1955–56 French Division 1 Explained

Season:	1955–56
Nextseason:	1956–57

OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1955/1956 of the French Association Football League with 43 points.

Participating teams

• Bordeaux
• RC Lens
• Lille OSC
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• AS Monaco
• FC Nancy
• OGC Nice
• Nîmes Olympique
• RC Paris
• Stade de Reims
• AS Saint-Etienne
• UA Sedan-Torcy
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg
• Toulouse FC
• AS Troyes-Savinienne

Final table

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1956/1957

• Stade Rennais UC:Champion of Division 2
• Angers SCO:runner-up
• US Valenciennes-Anzin: Third place

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thadée Cisowski	Racing Paris	31
2	Rachid Mekloufi	Saint-Étienne	21
3	Gunnar Andersson	Marseille	20
	Jacques Foix	Saint-Étienne
5	René Bliard	Reims	19
6	Ernst Stojaspal	Strasbourg	18
7	Roger Piantoni	Nancy	17
	Hassan Akesbi	Nîmes
9	Egon Jonsson	Lens	16
	Raúl Conti	Monaco

OGC Nice Winning Squad 1955-'56

Goal

• Dominique Colonna
• Henri Hairabedian

Defence

• Gilbert Bonvin
• Rémy Fronzoni
• César Hector Gonzales
• Alphonse Martinez
• Aleardo Nani
• Guy Poitevin

Midfield

• José Carlos Brandaozinho
• Jean Luciano
• François Milazzo

Attack

• Jean-Pierre Alba
• Mohammed Abderrazak
• Ruben Bravo
• Robert Brun
• Just Fontaine
• Victor Nuremberg
• Joseph Ujlaki

Management

• Luis Carniglia (Coach)

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References

• Division 1 season 1955-1956 at pari-et-gagne.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: OGC Nice official site . 2008-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726202829/http://www.ogcnice.com/histoire/champions_1956.php . 2011-07-26 . dead .