1950–51 French Division 1 Explained

Season:	1950–51
Nextseason:	1951–52

OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1950/1951 of the French Association Football League with 41 points.

Participating teams

• Bordeaux
• Le Havre AC
• RC Lens
• Lille OSC
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Nancy
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• RC Paris
• Stade de Reims
• Stade Rennais UC
• CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
• AS Saint-Etienne
• FC Sète
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Stade Français FC
• RC Strasbourg
• Toulouse FC

Final table

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1951/1952

• Olympique Lyonnais: Champion of Division 2
• FC Metz: Runner-up

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Roger Piantoni	Nancy	28
2	Jean Courteaux	Nice	27
3	Henri Baillot	Bordeaux	22
4	Jean Levandowski	Lens	21
	Jean Grumellon	Rennes
6	Jean Saunier	Le Havre	20
	Bram Appel	Reims
8	Jean Baratte	Lille	19
9	Marcel Rouvière	Nîmes	17
10	Léon Deladerrière	Nancy	15
	Pär Bengtsson	Nice
	Jean-Jacques Kretschmar	Roubaix-Tourcoing

OGC Nice Winning Squad 1950-'51

Goal

• Robert Germain

Defence

• Mokhtar Ben Nacef
• Louis Broccolichi
• Mohamed Firoud
• Marcel Gaillard
• Roger Mindonnet
• Hassan M'jid
• Serge Pedini
• Lennart Samuelsson

Midfield

• Yeso Amalfi
• Jean Belver
• Abdelaziz Ben Tifour
• Désiré Carré
• Åke Hjalmarsson
• Léon Rossi

Attack

• Pär Bengtsson
• Antoine Bonifaci
• Jean Courteaux
• François Fassone
• Robert Grange
• Roberto Serone

Management

• Numa Andoire (Coach)

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References

• Division 1 season 1950-1951 at pari-et-gagne.com

Notes and References

1. http://www.ogcnice.com/histoire/champions_1951.php OGC Nice official site