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| 24/03/1956 | Red Star Olympique Audonien | - | FC Nantes | 3:1 | ||
| Stade Français FC | - | RC Franc-Comtois de Besançon | 3:1 | |||
| 25/03/1956 | Angers SCO | - | Sporting Club de Toulon | 3:1 | ||
| AS aixoise | - | Stade Rennais | 0:1 | |||
| Havre AC | - | US Valenciennes-Anzin | 0:3 | |||
| Olympique Alès | - | FC Rouen 1899 | 2:0 | |||
| CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | - | AS Béziers (old) | 3:0 | |||
| Perpignan FC | - | FC Grenoble | 1:0 | |||
| SO Montpelliérain | - | CA de Paris | 2:1 | |||
| 12/04/1956 | AS Cannes | - | FC Sète | 1:2 |
| » Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Stade Rennais | 31 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 51:30 | 21 | 44:18 |
| 2 |
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US Valenciennes-Anzin | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 62:31 | 31 | 43:19 |
| 3 |
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Angers SCO | 31 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 64:36 | 28 | 41:21 |
| 4 |
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AS Béziers (old) | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 57:36 | 21 | 41:21 |
| 5 |
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Red Star Olympique Audonien | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 67:39 | 28 | 40:22 |
| 6 |
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Olympique Alès | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 56:41 | 15 | 38:24 |
| 7 |
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Stade Français FC | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 57:44 | 13 | 37:25 |
| 8 |
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CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | 31 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 56:50 | 6 | 33:29 |
| 9 |
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RC Franc-Comtois de Besançon | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 48:50 | -2 | 31:31 |
| 10 |
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AS Cannes | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 41:54 | -13 | 30:32 |
| 11 |
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FC Grenoble | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 33:31 | 2 | 29:33 |
| 12 |
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Havre AC | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 35:37 | -2 | 27:35 |
| 13 |
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AS aixoise | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 42:56 | -14 | 26:36 |
| 14 |
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FC Nantes | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 47:70 | -23 | 26:36 |
| 15 |
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Perpignan FC | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 26:45 | -19 | 25:37 |
| 16 |
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Sporting Club de Toulon | 31 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 41:52 | -11 | 24:38 |
| 17 |
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FC Rouen 1899 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 34:42 | -8 | 23:39 |
| 18 |
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FC Sète | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 31:59 | -28 | 22:40 |
| 19 |
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CA de Paris | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 32:49 | -17 | 21:41 |
| 20 |
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SO Montpelliérain | 31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 35:63 | -28 | 19:43 |
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