Name
French Ligue 2

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Established
1933 (87 years old)

First Recorded Event
2014-08-01

Current Season
1920

Sport
Soccer

Location
France

Gender
Male

Alternate Names
Ligue 2

Last Edit
zag: 08 May 2019

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Upcoming Events

03 Apr 20		Nancy		-		Le Havre		Stade Marcel @ 6:00pm
03 Apr 20		Sochaux		-		Niort		Stade Auguste @ 6:00pm
03 Apr 20		Orleans		-		Caen		Stade de @ 6:00pm
03 Apr 20		Le Mans		-		Clermont Foot		MMArena @ 6:00pm
03 Apr 20		Paris FC		-		Grenoble		Stade Charléty @ 6:00pm
03 Apr 20		Auxerre		-		Chateauroux		Stade de @ 6:00pm
03 Apr 20		Valenciennes		-		Troyes		Stade du @ 6:00pm
03 Apr 20		Rodez		-		Ajaccio		@ 6:00pm
03 Apr 20		Guingamp		-		Chambly		Stade du @ 6:00pm
03 Apr 20		Lorient		-		Lens		Stade du @ 6:00pm
Latest Results
20 Mar 20		Lens		-		Nancy		Stade Félix
20 Mar 20		Troyes		-		Lorient		Stade de
20 Mar 20		Le Havre		-		Valenciennes		Stade Jules
20 Mar 20		Caen		-		Paris FC		Stade Michel
20 Mar 20		Clermont Foot		-		Guingamp		Stade Gabriel
20 Mar 20		Niort		-		Le Mans		Stade René
20 Mar 20		Chateauroux		-		Orleans		Stade Gaston
20 Mar 20		Ajaccio		-		Sochaux		Stade François
20 Mar 20		Grenoble		-		Auxerre		Stade des
20 Mar 20		Chambly		-		Rodez

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Ligue 2 (French pronunciation: ​), formerly known as Division 2, 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. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with both Ligue 1 and the third division Championnat National. 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 for two weeks before returning in the second week of January.

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 a part of the LFP, it allows clubs who are on the brink of professionalism to become so. However, if a club suffers relegation to the Championnat National, its professional status can be revoked temporarily until they return to Ligue 2. The current champions are Metz who will be returning to Ligue 1 in 2014-15.

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.

Seasons

1415 Season

1516 Season

1617 Season

1718 Season

1819 Season

1920 Season

Teams

Ajaccio-8		Auxerre -5		Caen		Chateauroux -3
Clermont Foot -8		FC Chambly -11		Grenoble -9		Guingamp
Le Havre -8		Le Mans -9		Lens -7		Lorient -7
Nancy -4		Niort -10		Orleans -10		Paris FC -8
Rodez AF -11		Sochaux -7		Troyes-6		Valenciennes -6

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