| Season | 1938–39 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC Sète 2nd title |
| Relegated | Antibes Roubaix |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 766 (3.19 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Roger Courtois (27) Désiré Koranyi (27) |
1945–46 → | |
FC Sète wonDivision 1 season 1938/1939, the last professional football season beforeWorld War II, of theFrench Association Football League.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sète(C) | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 65 | 36 | 1.806 | 42 | |
| 2 | Marseille | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 34 | 1.647 | 40 | |
| 3 | Racing Paris | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 43 | 1.349 | 38 | |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 30 | 1.533 | 35 | |
| 5 | Lillois[a] | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 1.105 | 34 | |
| 6 | Sochaux | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 65 | 39 | 1.667 | 32 | |
| 7 | Lens | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 42 | 1.214 | 31 | |
| 8 | Metz | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 46 | 1.065 | 31 | |
| 9 | Fives[a] | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 57 | 54 | 1.056 | 31 | |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 0.907 | 28 | |
| 11 | Le Havre | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 59 | 0.814 | 28 | |
| 12 | Cannes | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 47 | 62 | 0.758 | 27 | |
| 13 | Excelsior[b] | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 71 | 0.845 | 24 | |
| 14 | Rouen | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 48 | 0.646 | 21 | |
| 15 | Antibes(R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 54 | 0.389 | 21 | Relegation toFrench Division 2 |
| 16 | Roubaix[b] | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 67 | 0.463 | 17 | Merged intoRoubaix-Tourcoing |
Promoted fromDivision 2, who would play inDivision 1 season 1945/1946 (With the beginning ofWorld War II, relegations and promotions are only taken into account after the end of the war i.e. for season 1945/1946)
| Home \ Away | FCA | CAN | EAR | SCF | LHA | RCL | LIL | OM | MET | RCP | RCR | ROU | STE | SÉT | SOC | RCS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antibes | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Cannes | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Excelsior Roubaix | 0–2 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 6–1 | |
| Fives | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 7–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | |
| Le Havre | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Lens | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Olympique Lillois | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Marseille | 5–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Metz | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
| Racing Paris | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | |
| Racing Roubaix | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | |
| Rouen | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Saint-Étienne | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Sète | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Sochaux | 2–0 | 7–3 | 8–0 | 5–2 | 8–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Strasbourg | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 |