1947–48 French Division 1

Division Nationale

Season	1947–48
Champions	Marseille 2nd title
Relegated	Olympique Alès Red Star
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,126 (3.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jean Baratte (31)
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1947/1948 of the French Association Football League with 48 points.

Participating teams

Changes from previous season

Teams promoted from 1946–47 French Division 2

• Champions: Sochaux
• Runners-up: Olympique Alès

Teams relegated to 1947–48 French Division 2

• 17th placed: Lens
• 18th placed: Bordeaux
• 19th placed: Le Havre
• 20th placed: Rouen

Team list

• Olympique Alès
• AS Cannes
• Lille OSC
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• SO Montpellier
• FC Nancy
• RC Paris
• Red Star Olympique
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais UC
• CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
• AS Saint-Étienne
• FC Sète
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Stade Français FC
• RC Strasbourg
• Toulouse FC

Alès

Cannes

Lille

Marseille

Metz

Montpellier

Nancy

RC Paris

Red Star

Reims

Rennes

Roubaix-Tourcoing

Sète

St. Étienne

Sochaux

Stade Français

Strasbourg

Toulouse

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Location of teams in 1947–48 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympique de Marseille (C)	34	20	8	6	83	43	+40	48
2	Lille OSC	34	20	7	7	82	51	+31	47	Winner of Coupe de France
3	Stade de Reims	34	20	6	8	73	34	+39	46
4	AS Saint-Étienne	34	16	9	9	72	58	+14	41
5	Stade Français FC	34	15	8	11	68	58	+10	38
6	RC Strasbourg	34	13	11	10	82	58	+24	37
7	RC Paris	34	16	5	13	79	64	+15	37
8	CO Roubaix-Tourcoing	34	15	7	12	62	60	+2	37
9	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	34	13	8	13	63	59	+4	34
10	Stade Rennais UC	34	13	8	13	56	59	−3	34
11	FC Metz	34	13	4	17	70	82	−12	30
12	FC Nancy	34	11	8	15	49	64	−15	30
13	Toulouse FC	34	13	3	18	50	62	−12	29
14	AS Cannes	34	10	9	15	47	66	−19	29
15	SO Montpellier	34	10	8	16	52	67	−15	28
16	FC Sète	34	11	4	19	59	85	−26	26
17	Olympique Alès (R)	34	7	11	16	49	79	−30	25	Relegated to Division 2
18	Red Star Olympique (R)	34	6	4	24	30	77	−47	16

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 1948/1949

• OGC Nice: Champion of Division 2
• SR Colmar: Runner-up

Results

Home \ Away	ALÈ	CAN	LIL	OM	MET	SOM	FCN	RCP	RSO	REI	REN	CRT	STE	SÉT	SOC	SFF	RCS	TOU
Alès		2–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–5	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–2
Cannes	4–1		0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–4	1–0	0–4	5–2	1–1	0–3	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–0
Lille	5–2	3–0		3–0	3–1	4–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	5–3	6–1	1–3	1–1	3–0
Marseille	8–0	2–1	4–1		6–3	2–1	5–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	6–0	4–1	4–1	3–1	5–1	1–0	3–2
Metz	4–4	1–1	6–2	0–1		1–0	4–3	2–1	2–0	1–3	6–1	0–1	2–2	4–2	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–0
Montpellier	1–3	0–2	0–1	1–0	5–2		3–1	6–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	6–2	1–1	1–3
Nancy	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	4–2	2–2		1–3	5–1	1–2	1–0	0–4	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–0
Racing Paris	0–0	2–3	1–4	1–1	4–2	6–1	3–0		2–1	2–1	2–4	2–1	2–2	7–1	2–1	1–5	4–2	2–0
Red Star Olympique	3–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	3–4	2–0	1–3		0–2	3–5	1–1	0–5	1–0	0–0	0–7	0–5	1–2
Reims	1–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	4–2	1–0	5–0	2–2	1–0		1–0	1–1	6–0	3–0	4–0	0–3	2–2	4–0
Rennes	4–1	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0		4–4	1–3	3–0	0–3	0–3	7–1	2–0
Roubaix-Tourcoing	1–0	3–1	1–5	1–1	1–2	7–0	3–0	5–2	1–0	2–1	1–2		0–3	2–4	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–3
Saint-Étienne	3–3	2–0	8–3	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–4	4–1	3–2	1–0	1–2		3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Sète	2–3	4–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	0–1	4–3	3–2	1–2	4–2	2–0	1–5	4–2		1–5	3–2	3–2	2–2
Sochaux	2–0	5–1	1–2	2–2	4–3	1–0	2–2	3–2	0–1	0–3	2–0	5–1	2–2	2–2		4–0	1–0	4–0
Stade Français	3–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	7–1	4–1	2–3	0–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	4–1	2–2		2–2	2–1
Strasbourg	9–3	8–2	2–0	1–1	8–4	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	6–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1		3–1
Toulouse FC	2–0	0–0	1–4	3–1	4–3	4–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	4–0	0–3

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jean Baratte	Lille	31
2	Pierre Sinibaldi	Reims	25
3	Boleslav Tempowski	Lille	23
4	Jean Grumellon	Rennes	22
5	Larbi Ben Barek	Stade Français	20
	Desiré Koranyi	Sète
	Jozef Humpal	Sochaux
8	Georges Moreel	Racing Paris	18
9	Alphonse Rolland	Strasbourg	17
10	Émile Bongiorni	Racing Paris	16
	Ernest Vaast	Racing Paris

References

• Division 1 season 1947-1948 at pari-et-gagne.com