Division 2 1950/51

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Division 2 1950/51
master Olympique Lyon
Climbers Olympique Lyon
FC Metz
Relegation ↑ Racing FC Besançon
FC Rouen
Relegated GSC Marseille 2nd
Teams 18th
Games 272 + 6 relegation games
Gates 876  (ø 3.22 per game)
Top scorer Thadée Cisowski , (FC Metz)
← Division 2 1949/50
^ Division 1 1950/51

The Division 2 1950/51 was the twelfth host the second highest French football league . Olympique Lyon became second division champions .

societies

Eligible to participate 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 or by force. There were also two first division relegated teams. Lyon Olympique Universitaire had ceded its place to the newly founded association Olympique Lyon.

Thus, the following 18 teams played for the division 2 championship this season :

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 highest division had been introduced over a few years. In addition, a second division could be relegated if he gave up his license or if it was revoked.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.
In return, there was a relegation round for the first time this season between the two worst-placed first division teams, who did not have to be relegated directly, and the two best second division teams who were not directly eligible for promotion.

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 big surprise of the season was the “newcomer with an old license” from Lyon, who managed to get promoted promptly after a comparatively confident season. The team left relegated Metz, who immediately returned to Division 1 , behind them and in the end showed a safe distance to third in the table from Rouen. The Normans were denied promotion in the subsequent barrages, as was the fourth-placed team from Besançon.

During the first half of the season, Marseille withdrew from the game and gave up his professional status after almost a year and a half; his games played up to then were not counted. In the basement of the table there was a four-way fight with a wafer-thin outcome - the three weakest teams were only separated by the goal difference - with Cercle Athlétique , the traditional club from Paris, taking one of the last two places for the fourth time in a row.

876 hits were scored in the 272 encounters; this corresponds to an average of 3.2 goals per game. Thadée Cisowski (Metz) won the top scorer's crown with 23 goals. The following season came from the top division of Toulouse FC and Stade Français Paris ; in addition, the federation granted FC Grenoble a new license.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Olympique Lyon (N)  32  23  4th  5 075:410 1.83 50:14
 2. FC Metz (A)  32  20th  6th  6th 074:320 2.31 46:18
 3. FC Rouen  32  18th  4th  10 051:430 1.19 40:24
 4th Racing FC Besançon  32  17th  4th  11 066:490 1.35 38:26
 5. AS Monaco  32  13  11  8th 056:420 1.33 37:27
 6th AS Cannes-Grasse  32  13  9  10 076:470 1.62 35:29
 7th AC Amiens  32  10  12  10 053:420 1.26 32:32
 8th. SO Montpellier (A)  32  13  6th  13 046:400 1.15 32:32
 9. AS Troyes-Savinienne  32  14th  3  15th 042:540 0.78 31:33
10. FC Nantes  32  11  7th  14th 054:560 0.96 29:35
11. SC Toulon  32  11  7th  14th 052:590 0.88 29:35
12. US Valenciennes-Anzin  32  10  8th  14th 041:550 0.75 28:36
13. Olympique Alès  32  10  8th  14th 034:560 0.61 28:36
14th SCO Angers  32  7th  9  16 047:670 0.70 23:41
15th AS Béziers  32  7th  8th  17th 039:600 0.65 22:42
16. US Le Mans  32  8th  6th  18th 039:720 0.54 22:42
17th CA Paris  32  9  4th  19th 031:610 0.51 22:42
17th GSC Marseille 2nd  0  0  0  0 000-000  ± 0 00-00

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient

  • Promotion to Division 1 1951/52
  • Participation in the relegation round
  • Relegation to the National (D3) after license return
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 in 1949/50
    (N) Newcomers

    Relegation round

    After the end of the season, Rouen and Besançon had the chance to qualify for promotion to Division 1 in the Barrages . These games were played in a simple round of points in each case on a neutral place. In the end, however, the two higher-class teams from Lens and Sète prevailed. There were no matches between teams from the same league.

    table
    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
     1. Racing Lens (D1)  3  2  0  1 009: 500 1.80 04: 20
     2. FC Sète (D1)  3  2  0  1 007: 400 1.75 04: 20
     3. Racing FC Besançon (D2)  3  1  0  2 004: 600 0.67 02: 40
     4th FC Rouen (D2)  3  1  0  2 003: 800 0.38 02: 40

    Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient

  • qualified for Division 1 1951/52
    • Crosstab
    LEN SET BES ROU
    Racing Lens - 2-0 6: 1
    FC Sète 4: 1 3: 2 0: 1
    RCFC Besancon - - -
    FC Rouen - - 1: 2

    See also

    Web links

    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

    1. ↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 252