1997–98 French Division 2
59th season of the second-tier football league in France
Football league season
Season | 1997–98 |
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← 1996–97 1998–99 → |
The Division 2 season 1997/1998, organised by the LNF was won by AS Nancy and saw the promotions of AS Nancy, FC Lorient and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, whereas CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, Sporting Toulon Var, FC Martigues and FC Mulhouse were relegated to National.
22 participating teams
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
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1 | Nancy (C, P) | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 76 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
2 | Lorient (P) | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 75 | |
3 | Sochaux (P) | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 66 | |
4 | Lille | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 65 | |
5 | Troyes | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 63 | |
6 | Le Mans | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 62 | |
7 | Valence | 42 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 58 | |
8 | Red Star | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 57 | |
9 | Caen | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 56 | |
10 | Niort | 42 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 55 | |
11 | Gueugnon | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 55 | |
12 | Amiens | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 55 | |
13 | Laval | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 54 | |
14 | Nice | 42 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 52 | |
15 | Nîmes | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 52 | |
16 | Beauvais | 42 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 51 | |
17 | Saint-Étienne | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 51 | |
18 | Wasquehal | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 51 | |
19 | Louhans-Cuiseaux (R) | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 49 | Relegation to Championnat National [fr] |
20 | Toulon (R) | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 46 | |
21 | Martigues (R) | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 45 | |
22 | Mulhouse (R) | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 41 |
Source: Ligue 2
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Recap
- Promoted to L1 : AS Nancy, FC Lorient, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
- Relegated to L2 : EA Guingamp, LB Châteauroux, AS Cannes
- Promoted to L2 : AC Ajaccio, CS Sedan Ardennes
- Relegated to National : CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, Sporting Toulon Var, FC Martigues, FC Mulhouse
Results
Home \ Away | AMI | BEA | CAE | GUE | LAV | MFC | LIL | LOR | LOU | MAR | MUL | NAL | NIC | NMS | NRT | RS | STE | SOC | SCT | TRO | VLN | WAS |
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Amiens | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Beauvais | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
Caen | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | |
Gueugnon | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Laval | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
Le Mans | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Lille | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 7–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Lorient | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Louhans-Cuiseaux | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
Martigues | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
Mulhouse | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
Nancy | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | |
Nice | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Nîmes | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
Niort | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
Red Star | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Saint-Étienne | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
Sochaux | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Toulon | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Troyes | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
Valence | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Wasquehal | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Réginald Ray | Le Mans | 20 |
2 | Samuel Lobé | Lille | 19 |
Didier Thimothée | Saint-Étienne | ||
4 | Bernard Bouger | Sochaux | 18 |
5 | Olivier Pickeu | Amiens | 17 |
Slađan Đukić | Troyes | ||
7 | Robert Malm | Lorient | 16 |
8 | Ali Bouafia | Lorient | 15 |
Bruno Roux | Beauvais | ||
William Loko | Wasquehal |
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