The 1945–46 French Division 1, the first professional football season since the end of World War II, was won by Lille OSC.
Participating teams
Bordeaux AS Cannes Le Havre AC RC Lens Lille OSC Lyon OU Olympique de Marseille FC Metz RC Paris Red Star Olympique Stade de Reims Stade Rennais UC CO Roubaix-Tourcoing FC Rouen AS Saint-Étienne FC Sète FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg
Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1946/1947 FC Nancy: Champion of Division 2, north group SO Montpellier: Champion of Division 2, south group Stade Français FC: Runner-up Division 2, north group Toulouse FC: Runner-up Division 2, south group
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 René BihelLille282 Pierre SinibaldiReims263 Antoine RodriguezSaint-Étienne224 Louis de Sainte de MarévilleMarseille215 Désiré KoranyiSète206 Jean BaratteLille197 René AlpstegSaint-Étienne18 Stefan DembickiLens René LoziaRed Star Joseph RabstejnekRennes
References Division 1 season 1945-1946 at pari-et-gagne.com