| Season: | 1938–39 |
| Winners: | FC Sète 2nd title |
| League Topscorer: | Roger Courtois (27) Désiré Koranyi (27) |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 766 |
| Nextseason: | 1945–46 |
FC Sète won Division 1 season 1938/1939, the last professional football season before World War II, of the French Association Football League.
Promoted from Division 2, who would play in Division 1 season 1945/1946 (With the beginning of World War II, relegations and promotions are only taken into account after the end of the war i.e. for season 1945/1946)
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Roger Courtois | Sochaux | 27 |
 Désiré Koranyi | Sète | ||
| 3 | Norbert Van Caeneghem | Fives | 24 |
| 4 |  Henri Hiltl | Excelsior Roubaix | 18 |
| 5 | Emmanuel Aznar | Marseille | 16 |
| Antoine Franceschetti | Cannes | ||
| Alessandro Frigerio | Le Havre | ||
| Ignace Tax | Saint-Étienne |