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| 18/03/1956 | Angers SCO | - | Olympique Alès | 2:0 | ||
| Perpignan FC | - | Stade Rennais | 2:2 | |||
| Red Star Olympique Audonien | - | Havre AC | 2:1 | |||
| FC Grenoble | - | US Valenciennes-Anzin | 0:0 | |||
| CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | - | Sporting Club de Toulon | 1:1 | |||
| FC Sète | - | Stade Français FC | 1:0 | |||
| FC Rouen 1899 | - | AS aixoise | 4:0 | |||
| FC Nantes | - | RC Franc-Comtois de Besançon | 1:1 | |||
| AS Cannes | - | SO Montpelliérain | 3:1 | |||
| AS Béziers (old) | - | CA de Paris | 2:1 |
| » Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Stade Rennais | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 50:30 | 20 | 42:18 |
| 2 |
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US Valenciennes-Anzin | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 59:31 | 28 | 41:19 |
| 3 |
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AS Béziers (old) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 57:33 | 24 | 41:19 |
| 4 |
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Angers SCO | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 61:35 | 26 | 39:21 |
| 5 |
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Red Star Olympique Audonien | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 64:38 | 26 | 38:22 |
| 6 |
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Olympique Alès | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 54:41 | 13 | 36:24 |
| 7 |
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Stade Français FC | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 54:43 | 11 | 35:25 |
| 8 |
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CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 53:50 | 3 | 31:29 |
| 9 |
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RC Franc-Comtois de Besançon | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47:47 | 0 | 31:29 |
| 10 |
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AS Cannes | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 40:52 | -12 | 30:30 |
| 11 |
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FC Grenoble | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 33:30 | 3 | 29:31 |
| 12 |
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Havre AC | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35:34 | 1 | 27:33 |
| 13 |
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AS aixoise | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42:55 | -13 | 26:34 |
| 14 |
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FC Nantes | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 46:67 | -21 | 26:34 |
| 15 |
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Sporting Club de Toulon | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 40:49 | -9 | 24:36 |
| 16 |
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FC Rouen 1899 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 34:40 | -6 | 23:37 |
| 17 |
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Perpignan FC | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 25:45 | -20 | 23:37 |
| 18 |
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CA de Paris | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 31:47 | -16 | 21:39 |
| 19 |
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FC Sète | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 29:58 | -29 | 20:40 |
| 20 |
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SO Montpelliérain | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 33:62 | -29 | 17:43 |
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