Ligue 2 (French pronunciation: [liɡ dø]), formerly known as Division 2, is a French France (pronounced /ˈfrænts/ frantss or /ˈfrɑːnts/ frahnts; French pronunciation (help·info): [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, pronounced: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a state in Western Europe with several of its overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, professional football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball. It is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world league. The league serves as the second division of French football Football in Franceis governed by the French Football Federation . The FFF organises both the men's and women's national football teams. Notably AS Monaco, a club from the independent sovereign state of Monaco, play in French competition. For more on the subject, see football in Monaco and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 1 Ligue 1 , formerly known as Division 1, is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2. Contested by 20 clubs,, the country's top football division. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation In many sports leagues around the world , promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season in which teams are transferred between divisions. The best-ranked teams in each division are promoted to the next-highest division, and at the same time the worst-ranked teams in the higher division are relegated (or demoted) with both Ligue 1 and the third division Championnat National The Championnat de France National , or simply the National, is the third highest division in French football, one division below Ligue 2, one above the Championnat de France Amateurs. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 38 games each totaling 380 games in the season. Most games are played on Fridays and Mondays, with a few games played during weekday and weekend evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas Christmas or Christmas Day is a holiday observed mostly on December 25 to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. The date is not known to be the actual birth date of Jesus, and may have initially been chosen to correspond with either the day exactly nine months after some early Christians believed Jesus had been for two weeks before returning in the second week of January January (help·info) is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere and the warmest month of the year within most of the.

Ligue 2 was founded a year after the creation of the first division in 1933 under the name Division 2 and has served as the second division of French football ever since. The name lasted until 2002 before switching to its current name. Since the league is apart of the LFP, it allows clubs who are on the brink of professionalism to become so. However, if they suffered relegation to the Championnat National, their professional status is revoked temporarily until they return to Ligue 2. The current champions are Caen, who won promotion back to Ligue 1 on its first attempt. The second and third-place finishers were Brest and Arles-Avignon, respectively. Brest will be making their return to the first division for the first time since being administratively relegated following the 1990–91 season, while Arles-Avignon will be making their debut in the league.

Ligue 2, alongside its first division counterpart, is generally regarded as competently run, with good planning of fixtures, complete and consistently enforced rules, timely resolution of issues, and adequate escalation procedures of judicial disputes to national or international institutions.

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History

Division 2 champions (Pre-WWII)
Season Winner
1933–34 Red Star Saint-Ouen
1934–35 CS Metz
1935–36 Rouen
1936–37 Lens
1937–38 Le Havre
1938–39 Red Star Saint-Ouen
Further information: French second division champions

The second division of French football was established in 1933, one year after the creation of the all-professional first division. The inaugural season of the competition consisted of the six clubs who were relegated following the 1932–33 National season, as as well as many of the clubs who opposed the creation of the first division the previous season. Clubs such as Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace. They currently play in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football, having been relegated from Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season. The team has been playing at the Stade de la, RC Roubaix, and Amiens SC all played in the second division's debut season despite having prior grievances with the subjective criteria needed to become professional and play in the first division. The first year of the second division consisted of twenty-three clubs and were divided into two groups (Nord and Sud). Fourteen of the clubs were inserted into the Nord section, while the remaining nine were placed in Sud. Following the season, the winner of each group faced each other to determined which club would earn promotion. On 20 May 1934, the winner of the Nord group, Red Star Saint-Ouen, faced Olympique Alès, the winner of the Sud group. Red Star were crowned the league's inaugural champions following a 3–2 victory. Despite losing, Alès was also promoted to the first division and they were followed by Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace. They currently play in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football, having been relegated from Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season. The team has been playing at the Stade de la and Mulhouse, who each won a pool championship, after the first division agreed to expand its teams to 16.

Due to several clubs merging, folding, or losing their professional status, the federation turned the second division into a 16-team league and adopted the single-table method for the 1934–35 season. Due to the unpredictable nature of French football clubs, the following season, the league increased to 19 clubs and, two years later, increased its allotment to 25 teams with the clubs being divided into four groups. Because of World War II Albania · Australia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Brazil · Bulgaria · Burma · Cambodia · Canada · Ceylon (Sri Lanka) · Channel Islands · China · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · Dutch East Indies · Egypt · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Greenland · Hong Kong · Hungary · Iceland ·, football was suspended by the French government and the Ligue de Football Professionnel. Following the end of the war, the second division developed stability. Due to the increase in amateur clubs, the league intertwined professional and amateur clubs and allowed the latter to become professional if they met certain benchmarks. In 2002 2002 was a common year that started on a Tuesday. In the Gregorian calendar, it is the 2002nd year of the Common Era, or of Anno Domini; the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 3rd of the 2000s decade, the league changed its name from Division 2 to Ligue 2.

Competition format

There are 20 clubs in Ligue 2. During the course of a season, usually from August to May, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champion and promoted to Ligue 1. If points are equal, the goal difference and then goals scored determine the winner. If still equal, teams are deemed to occupy the same position. If there is a tie for the championship or for relegation, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank. The second and third-place finisher are also promoted to the first division, while the three lowest placed teams are relegated to the Championnat National The Championnat de France National , or simply the National, is the third highest division in French football, one division below Ligue 2, one above the Championnat de France Amateurs and the top three teams from National are promoted in their place.

Clubs

Members for 2010–11

The following 20 clubs will compete in Ligue 2 during the 2010–11 season.

Club Position in 2009–10 First season in second division Number of seasons in Ligue 2 First season of current spell in second division
Ajaccio 13th 1965–66 12 2006–07
Angers 5th 1946–47 34 2000–01
Boulogne 19th: Ligue 1 1959–60 23 2010–11
Châteauroux 16th 1970–71 33 1998–99
Clermont 6th 1946–47 10 2007–08
Dijon 9th 2004–05 7 2004–05
Évian 1st: National 2010–11 1 2010–11
Grenoble 20th: Ligue 1 1951–52 36 2010–11
Istres 17th 1985–86 16 2009–10
Laval 8th 1970–71 25 2009–10
Le Havre 7th 1947–48 29 2009–10
Le Mans 18th: Ligue 1 1946–47 26 2010–11
Metz 4th 1950–51 14 2009–10
Nantes Football Club de Nantes is a French association football club who play at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes, Pays de la Loire. The club is one of the most successful clubs in French football having won eight Ligue 1 titles, three Coupe de France wins, and one Coupe de la Ligue victory. Nantes currently play in Ligue 2, the second division of 15th 1946–47 20 2009–10
Nîmes 10th 1946–47 24 2008–09
Reims 2nd: National 1964–65 24 2010–11
Sedan 12th 1953–54 20 2007–08
Tours 11th 1974–75 17 2008–09
Troyes 3rd: National 1996–97 10 2010–11
Vannes 14th 2008–09 3 2008–09

Previous winners

Main article: List of French second division champions

Top goalscorers

Year Goals Top scorer(s) Club(s)
1934 54 goals Jean Nicolas FC Rouen
1935 30 goals Jean Nicolas FC Rouen
1936 45 goals Jean Nicolas FC Rouen
1937 30 goals Viktor Spechtl RC Lens
1938 29 goals Hugo Lammana CA Paris
1939 39 goals Harold Newell Planques US Boulogne Toulouse FC (1937)
World War II
1946 27 goals Campiglia SCO Angers
1947 45 goals Jozef "Pépé" Humpal FC Sochaux
1948 28 goals Henri Arnaudeau Girondins de Bordeaux
1949 41 goals Camille Libar Girondins de Bordeaux
1950 27 goals Edmund Haan Nîmes Olympique
1951 23 goals Thadée Cisowski FC Metz
1952 34 goals Egon Jonsson Stade Français football
1953 27 goals Bror Mellberg Toulouse FC (1937)
1954 36 goals Jean Courteaux RC Paris
1955 40 goals Petrus Van Rhijn Valenciennes Football Club
1956 32 goals Petrus Van Rhijn Valenciennes Football Club
1957 27 goals Fernand Devlaeminck Lille OSC
1958 29 goals Egon Jonsson FC Nancy
1959 31 goals Petrus Van Rhijn Stade Français football
1960 29 goals Corbel FC Rouen
1961 28 goals Casimir Kozakiewicz RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace. They currently play in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football, having been relegated from Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season. The team has been playing at the Stade de la
1962 21 goals Serge Masnaghetti Valenciennes Football Club
1963 24 goals Ernesto Gianella AS Béziers (football)
1964 21 goals Abderrahmane Soukhane Le Havre AC
1965 22 goals Anton Groschulski Red Star Saint-Ouen
1966 30 goals Pierre Ferrazzi Grenoble Foot 38
1967 23 goals Etienne Sansonetti SC Bastia
1968 26 goals Jacques Bonnet Avignon Football 84
1969 55 goals Gérard Grizetti AS Angoulême
1970 21 goals Robert Blanc FC Nancy
1971 20 goals 20 goals 20 goals Nord : Yves Triantafyllos Centre : Robert Blanc Sud : Emmanuel Koum US Boulogne Limoges Foot 87 AS Monaco
1972 20 goals 28 goals 40 goals Gr. A : Pierre Pleimelding Gr. B : Yegba Maya Joseph Gr. C : Marc Molitor Troyes AC Valenciennes Football Club RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace. They currently play in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football, having been relegated from Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season. The team has been playing at the Stade de la
1973 21 goals 31 goals Gr. A : Eugeniusz Faber Gr. B : Gérard Tonnel RC Lens Troyes AC
1974 26 goals 24 goals Gr. A : Erwin Wilczek Gr. B : Nestor Combin Valenciennes Football Club Red Star Saint-Ouen
1975 25 goals 28 goals Gr. A : Georges Tripp Gr. B : Jean Martinez Stade Laval AS Nancy
1976 22 goals 25 goals Gr. A : Bozidar Antic Gr. B : Marc Berdoll SM Caen SCO Angers
1977 30 goals 24 goals Gr. A : Delio Onnis Gr. B : Albert Gemmrich AS Monaco RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace. They currently play in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football, having been relegated from Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season. The team has been playing at the Stade de la
1978 19 goals 23 goals Gr. A : Giudicelli Gr. B : Jean-Claude Garnier Gr. B : Pierre-Antoine Dossevi Olympique Alès USL Dunkerque Tours FC
1979 24 goals 26 goals Gr. A : Antoine Trivino Gr. B : Patrice Martet FC Gueugnon Stade Brestois
1980 16 goals 19 goals Gr. A : Alain Polaniok Gr. A : Bernard Ferrigno Gr. B : Jacky Vergnes Gr. B : Robert Pintenat Stade de Reims Tours FC Montpellier HSC Toulouse FC
1981 32 goals 22 goals Gr. A : Robert Pintenat Gr. B : Marcel Campagnac Toulouse FC Sporting Club Abbeville
1982 18 goals 25 goals Gr. A : Marc Pascal Gr. B : Zarko Olaveric Gr. B : Isiaka Ouattara Olympique de Marseille Le Havre AC FC Mulhouse
1983 28 goals 18 goals Gr. A : Wlodzimierz Lubanski Gr. B : Christian Dalger Valenciennes Football Club Sporting Toulon Var Sporting Toulon Var is a football club from Toulon, France, who currently play in the French fourth division . The club, which was founded in 1944, is presided by Alain Bencivengo and managed by Dragan Cvetkovic
1984 23 goals 23 goals Gr. A : Mario Relmy Gr. B : Omar Da Fonseca Limoges Foot 87 Tours FC
1985 27 goals 28 goals Gr. A : John Eriksen Gr. B : Jorge Dominguez FC Mulhouse OGC Nice Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur, commonly referred to as Nice, is a French football club based in Nice. The club currently play in the top tier of French football in Ligue 1, having finished 9th in the 2009 campaign
1986 22 goals 29 goals Gr. A : Jean-Marc Valadier Gr. B : Eugene N'Goy Kabongo Montpellier HSC RC Paris
1987 22 goals 21 goals Gr. A : Zvonko Kurbos Gr. B : Gaspard N'Gouete FC Mulhouse SC Bastia
1988 18 goals 26 goals Gr. A : Jean-Pierre Orts Gr. A : Stéphane Paille Gr. B : Patrice Martet Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais is a French football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1 FC Sochaux FC Rouen
1989 22 goals 27 goals Gr. A : Roberto Cabanas Gr. B : Robby Langers Stade Brestois US Orléans
1990 26 goals 21 goals Gr. A : Didier Monczuk Gr. B : Jean-Pierre Orts RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace. They currently play in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football, having been relegated from Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season. The team has been playing at the Stade de la FC Rouen
1991 23 goals 19 goals Gr. A : Didier Monczuk Gr. B : Christophe Lagrange RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace. They currently play in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football, having been relegated from Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season. The team has been playing at the Stade de la SCO Angers
1992 22 goals 21 goals Gr. A : Jean-Pierre Orts Gr. B : Didier Monczuk FC Rouen RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace. They currently play in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football, having been relegated from Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season. The team has been playing at the Stade de la
1993 21 goals 18 goals Gr. A : Franck Priou Gr. B : Jean-Pierre Orts AS Cannes FC Rouen
1994 27 goals Yannick Le Saux Stade Briochin
1995 31 goals Tony Cascarino Olympique Marseille
1996 30 goals Tony Cascarino Olympique Marseille
1997 23 goals Samuel Michel FC Sochaux
1998 20 goals Reginald Ray Le Mans Union Club 72
1999 20 goals Hamed Diallo Stade Laval
2000 17 goals Amara Traoré FC Gueugnon
2001 21 goals Francileudo Santos FC Sochaux
2002 18 goals Hamed Diallo Amiens SC
2003 20 goals Cédric Fauré Toulouse FC
2004 17 goals David Suarez Amiens SC
2005 24 goals Bakary Koné FC Lorient
2006 16 goals Jean-Michel Lesage Le Havre AC
Steve Savidan Valenciennes Football Club
2007 18 goals Jean-Michel Lesage Le Havre AC
Kandia Traore Le Havre AC
2008 28 goals Guillaume Hoarau Le Havre AC
2009 18 goals Grégory Thil US Boulogne

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References

  1. ^ France – List of Topscorers Second Level

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