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| 05/05/1956 | Red Star Olympique Audonien | - | RC Franc-Comtois de Besançon | 3:2 | ||
| 06/05/1956 | FC Sète | - | Stade Rennais | 2:0 | ||
| Olympique Alès | - | US Valenciennes-Anzin | 2:2 | |||
| FC Grenoble | - | Angers SCO | 1:4 | |||
| FC Rouen 1899 | - | Sporting Club de Toulon | 3:1 | |||
| Perpignan FC | - | Stade Français FC | 0:0 | |||
| CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | - | AS aixoise | 2:1 | |||
| AS Cannes | - | CA de Paris | 2:1 | |||
| 10/05/1956 | FC Nantes | - | Havre AC | 1:1 | ||
| AS Béziers (old) | - | SO Montpelliérain | 4:0 |
| » Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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US Valenciennes-Anzin | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 53:29 | 24 | 38:16 |
| 2 |
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Stade Rennais | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 45:28 | 17 | 38:16 |
| 3 |
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AS Béziers (old) | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 54:31 | 23 | 37:17 |
| 4 |
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Red Star Olympique Audonien | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 60:34 | 26 | 35:19 |
| 5 |
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Olympique Alès | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 52:37 | 15 | 34:20 |
| 6 |
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Angers SCO | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 55:34 | 21 | 33:21 |
| 7 |
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Stade Français FC | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 49:40 | 9 | 32:22 |
| 8 |
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CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | 27 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 51:43 | 8 | 30:24 |
| 9 |
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FC Grenoble | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 33:24 | 9 | 28:26 |
| 10 |
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AS Cannes | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 35:42 | -7 | 28:26 |
| 11 |
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RC Franc-Comtois de Besançon | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 42:45 | -3 | 26:28 |
| 12 |
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FC Nantes | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 42:62 | -20 | 24:30 |
| 13 |
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Havre AC | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 29:32 | -3 | 23:31 |
| 14 |
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AS aixoise | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 37:51 | -14 | 22:32 |
| 15 |
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FC Rouen 1899 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 30:37 | -7 | 21:33 |
| 16 |
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Sporting Club de Toulon | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 35:44 | -9 | 21:33 |
| 17 |
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Perpignan FC | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 21:41 | -20 | 20:34 |
| 18 |
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CA de Paris | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 28:44 | -16 | 18:36 |
| 19 |
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FC Sète | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 26:51 | -25 | 18:36 |
| 20 |
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SO Montpelliérain | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 27:55 | -28 | 14:40 |
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