Division 2 1951/52

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Division 2 1951/52
master Stade Français Paris
Climbers Stade Français Paris
SO Montpellier
Relegation ↑ US Valenciennes-Anzin
Relegated AC Amiens
US Le Mans
Teams 18th
Games 306 + 2 relegation games
Gates 1,057  (ø 3.45 per game)
Top scorer SwedenSweden Egon Jönsson
(Stade Français Paris)
← Division 2 1950/51
^ Division 1 1951/52

The Division 2 1951/52 was the 13th staging of the second highest French football league . Second division champions became Stade Français Paris .

societies

The 15 clubs that had not been promoted to the first division after the previous season and had given up their license - voluntarily or by force - were eligible to participate . There were also two first division relegated teams and a newcomer who had assumed professional status.

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division; thereafter a descent to the third highest division had been introduced over a few years, which was no longer in force in 1951/52. In addition, a second division could be relegated if he gave up his license or if it was revoked.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 addition, this season there was a relegation between the worst-placed first division team who was not directly relegated and the best second division team who was 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.

It was clear almost two months before the end of the season that relegated Stade Français would immediately return to the first division. On the other hand, the fight for second and especially third place was closer: Montpellier secured the former in the penultimate game, the latter only decided in his favor on the last matchday, although the northern French had also had by far the best goal difference of all opponents . Finally, at the lower end of the table, six teams were clearly beaten, from which the teams from Amiens and Le Mans then withdrew temporarily from professionalism.

In the 306 point games 1,057 goals were scored; this corresponds to an average of 3.5 goals per game. The top scorer's crown was won by Swede Egon Jönsson , known as "Atom-Egon", from Stade Français with 34 goals. And Besançon, the team with the second best offensive row behind the resurrected from Paris, had a successful foreign shooter in the German Heinrich Skiba .

After the end of the season, Amiens and Le Mans left the second division. For the following season , the two relegated from Division 1 , Olympique Lyon and Racing Strasbourg , were added. In addition, the FFF licensed FC Perpignan and Red Star Olympique .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Stade Français Paris (A)  34  27  2  5 100: 380 2.63 56:12
 2. SO Montpellier  34  21st  5  8th 068:370 1.84 47:21
 3. US Valenciennes-Anzin  34  17th  9  8th 068:440 1.55 43:25
 4th FC Nantes  34  17th  8th  9 061:570 1.07 42:26
 5. AS Monaco  34  16  8th  10 054:400 1.35 40:28
 6th SCO Angers  34  16  8th  10 064:570 1.12 40:28
 7th FC Grenoble  34  16  4th  14th 064:550 1.16 36:32
 8th. Racing FC Besançon  34  13  9  12 083:650 1.28 35:33
 9. SC Toulon  34  14th  7th  13 056:630 0.89 35:33
10. FC Rouen  34  13  8th  13 064:440 1.45 34:34
11. AS Troyes-Savinienne  34  13  8th  13 058:560 1.04 34:34
12. Toulouse FC (A)  34  14th  6th  14th 052:570 0.91 34:34
13. AS Cannes  34  12  3  19th 057:770 0.74 27:41
14th CA Paris  34  12  3  19th 038:520 0.73 27:41
15th AS Béziers  34  9  6th  19th 040:630 0.63 24:44
16. AC Amiens  34  7th  8th  19th 043:840 0.51 22:46
17th US Le Mans  34  7th  5  22nd 045:870 0.52 19:49
18th Olympique Alès  34  5  7th  22nd 042:810 0.52 17:51

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient

  • Promotion to Division 1 1952/53
  • Participation in the relegation round
  • Relegation to the National (D3) after license return
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 in 1950/51
    (N) Newcomers

    Relegation round

    This time as only a respective first and Zweitdivisionär fought for an additional place in the "footballing upper house" of France, there were only two Barrages between them, both on neutral ground - in the first Saint-Etienne , the second in Saint-Ouen  - held were. After the first leg between the US Valenciennes-Anzin and Olympique Marseille , which had won the championship title in the top division four years earlier , a surprise loomed: the lower-class northern French had defeated the "big OM" 3-1. In the second leg, however, in particular Marseille's Swedish striker Gunnar Andersson , with two goals in the 4-0 win, straightened the "class relations" so that Valenciennes remained in Division 2 .

    total First leg Return leg
    US Valenciennes-Anzin 3: 5 Olympique Marseille 3: 1 0: 4

    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
    2. ^ Alain Pécheral: La grande histoire de l'OM. Des origines à nos jours. Ed. Prolongations, o. O. 2007, ISBN 978-2-916400-07-5 , p. 146