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The Ligue 2 trophy. Ligue 2 (French pronunciation: [liÉ¡ dø], League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division.
Since Ligue 2 reduced in size, 4 teams were relegated and only 2 promoted, [1] so Troyes, Quevilly-Rouen, Concarneau, and Valenciennes were relegated [2] (after 1, 3, 1, and 10 seasons in the second division respectively). Troyes has now been relegated in two consecutive seasons and Valenciennes had last been in the third division since 2004–05.
Due to the restructuring of the French football leagues, this season was the last with 20 teams as its number was reduced to 18 teams the following season. [1] The top two teams were promoted to 2024–25 Ligue 1, while teams from 3rd to 5th played with the 16th-placed team from 2023–24 Ligue 1 in the promotion play-offs.
The French football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in France, Ligue 1.Since the National Council of the French Football Federation voted in support of professionalism in French football in 1930, the professional football championship of France has been contested through Ligue 1, formerly known as Division 1 from 1933 to 2002.
890 (2.41 per match) Top goalscorer: Georges Mikautadze (23 goals) Biggest home win: Saint-Étienne 5–0 Bastia (30 August 2022) Dijon 5–0 Laval (26 December 2022) Biggest away win: Saint-Étienne 0–6 Le Havre (20 August 2022) Highest scoring: Metz 3–6 Guingamp (12 September 2022) Valenciennes 4–5 Paris (1 April 2023) Longest winning ...
The French second division Champions are the winners of the second highest league of football in France, Ligue 2. The winner also earns promotion to the first division Ligue 1, as do the second-place and third-place finisher. Ligue 2 was inaugurated in the 1933–34 season under the authority of the French Football Federation.
The 2020–21 Ligue 2 season, also known as Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, was the 82nd season of second-division football in France, and the 19th season since the division was rebranded as Ligue 2 from Division 2.
Matches played: 380: Goals scored: 868 (2.28 per match) Top goalscorer: Rhys Healey (20 goals) Biggest home win: Toulouse 6–0 Auxerre (16 October 2021) Toulouse 6–0 Amiens (15 March 2022) Biggest away win: Grenoble 0–4 Paris FC (24 July 2021) Nancy 0–4 Toulouse (31 July 2021) Highest scoring: Valenciennes 6–1 Nancy (1 February 2022 ...