La Ligue 2 es la segunda categoría del campeonato de fútbol francés, esta liga está compuesta por 20 equipos y se celebra todos los años de la misma manera desde 1933 (salvo el periodo entre 1940 y 1945, debido a la Segunda Guerra Mundial).
Información Histórica
1. RC Lens 36-53 (64-27) 21 11 4 Promoted 2. Girondins Bordeaux 36-53 (107-49) 24 5 7 Promoted ------------------------------------------------------- 3. FC Rouen 36-51 (67-37) 20 11 5 4. AC Le Havre 36-48 (64-30) 19 10 7 5. Olympique Nimes 36-42 (89-51) 16 10 10 6. Olympique Ales 36-42 (76-57) 16 10 10 7. RCFC Besancon 36-40 (81-59) 15 10 11 8. AS Monaco 36-38 (70-62) 17 4 15 9. FC Nantes 36-38 (58-53) 13 12 11 10. Olympique Lyon 36-38 (65-72) 16 6 14 11. SC Angers 36-37 (61-49) 11 15 10 12. AS Beziers 36-31 (58-65) 13 5 18 13. SC Toulon 36-30 (54-70) 11 8 17 14. AC Amiens 36-29 (46-70) 12 5 19 15. US Le Mans 36-28 (60-92) 11 6 19 16. AS Troyes 36-25 (52-90) 9 7 20 17. US Valenciennes 36-24 (38-76) 8 8 20 18. CA Paris 36-20 (35-82) 5 10 21 ------------------------------------------------------- 19. SC Douai 36-17 (36-90) 5 7 24 Amat NB: 1.FC Saarbrücken played hors concours with the following results: opponent home away RC Lens 5-1 3-0 Girondins Bordeaux unk 0-1 [home match lost?] FC Rouen 10-1 3-3 AC Le Havre 2-0 2-2 Olympique Nimes 3-1 5-1 Olympique Ales 4-1 2-0 [4-1 2-4?] RCFC Besancon 1-1 0-0 AS Monaco 6-0 2-0 FC Nantes 6-1 2-5 Olympique Lyon 3-0 4-0 SC Angers 2-0 1-1 AS Beziers unk 4-3 [home match win?] SC Toulon 7-4 6-1 AC Amiens 2-1 7-1 US Le Mans unk 2-2 [home match win?] AS Troyes 7-1 7-1 (?) US Valenciennes 9-0 unk [away match 2-6?] CA Paris 6-0 4-1 SC Douai 3-0 3-3 Record Known Results: -. 1.FC Saarbrücken 34-57 (133-41) 25 7 2 Reported Final Record: -. 1.FC Saarbrücken 38-59 (148-50) 26 7 5 1.FC Saarbrücken applied for regular participation in the Division 2 for the 1949/50 season, a request supported by FFF president Jules Rimet, but they were eventually denied by the resistance of the other clubs, in particular that of RC Strasbourg who had just been relegated from Division 1 and still remembered their own forced participation in the German leagues during World War II. Eventually Strasbourg kept their place in Division 1 thanks to the withdrawal of Colmar, but it was too late for Saarbrücken who, unwilling to enter the weak league of the Saar, instead organised the Internationaler Saarland Pokal. From Div1: AS Cannes Elected: GSC Marseille 1181 goals = 3.453 g/m. Author: Dinant Abbink (d.abbink2@chello.nl) Last updated: 29 Jan 2005 (C) Copyright Dinant Abbink and RSSSF 2001/05