Division 1 1932/33

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Division 1 1932/33
master Olimpique Lille
Cup winners Excelsior AC Roubaix
Relegated Club Français Paris
FC Hyères
FC Mulhouse
Red Star Olympique
FC Metz
Olympique Alès
Teams 20 (in two groups)
Games 180 + 1 play-off game
Gates 718  (ø 3.97 per game)
Top scorer German EmpireGerman Empire Walter Kaiser ( Stade Rennes UC ) Robert Mercier ( CF Paris ) , 15 goals each

The Division 1 1932-33 was the first edition of the professional French football league, which was then officially named national Championnat changed its name. The first champion was Olympique Lille . Until then, the media in France usually referred to the winner of the national cup competition that had been played since 1917/18 as the French champion .

The first game day was September 11, 1932, and the last group game day was April 27, 1933. However, a Group B game (FC Sochaux versus SC Fives) only took place on May 7th. There was a “winter break” between December 25th (matchday 11) and January 15 (matchday 12). The final of the two group winners was played on May 14, 1933.

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Division 1 teams in the 1932/33 season

The 20 clubs that had given themselves professional status and had been approved by the Groupement des Club Professionnels (chairman: Emmanuel Gambardella ) of the French football association FFFA were eligible to participate. Nobody had to be rejected; Until a few weeks before the start of the league, there were only 19 candidates - only then (and after the official reporting date) did Lille's presidium decide not to leave the terrain to the local rival from Fives alone. These founding members of the league were ...

These were divided into two groups, which were not put together under the primacy of spatial proximity and short travel distances; on the contrary, there should be approximately the same number of teams of roughly the same strength in both seasons. In a final between the first two of the group, the champions should be determined, while the last three of each group had to relegate to the second division, which was newly established for the 1933/34 season .

Match of the first matchday between Lille and Marseille

There was no restriction on the number of foreigners eligible to play this season, and many clubs made use of this option. Lille had three British and one Czechoslovakian in its ranks, Rennes also had a Czechoslovak and a German, Cannes had two Hungarians, at Antibes the left attacking side spoke Austrian, Sète and Montpellier had attracted Swiss and Yugoslavs in particular since the 1920s, while Red Star Olympique Traditionally, Uruguayans were happy to oblige. In the summer of 1932, a total of 113 football immigrants (corresponding to 29.2% of all paid players) were under contract with the professional clubs, including the largest groups 42 British, 20 Hungarians or Czechs and 16 Austrians. The official income ceilings were only moderately attractive by today's standards, in Paris they were twice and in the rest of the country around two and a half times the monthly earnings of a skilled worker .

Group A

The season got off to a promising start for FC Sète, but as it progressed it was a neck-and-neck race exclusively between Lille and Marseille. The northern French secured themselves a better position with eight wins in a row, and the two defeats in the direct duels no longer shifted the weights, because Lille remained on a stable course even after the 7-0 humiliation in Marseille and in the end was five points ahead.

Closing table
Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Olympique Lille  18th  14th  0  4th 041:230 1.78 28: 80
 2. Olympique Marseille  18th  10  3  5 040:240 1.67 23:13
 3. Racing Paris  18th  8th  5  5 040:360 1.11 21:15
 4th FC Sète  18th  8th  4th  6th 032:320 1.00 20:16
 5. SC Nîmes  18th  8th  3  7th 037:380 0.97 19:17
 6th Excelsior AC Roubaix  18th  5  8th  5 032:370 0.86 18:18
 7th OGC Nice  18th  5  5  8th 026:320 0.81 15:21
 8th. Club Français Paris  18th  5  3  10 043:500 0.86 13:23
 9. FC Hyères  18th  4th  4th  10 022:290 0.76 12:24
10. FC Mulhouse  18th  4th  3  11 036:480 0.75 11:25
  • Participation in the final
  • Relegation to Division 2 1933/34
    • Crosstab
    Group A Olympique Lille Olympique Marseille Racing Paris FC Sète SC Nîmes Excelsior AC Roubaix OGC Nice CFP HYÈ MUL
    Olympique Lille 1: 2 4: 1 4: 2 4-0 2-0 3-0 3: 1 2: 1 2-0
    Olympique Marseille 7-0 1-0 3: 1 2-0 2: 2 1-0 5: 1 1: 2 3: 1
    Racing Paris 0: 1 3: 1 5: 3 3: 1 2: 2 2: 2 4: 1 2: 1 2: 1
    FC Sète 1-0 1: 1 3: 2 1: 1 0: 2 1: 2 3: 2 1-0 1: 1
    SC Nîmes 0: 3 1: 3 5: 1 1: 3 2-0 2-0 3: 1 3-0 3: 1
    EAC Roubaix 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0: 3 4: 4 2: 2 4: 1 2: 1 2: 2
    OGC Nice 2: 3 1-0 0-0 2: 2 2: 3 2: 2 2-0 2: 1 5: 2
    CF Paris 3: 5 6: 2 5: 5 2: 3 5: 2 2: 2 2-0 2: 2 5-0
    FC Hyères 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 2: 2 3: 1 1-0 3: 1 1: 1
    FC Mulhouse 1: 2 1: 4 3: 5 3: 1 3: 4 6: 2 5: 2 2: 3 3: 1
    1In France, when specifying the point ratio, only the number of plus points is given; here this is done in the notation used in Germany at the time of the 2-point rule.

    Group B

    From the start of the season, none of the teams managed to gain a decisive lead. In the further course, a three-way battle developed between the neighbors from Antibes and Cannes, who each won their home game in a “particularly heated” direct encounter, and the “secret favorite” FC Sochaux. Before the last matchday, all three competitors theoretically had the chance of winning the group, with the latter two having to play against each other, while the former had to perform a task that was assessed as easier. Apparently, however, Antibes' coach wanted to play it safe: Before the game against SC Fives, he is said to have tried to "find an arrangement with officials from the Liller suburbs that their players let the Antibois win". In fact, Cannes then lost in Sochaux, while Antibes prevailed 5-0. The FFFA reacted promptly, issued prohibitions against several members of the executive committee and the club's coach and excluded the team from the final; AS Cannes denied this instead.

    Closing table
    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
     1. Olympique Antibes  18th  10  4th  4th 039:210 1.86 24:12
     2. AS Cannes  18th  8th  6th  4th 037:240 1.54 22:14
     3. FC Sochaux  18th  9  4th  5 040:310 1.29 22:14
     4th SO Montpellier  18th  9  3  6th 037:360 1.03 21:15
     5. CA Paris  18th  8th  4th  6th 038:370 1.03 20:16
     6th Stade Rennes UC  18th  7th  4th  7th 041:360 1.14 18:18
     7th SC Fives  18th  6th  5  7th 042:480 0.88 17:19
     8th. Red Star Olympique  18th  4th  6th  8th 038:290 1.31 14:22
     9. FC Metz  18th  5  3  10 025:510 0.49 13:23
    10. Olympique Alès  18th  2  5  11 025:490 0.51 09:27
  • Participation in the final
  • Relegation to Division 2 1933/34
    • Crosstab
    Group B Olympique Antibes AS Cannes FC Sochaux SO Montpellier CAP Stade Rennes UC SC Fives Red Star Olympique FC Metz ALE
    Olympique Antibes 1-0 4: 1 0: 2 3-0 3: 1 5-0 2-0 1: 1 0-0
    AS Cannes 3-0 1: 1 3-0 2: 2 3-0 5: 5 2: 1 0: 1 2-0
    FC Sochaux 1: 3 2: 1 2: 3 1: 3 2: 1 6: 4 1: 1 5-0 5: 2
    SO Montpellier 2: 1 1: 2 2-0 3: 4 1-0 4: 2 1: 1 7: 3 2-0
    CA Paris 2: 3 1: 1 3: 5 2: 2 3: 1 1: 2 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1
    Stade Rennes UC 0-0 5: 4 1: 1 6: 1 3: 1 0: 1 3: 1 4-0 4-0
    SC Fives 0: 5 1: 1 2: 2 2: 3 0: 2 4: 4 3: 2 8: 1 3-0
    Red Star Olympique 2: 3 1: 1 0: 1 4-0 3: 4 6: 2 0: 1 2: 2 5-0
    FC Metz 3: 2 0: 2 0: 3 2: 1 2: 3 1: 2 0-0 1: 7 4-0
    Olympique Alès 3: 3 2: 4 0: 1 2: 2 2: 1 4: 4 7: 4 0-0 2: 3

    Group winners final

    Champion team from Lille
    Olympique Lille - AS Cannes 4: 3 (2: 0)
    venue Colombes , Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir , May 14, 1933, spectators: 12,000
    Olympique Lille Robert Défossé - Jules Vandooren , Jean Théry - Georges Meuris , Jock MacGowan , Georges Beaucourt - Urbain Decottignies , Zoltán Varga , Bert Lutterloch , William Barrett , Georges Winckelmans
    Trainer: Robert De VeenBelgiumBelgium 
    AS Cannes Francis Roux - Maurice Tourniaire , János Nagy - Joseph Béraudo , János Kvasz Koves , Louis Cler - André Calecca , Pierre Fecchino , Charles Bardot , Stan Hillier , Jean Cornelli
    Trainer: William AitkenScotlandScotland 
    Gates goal1-0 Barrett (25th)
    goal2-0 Varga (30th)

    goal3-1 Winckelmans (75th)


    goal4: 3 Winckelmans (86th)
    goal2: 1 Fecchino (59th)

    goal3: 2 Calecca (78th)
    goal3: 3 Tourniaire (82nd)

    The master's players

    Also used during the season: Amard, Delannoy , De Loose, Lubrez, Maier, Vandevelde, Wattrelos

    Lilles scored 41 goals in the group games: Barrett (9), Winckelmans (7), Delannoy, Varga, Lutterlock (5 each), Decottignies (4), Amard (3), MacGowan (2), De Loose (1)

    Most successful goal scorers

    Goals scored in the final did not officially count for this; otherwise Fecchino would have scored 15 goals.

    Pl. player society Gates
    01. German EmpireGerman Empire Walter Kaiser Stade Rennes UC 15th
    Robert Mercier CF Paris
    03. Joseph Alcazar Olympique Marseille 14th
    Pierre Fecchino AS Cannes
    05. UruguayUruguay Renato Finamore Red Star Olympique 13
    AustriaAustria Karl Klima 2 Olympique Antibes
    07th Pierre Bertrand Red Star Olympique 12
    Robert Saint-Pé SC Fives
    Hungary 1918Hungary István Zavadsky SO Montpellier
    10. André Cheuva SC Fives 11
    Julien Dominique Stade Rennes UC
    Ernest Libérati SC Fives
    2 Regarding the person of Karl Klimas, who was also the first goal scorer of this debut season - he converted a free kick against Red Star Olympique in the eighth minute of the game on September 11, 1932 - there is often a mistake in literature for his brother Johann .

    See also

    literature

    • Almanach du football éd. 1932/33. Paris 1933.
    • Hubert Beaudet: Le Championnat et ses champions. 70 ans de Football en France. Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2002, ISBN 2-84253-762-9 .
    • Sophie Guillet / François Laforge: Le guide français et international du football éd. 2009. Vecchi, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-7328-9295-5 .
    • Paul Hurseau / Jacques Verhaeghe: Olympique Lillois - Sporting Club Fivois - Lille OSC Alan Sutton, Joué-lès-Tours 1997, ISBN 2-84253-080-2 .
    • Jean-Philippe Rethacker: La grande histoire des clubs de foot champions de France. Sélection du Reader's Digest, Paris / Bruxelles / Montréal / Zurich 2001, ISBN 2-7098-1238-X .

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Almanac, p. 77
    2. ↑ Hurseau / Verhaeghe, p. 19
    3. ↑ a b Beaudet, p. 12f.
    4. ^ Alfred Wahl / Pierre Lanfranchi: Les footballeurs professionnels des années trente à nos jours. Hachette, Paris 1995, ISBN 978-2-01-235098-4 , pp. 62ff. and 79 (table)
    5. ↑ a b 1932/33 season. In: pari-et-gagne.com. Retrieved January 23, 2018 (French).
    6. ↑ Beaudet, p. 13.
    7. ↑ Champion team 1932/33. In: pari-et-gagne.com. Retrieved January 23, 2018 .
    8. ↑ There are two opinions in the literature on the question of whether this decisive hit was scored in regular time or in extra time: Rethacker, p. 13, Guillet / Laforge, p. 132, and Pierre Delaunay / Jacques de Ryswick / Jean Cornu: 100 ans de football en France. Atlas, Paris 1983², ISBN 2-7312-0108-8 , p. 126, mention a prolongation ; Beaudet also does this in the table section of his book (p. 190), who describes this goal in the match report on p. 14 as “scored in the last few minutes”. And Hurseau / Verhaeghe, p. 22, locate the winning goal exactly in the 86th minute of the game.
    9. ↑ a b Guillet / Laforge, p. 132
    10. ^ Almanac, p. 70
    11. ↑ Almanach, p. 80