Division 2 1945/46
| Division 2 1945/46 | |
| master | ( not determined ) |
| Climbers |
FC Nancy Stade Français Paris SO Montpellier Toulouse FC |
| Relegated |
Mulhouse FC Grenoble FC SC Vichy ES Aiglons Brive |
| Teams | 28 (in two groups) |
| Games | 364 |
| Gates | 1,388 (ø 3.81 per game) |
| Top scorer | Guy Campiglia ( SCO Angers ) |
| ← Division 2 1938/39 | |
| ^ Division 1 1945/46 | |
The Division 2 1945-46 was the seventh staging of the second highest French football league . A second division champion was not determined.
societies
After no official championships had been held during the World War , the responsible association FFF was flexible after the liberation of the country, both in terms of eligibility and in terms of the mode of division 2 . Of the 20 clubs that had qualified for this league in the summer of 1939 , two ( Stade Reims and Girondins Bordeaux ) were also included in the first division together with the promoted Red Star and Stade Rennes UC in 1945 ; several others had merged, disbanded or at least ended the professionalism chapter for the time being. So there were only twelve eligible for this season including one of the two first division relegated; 16 new teams were added. These 28 were divided into two regional groups instead of the previous single track (poule unique) :
- Group north
- 6 teams that should have contested the 1939/40 season: US Valenciennes-Anzin , FC Nancy , SR Colmar , FC Mulhouse , CA Paris , AS Troyes-Savinienne
- 8 newcomers: SA Douai , AC Amiens , Stade Français Paris , Racing Franc-Comtois Besançon , US Le Mans , FC Nantes , SCO Angers , AS des Charentes Angoulême
- Group south
- 6 teams that should have contested the 1939/40 season: Toulouse FC , SO Montpellier , Olympique Alès , Olympique Nîmes , relegated Olympique Antibes-Juan-les-Pins , OGC Nice
- 8 newcomers: FC Grenoble , SC Vichy , Stade Clermont , ES Aiglons Brive , USA Perpignan , AS Béziers , AS Avignon , SC Toulon
A direct promotion and relegation depending on the sporting result had previously only existed between the first and second professional division. On the other hand, a second division could only be relegated if he surrendered his license or if it was revoked, and previous amateur teams from the third division could only be promoted to Division 2 for the following season if they were approved by the association to assume professional status . This changed in 1945/46 insofar as the respective bottom of the group had to relegate to the third division.
Season course
Each team played a return match against each group opponent, once in front of their own audience and once away. The two-point rule applied ; in the event of a tie, the goal difference was decisive for the placement. In 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.
In both seasons, it was found out relatively early on who would occupy the two promotion places at the end of the season. Nancy in particular, who had the safest defense and the most powerful attack in his group, had escaped his rivals prematurely; but also the three other climbers were seven points ahead of the third place. It was exciting until the end only in the fight for first place in the southern group, for which ultimately only the goal difference was decisive between Montpellier (best defense of both seasons) and Toulouse (best attack of both seasons).
The strength of the new professional teams, however, differed greatly between the two groups. While they occupied eight of the last nine places in the table in the south - only the first division relegated from 1939, Antibes, slipped between them - four newcomers were in the upper half of the table in the north, and with Stade Français one of them even rose directly in France " footballing upper house ”. In addition, there were only two teams in the southern group, which ended very far behind in the fight against relegation, with Brive remaining without a win for the entire season. In the north, however, it was only clear after the penultimate matchday that Mulhouse was the one of five teams that would have to relegate to the third division.
In the 364 encounters between the two groups, 1,388 hits were scored, which corresponds to an average of 3.8 goals per game; the attackers from the southern season (3.96 hits) were more dangerous than their competitors from the north (3.67). Guy Campiglia from Angers won the top scorer's crown with 27 goals.
At the end of the season, Grenoble and Vichy gave up their professional status again. For the following season , the relegated FC Sochaux and Lyon OU came from Division 1 ; new licenses to amateur clubs were not granted, so that the second division then played with 22 teams - again in a group.
Closing table
Group north
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient
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Group south
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient
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See also
literature
- Alex Graham: Football in France. A statistical record 1894-2005. Soccer Books, Cleethorpes 2005, ISBN 1-86223-138-9
- Sophie Guillet / François Laforge: Le guide français et international du football éd. 2009. Vecchi, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-7328-9295-5
Notes and evidence
- ↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 252