1952–53 French Division 1
Stade de Reims won Division 1 season 1952/1953 of the French Association Football League with 48 points.
Participating teams
- Bordeaux
- Le Havre AC
- RC Lens
- Lille OSC
- Olympique de Marseille
- FC Metz
- SO Montpellier
- FC Nancy
- OGC Nice
- Nîmes Olympique
- RC Paris
- Stade de Reims
- Stade Rennais UC
- CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
- AS Saint-Etienne
- FC Sète
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
- Stade français (football)
Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1953/1954- Toulouse FC: Champion of Division 2
- AS Monaco: Runner-up
- RC Strasbourg: Third place
Attendances
| # | Club | Average |
| 1 | Racing | 20,695 |
| 2 | Marseille | 17,569 |
| 3 | Stade français | 17,367 |
| 4 | Girondins | 15,167 |
| 5 | Nice | 13,344 |
| 6 | LOSC | 13,334 |
| 7 | Lens | 12,112 |
| 8 | Reims | 9,968 |
| 9 | Nîmes | 9,662 |
| 10 | Saint-Étienne | 9,502 |
| 11 | Le Havre | 9,413 |
| 12 | Stade rennais | 9,235 |
| 13 | Roubaix-Tourcoing | 8,171 |
| 14 | MHSC | 8,045 |
| 15 | Nancy | 7,861 |
| 16 | Metz | 7,560 |
| 17 | Sochaux | 7,367 |
| 18 | Sète | 5,385 |
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