2018–19 Ligue 2
The 2018–19 Ligue 2 (referred to as the ) season was the 80th season since its establishment.
Teams
Team changes
Promoted from 2017–18 Championnat National Relegated from 2017–18 Ligue 1
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Promoted to 2018–19 Ligue 1 Relegated to 2018–19 Championnat National
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Stadia and locations
Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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AC Ajaccio | Ajaccio | Stade François Coty
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10,446 |
Auxerre | Auxerre | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | 21,379 |
Béziers | Béziers | Stade de la Méditerranée
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18,555 |
Brest | Brest | Stade Francis-Le Blé | 15,097 |
Châteauroux | Châteauroux | Stade Gaston Petit
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17,173 |
Clermont Foot | Clermont-Ferrand | Stade Gabriel Montpied
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11,980 |
Gazélec Ajaccio | Ajaccio | Stade Ange Casanova | 8,000 |
Grenoble | Grenoble | Stade des Alpes | 20,068 |
Le Havre | Le Havre | Stade Océane | 25,178 |
Lens | Lens | Stade Bollaert-Delelis | 37,705 |
Lorient | Lorient | Stade du Moustoir | 18,890 |
Metz | Metz | Stade Saint-Symphorien | 25,636 |
Nancy
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Tomblaine | Stade Marcel Picot | 20,087 |
Niort | Niort | Stade René Gaillard | 10,886 |
Orléans | Orléans | Stade de la Source | 7,000 |
Paris FC | Paris (13th arrondissement) | Stade Charléty
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20,000 |
Red Star | Paris ( Saint-Ouen )
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Stade Pierre Brisson | 10,198 |
Sochaux | Montbéliard | Stade Auguste Bonal
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20,005 |
Troyes
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Troyes | Stade de l'Aube | 20,420 |
Valenciennes | Valenciennes | Stade du Hainaut | 25,172 |
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Sochaux | Peter Zeidler | Signed by FC St. Gallen | 14 May 2018[3] | Pre-season | José Manuel Aira | 22 May 2018 |
Metz | Frédéric Hantz | Resigned | 20 May 2018 | Frédéric Antonetti | 24 May 2018[4] | |
Lens | Éric Sikora | Sacked | 18 May 2018 | Philippe Montanier | 22 May 2018[5] | |
Troyes
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Jean-Louis Garcia | Mutual consent | 22 May 2018 | Rui Almeida | 30 May 2018 | |
Paris FC | Fabien Mercadal | Signed by Caen | 8 June 2018[6] | Mehmed Baždarević | 15 June 2018[7] | |
Grenoble | Olivier Guégan | Sacked | 22 June 2018 | Philippe Hinschberger | 22 June 2018 | |
Gazélec Ajaccio | Albert Cartier | Sacked | 9 October 2018[8] | 12th | Hervé Della Maggiore | 15 October 2018[9] |
Châteauroux | Jean-Luc Vasseur | Sacked | 9 October 2018[8] | 16th | Nicolas Usaï | 24 October 2018[10] |
Nancy
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Didier Tholot | Sacked | 27 October 2018[11] | 20th | Alain Perrin | 27 October 2018 |
Red Star | Régis Brouard | Sacked | 29 October 2018[12] | 19th | Faruk Hadžibegić | 29 October 2018[13] |
Sochaux | José Manuel Aira | Sacked | 25 November 2018[14] | 18th | Omar Daf | 25 November 2018[14] |
Niort | Patrice Lair | Suspended | 17 December 2018[15] | 7th | Jean-Philippe Faure (caretaker) | 11 December 2018[16] |
Niort | Jean-Philippe Faure (caretaker) | End of caretaker role | 14 January 2019[17] | 8th | Pascal Plancque | 14 January 2019[17] |
Auxerre | Pablo Correa | Sacked | 18 March 2019[18] | 14th | Cédric Daury (interim) | 18 March 2019[18][19] |
Red Star | Faruk Hadžibegić | Mutual consent | 24 March 2019[20] | 20th | Vincent Doukantié (interim) | 24 March 2019[21] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
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1 | Metz (C, P) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 23 | +37 | 81 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
2 | Brest (P) | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 74 | |
3 | Troyes
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38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 71 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-final |
4 | Paris FC | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 65 | Qualification to promotion play-offs quarter-final |
5 | Lens | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 63 | |
6 | Lorient | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 63 | |
7 | Le Havre | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 54 | |
8 | Orléans | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 52 | |
9 | Grenoble | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 50 | |
10 | Clermont | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 48 | |
11 | Châteauroux | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 48 | |
12 | Niort | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 47 | |
13 | Valenciennes | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 43 | |
14 | Nancy
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38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 42 | |
15 | Auxerre | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 41 | |
16 | Sochaux | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 41 | |
17 | Ajaccio | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 40 | |
18 | Gazélec Ajaccio (R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 39 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
19 | Béziers (R) | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 38 | Relegation to Championnat National |
20 | Red Star (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 58 | −30 | 30 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
Promotion play-offs
A promotion play-off competition was held at the end of the season, involving the 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed teams in 2018–19 Ligue 2, and the 18th-placed team in 2018–19 Ligue 1.
The quarter-final was played on 21 May and the semi-final was played on 24 May.[22]
Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final | ||||||||||||||
3B | Troyes
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5B | a.e.t. )
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4B | Paris FC | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||||
5B | Lens (p) | 1 (5) | ||||||||||||||
3B | Lens | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
18A | Dijon | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Relegation play-offs
A relegation play-off was held at the end of the season between the 18th-placed Ligue 2 team and the 3rd-placed team of 2018–19 Championnat National. This was played over two legs on 28 May and 2 June.[23]
Le Mans | 1–2 | Gazélec Ajaccio |
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Report |
Gazélec Ajaccio | 0–2 | Le Mans |
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Report |
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Le Mans won 3–2 on aggregate and were promoted to Ligue 2, while Gazélec Ajaccio were relegated to the Championnat National.
Post-season actions and reprieves
On 12 June 2019, the financial regulator of French football, the DNCG announced that
On 25 June 2019, the DNCG announced that
On 3 July 2019, Nancy successfully appealed the DNCG decision, and will remain in Ligue 2.[28]
On 8 July 2019, it was announced that Sochaux had successfully appealed the DNCG decision, and will remain in Ligue 2.[29]
On 12 July 2019, it was announced that AC Ajaccio would remain in Ligue 2, having been successful in their appeal.[30]
Top scorers
- As of 17 May 2019 [31]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Gaëtan Charbonnier | Brest | 27 |
2 | Habib Diallo | Metz | 26 |
3 | Pierre-Yves Hamel | Lorient | 19 |
4 | Florian Ayé | Clermont | 18 |
5 | Yannick Gomis | Lens | 16 |
6 | Alexis Claude-Maurice | Lorient | 14 |
Yoann Touzghar | Troyes
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8 | Romain Armand | Gazélec Ajaccio | 13 |
Andé Dona Ndoh | Niort | ||
10 | Florian Sotoca | Grenoble | 12 |
Kévin Fortuné | Troyes (11)
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References
- ^ a b c "French Ligue 2 Performance Stats - 2018-19". ESPN. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "Coup d'envoi pour la DOMINO'S LIGUE 2" (in French). lfp.fr. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "Sochaux résilie le contrat de Peter Zeidler, qui va signer à Saint-Gall". France Football (in French). 14 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Metz a choisi Frédéric Antonetti comme entraîneur". L'Équipe (in French). 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "Lens : Philippe Montanier remplace Éric Sikora". L'Équipe (in French). 22 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Caen : Fabien Mercadal nouveau coach (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "Paris FC : Le nouveau coach dévoilé (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Vasseur écarté à Châteauroux, Cartier démis de ses fonctions au Gazélec". Le Figaro. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "Hervé Della Maggiore nommé entraîneur du Gazelec Ajaccio". Le Figaro. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "Nicolas Usaï nouvel entraîneur de Châteauroux". footmercato.net. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "Nancy : Perrin passe entraîneur à la place de Tholot". Le Figaro. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "L'entraîneur principal du Red Star relevé de ses fonctions". Le Figaro. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "Red Star : Hadzibegic nommé entraîneur". Le Figaro. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Sochaux : Omar Daf, nouvel entraîneur (off.)" (in French). foot-national.com. 26 November 2018.
- ^ "Niort : Patrice Lair mis à pied (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Niort : L'imbroglio Patrice Lair" (in French). foot-national.com. 13 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Niort : Le nouvel entraîneur est connu (off.)" (in French). foot-national.com. 14 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Auxerre se sépare de son entraîneur Pablo Correa". L'Équipe. 18 March 2019. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "AJ Auxerre : premier entraînement de Cédric Daury et de la recrue chinoise". L'Yonne républicaine. 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Le Red Star se sépare de Faruk Hadzibegic" (in French). foot-national.com. 24 March 2019.
- ^ "Orléans-Red Star (2-2) : "Soyez fiers de ce maillot", clame Vincent Doukantie" (in French). Le Parisien. 30 March 2019.
- ^ "Ligue 2 : Les play-offs changent de date !" (in French). foot-national.com. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Domino's Ligue 2 : Tout sur la Saison 2018/2019" (in French). LFP.fr. 24 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ a b "DNCG : Nancy et Sochaux relégués en National" (in French). foot-national.com. 12 June 2019.
- ^ "DNCG : Le communiqué de Sochaux qui va faire appel" (in French). foot-national.com. 12 June 2019.
- ^ "DNCG : Le communiqué de Nancy qui fait appel" (in French). foot-national.com. 12 June 2019.
- ^ "DNCG : L'AC Ajaccio rétrogradé en National" (in French). foot-national.com. 25 June 2019.
- ^ "DNCG : Les décisions de la commission d'appel connues (off.)" (in French). foot-national.com. 3 July 2019.
- ^ "DNCG : Les décisions de la commission d'appel sont tombées (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 8 July 2019.
- ^ "DCNG : L'AC Ajaccio reste en Ligue 2, le Gazélec en National" (in French). foot-national.com. 12 July 2019.
- ^ "French Ligue 2 Statistics – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
External links
- Official site (in French)