1938–39 French Division 1
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| Season | 1938–39 |
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| Champions | FC Sète 2nd title |
| Relegated | Antibes Roubaix |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 766 (3.19 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Roger Courtois (27) |
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← 1937–38
1945–46 →
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FC Sète won Division 1 season 1938/1939, the last professional football season before World War II, of the French Association Football League.
Participating teams
Final table
| Position | Club | Points | Played | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | av. attendance | Honours, Division 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Sète | 42 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 65 | 35 | +29 | Champion of France | |
| 2 | Marseille | 40 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 34 | +22 | ||
| 3 | RC Paris | 38 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 43 | +15 | (Winner of Coupe de France) | |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 35 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 30 | +16 | ||
| 5 | Olympique Lillois | 34 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 38 | +4 | ||
| 6 | Sochaux | 32 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 65 | 39 | +26 | ||
| 7 | Lens | 31 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 42 | +9 | ||
| 8 | Metz | 31 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 46 | +3 | ||
| 9 | SC Fives | 31 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 57 | 54 | +3 | ||
| 10 | RC Strasbourg | 28 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 43 | -4 | ||
| 11 | Le Havre | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 59 | -11 | ||
| 12 | Cannes | 27 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 47 | 62 | -15 | ||
| 13 | Excelsior AC Roubaix | 24 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 71 | -11 | ||
| 14 | Rouen | 21 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 48 | -17 | ||
| 15 | FC Antibes | 21 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 54 | -33 | Relegated to Division 2 | |
| 16 | RC Roubaix | 17 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 67 | -36 | Relegated to Division 2 |
(Victory:2 points, Draw:1 point, Defeat:0 points)
Promoted from Division 2, who would play in Division 1 season 1945/1946 (With the beginning of World War II, relegations and promotions are only taken into account after the end of the war i.e. for season 1945/1946)
- Red Star Olympique:Champion of Division 2
- Stade Rennais UC:Runner-up Division 2
Top goalscorers
| Place | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals |
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| 1 | Roger Courtois |  France  Switzerland |
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard | 27 |
| - | Désiré Koranyi | France  Hungary |
FC Sète | 27 |
| 3 | Van Caeneghem | France |
SC Fives | 24 |
| 4 | Henri Hiltl |  Austria |
Excelsior AC Roubaix | 18 |
| 5 | Emmanuel Aznar | France |
Olympique de Marseille | 16 |
| - | Antoine Franceschetti | France |
AS Cannes | 16 |
| - | Alessandro Frigerio | Switzerland |
Le Havre AC | 16 |
| - | Ignace Tax | France Austria |
AS Saint-Étienne | 16 |
