Division 2 1952/53

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Division 2 1952/53
master Toulouse FC
Climbers Toulouse FC
AS Monaco
Racing Strasbourg
Relegation ↑ Racing Strasbourg
Teams 18th
Games 306 + 2 relegation games
Gates 967  (ø 3.16 per game)
Top scorer SwedenSweden Bror Mellberg
(Toulouse FC)
← Division 2 1951/52
^ Division 1 1952/53

The Division 2 1952/53 was the 14th staging of the second highest French football league . Second division champion was Toulouse FC .

societies

The 14 clubs that had not been promoted to the first division after the previous season or had given up their license - voluntarily or by force - were eligible to participate . There were also two first division relegated teams and two newcomers 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division; thereafter a descent to the third highest division had been introduced over a few years, which was no longer in force in 1952/53. In addition, a second division could be relegated if he gave up his license or if it was revoked.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.

At the top of the table, a three-way battle for the two direct promotion positions developed early on, in which no other team was able to intervene and which remained exciting until the end of the season. With Toulouse and Monaco, the two opponents with the most successful attack and the best defense rows finally prevailed in an extremely close finish; but also the third placed, relegated Strasbourg, managed to return to the top division in the subsequent relegation (see below). Of the two newcomers, FC Perpignan - a team from a rugby stronghold - surprised positively with its midfield position, while the ambitious “ Audoniens ” from Red Star were only able to outperform the team from Alès, the one from the previous season and with also had only 17 plus points graced the bottom of the table.

967 hits were scored in the 306 encounters; this corresponded to an average of just under 3.2 goals per game and was only slightly above the weakest value since the establishment of the second division, set up in the 1949/50 season. As in the previous year, the top scorer was won by a Swede, this time the Toulouse striker Bror Mellberg with 27 goals.

After the end of the season, no club gave up its professional status. For the following season , the association also issued a license to AS Aix and UA Sedan-Torcy ; from the Division 1 came Racing Paris , SO Montpellier and the relegation losers Stade Rennes UC added so that the second division then should be held with 20 participants.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Toulouse FC  34  26th  4th  4th 092:290 3.17 56:12
 2. AS Monaco  34  24  7th  3 088:230 3.83 55:13
 3. Racing Strasbourg (A)  34  23  7th  4th 087:320 2.72 53:15
 4th AS Troyes-Savinienne  34  17th  8th  9 059:330 1.79 42:26
 5. Racing FC Besançon  34  18th  5  11 069:470 1.47 41:27
 6th FC Nantes  34  16  7th  11 060:590 1.02 39:29
 7th FC Grenoble  34  14th  8th  12 057:620 0.92 36:32
 8th. Olympique Lyon (A)  34  12  9  13 041:540 0.76 33:35
 9. FC Perpignan (N)  34  12  8th  14th 059:640 0.92 32:36
10. AS Cannes  34  11  10  13 048:540 0.89 32:36
11. FC Rouen  34  11  9  14th 048:430 1.12 31:37
12. SCO Angers  34  12  6th  16 050:610 0.82 30:38
13. US Valenciennes-Anzin  34  8th  9  17th 045:720 0.63 25:43
14th AS Béziers  34  8th  9  17th 041:690 0.59 25:43
15th SC Toulon  34  9  6th  19th 037:640 0.58 24:44
16. CA Paris  34  8th  5  21st 032:650 0.49 21:47
17th Red Star Olympique (N)  34  7th  6th  21st 033:810 0.41 20:48
18th Olympique Alès  34  5  7th  22nd 021:550 0.38 17:51

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient

  • Promotion to Division 1 1953/54
  • Participation in the relegation round
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 in 1951/52
    (N) Newcomers

    Relegation round

    Since this time only a first and a second division competed for an additional place in the “upper house of football” in France, there were only two play-offs between them, both of which were played on a neutral place. Racing Strasbourg returned to Division 1 after just one year .

    total First leg Return leg
    Racing Strasbourg 7: 1 Stade Rennes UC 4-0 3: 1

    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.