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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	OGC Nice (C)	34	18	7	9	60	43	+17	43	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	RC Lens	34	19	4	11	65	49	+16	42
3	AS Monaco	34	17	7	10	63	45	+18	41
4	AS Saint-Etienne	34	15	11	8	68	53	+15	41
5	Olympique de Marseille	34	16	8	10	55	49	+6	40
6	RC Paris	34	17	5	12	74	58	+16	39
7	Toulouse FC	34	14	10	10	51	46	+5	38
8	Olympique Lyonnais	34	15	7	12	50	49	+1	37
9	UA Sedan-Torcy	34	14	8	12	53	56	−3	36	Winner of Coupe de France
10	Stade de Reims	34	13	8	13	61	50	+11	34
11	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	34	12	8	14	47	50	−3	32
12	FC Nancy	34	13	6	15	51	61	−10	32
13	Nîmes Olympique	34	11	9	14	64	56	+8	31
14	RC Strasbourg	34	12	6	16	54	66	−12	30
15	FC Metz	34	11	7	16	49	68	−19	29
16	Lille OSC (R)	34	10	4	20	58	65	−7	24	Relegated to Division 2
17	Bordeaux (R)	34	9	6	19	45	69	−24	24
18	AS Troyes-Savinienne (R)	34	5	9	20	43	78	−35	19

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1956/1957

Stade Rennais UC:Champion of Division 2
Angers SCO:runner-up
US Valenciennes-Anzin: Third place

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	RCL	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	FCN	NIC	NIM	RCP	REI	STE	SED	SOC	RCS	TOU	TRO
Bordeaux		1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–3	1–2	2–1	1–4	2–3	4–3	2–1	0–1	3–0	3–4	2–2
Lens	2–0		1–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	1–2	3–2	4–0	3–1	7–3	4–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1
Lille	2–1	1–1		4–1	0–3	4–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	6–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	4–0	1–2	4–0
Lyon	5–2	0–1	2–1		1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–4	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–0
Marseille	3–0	2–2	2–1	5–1		4–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–4	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–0
Metz	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–3		1–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	5–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–1
Monaco	4–2	5–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	4–0		2–2	4–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	0–2	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Nancy	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–2^[a]	1–3			2–0	3–1	2–3	1–4	2–2	4–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–0
Nice	2–0	5–2	7–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–0		2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0
Nîmes	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	6–2	6–1	1–1		1–5	2–2	1–1	6–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	5–2
Racing Paris	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	4–0	1–2	2–1	3–4	4–2	3–2		2–1	3–0	4–0	2–5	2–2	3–0	1–1
Reims	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	5–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–1		1–2	1–1	3–0	6–2	0–1	2–1
Saint-Étienne	3–0	0–0	4–1	0–1	3–1	5–0	1–0	1–1	3–3	3–1	3–2	3–1		3–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	4–0
Sedan	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	4–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–0		2–1	5–2	1–1	1–3
Sochaux	2–4	3–1	3–3	1–2	3–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	4–3	2–3	0–2		2–2	0–0	5–1
Strasbourg	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	5–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–4	0–1	5–2	3–0	1–0		1–2	2–1
Toulouse FC	2–1	4–2	4–2	2–1	2–3	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	4–4		2–1
Troyes-Savinienne	1–1	3–0	1–6	1–3	0–1	1–1	2–5	4–4	2–2	4–2	0–2	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–2

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The match between Nancy and Marseille was abandoned when the score was 2–4 and was subsequently rated 0–0 as a victory for Marseille.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thadée Cisowski	Racing Paris	31
2	Rachid Mekloufi	Saint-Étienne	21
3	Gunnar Andersson	Marseille	20
3	Jacques Foix	Saint-Étienne	20
5	René Bliard	Reims	19
6	Ernst Stojaspal	Strasbourg	18
7	Roger Piantoni	Nancy	17
7	Hassan Akesbi	Nîmes	17
9	Egon Jonsson	Lens	16
9	Raúl Conti	Monaco	16