2011–12 Ligue 2
Highest attendance | 30,961 – Lens 2–0 Châteauroux (20 December 2011)[4] |
---|---|
Lowest attendance | 1,777 – Istres 3–1 Châteauroux (20 September 2011)[5] |
Average attendance | 7,999[6] |
← 2010–11 → |
The 2011–12 Ligue 2 season was the 73rd since its establishment. The winter break was in effect from 21 December to 14 January.
Bastia clinched the second division title on 1 May 2012 with three matches to spare after defeating
Teams
There were three promoted teams from the Championnat National, the third division of French football, replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 2 following the 2010–11 season. A total of 20 teams competed in the league with three clubs suffering relegation to the Championnat National. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.[16]
Teams relegated to Ligue 2
Teams promoted to Ligue 2
DNCG rulings
On 1 July 2011, following a preliminary review of each club's administrative and financial accounts in Ligue 2, the DNCG ruled that Tours would be relegated to the Championnat National.[24] Tours president, Frédéric Sebag, confirmed the demotion was as a result of the club's failure to "balance its books". Sebag also confirmed that the club would be appealing the ruling.[25] On 13 July, Tours successfully appealed to the DNCG and was subsequently reinstated into Ligue 2.[26]
Stadia and locations
Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | Average Attendance[6] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amiens | Amiens | Stade de la Licorne | 12,097 | 9,411 |
Angers | Angers | Stade Jean Bouin
|
17,100 | 5,345 |
Arles-Avignon
|
Avignon | Parc des Sports | 17,518 | 2,678 |
Bastia | Bastia | Stade Armand Cesari
|
10,460 | 10,406 |
Boulogne | Boulogne-sur-Mer | Stade de la Libération | 15,004 | 8,168 |
Châteauroux | Châteauroux | Stade Gaston Petit
|
17,173 | 5,300 |
Clermont | Clermont-Ferrand | Stade Gabriel Montpied
|
10,363 | 4,726 |
Guingamp
|
Guingamp | Stade du Roudourou
|
18,126 | 7,311 |
Istres | Istres | Stade Parsemain | 17,468 | 2,106 |
Laval | Laval | Stade Francis Le Basser | 18,739 | 5,748 |
Le Havre | Le Havre | Stade Jules Deschaseaux | 16,454 | 6,987 |
Le Mans
|
Le Mans | MMArena
|
25,000 | 6,973 |
Lens | Lens | Stade Félix-Bollaert
|
41,233 | 22,519 |
Metz | Metz | Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien
|
26,700 | 9,158 |
AS Monaco | Fontvieille | Stade Louis II | 18,500 | 4,936 |
Nantes | Nantes | Stade de la Beaujoire | 38,285 | 12,506 |
Reims
|
Reims | Stade Auguste-Delaune II
|
22,000 | 11,084 |
Sedan | Sedan | Stade Louis Dugauguez | 23,189 | 8,183 |
Tours | Tours | Stade de la Vallée du Cher | 13,500 | 5,478 |
Troyes
|
Troyes | Stade de l'Aube | 21,877 | 7,613 |
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
1Subject to change during the season.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy |
Position in table |
Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
Position in table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sedan | Landry Chauvin | End of contract | 26 May 2011 | Off-season | Laurent Guyot | 26 May 2011[27] | Off-season |
Lens | László Bölöni | Mutual consent | 1 June 2011 | Jean-Louis Garcia | 1 June 2011[28] | ||
Nantes | Philippe Anziani | 26 May 2011 | Landry Chauvin | 1 June 2011[29] | |||
Angers | Jean-Louis Garcia | Joined Lens | 1 June 2011 | Stéphane Moulin | 2 June 2011[30] | ||
Tours | Daniel Sanchez | Joined Valenciennes | 8 June 2011[31] | Peter Zeidler | 14 June 2011[32] | ||
AS Monaco | Laurent Banide | Fired | 12 September 2011[33] | 17th | Marco Simone | 12 September 2011[34] | 17th |
Arles-Avignon
|
Faruk Hadžibegić | 23 November 2011[35] | 19th | Thierry Laurey | 28 November 2011[36] | 19th | |
Le Mans | Arnaud Cormier | 22 December 2011[37] | 17th | Denis Zanko | 28 December 2011[38] | 17th |
Ownership changes
Club | New owner | Previous owner | Date |
---|---|---|---|
AS Monaco | Monaco Sports Invest | AS Monaco[39] | 23 December 2011[40] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bastia (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 71 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
2 | Reims (P) | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 65 | |
3 | Troyes (P)
|
38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 64 | |
4 | Sedan | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 59 | |
5 | Clermont | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 58 | |
6 | Tours | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 56 | |
7 | Guingamp
|
38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 55 | |
8 | Monaco | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 52 | |
9 | Nantes | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 51 | |
10 | Istres | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 51 | |
11 | Angers | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 51 | |
12 | Lens | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 48 | |
13 | Arles-Avignon
|
38 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 48 | |
14 | Châteauroux | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 48 | |
15 | Le Havre | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 47 | |
16 | Laval | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 47 | |
17 | Le Mans | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 45 | |
18 | Metz (R) | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 42 | Relegation to Championnat National |
19 | Boulogne (R) | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 36 | |
20 | Amiens (R) | 38 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 26 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Last updated: 18 May 2012
|
Assists table
Last updated: 18 May 2012
|
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Yoann Tougzhar for Amiens against Troyes (29 July 2011)
- First own goal of the season: Nicolas Pallois for Clermont against Laval (29 July 2011)
- Highest scoring game: 7 goals
- Metz 2–5 Guingamp (4 May 2012)
- Widest winning margin: 5 goals
- Nantes 5–0 Amiens (27 April 2012)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
- Tours 5–1 Guingamp (16 December 2011)
- Arles-Avignon 1–5 Istres (20 December 2011)
- Bastia 5–1 Troyes (4 February 2012)
- Laval 5–1 Sedan (6 April 2012)
- Nantes 5–0 Amiens (27 April 2012)
- Metz 2–5 Guingamp (4 May 2012)
Discipline
- Worst overall disciplinary record (1 pt per yellow card, 3 pts per red card):
- Arles-Avignon – 59 points (44 yellow & 5 red cards)[41]
- Best overall disciplinary record: 33 points[41]
- Boulogne (30 yellow & 1 red cards)
- Most yellow cards (club): 46[41]
- Amiens
- Most red cards (club): 7[41]
- Istres
Awards
Annual awards
UNFP Player of the Year
The nominees for the UNFP Ligue 2 Player of the Year award was awarded to Bastia midfielder Jérôme Rothen.[42]
UNFP Goalkeeper of the Year
The UNFP Goalkeeper of the Year award was awarded to
UNFP Manager of the Year
The UNFP Manager of the Year award went to Frédéric Hantz of Bastia.[42]
UNFP Team of the Year
The UNFP selected the following 11 players for the Ligue 2 Team of the Year:[43]
|
|
|
|
List of 2011–12 transfers
References
- ^ "Nantes v. Amiens Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 27 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ "Arles-Avignon v. Istres Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 20 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ "Metz v. Guingamp Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Lens v. Châteauroux Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ "Istres v. Châteauroux Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 20 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Affluences". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "Palmarès: Les champions de France depuis 1934/1935". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- L'Equipe (in French). 30 May 2011. Archived from the originalon 2 June 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ "Les calendriers 2011/2012". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Le calendrier général 2011-2012 validé" (PDF). Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 31 March 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Le SC Bastia champion!". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 1 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- National Union of Professional Footballers (in French). 2 May 2012. Archived from the originalon 28 December 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ "Football: Troyes et Reims promus en Ligue 1". 20 Minutes (in French). 11 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Football: Reims et Troyes promus en Ligue 1". Le Monde (in French). 11 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Troyes une montée en Ligue 1 qui a surpris tout le monde". Voila (in French). 11 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
- French footballdon't meet the DNCG's expectations, they can face sanctions, such as relegation.
- ^ "Arles-Avignon relégué en Ligue 2" (in French). Yahoo!. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Marseille lâche prise, Lens relégué en L2" (in French). 20 Minutes. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "Monaco relégué en L2" (in French). Eurosport. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ "Bastia en Ligue 2!" (in French). French Football Federation. 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- L'Equipe. 22 April 2011. Archived from the originalon 26 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Amiens retrouve la L2" (in French). Eurosport. 13 May 2011. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "Guingamp est de retour en Ligue 2!" (in French). Ouest-France. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- L'Equipe. 1 July 2011. Archived from the originalon 3 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Tours va faire appel" (in French). Eurosport. 1 July 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "L2: Tours réintégré" (in French). Sport365. 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Guyot, nouvel entraîneur du CSSA" (in French). L'Union. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ^ "Garcia appointed Lens coach" (in French). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Stéphane Moulin nouvel entraîneur" (in French). L'Union. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ "Stéphane Moulin nouvel entraîneur" (in French). Sport.fr. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ "D. Sanchez au VAFC pour 2 ans" (in French). Valenciennes FC. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ "Le TFC choisit Ziedler" (in French). La Nouvelle République. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ "Communiqué de presse" (in French). Valenciennes FC. 12 September 2011. Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- L'Equipe. 12 September 2011. Archived from the originalon 22 December 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ "Arles-Avignon: Hadzibegic limogé" (in French). Le Figaro. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ "Arles-Avignon: Laurey succède à Hadzibegic" (in French). Sport France TV. 28 November 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ "Le Mans limoge Cormier" (in French). Le Figaro. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "Le Mans privilégie la solution interne" (in French). Sports.fr. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
- Principality of Monaco.
- ^ "Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev completes takeover of Monaco's soccer club". The Washington Post. 23 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Classement du Fair-Play". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ National Union of Professional Footballers. 2 May 2012. Archived from the originalon 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ Toufik O. (14 May 2012). "Ghilas et Harek dans l'équipe-type de Ligue 2" (in French). DZfoot. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.