OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1958–59 of the French Association Football League with 56 points.
Participating teams
Olympique Alès Angers SCO RC Lens Lille OSC Limoges FC Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille AS Monaco FC Nancy OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique RC Paris Stade de Reims Stade Rennais UC AS Saint-Etienne UA Sedan-Torcy FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg Toulouse FC US Valenciennes-Anzin
Final table
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
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Thadée CisowskiRacing Paris302 Hassan AkesbiNîmes24 Just FontaineReims4 Mahi KhennaneRennes235 Roger PiantoniReims206 Henri SkibaNîmes19 N'Ganga Samuel EdimoSochaux Antoine GroschulskiStrasbourg9 Stéphane BrueyAngers18 Jacques FoixNice Eugène Njo-LéaSaint-Étienne Ginès LironValenciennes
OGC Nice Winning Squad 1958-'59
Goal Georges Lamia
Defence André Chorda Alain Cornu César Hector Gonzales Alphonse Martinez Guy Poitevin
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)
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Racing 20,455 2 Nice 13,653 3 Stade rennais 12,305 4 Marseille 11,232 5 Limoges 9,841 6 Saint-Étienne 8,907 7 LOSC 8,572 8 Lens 8,462 9 Strasbourg 8,436 10 Reims 8,343 11 Nîmes 8,335 12 Toulouse 7,843 13 Valenciennes 7,631 14 Olympique lyonnais 7,516 15 Angers 7,286 16 Nancy 6,481 17 Sochaux 6,420 18 Sedan 4,755 19 Alès 4,650 20 Monaco 3,425Source:
References
External links Division 1 season 1958-1959, Pari-et-gagne.com