1956–57 French Division 2

The season 1956/57, was the 18th staging of the professional French football Division 2 second-division champion Olympique Alès.

Were eligible to the 17 clubs that were after the previous season went not into the first division have their license - voluntary or otherwise - had given up; this came three Erstligaabsteiger. Professional newcomers, there was not even this season.

Thus, in this season following 20 teams played for the championship of Division 2:

  • Two teams from the far north (CO Roubaix - Tourcoing, relegated Lille OSC ),
  • Four from Paris or Champagne (CA Paris, Stade Français Paris, Red Star Olympique, relegated AS Troyes - Savinienne )
  • One from the Northeast (Racing Club Franc- Comtois Besançon),
  • Four from the West (Le Havre AC, FC Rouen, Nantes, Bordeaux relegated )
  • Nine from the South (FC Grenoble, Perpignan FC, ​​AS Béziers, Sète FC, ​​SO Montpellier, Olympique Alès, AS Aix, SC Toulon, AS Cannes).

A direct ascent and descent depending on the sporting result achieved it had before the Second World War only given between first and second professional division; then a descent was introduced in the third- highest division for several years, in the meantime, however, was no longer in force. In addition, a Zweitdivisionär could stay if he gave his license or has been taken from him. Existing amateur teams, however, could continue only for the following season ascend to Division 2 when they were given permission by the relevant association FFF to accept professional status. In addition there was a relegation this season ( Barrages ) between the lowest ranked first division, the descent directly, and the best, not directly climb legitimate second division.

Course of the season and Table

Each team wore against each group opponent a back and a leg off, even before a home crowd and once away. It was the two- point rule; case of a tie, the goal difference was the decisive factor for the placement. In France, the number of plus points is called when specifying the point ratio exclusively; Again, this is done in Germany in the days of the 2- point rule usual notation.

With Alès Béziers and Erstligaabsteiger Lille, three teams had already settled several weeks before the end of the season the remaining participants then competed only have each other to the question of who would win one of the two for direct promotion to Division 1 qualifying places. This eventually succeeded the two teams of Languedoc, of which Béziers so that his " Erstligapremiere " experienced while Lille - had to go for the third time in succession in the play-offs - despite high investments in the team squad before the season starts and its very efficient attack series with nearly 100 hits ( see below). Behind this troika was followed by the other two relegated the previous season, Troyes - Savinienne and Bordeaux, who led a very broad mid-table. By the end of Hinserie Nantes also had counted in the top group of the second division, before the FCN, among others due to injury of two key players, to demolish the contact had and fell back until to 13th.

In the bottom third of the standings found himself with Roubaix - Tourcoing a former French champion in 1947, with CA Paris a team that " regular " had been there for nearly a decade, and with the Audoniens of Red Star Olympique up the rear a particularly ambitious Elf, due to their often " unconventional " approach - but repeatedly fell in the 1950s and 1960s in the headlines - for example, she was two years before the rise of athletic reached been denied because club officials there had bribed on the way opponents.

In the 380 encounters in total 1,116 hits were scored; which corresponds to an average of 2.94 goals per game, and thus the average fell for the first time in league history among the three -hit limit. The top scorer won Fernand Devlaminck from Lille with 27 goals. After the season neither team gave up her professional status. For the following season came from the Division 1 relegated FC Nancy, Racing Strasbourg and, according to the Barrages, Stade Rennes UC added. In addition, the Football Association two newcomers (U.S. Forbach and Limoges FC ) issued its first professional license, so the championship of the second division should then be played with 22 participants.

(A) = relegated from Division 1

Relegation round

After the end of the matches of the third-placed Lille met the third-bottom of Division 1, the Stade Rennais UC to identify another climber. These two teams had already two seasons previously faced in the relegation. After both Barragisten each had won a game with two goals lead - Rennes 2-0, Lille 3-1 -, a playoff was needed because the meetings were held first on neutral ground, an extension of the second game was not intended and Moreover, in the 1950s, also there was no away goals rule. In this third meeting in Paris Lille kept thanks to a transformed by Yvon Douis penalty kick just before the final whistle 2-1 the upper hand and returned to the first division.

1955–56 French Division 2 CO Roubaix-Tourcoing CA Paris-Charenton FC Nantes FC Girondins de Bordeaux Grenoble Foot 38 Perpignan Canet FC Montpellier HSC 1946–47 French Division 1 Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis) 1954–55 French Division 2 1957–58 French Division 2 US Forbach 1956–57 French Division 1 1933–34 French Division 2 1934–35 French Division 2 1935–36 French Division 2 1936–37 French Division 2 1937–38 French Division 2 1938–39 French Division 2 1945–46 French Division 2 1946–47 French Division 2 1947–48 French Division 2 1948–49 French Division 2 1949–50 French Division 2 1950–51 French Division 2 1951–52 French Division 2 1952–53 French Division 2 1953–54 French Division 2 1958–59 French Division 2 1959–60 French Division 2 1960–61 French Division 2 1961–62 French Division 2 1962–63 French Division 2 1963–64 French Division 2 1964–65 French Division 2 1965–66 French Division 2 1966–67 French Division 2 1967–68 French Division 2 1968–69 French Division 2 1969–70 French Division 2 1970–71 French Division 2 1971–72 French Division 2 1972–73 French Division 2 1973–74 French Division 2 1974–75 French Division 2 1975–76 French Division 2 1976–77 French Division 2 1977–78 French Division 2 1978–79 French Division 2 1979–80 French Division 2 1980–81 French Division 2 1981–82 French Division 2 1982–83 French Division 2 1983–84 French Division 2 1984–85 French Division 2 1985–86 French Division 2 1986–87 French Division 2 1987–88 French Division 2 1988–89 French Division 2 1989–90 French Division 2 1990–91 French Division 2 1991–92 French Division 2 1992–93 French Division 2 1993–94 French Division 2 1994–95 French Division 2 1995–96 French Division 2 1996–97 French Division 2 1997–98 French Division 2 1998–99 French Division 2 1999–2000 French Division 2 2000–01 French Division 2 2001–02 French Division 2 2002–03 Ligue 2 2003–04 Ligue 2 2004–05 Ligue 2 2008–09 Ligue 2 2009–10 Ligue 2 2010–11 Ligue 2 2011–12 Ligue 2 2012–13 Ligue 2
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