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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 .
12 14 12 47 49 −2 50 12 Amiens: 38 13 8 17 40 52 −12 47 13 Pau: 38 12 11 15 40 52 −12 47 14 Rodez: 38 11 13 14 39 44 −5 46 15 Laval: 38 14 4 20 44 56 −12 46 16 Valenciennes: 38 10 15 13 42 49 −7 45 17 Annecy: 38 11 12 15 39 51 −12 45 Spared from relegation 18 Dijon (R) 38 10 12 16 38 43 −5 42 Relegation to Championnat National ...
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.
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.
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 ...
There were suggestions that the season would feature just 18 teams, as opposed to the usual 20, after France's highest administrative court overturned the relegations of Amiens and Toulouse from Ligue 1; [1] however, the relegations were reinstated by the General Assembly of the LFP with a vote on 23 June 2020. [2]
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 ...