Season | 2015â16 |
---|---|
Champions | Nancy |
Promoted |
Nancy Dijon Metz |
Relegated |
Ăvian CrĂ©teil Paris |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 875 (2.3 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Famara Diedhiou ( Clermont) (21 goals) |
Longest winning run | 6 games Dijon |
Longest unbeaten run | 15 games Dijon |
Longest winless run | 28 games Paris |
Longest losing run | 5 games Ăvian |
Highest attendance | 36,254 Lens - Valenciennes |
Average attendance | 7,118 |
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The 2015â16 Ligue 2 season was the 77th season since its establishment.
There are 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Championnat National replacing the three teams that were relegated to the same level, and three relegated teams from Ligue 1 replacing the three teams that were promoted to the same level. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.
The first team to officially join the division for the 2015â16 was Lens, who were relegated from Ligue 1 on 2 May 2015 as results on the day went against them. [1] They were joined a week later by Metz, after a 4â0 home defeat against Lorient. [2] The last relegated club were Evian after a 2-1 defeat on 16 May 2015. [3]
Red Star were the first team promoted from National, after a 4â0 victory against Istres on 8 May 2015, marking their return to the professional levels after sixteen years in the amateur leagues. [4] Paris FC and Bourg-PĂ©ronnas only gained the right to promote on the last day of the season, when Paris FC drew 0â0 against CA Bastia and Bourg-PĂ©ronnas won 1â0 against Boulogne. [5]
Only 2 teams were planned to be promoted and relegated this season [6] but the decision was later overturned by an appeal to the Conseil d'Ătat [7] and the French Football Federation. [8] [9]
Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Ajaccio | Ajaccio | Stade François Coty | 10,660 |
Auxerre | Auxerre | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | 21,379 |
Bourg-en-Bresse | Bourg-en-Bresse | Stade Marcel-VerchĂšre1 | 11,400 |
Brest | Brest | Stade Francis-Le Blé | 15,097 |
Clermont Foot | Clermont-Ferrand | Stade Gabriel Montpied | 11,980 |
Créteil | Créteil | Stade Dominique Duvauchelle | 12,050 |
Dijon | Dijon | Stade Gaston GĂ©rard | 16,098 |
Ăvian | Annecy | Parc des Sports | 15,660 |
Laval | Laval | Stade Francis Le Basser | 18,607 |
Le Havre | Le Havre | Stade Océane | 25,000 |
Lens | Lens | Stade Bollaert-Delelis | 35,000 |
Metz | Metz | Stade Saint-Symphorien | 24,500 |
Nancy | Tomblaine | Stade Marcel Picot | 20,087 |
NĂźmes | NĂźmes | Stade des CostiĂšres | 18,482 |
Niort | Niort | Stade René Gaillard | 10,886 |
Paris | Paris | Stade Sébastien Charléty | 20,000 |
Red Star | Saint-Ouen | Stade Pierre Brisson2 | 10,178 |
Sochaux | Montbéliard | Stade Auguste Bonal | 20,000 |
Tours | Tours | Stade de la Vallée du Cher | 16,247 |
Valenciennes | Valenciennes | Stade du Hainaut | 25,172 |
1Subject to change during the season.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris FC | Christophe Taine | Mutual consent | 4 June 2015 [12] | Pre-season | Denis Renaud | 5 June 2015 [13] |
Red Star | SĂ©bastien Robert | 6 June 2015 [14] | Rui Almeida | 12 June 2015 [15] | ||
FC Metz | Albert Cartier | 16 June 2015 [16] | José Riga | 16 June 2015 [17] | ||
Tours | Gilbert Zoonekynd | 25 June 2015 [18] | Marco Simone | 25 June 2015 [19] | ||
Evian | Pascal Dupraz | 11 July 2015 | Safet SuĆĄiÄ | 11 July 2015 [20] | ||
Sochaux | Olivier Echouafni | Sacked | 12 September 2015 [21] | 18th | Albert Cartier | 3 October 2015 [22] |
Le Havre AC | Thierry Goudet | Sacked | 28 September 2015 [23] | 15th | Bob Bradley | 10 November 2015 [24] |
Nßmes | José Pasqualetti | Resigned | 21 November 2015 [25] | 20th | Bernard Blaquart | 1 December 2015 [26] |
Paris FC | Denis Renaud | Sacked | 28 November 2015 [27] | 18th | Jean-Luc Vasseur | 29 November 2015 [28] |
Créteil | Thierry Froger | Sacked | 9 December 2015 [29] | 14th | Laurent Roussey | 9 December 2015 |
FC Metz | José Riga | Mutual consent | 23 December 2015 [30] | 6th | Philippe Hinschberger | 24 December 2015 [31] |
Valenciennes | David Le Frapper | Sacked | 28 December 2015 [32] | 17th | Faruk HadĆŸibegiÄ | 15 January 2016 [33] |
Evian | Safet SuĆĄiÄ | Sacked | 11 January 2016 [34] | 13th | Romain Revelli | 11 January 2016 |
Niort | RĂ©gis Brouard | Sacked | 29 February 2016 [35] | 17th | Denis Renaud | 9 May 2016 [36] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nancy (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 74 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
2 | Dijon (P) | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 70 | |
3 | Metz (P) | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 65 | |
4 | Le Havre | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 65 | |
5 | Red Star | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 64 | |
6 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 58 | |
7 | Clermont Foot | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 58 | |
8 | Auxerre | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 55 | |
9 | Tours | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 47 | |
10 | Brest | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 47 | |
11 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 47 | |
12 | Valenciennes | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 44 | |
13 | Laval | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 44 | |
14 | NĂźmes [a] | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 43 | |
15 | Sochaux | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 42 | |
16 | Niort | 38 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 42 | |
17 | Ajaccio | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 42 | |
18 | Evian [b] (R, D) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 39 | Demotion to Division d'Honneur RĂ©gionale |
19 | CrĂ©teil (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 34 | Relegation to Championnat National |
20 | Paris FC (R) | 38 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 30 |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Famara Diedhiou | Clermont | 21 |
2 | Lys Mousset | Le Havre | 14 |
3 | Maurice Dalé | Nancy | 13 |
Ande Dona Ndoh | Niort | ||
5 | Pape Sané | Bourg-Pérronas | 12 |
Yeni Ngbakoto | Metz |
Source: Official Goalscorers' Standings