Division 2 1958/59

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Division 2 1958/59
master Le Havre AC
Climbers Le Havre AC
Stade Français Paris
SC Toulon
Girondins Bordeaux
Relegated FC Perpignan
Teams 20th
Games 380
Gates 1,177  (ø 3.1 per game)
Top scorer NetherlandsNetherlands Petrus van Rhijn
(Stade Français Paris)
← Division 2 1957/58
^ Division 1 1958/59

The Division 2 1958/59 was the 20th anniversary of the second highest French football league . Second division champion was Le Havre AC .

societies

The 18 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.

So this season the following 20 teams played for the championship of Division 2 :

The first matchday took place on August 17, 1958, the 38th and last on May 31, 1959. There was no winter break; Complete game days were also scheduled for December 21, 28 and January 4.

There was only a direct promotion and relegation depending on the sporting result between the first and second professional division; After the Second World War , a descent into the third highest division had been introduced over a few years, but this was no longer in force. A second division officer could relegate alone in the event that he surrendered his license or it was withdrawn from him. 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.
This season, too, there was no 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.

The rise of Le Havre and Stade Français was already mathematically determined in April 1959. For the Normans , this had the advantage of being able to concentrate fully on their course in the national cup , in which they were the first second division team to win the trophy in mid-May after a repeat final and were able to celebrate the second division championship 14 days later. Behind these two, a battle for the two remaining promotion ranks developed, in which a good half a dozen opponents were involved until May, including both first division relegated (Metz and Béziers), but with Grenonle, Besançon and Sète also three of the last four the previous season of the second division. After the last day of the match it was Toulon and Bordeaux that had developed a two-point advantage.

At the lower end of the final ranking, there were two teams, Aix and bottom bracket CA Paris, who had been there regularly in previous years. Also Red Star Olympique from Saint-Ouen showed as Penultimate once again why the 1950s, all financial efforts in defiance deemed crisis decade of the club's history, the twelve-months later, even in the relegation to the regional amateur league (Division d'Honneur) lead should.

In the 380 encounters, 1,177 hits were scored; this corresponds to an average of 3.1 goals per game. The top scorer's crown was won for the third time since 1955 by Dutchman Petrus van Rhijn , who now played for Stade Français, with 31 goals. After the end of the season, FC Perpignan gave up its professional status. For the following season there were four relegated teams from Division 1 ( FC Nancy , OSC Lille , Olympique Alès and Olympique Marseille ). In addition, the Football Association of the US Boulogne again issued a professional license, which the club had last held in 1938/39 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Le Havre AC  38  24  7th  7th 093:400 2.33 55:21
 2. Stade Français Paris  38  21st  10  7th 086:460 1.87 52:24
 3. SC Toulon  38  17th  10  11 082:630 1.30 44:32
 4th Girondins Bordeaux  38  17th  10  11 069:560 1.23 44:32
 5. FC Grenoble  38  18th  6th  14th 065:510 1.27 42:34
 6th FC Metz (A)  38  13  15th  10 049:500 0.98 41:35
 7th Racing FC Besançon  38  14th  12  12 069:540 1.28 40:36
 8th. FC Sète  38  17th  6th  15th 044:570 0.77 40:36
 9. SO Montpellier  38  16  7th  15th 064:550 1.16 39:37
10. AS Béziers (A)  38  13  12  13 058:540 1.07 38:38
11. US Forbach  38  16  6th  16 060:640 0.94 38:38
12. FC Rouen  38  14th  9  15th 074:590 1.25 37:39
13. AS Troyes-Savinienne  38  13  11  14th 049:510 0.96 37:39
14th FC Nantes  38  13  9  16 049:590 0.83 35:41
15th FC Perpignan  38  11  13  14th 042:580 0.72 35:41
16. CO Roubaix-Tourcoing  38  11  12  15th 057:630 0.90 34:42
17th AS Cannes  38  10  12  16 050:640 0.78 32:44
18th AS Aix  38  11  6th  21st 049:740 0.66 28:48
19th Red Star Olympique  38  9  8th  21st 034:720 0.47 26:50
20th CA Paris  38  7th  9  22nd 034:870 0.39 23:53

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient - 3rd goals scored

  • Promotion to Division 1 1959/60
  • Relegation to the National (D3) after license return
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 in 1957/58

    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. ^ L'Équipe: France Football 59. Numéro Spécial, Paris 1959, pp. 32/33
    2. ^ François de Montvalon / Frédéric Lombard / Joël Simon: Red Star. Histoires d'un siècle. Club du Red Star, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-95125-620-5 , in particular pp. 114-117
    3. ↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 252