The Ligue 1 belt in the 1940s
All decades →150Belt games
59Title changes
20Clubs that held it
LensHeld it longest
The reign of the decade: Lille OSC, from May 15, 1949, with 8 defenses.
Days with the belt, 1940s
| RC Lens | 2,110 | 58% |
| Stade Rennes | 242 | 7% |
| Lille OSC | 217 | 6% |
| RC Roubaix | 184 | 5% |
| Stade Olympique Montpellierain | 177 | 5% |
| Racing Club de France | 133 | 4% |
| Girondins Bordeaux | 91 | 2% |
| AS Saint-Étienne | 91 | 2% |
| FC Metz | 67 | 2% |
| RC Strasbourg | 53 | 1% |
Best reigns that began this decade
| May 15, 1949 | Lille OSC | 8 def. |
| Sep 15, 1946 | Lille OSC | 6 def. |
| Apr 11, 1948 | Stade Rennes | 5 def. |
| Oct 10, 1948 | Racing Club de France | 5 def. |
| Nov 18, 1945 | AS Saint-Étienne | 4 def. |
| Nov 21, 1947 | RC Roubaix | 4 def. |
| Oct 14, 1945 | Racing Club de France | 3 def. |
| Jan 13, 1946 | RC Roubaix | 3 def. |
| Nov 27, 1949 | Toulouse FC | 3 def. |
| Jun 2, 1946 | RC Roubaix | 2 def. |