Division 2 1948/49
| Division 2 1948/49 | |
| master | Racing Lens |
| Climbers | Racing Lens Girondins ASP Bordeaux |
| Relegated | SA Douai |
| Teams | 19th |
| Games | 342 |
| Gates | 1,181 (ø 3.45 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Camille Libar(Girondins ASP Bordeaux) |
| ← Division 2 1947/48 | |
| ^ Division 1 1948/49 | |
The Division 2 1948/49 was the tenth staging of the second highest French football league . Racing Lens became second division champions .
The games took place between August 1948 and the end of May 1949. There was only a “winter break” over Christmas and New Year.
societies
Eligible were the 16 clubs that had not been promoted to the first division after the previous season or had given up their professional status - voluntarily like AS des Charentes Angoulême or forced like AS Avignon . There was also a first division relegated and two newcomers who had assumed professional status. In addition, the "played out of competition, however, FC Sarrebruck " this year in the Division 2 with (see below ) .
Thus the following 19 teams officially played for the second division championship this season:
- four teams from the far north ( US Valenciennes-Anzin , SA Douai , AC Amiens , Racing Lens ),
- two from Paris and Champagne ( CA Paris , AS Troyes-Savinienne ),
- one from the northeast ( Racing Club Franc-Comtois Besançon ),
- six from the west ( Le Havre AC , FC Rouen , US Le Mans , FC Nantes , SCO Angers , Girondins AS du Port Bordeaux ),
- six from the southeast ( Lyon Olympique Universitaire , AS Béziers , relegated Olympique Alès , Olympique Nîmes and the newcomers SC Toulon and AS Monaco ).
Before the Second World War, there was only a direct promotion and relegation depending on the sporting result between the first and second professional division; thereafter a relegation to the third division had been introduced. In addition, a second division could be relegated if he gave up his license or if it was revoked. Previous amateur teams, on the other hand, could only continue to move up to Division 2 for the following season if they received approval from the responsible association FFF to assume professional status.
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.
The team with the best defense (Lens) and the one with the most powerful attack (Bordeaux) prevailed at the end of the season in the battle for promotion positions. Both delivered a head-to-head race, in which only the goal difference was the decisive factor that the northern French could secure the title of the second division champions. The two teams, Rouen and Le Havre, who, as in the previous year, were third and fourth in the table, just left behind.
In the relegation zone, four teams ran the risk of having to move into the third division until the end of April. Eventually this hit Los Douai, while with CA Paris one of the founding members of professionalism from 1932 - as in the previous season - was able to save himself to the penultimate place. A total of 1,181 hits were scored in the 342 encounters; this corresponds to an average of 3.45 goals per game. The top scorer's crown was won by Luxembourg's Camille Libar (Bordeaux) with 41 goals.
For the following season , the relegated AS Cannes-Grasse was added from Division 1 ; In addition, the association granted - this was a first in French professional football - the second team of Olympique Marseille under the name GSC Marseille 2 the right to participate in the game of the second division.
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Racing Lens | 36 | 21st | 11 | 4th | 64:27 | 2.37 | 53:19 |
| 2. | Girondins ASP Bordeaux | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7th | 107: 49 | 2.18 | 53:19 |
| 3. | FC Rouen | 36 | 20th | 11 | 5 | 67:37 | 1.81 | 51:21 |
| 4th | Le Havre AC | 36 | 19th | 10 | 7th | 64:30 | 2.13 | 48:24 |
| 5. | Olympique Nîmes | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 89:51 | 1.75 | 42:30 |
| 6th | Olympique Alès (A) | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 76:57 | 1.33 | 42:30 |
| 7th | Racing FC Besançon | 36 | 15th | 10 | 11 | 81:59 | 1.37 | 40:32 |
| 8th. | AS Monaco (N) | 36 | 17th | 4th | 15th | 70:62 | 1.13 | 38:34 |
| 9. | FC Nantes | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 58:53 | 1.09 | 38:34 |
| 10. | Lyon OU | 36 | 16 | 6th | 14th | 65:72 | 0.90 | 38:34 |
| 11. | SCO Angers | 36 | 11 | 15th | 10 | 61:49 | 1.24 | 37:35 |
| 12. | AS Béziers | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18th | 58:65 | 0.89 | 31:41 |
| 13. | SC Toulon (N) | 36 | 11 | 8th | 17th | 54:70 | 0.77 | 30:42 |
| 14th | AC Amiens | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19th | 46:70 | 0.66 | 29:43 |
| 15th | US Le Mans | 36 | 11 | 6th | 19th | 60:92 | 0.65 | 28:44 |
| 16. | AS Troyes-Savinienne | 36 | 9 | 7th | 20th | 52:90 | 0.58 | 25:47 |
| 17th | US Valenciennes-Anzin | 36 | 8th | 8th | 20th | 38:76 | 0.50 | 24:48 |
| 18th | CA Paris | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21st | 35:82 | 0.43 | 20:52 |
| 19th | SA Douai | 36 | 5 | 7th | 24 | 36:90 | 0.40 | 17:55 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient
| (A) | Relegated from Division 1 in 1947/48 |
| (N) | Newcomers |
Crosstab
| Ale | Ami | Ang | Bes | Béz | boron | Dou | LeH | LeM | Len | Lyo | Mon | Nan | Nîm | par | Rou | Tou | Tro | Val | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympique Alès | 3-0 | 4-0 | 4: 3 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 6: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | 6: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | |
| AC Amiens | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 3 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 5: 4 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | |
| SCO Angers | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 7: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 5 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 6: 1 | 4-0 | |
| Racing FC Besançon | 3-0 | 5-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 6: 1 | 7: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 3: 4 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 6: 2 | |
| AS Béziers | 1-0 | 5: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 4 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 4 | 1: 5 | 4: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 4 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 6: 1 | 4: 1 | |
| Girondins ASP Bordeaux | 2: 3 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 5: 2 | 7-0 | 2: 2 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4: 3 | 5-0 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 3 | 10: 1 | 2-0 | |
| SA Douai | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 4 | 1: 3 | 3: 5 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | |
| Le Havre AC | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 3: 3 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | |
| US Le Mans | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 3: 2 | 6: 2 | 3: 3 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | |
| Racing Lens | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 6-0 | 3-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | |
| Lyon OU | 1: 1 | 7: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 5 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1: 4 | 1: 5 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | |
| AS Monaco | 7-0 | 1: 4 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 5 | 5-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 4-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 5: 2 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | |
| FC Nantes | 2: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 4: 4 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 5-0 | 0-0 | |
| Olympique Nîmes | 3: 3 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 4-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | 7: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 4 | 7-0 | 3: 1 | 7: 1 | 5-0 | |
| CA Paris | 0: 4 | 2: 1 | 0: 6 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 4 | 1: 4 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 2 | |
| FC Rouen | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 6: 1 | 2-0 | 6-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 4: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | |
| SC Toulon | 5: 3 | 2: 1 | 5: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 4: 4 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 4 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | |
| AS Troyes-Savinienne | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 3 | 2: 4 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 4: 2 | 0: 3 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 4: 1 | 5: 1 | |
| US Valenciennes-Anzin | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 4: 3 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 |
1. FC Saarbrücken - sporting and political dispute
In 1948, the board of directors of 1. FC Saarbrücken applied for inclusion in professional gaming in France. The reasons for this were on the one hand sporting and on the other hand political. From this season the footballers were no longer allowed to participate in the German Oberliga Südwest , but were assigned to the Saarland Honor League . For that, however - and in view of their results it was probably also objective - the playing strength of the Malstatter seemed too high. As a compromise with the Saarland Football Association , the 1. FCS finally had its second team compete in the honor league. The league change of the first Saarbrücken team to France was also due to the fact that after the Second World War, Saarland was a territory with limited independence ( protectorate ) until the mid-1950s , which was significantly under the political influence of the Fourth French Republic .
Saarbrücken received a guaranteed sum of 70,000 French francs per away game (this was equivalent to around 890 DM at the time ), which was subsequently topped up to the amount actually due to the club from the respective audience income - in the local professional leagues there was a 60:40 division of income in point games. However, before the start of the season, the club also had to show FF 2 million in securities before the French association finally gave its approval; Several Saarland industrial companies and banks were responsible for this sum. The results of the second division games of FC Sarrebruck were not announced in the official association organ France Football Officiel . On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the association (2003) an attempt was made to find all the results; a corresponding website has so far found what it is looking for in 37 of the 38 encounters. Only the home game against Bordeaux is still missing there; it is possible that the assertion that Bordeaux decided not to host the event “so as not to be embarrassed” is true. After that, 1. FCS won 27 games - including twice (5: 1 and 3: 0) against Master Lens -, drew seven times and lost just three games (in Nantes, Bordeaux and Valenciennes). Against Béziers, he played both games on the opponent's court. With 61:13 points, a total goal ratio of 148:46 should have been recorded. According to another website, that of the RSSSF , only 34 results are known, which add up to a total of 57:11 points with a goal difference of 133:41. In both cases, the Saarlanders would have finished the season in first place, which, however, remained purely theoretical: the team was not allowed to advance. In addition, it is not known whether the opposing teams would not have approached a point game against Sarrebruck with a different line-up than a friendly game. The club's most successful attackers were Herbert Binkert (41 goals), Peter Momber (27), Kurt Clemens (21), Karl Berg (14), Franz Immig (12), Robert Schreiner, called Schreiner II (11) and Jakob Balzert (10 ).
In June 1949, the Saarbrücken residents applied for official admission to the FFF. Association President Jules Rimet and the French government (“for national interests”) approved the proposal; But there was resistance within the FFF, especially massive from the regional associations of Alsace and Lorraine and the Groupement Professionnel , i.e. the organization of the professional clubs. In addition, there was widespread skepticism in the French public, including rejection of a Franco-German rapprochement. As a result, the FFF Federal Council rejected the application; then 1. FC Saarbrücken organized an international competition on its own from 1949 to 1951, the International Saarland Cup, in which it also took part.
See also
Web links
- 1948/49 season at lfp.fr
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
- ↑ a b see the games of 1. FC Saarbrücken 1948/49 at 100-jahre-fcs.de
- ↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 252
- ↑ a b c Gerhard Reuther: "The most interesting eleven in Europe!" , In Werner Skrentny (Ed.): Teufelsangst vorm Erbsenberg. The history of the Oberliga Südwest 1946-1963. Klartext, Essen 1996, ISBN 3-88474-394-5 , p. 40
- ↑ Werner Skrentny (Ed.): Teufelsangst vorm Erbsenberg. The history of the Oberliga Südwest 1946-1963. Klartext, Essen 1996, ISBN 3-88474-394-5 , p. 150
- ↑ This FCS game, which Nantes won 5-2, is one of the few that is mentioned in French-language literature: Pierre Minier describes it in his book 1943-2003 - Football Club de Nantes, le doyen de l'élite. (Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2003, ISBN 2-911698-23-1 , p. 22) as a "friendly game instead of the failed game against AS Angoulême".
- ↑ see the presentation of the 1948/49 season at rsssf.com
- ^ Alfred Wahl : The resumption of sporting encounters between Germany and France after 1945. In: Hélène Miard-Delacroix / Rainer Hudemann (ed.): Change and Integration. Franco-German rapprochement in the 1950s. Oldenbourg, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-486-57802-2 , pp. 213f.