2018–19 Ligue 2
Season | 2018–19 |
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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 5–0 Gazélec Ajaccio Round 11, 22 October 2018 |
Biggest away win | Valenciennes 0–4 Clermont Round 6, 31 August 2018 Red Star 0–4 Orléans Round 12, 26 October 2018 Gazélec Ajaccio 0–4 Auxerre Round 20, 11 January 2019 Sochaux 0–4 Nancy Round 26, 1 March 2019 Red Star 0–4 Clermont Round 29, 15 March 2019 Grenoble 0–4 Orléans Round 31, 5 April 2019 |
Highest scoring | 11 Valenciennes 5-6 Béziers 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] |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The 2018–19 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons[2]) 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 | 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 |
Châteauroux | Châteauroux | 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 |
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 | ![]() |
Signed by FC St. Gallen | 14 May 2018[3] | Pre-season | ![]() |
22 May 2018 |
Metz | ![]() |
Resigned | 20 May 2018 | ![]() |
24 May 2018[4] | |
Lens | ![]() |
Sacked | 18 May 2018 | ![]() |
22 May 2018[5] | |
Troyes | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 22 May 2018 | ![]() |
30 May 2018 | |
Paris FC | ![]() |
Signed by Caen | 8 June 2018[6] | ![]() |
15 June 2018[7] | |
Grenoble | ![]() |
Sacked | 22 June 2018 | ![]() |
22 June 2018 | |
Gazélec Ajaccio | ![]() |
Sacked | 9 October 2018[8] | 12th | ![]() |
15 October 2018[9] |
Châteauroux | ![]() |
Sacked | 9 October 2018[8] | 16th | ![]() |
24 October 2018[10] |
Nancy | ![]() |
Sacked | 27 October 2018[11] | 20th | ![]() |
27 October 2018 |
Red Star | ![]() |
Sacked | 29 October 2018[12] | 19th | ![]() |
29 October 2018[13] |
Sochaux | ![]() |
Sacked | 25 November 2018[14] | 18th | ![]() |
25 November 2018[14] |
Niort | ![]() |
Suspended | 17 December 2018[15] | 7th | ![]() |
11 December 2018[16] |
Niort | ![]() |
End of caretaker role | 14 January 2019[17] | 8th | ![]() |
14 January 2019[17] |
Auxerre | ![]() |
Sacked | 18 March 2019[18] | 14th | ![]() |
18 March 2019[18][19] |
Red Star | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 24 March 2019[20] | 20th | ![]() |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | ||||||||||||
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 |
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 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]
Top scorers
- As of 17 May 2019 [31]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Brest | 27 |
2 | ![]() |
Metz | 26 |
3 | ![]() |
Lorient | 19 |
4 | ![]() |
Clermont | 18 |
5 | ![]() |
Lens | 16 |
6 | ![]() |
Lorient | 14 |
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Troyes | ||
8 | ![]() |
Gazélec Ajaccio | 13 |
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Niort | ||
10 | ![]() |
Grenoble | 12 |
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Lens (1) and Troyes (11) |
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