1936–37 French Division 1

Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1936/1937 of the French Association Football League with 38 points.

Division Nationale

Season	1936–37
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

Participating teams

• FC Antibes
• AS Cannes
• SC Fives
• Olympique Lillois
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• FC Mulhouse
• RC Paris
• Red Star Olympique
• Stade Rennais UC
• Excelsior AC Roubaix
• RC Roubaix
• FC Rouen
• FC Sète
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg

Antibes

Cannes

SC Fives
O. Lillois

Marseille

Metz

Mulhouse

RC Paris

E. AC Roubaix
RC Roubaix

Red Star

Rennes

Rouen

Sète

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Location of teams in 1936–37 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marseille (C)	30	17	4	9	69	39	+30	38
2	Sochaux	30	16	6	8	56	42	+14	38	Winner of Coupe de France
3	RC Paris	30	17	3	10	57	47	+10	37
4	Rouen	30	15	5	10	62	48	+14	35
5	Olympique Lillois	30	14	6	10	51	43	+8	34
6	Strasbourg	30	12	9	9	62	39	+23	33
7	Metz	30	13	6	11	60	61	−1	32
8	Excelsior AC Roubaix	30	13	5	12	72	60	+12	31
9	Red Star Olympique	30	12	7	11	47	58	−11	31
10	FC Sète	30	11	8	11	46	48	−2	30
11	SC Fives	30	12	4	14	54	45	+9	28
12	RC Roubaix	30	11	5	14	50	61	−11	27
13	FC Antibes	30	11	4	15	50	64	−14	26
14	Cannes	30	8	9	13	48	55	−7	25
15	Rennes (R)	30	8	4	18	38	58	−20	20	Relegated to Division 2
16	FC Mulhouse (R)	30	6	3	21	48	102	−54	15

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 1937/1938:

• RC Lens: Champion of Division 2
• US Valenciennes-Anzin: Runner-up Division 2

Results

Home \ Away	FCA	CAN	EAR	SCF	LIL	OM	MET	MUL	RCP	RSO	REN	RCR	ROU	SÈT	SOC	RCS
Antibes		4–1	3–0	5–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–6
Cannes	2–3		1–4	0–0	0–2	3–0	5–1	6–4	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	4–1	2–2	2–1	0–0
Excelsior Roubaix	1–2	5–0		4–1	0–1	0–3	2–2	5–1	4–2	2–2	3–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–3
Fives	1–1	1–2	6–2		1–0	4–3	6–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	5–1	3–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–0
Olympique Lillois	3–2	4–3	5–4	1–3		2–1	5–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–3	3–3	2–0	2–1	1–2
Marseille	2–0	2–0	4–4	1–0	2–1		4–0	5–1	4–1	3–2	3–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–0
Metz	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	3–1		8–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	4–0	4–4	4–0	2–2	0–0
Mulhouse	2–3	1–1	1–4	1–0	1–3	1–3	2–4		0–2	1–3	5–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	4–1	1–9
Racing Paris	2–1	2–1	3–6	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	4–1		4–2	3–1	2–0	2–4	4–1	1–0	2–2
Red Star Olympique	3–1	3–3	3–2	0–0	2–1	0–5	2–1	3–2	2–0		0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1
Rennes	0–1	0–2	5–4	1–0	0–0	3–1	5–1	1–2	1–3	1–3		1–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Racing Roubaix	5–3	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	4–1	2–0	2–3	4–3		3–0	1–1	3–2	2–1
Rouen	5–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	3–2	4–2	0–1	7–1	1–0	4–0		5–0	6–1	2–1
Sète	4–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0		1–1	1–0
Sochaux	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	5–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	6–2		3–2
Strasbourg	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	7–2	0–0	3–0	3–0	5–1	4–0	1–1	3–2

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Oskar Rohr	Strasbourg	30
2	Mario Zatelli	Marseille	28
3	Jean Nicolas	Rouen	27
4	René Couard	Racing Paris	22
	Henri Hiltl	Excelsior Roubaix
6	Désiré Koranyi	Sète	18
	Fernand Planquès	Antibes
8	Jules Bigot	Olympique Lillois	17
9	Roger Courtois	Sochaux	16
	Antoine Franceschetti	Cannes
	André Simonyi	Red Star

References

• Division 1 season 1936-1937 at pari-et-gagne.com