Season | 2017â18 |
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Champions | Reims |
Promoted |
Reims NĂźmes |
Relegated |
Bourg-PĂ©ronnas Quevilly-Rouen Tours |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,035 (2.72 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 24 goals Umut Bozok, NĂźmes |
Biggest home win |
Lorient 6â0
Bourg-PĂ©ronnas (4 May 2018) |
Biggest away win |
Bourg-PĂ©ronnas 0â6
Lens (13 October 2017) |
Highest scoring |
Bourg-PĂ©ronnas 5â4
AC Ajaccio (2 March 2018) |
Highest attendance | 35,520 Lens vs Reims (21 October 2017) |
Lowest attendance | 588 Quevilly-Rouen vs Bourg-PĂ©ronnas (11 August 2017) |
Average attendance | 6,484 [1] |
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All statistics correct as of 21:43, 11 May 2018 (UTC). |
The 2017â18 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons [2]) season was the 79th 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 from Ligue 2 following the 2016â17 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.
Promoted from 2016â17 Championnat National Relegated from 2016â17 Ligue 1
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Promoted to 2017â18 Ligue 1 Relegated to 2017â18 Championnat National
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Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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AC Ajaccio | Ajaccio | Stade François Coty | 10,446 |
Auxerre | Auxerre | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | 21,379 |
Bourg-PĂ©ronnas | Bourg-en-Bresse | Stade Marcel-VerchĂšre | 11,400 |
Brest | Brest | Stade Francis-Le Blé | 15,097 |
ChĂąteauroux | ChĂąteauroux | Stade Gaston Petit | 17,173 |
Clermont Foot | Clermont-Ferrand | Stade Gabriel Montpied | 11,980 |
Gazélec Ajaccio | Ajaccio | Stade Ange Casanova | 8,000 |
Le Havre | Le Havre | Stade Océane | 25,000 |
Lens | Lens | Stade Bollaert-Delelis | 38,223 |
Lorient | Lorient | Stade du Moustoir | 18,890 |
Nancy | Tomblaine | Stade Marcel Picot | 20,087 |
NĂźmes | NĂźmes | Stade des CostiĂšres | 18,482 |
Niort | Niort | Stade René Gaillard | 10,886 |
Orléans | Orléans | Stade de la Source | 7,000 |
Paris FC | Paris | Stade Charléty | 20,000 |
Quevilly-Rouen | Le Petit-Quevilly | Stade Robert Diochon | 12,018 |
Reims | Reims | Stade Auguste Delaune | 21,684 |
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 |
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Reims | Michel Der Zakarian | Signed by Montpellier | 23 May 2017 [3] | Pre-season | David Guion | 25 May 2017 [4] |
Lorient | Bernard Casoni | Sacked | 30 May 2017 | Mickaël Landreau | 30 May 2017 [5] | |
Sochaux | Albert Cartier | Resigned | 1 June 2017 | Peter Zeidler | 2 June 2017 [6] | |
Gazélec Ajaccio | Jean-Luc Vannuchi | Resigned | 26 May 2017 | Albert Cartier | 30 May 2017 [7] | |
Auxerre | CĂ©dric Daury | Appointed as Sporting Director | 1 June 2017 | Francis Gillot | 1 June 2017 [8] | |
ChĂąteauroux | Michel Estevan | Sacked | 1 June 2017 | Jean-Luc Vasseur | 2 June 2017 [9] | |
Lens | Alain Casanova | Sacked | 20 August 2017 [10] | 19th | Ăric Sikora | 20 August 2017 |
Nancy | Pablo Correa | Sacked | 29 August 2017 [11] | 16th | Vincent Hognon | 30 August 2017 [12] |
Clermont Foot | Corinne Diacre | Signed by France women | 30 August 2017 [13] | 8th | Pascal Gastien | 1 September 2017 [14] |
Valenciennes | Faruk HadĆŸibegiÄ | Sacked | 26 September 2017 [15] | 14th | RĂ©ginald Ray | 14 October 2017 [16] |
Tours | Gilbert Zoonekynd | Sacked | 16 October 2017 [17] | 20th | Jorge Costa | 22 November 2017 [18] |
Auxerre | Francis Gillot | Sacked | 9 December 2017 [19] | 16th | Pablo Correa | 21 December 2017 [20] |
Nancy | Vincent Hognon | Sacked | 22 January 2018 | 17th | Patrick Gabriel (caretaker) | 28 January 2018 |
Niort | Denis Renaud | Sacked | 26 February 2018 | 14th | Jean-Philippe Faure (caretaker) | 26 February 2018 |
Nancy | Patrick Gabriel (caretaker) | End of caretaker | 3 April 2018 | 18th | Didier Tholot | 3 April 2018 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
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1 | Reims (C, P) | 38 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 74 | 24 | +50 | 88 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
2 | NĂźmes (P) | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 75 | 37 | +38 | 73 | |
3 | Ajaccio | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 68 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-final |
4 | Le Havre | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 66 | Qualification to promotion play-offs quarter-final |
5 | Brest | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 65 | |
6 | Clermont | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 63 | |
7 | Lorient | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 62 | |
8 | Paris FC | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 61 | |
9 | ChĂąteauroux | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 60 | |
10 | Sochaux | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 53 | |
11 | Auxerre | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 47 | |
12 | OrlĂ©ans | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 46 | |
13 | Valenciennes | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 45 | |
14 | Lens | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 43 | |
15 | Niort | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 42 | |
16 | GazĂ©lec Ajaccio | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 41 | |
17 | Nancy | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 38 | |
18 | Bourg-PĂ©ronnas (R) | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 50 | 87 | −37 | 36 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
19 | Quevilly-Rouen (R) | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 33 | Relegation to Championnat National |
20 | Tours (R) | 38 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 68 | −34 | 23 |
A promotion play-off competition was held at the end of the season, involving the 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed teams in 2017â18 Ligue 2, and the 18th-placed team in 2017â18 Ligue 1.
The quarter-final was played on 15 May, the semi-final on 18 May and the final on 23 and 27 May 2018. [21]
Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final | ||||||||||||||
3 | Ajaccio ( p) | 2 (5) | ||||||||||||||
4 | Le Havre | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||||
4 | Le Havre | 2 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Brest | 0 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Ajaccio | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
18 | Toulouse | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
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 2017â18 Championnat National. This was played over two legs on 22 and 27 May 2018. [21]
Grenoble | 2â1 | Bourg-PĂ©ronnas |
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Sotoca 1' Elogo 69' Belvito 83' |
Report | BĂšgue 45+1' |
Bourg-PĂ©ronnas | 0â0 | Grenoble |
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Sarr 90+5' | Report |
Grenoble are promoted to 2018â19 Ligue 2
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Umut Bozok | NĂźmes | 24 |
2 | Rachid Alioui | NĂźmes | 17 |
Theoson Siebatcheu | Reims | ||
Jean-Philippe Mateta | Le Havre | ||
5 | Dona Ndoh | Niort | 15 |
6 | Ludovic Ajorque | Clermont | 14 |
Pablo ChavarrĂa | Reims | ||
8 | Ghislain Gimbert | Ajaccio | 13 |
Riad Nouri | Ajaccio | ||
10 | Florian Martin | Sochaux | 12 |
Yoane Wissa | Ajaccio/ Lorient | ||
Yannick Gomis | Orléans | ||
Malik Tchokounté | Paris |