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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.
The French football league system, also known as the French football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in France and Monaco, and includes one Spanish side. [ note 1 ] At the top two levels of the system is the Ligue de Football Professionnel , which consists of two professional national divisions, Ligue 1 , Ligue 2 .
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.
The 2022–23 Ligue 2, commonly known as 2022–23 Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, was the 84th season of Ligue 2.It began on 30 July 2022 and ended on 5 June 2023. [1]
On 15 May, Lens were relegated from the first division to Ligue 2 after its 1–1 draw with Monaco. Lens returned to Ligue 2 for the first time since the 2008–09 season when the club finished as champions of the league. [18] On the final day of the Ligue 1 season, Monaco suffered relegation to the second division after losing 2–0 to Lyon ...
Auxerre returned to the second division after 32 consecutive years playing in Ligue 1. [16] Prior to the 2011–12 season, the club had never suffered relegation from the country's top division. On the final day of the 2011–12 Ligue 1 season, Dijon and Caen were both relegated to Ligue 2 following defeats to Rennes and Valenciennes, respectively.
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.
1 July 2021 [12] Guingamp: Frédéric Bompard: End of tenure as caretaker 30 June 2021 Stéphane Dumont: 1 July 2021 [13] Dijon: David Linarès: Sacked 23 August 2021 [14] 19th Patrice Garande: 23 August 2021 [15] Bastia: Mathieu Chabert: Sacked 22 September 2021 [16] 18th Régis Brouard: 2 October 2021 [17] Nancy: Daniel Stendel: Sacked 25 ...