OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1955/1956 of the French Association Football League with 43 points.
Participating teams
Bordeaux RC Lens Lille OSC Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco FC Nancy OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique RC Paris Stade de Reims AS Saint-Etienne UA Sedan-Torcy FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg Toulouse FC AS Troyes-Savinienne
Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1956/1957 Stade Rennais UC:Champion of Division 2 Angers SCO:runner-up US Valenciennes-Anzin: Third place
Results
Relegation play-offs
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Thadée CisowskiRacing Paris312 Rachid MekloufiSaint-Étienne213 Gunnar AnderssonMarseille20 Jacques FoixSaint-Étienne5 René BliardReims196 Ernst StojaspalStrasbourg187 Roger PiantoniNancy17 Hassan AkesbiNîmes9 Egon JonssonLens16 Raúl ContiMonaco
OGC Nice Winning Squad 1955-'56
Goal Dominique Colonna Henri Hairabedian
Defence Gilbert Bonvin Rémy Fronzoni César Hector Gonzales Alphonse Martinez Aleardo Nani Guy Poitevin
Midfield José Carlos Brandaozinho Jean Luciano François Milazzo
Attack Jean-Pierre Alba Mohammed Abderrazak Ruben Bravo Robert Brun Just Fontaine Victor Nuremberg Joseph Ujlaki
Management Luis Carniglia (Coach)
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Racing 19,687 2 Marseille 17,026 3 Nice 14,265 4 Olympique lyonnais 13,443 5 Strasbourg 12,182 6 Lens 12,116 7 Girondins 11,862 8 Saint-Étienne 10,882 9 Lille 10,510 10 Toulouse 9,533 11 Metz 8,567 12 Nancy 8,236 13 Nîmes 8,199 14 Sedan 8,071 15 Reims 8,057 16 Sochaux 7,129 17 ASTS 5,155 18 Monaco 4,326Source:
References
External links Division 1 season 1955-1956 at Pari-et-gagne.com