Season | 2018â19 |
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Champions | Metz |
Promoted |
Metz Brest |
Relegated |
Red Star Béziers Gazélec Ajaccio |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 834 (2.19 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 27 ( Gaëtan Charbonnier, Brest |
Biggest home win |
Lens 5â0
Gazélec Ajaccio Round 11, 22 October 2018 |
Biggest away win |
Valenciennes 0â4
Clermont Round 6, 31 August 2018 Red Star 0â4 OrlĂ©ans Round 12, 26 October 2018 GazĂ©lec Ajaccio 0â4 Auxerre Round 20, 11 January 2019 Sochaux 0â4 Nancy Round 26, 1 March 2019 Red Star 0â4 Clermont Round 29, 15 March 2019 Grenoble 0â4 OrlĂ©ans Round 31, 5 April 2019 |
Highest scoring | 11
Valenciennes 5-6
BĂ©ziers Round 33, 19 April 2019 |
Longest winning run | 8 Troyes |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 Metz |
Longest winless run | 17 Niort |
Longest losing run | 7 Nancy |
Highest attendance | 33,093
Lens v
Le Havre Round 30, 1 April 2019 [1] |
Lowest attendance | 1,198
AC Ajaccio v
Troyes Round 1, 27 July 2018 [1] |
Average attendance | 6,835 [1] |
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The 2018â19 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons [2]) season was the 80th season since its establishment.
Promoted from 2017â18 Championnat National Relegated from 2017â18 Ligue 1
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Promoted to 2018â19 Ligue 1 Relegated to 2018â19 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 |
Béziers | Béziers | Stade de la Méditerranée | 18,555 |
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 |
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 | 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 | 20,000 |
Red Star | Paris ( Saint-Ouen) | Stade Pierre Brisson | 10,198 |
Sochaux | Montbéliard | Stade Auguste Bonal | 20,005 |
Troyes | Troyes | Stade de l'Aube | 20,420 |
Valenciennes | Valenciennes | Stade du Hainaut | 25,172 |
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 | Ăric Sikora | Sacked | 18 May 2018 | Philippe Montanier | 22 May 2018 [5] | |
Troyes | 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 BaĆŸdareviÄ | 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] |
ChĂąteauroux | Jean-Luc Vasseur | Sacked | 9 October 2018 [8] | 16th | Nicolas UsaĂŻ | 24 October 2018 [10] |
Nancy | Didier Tholot | Sacked | 27 October 2018 [11] | 20th | Alain Perrin | 27 October 2018 |
Red Star | RĂ©gis Brouard | Sacked | 29 October 2018 [12] | 19th | Faruk HadĆŸibegiÄ | 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 | CĂ©dric Daury (interim) | 18 March 2019 [18] [19] |
Red Star | Faruk HadĆŸibegiÄ | Mutual consent | 24 March 2019 [20] | 20th | Vincent DoukantiĂ© (interim) | 24 March 2019 [21] |
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 | 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 | OrlĂ©ans | 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 | ChĂąteauroux | 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 | 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 | GazĂ©lec Ajaccio (R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 39 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
19 | BĂ©ziers (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 |
A promotion play-off competition was held at the end of the season, involving the 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed teams in 2018â19 Ligue 2, and the 18th-placed team in 2018â19 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 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
5B | Lens ( a.e.t.) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
4B | Paris FC | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||||
5B | Lens ( p) | 1 (5) | ||||||||||||||
3B | Lens | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
18A | Dijon | 1 | 3 | 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 2018â19 Championnat National. This was played over two legs on 28 May and 2 June. [23]
Le Mans | 1â2 | GazĂ©lec Ajaccio |
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Report |
Le Mans won 3â2 on aggregate and were promoted to Ligue 2, while GazĂ©lec Ajaccio were relegated to the Championnat National.
On 12 June 2019, the financial regulator of French football, the DNCG announced that Nancy and Sochaux would be relegated to Championnat National due to their financial position. [24] The decision is appealable, and both teams have indicated that they are appealing. [25] [26] Should one or more of the decisions be upheld at appeal, then Gazélec Ajaccio and Béziers would be reprieved from relegation in that order. [24]
On 25 June 2019, the DNCG announced that AC Ajaccio would also be relegated to Championnat National due to their financial position. The club have indicated they are appealing. If this decision is upheld at appeal in addition to those of Nancy and Sochaux, then Red Star would also be reprieved from relegation. [27]
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]
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 | ||
8 | Romain Armand | Gazélec Ajaccio | 13 |
Andé Dona Ndoh | Niort | ||
10 | Florian Sotoca | Grenoble | 12 |
Kévin Fortuné | Lens (1) and Troyes (11) |