1958–59 French Division 1

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

1958–59 French Division 1 is located in France

Lens

Location of teams in 1958–59 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nice (C)	38	24	8	6	80	38	2.105	56	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Nîmes	38	21	11	6	75	40	1.875	53
3	Racing Paris	38	18	13	7	84	47	1.787	49
4	Reims	38	19	10	9	84	59	1.424	48
5	Sochaux	38	17	9	12	70	64	1.094	43
6	Saint-Étienne	38	16	8	14	68	73	0.932	40
7	Angers	38	13	13	12	66	58	1.138	39
8	Monaco	38	14	11	13	52	51	1.020	39
9	Lyon	38	16	7	15	62	68	0.912	39
10	Sedan	38	12	14	12	65	53	1.226	38
11	Strasbourg	38	14	10	14	65	76	0.855	38
12	Rennes	38	13	10	15	61	61	1.000	36
13	Valenciennes	38	13	10	15	53	63	0.841	36
14	Toulouse	38	12	11	15	59	59	1.000	35
15	Limoges	38	12	10	16	48	57	0.842	34
16	Lens	38	12	8	18	56	66	0.848	32
17	Nancy (R)	38	10	9	19	58	79	0.734	29	Relegation to French Division 2
18	Lille (R)	38	9	11	18	56	78	0.718	29
19	Alès (R)	38	8	8	22	45	83	0.542	24
20	Marseille (R)	38	6	11	21	50	84	0.595	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

Ferenc Kocsur
François Milazzo
Vincent Scanella

Attack

Jean-Pierre Alba
Oumar Barrou
Jacques Faivre
Jacques Foix
Alberto Muro
Victor Nurenberg

Unknown

René Vergé

Management

Jean Luciano (Coach)

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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

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

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1958–59 in European football (UEFA)
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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