title: 1937–38 French Division 1
text: # 1937–38 French Division 1
  
  FC Sochaux-Montbéliard won Division 1 season 1937/1938 of the French Association Football League with 44 points.
  
  ## Participating teams
  
  * FC Antibes
  * AS Cannes
  * SC Fives
  * RC Lens
  * Olympique Lillois
  * Olympique de Marseille
  * FC Metz
  * RC Paris
  * Red Star Olympique
  * Excelsior AC Roubaix
  * RC Roubaix
  * FC Rouen
  * FC Sète
  * FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
  * RC Strasbourg
  * US Valenciennes-Anzin
  
  ## Final table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sochaux (C) | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 44 | |
  | 2 | Marseille | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 61 | 35 | +26 | 42 | Winner of Coupe de France |
  | 3 | FC Sète | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 41 | |
  | 4 | Rouen | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 36 | |
  | 5 | Strasbourg | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 33 | |
  | 6 | Excelsior AC Roubaix | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 31 | |
  | 7 | Olympique Lillois | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 29 | |
  | 8 | RC Roubaix | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 60 | −21 | 28 | |
  | 9 | Cannes | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 27 | |
  | 10 | FC Antibes | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 27 | |
  | 11 | Metz | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 27 | |
  | 12 | SC Fives | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 26 | |
  | 13 | RC Paris | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 26 | |
  | 14 | Lens | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 26 | |
  | 15 | Red Star (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 47 | 71 | −24 | 19 | Relegated to Division 2 |
  | 16 | Valenciennes (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 77 | −47 | 18 | Relegated to Division 2 |
  
  Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1938/1939:
  
  * Le Havre AC: Champion of Division 2
  * AS Saint-Étienne: Runner-up Division 2
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | FCA | CAN | EAR | SCF | RCL | LIL | OM | MET | RCP | RSO | RCR | ROU | SÈT | SOC | RCS | VAL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Antibes | | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
  | Cannes | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–5 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 |
  | Excelsior Roubaix | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 |
  | Fives | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–4 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
  | Lens | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
  | Olympique Lillois | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
  | Marseille | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
  | Metz | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 4–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
  | Racing Paris | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
  | Red Star Olympique | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 7–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
  | Racing Roubaix | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
  | Rouen | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
  | Sète | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
  | Sochaux | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | | 3–3 | 6–1 |
  | Strasbourg | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 9–3 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–6 | | 10–0 |
  | Valenciennes | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–9 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
  
  ## Top goalscorers
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jean Nicolas | Rouen | 26 |
  | 2 | Oskar Rohr | Strasbourg | 25 |
  | 3 | Désiré Koranyi | Sète | 24 |
  | 4 | Ivan Petrak | Cannes | 23 |
  | 5 | Roger Courtois | Sochaux | 22 |
  | 6 | André Simonyi | Red Star | 21 |
  | 7 | Mario Zatelli | Marseille | 20 |
  