1938–39 French Division 1

FC Sète won Division 1 season 1938/1939, the last professional football season before World War II, of the French Association Football League.

Participating teams

 * FC Antibes
 * AS Cannes
 * SC Fives
 * Le Havre AC
 * RC Lens
 * Olympique Lillois
 * Olympique de Marseille
 * FC Metz
 * RC Paris
 * Excelsior AC Roubaix
 * RC Roubaix
 * FC Rouen
 * AS Saint-Étienne
 * FC Sète
 * FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
 * RC Strasbourg

Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who would play in Division 1 season 1945/1946 (With the beginning of World War II, relegations and promotions are only taken into account after the end of the war i.e. for season 1945/1946)
 * Red Star Olympique: Champion of Division 2
 * Stade Rennais UC: Runner-up Division 2