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French Ligue 2

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Established
1933 (90 years old)

First Recorded Event
2014-08-01

Current Season
2022-2023

API Football ID
4348

Sport

Soccer

Location
France

Gender
Male

Alternate Names
Ligue 2

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La chaîne l'Equipe - Amazon Prime - Bein Sport

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Upcoming Events

06 Feb 23	Amiens	-	Metz	Stade Crédit Agrico @ 7:45pm
11 Feb 23	St Etienne	-	Dijon	Stade Geoffroy-Guich @ 2:00pm
11 Feb 23	Laval	-	Annecy	Stade Francis Le Bas @ 6:00pm
11 Feb 23	Sochaux	-	Le Havre	Stade Auguste-Bonal @ 6:00pm
11 Feb 23	Paris FC	-	Amiens	Stade Charléty @ 6:00pm
11 Feb 23	Rodez AF	-	Nimes	Stade Paul Lignon @ 6:00pm
11 Feb 23	Grenoble	-	Pau FC	Stade des Alpes @ 6:00pm
11 Feb 23	Bastia	-	Quevilly	Stade Armand-Césari @ 6:00pm
11 Feb 23	Guingamp	-	Valenciennes	Stade du Roudourou @ 6:00pm
11 Feb 23	Niort	-	Bordeaux	Stade René Gaillard @ 6:00pm
Latest Results
04 Feb 23	St Etienne	3 - 2	Annecy	Stade Geoffroy-Guich
03 Feb 23	Pau FC	0 - 2	Bordeaux	Stade Nouste Camp
03 Feb 23	Caen	3 - 1	Bastia	Stade Michel d'Ornan
03 Feb 23	Le Havre	0 - 0	Paris FC	Stade Océane
03 Feb 23	Nimes	0 - 2	Grenoble	Stade des Antonins
03 Feb 23	Dijon	0 - 1	Niort	Stade Gaston-Gérard
03 Feb 23	Valenciennes	3 - 1	Laval	Stade du Hainaut
03 Feb 23	Rodez AF	1 - 2	Sochaux	Stade Paul Lignon
03 Feb 23	Quevilly	2 - 0	Guingamp	Stade Robert Diochon
31 Jan 23	Bordeaux	1 - 2	Le Havre	Stade Matmut-Atlanti

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Ligue 2 (League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship by BKT-Tires, 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 totalling 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.

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