Below you find a regionwise analysis of the French league - which regions provided how many teams to the league, and titles won per region.
First column: Seasons in Division 1 from 1932-33 to 1938-39 and from 1945-46 to 2009-10. In brackets, league championships won from 1932-33 to 1938-39 and from 1945-46 to 2008-09. No championship awarded in 1992-93. Championships played during World War II (1939-40 to 1944-45) not included.
Pop.: 1.848.000 63 presences by 3 teams. 1 championship won by 1 team. 56 ( 1) Racing C. Strasbourg 6 FC Mulhouse 1 SR Colmar
Pop.: 3.120.000 57 presences by 1 team. 6 championships won by 1 team. 57 ( 5) AN Girondins de Bordeaux FC
Pop.: 1.336.000 None of the teams of Auvergne has played in Division 1. Only Clermont played 3 seasons in the top division during World War II.
Pop.: 1.629.000 32 presences by 2 teams. 1 championship won by 1 team. 30 ( 1) AJ Auxerre 2 FC Gueugnon
Pop.: 3.103.000 76 presences by 4 teams. 53 Stade Rennais FC (Rennes) 10 Brest - Armorique FC 7 En Avant Guingamp 6 FC Lorient 56
Pop.: 2.505.000 5 presences by 2 teams. 4 FC Tours 1 AS Berrichone (Châteauroux)
Pop.: 1.339.000 66 presences by 6 teams. 6 championships won by 1 team. 29 ( 6) Stade de Reims 14 US Sedan - Torcy (Sedan) 12 ES Troyes - Aube (Troyes) 7 FC Sedan 2 CS Sedan - Ardennes (Sedan) 2 A Troyes AC
Pop.: 294.000 39 presences by 2 teams. 29 SEC Bastia 10 AC Ajaccio
Pop.: 1.151.000 62 presences by 1 team. 2 championships won by 1 team. 62 ( 2) FC Sochaux - Montbéliard (Sochaux)
Pop.: 11.491.000
104 presences by 8 teams. 3 championships won by 2 teams.
36 ( 2) Paris St. Germain FC
25 ( 1) Racing Club de Paris (later merged into FC Sedan)
18 Red Star FC (Paris) (including mergers: 2 seasons with Stade Français and
3 with FC Toulouse)
13 FC Stade Français (Paris)
5 Racing Club de Paris (current)
4 Paris FC
2 Club Athlétique Paris
1 Club Français (Paris)
Pop.: 2.548.000 74 presences by 5 teams. 2 championships won by 1 team. 33 Nîmes Olympique SC 18 Montpellier Herault SC 16 ( 2) FC Sète 6 Olympique d’Alès 1 AS Béziers
Pop.: 731.000 3 presences by 1 team. 3 FC Limoges
Pop.: 2.343.000 82 presences by 2 teams. 56 FC Metz 26 AS Nancy - Lorraine
Pop.: 2.777.000 41 presences by 1 team. 41 Toulouse FC
Pop.: 4.048.000 170 presences by 9 teams. 5 championships won by 3 teams. 56 ( 1) RC de Lens 50 ( 3) Lille Olympique SC 29 US Valenciennes - Anzin 10 ( 1) CO Roubaix - Tourcoing (Roubaix) 7 Excelsior AC Roubaix 7 SC Fives (Lille) 7 Olympique Lillois (Lille) 3 RC Roubaix 1 US Boulogne-sur-mer CO
Pop.: 1.457.000 11 presences by 1 team. 11 SM Caen
Pop.: 1.860.000 43 presences by 2 teams. 24 Havre AC (Le Havre) 19 FC Rouen
Pop.: 3.455.000 87 presences by 4 teams. 8 championships won by 1 team. 45 ( 8) FC Nantes 23 SCO Angers 13 Stade Lavallois (Laval) 6 Le Mans UC
Pop.: 1.886.000 None of the teams from Picardie has never played in Division 1. Only Amiens played two seasons in top division of the occupied France in 1941-42 and 1942-43.
Pop.: 1.743.000 4 presences by 2 teams. 3 AS Angoulême 1 Chamois Niortais (Niort)
Pop.: 4.897.000 159 presences by 10 teams. 12 championships won by 2 teams. 60 ( 8) Olympique de Marseille 51 ( 4) Olympique GC de Nice 22 AS Cannes 12 SC Toulon - Var (Toulon) 7 FC Antibes 3 FC Martigues 1 AS Aix-en-Provence 1 Hyères FC 1 FC Istres 1 Olympique Avignonnais (Avignon)
Pop.: 6.021.000 113 presences by 3 teams. 17 championships won by 2 teams. 57 (10) AS St. Etienne 52 ( 7) Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) 4 Grenoble Foot
A sovereign state, but its teams play in the competitions of French Football Association (FFF). Pop: 32.000 53 presences by 1 team. 7 championships won by 1 team. 53 ( 7) AS Monaco
Region Pop. (2006) Presences Champions
Clubs Seasons Clubs Seasons
Nord - Pas de Calais 4.048.000 9 170 3 5
Provence - Alps - C. Azur 4.897.000 10 159 2 12
Rhône - Alps 6.021.000 3 113 2 17
Ile de France 11.491.000 8 104 2 3
Pays de la Loire 3.455.000 4 87 1 8
Lorraine 2.343.000 2 82
Bretagne 3.103.000 4 76
Languedoc - Roussillon 2.548.000 5 74 1 2
Champagne - Ardennes 1.339.000 6 66 1 6
Alsace 1.848.000 3 63 1 1
Franche Comté 1.151.000 1 62 1 2
Aquitaine 3.120.000 1 57 1 6
Principauté de Monaco 32.000 1 53 1 7
Haute Normandie 1.860.000 2 43
Midi - Pyrénées 2.777.000 1 41
Corse 294.000 2 39
Bourgogne 1.629.000 2 32 1 1
Basse Normandie 1.457.000 1 11
Centre (Val de Loire) 2.505.000 2 5
Poitou - Charentes 1.743.000 2 4
Limousin 731.000 1 3
Auvergne 1.336.000 - -
Picardie 1.886.000 - -
Total 61.614.000 68 1344 17 70
Prepared and maintained by Carles Lozano Ferrer for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Carles Lozano Ferrer
(ferrer@economistes.com)
Last updated: 19 Jun 2009
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