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| 14/04/1956 | Stade Français FC | - | Red Star Olympique Audonien | 1:1 | ||
| 15/04/1956 | FC Nantes | - | Stade Rennais | 0:3 | ||
| Olympique Alès | - | Havre AC | 2:1 | |||
| FC Rouen 1899 | - | US Valenciennes-Anzin | 2:1 | |||
| CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | - | Angers SCO | 2:0 | |||
| AS Cannes | - | Sporting Club de Toulon | 2:4 | |||
| AS Béziers (old) | - | AS aixoise | 4:2 | |||
| FC Grenoble | - | RC Franc-Comtois de Besançon | 2:1 | |||
| FC Sète | - | SO Montpelliérain | 4:2 | |||
| Perpignan FC | - | CA de Paris | 1:0 |
| » Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Stade Rennais | 33 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 56:33 | 23 | 46:20 |
| 2 |
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US Valenciennes-Anzin | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 64:33 | 31 | 45:21 |
| 3 |
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AS Béziers (old) | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 65:41 | 24 | 45:21 |
| 4 |
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Angers SCO | 33 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 68:40 | 28 | 43:23 |
| 5 |
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Red Star Olympique Audonien | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 71:44 | 27 | 41:25 |
| 6 |
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Olympique Alès | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 59:43 | 16 | 41:25 |
| 7 |
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Stade Français FC | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 59:46 | 13 | 39:27 |
| 8 |
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CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | 33 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 59:52 | 7 | 35:31 |
| 9 |
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FC Grenoble | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 37:33 | 4 | 33:33 |
| 10 |
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RC Franc-Comtois de Besançon | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 49:52 | -3 | 32:34 |
| 11 |
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AS Cannes | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 44:58 | -14 | 32:34 |
| 12 |
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Havre AC | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 39:41 | -2 | 29:37 |
| 13 |
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FC Rouen 1899 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 38:44 | -6 | 27:39 |
| 14 |
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Sporting Club de Toulon | 33 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 46:55 | -9 | 27:39 |
| 15 |
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AS aixoise | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 44:60 | -16 | 27:39 |
| 16 |
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Perpignan FC | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 28:47 | -19 | 27:39 |
| 17 |
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FC Nantes | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 47:74 | -27 | 26:40 |
| 18 |
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FC Sète | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 36:62 | -26 | 25:41 |
| 19 |
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CA de Paris | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 34:54 | -20 | 21:45 |
| 20 |
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SO Montpelliérain | 33 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 37:68 | -31 | 19:47 |
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