lamia

Defence

Midfield

Attack

Unknown

René Vergé

Management

Jean Luciano (Coach)

References

"OGC Nice official site". Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2008-03-16.

Division 1 season 1958-1959 at pari-et-gagne.com

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1958–59 in French football

« 1957–58 1959–60 »

Domestic leagues	Division 1 Division 2
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe Charles Drago [fr] Challenge des Champions [fr]
European	European Cup Men Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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Domestic leagues	Albania '58 '59 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark '58 '59 England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '58 '59 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '58 '59 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '58 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany Greece Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '58 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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