2007–08 Ligue 2

The Ligue 2 season 2007–08 was the sixty-sixth^[1] since its establishment, and started in August 2007. The fixtures were announced in June 2007.

FC Metz, the champions of Ligue 2, SM Caen, and RC Strasbourg were promoted to France's top division Ligue 1. Whereas, Troyes AC, CS Sedan, and FC Nantes were relegated to Ligue 2. The first matches of the season were played on 27 July 2007, and the season ended on 16 May 2008. The new Ligue 2 champions were crowned on 2 May 2008 when Le Havre AC drew with Montpellier HSC following FC Nantes's loss to Amiens SC that same day. As champions, Le Havre will be promoted to France's highest football division Ligue 1 for the upcoming 2008-09 season. For finishing in 2nd place and 3rd, both FC Nantes and Grenoble Foot 38 achieved promotion as well.

The relegation places were filled by FC Gueugnon, who were relegated after losing to AC Ajaccio on April 18, 2008. FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, who were relegated after to CS Sedan on May 2, 2008 and Chamois Niortais FC, who were relegated on the final day after losing to US Boulogne who were occupying the last relegation place coming into the final day.

20 participating teams

League table

Last updated May 16, 2008

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Le Havre (C) (P)	38	22	12	4	66	30	+36	78	Promoted to Ligue 1
2	Nantes (P)	38	19	13	6	58	34	+24	70
3	Grenoble (P)	38	17	12	9	44	30	+14	63
4	Sedan	38	15	13	10	46	40	+6	58
5	Clermont	38	14	15	9	50	41	+9	57
6	Troyes	38	15	12	11	46	44	+2	57
7	Brest	38	15	12	11	38	38	0	57
8	Montpellier	38	14	12	12	43	32	+11	54
9	Ajaccio	38	14	12	12	37	41	-4	54
10	Angers	38	13	14	11	39	35	+4	53
11	SC Bastia¹	38	14	9	15	45	46	-1	49
12	Guingamp	38	11	15	12	41	37	+4	48
13	Stade Reims	38	12	10	16	44	52	-8	46
14	Amiens	38	11	12	15	49	51	-2	45
15	Châteauroux	38	11	12	15	34	42	-8	45
16	Boulogne	38	12	7	19	37	54	-17	43
17	Dijon	38	9	15	14	32	51	-19	42
18	Niort (R)	38	11	8	19	38	48	-10	41	Relegated to Championnat National
19	Libourne-Saint-Seurin (R)	38	7	11	20	41	62	-21	32
20	Gueugnon (R)	38	5	12	21	39	59	-20	27

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

^1. SC Bastia have been deducted two points by the Discipline Commission following an incident away to FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin on September 14, 2007.

Top goalscorers

Last updated May 16, 2008

The top goalscorer was awarded to Le Havre AC's Guillaume Hoarau finishing with a stunning 28 goals averaging a goal per 118 minutes.

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Guillaume Hoarau	France	Le Havre AC	28
2	Grégory Thil	France	US Boulogne	16
-	Cédric Fauré	France	Stade Reims	16
4	Titi Buengo	Angola	Amiens SC	14
5	Nassim Akrour	Algeria	Grenoble	13
6	Paul Alo'o	Cameroon	Angers SCO	12
-	Xavier Pentecôte	France	SC Bastia	12
-	Stéphane Noro	France	Troyes AC	12
9	Souleymane Camara	Senegal	Montpellier HSC	11
-	Claudiu Keserü	Romania	Libourne-Saint-Seurin	11

Managers

Club	Head coach
Ajaccio	Rohr, GernotGernot Rohr
Amiens	Batelli, LudovicLudovic Batelli
Angers	Garcia, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Garcia
Bastia	Casoni, BernardBernard Casoni
Boulogne	Montanier, PhilippePhilippe Montanier
Brest	Janin, PascalPascal Janin
Châteauroux	Daury, CédricCédric Daury then Sarramagna, ChristianChristian Sarramagna
Clermont	Ollé-Nicolle, DidierDidier Ollé-Nicolle
Dijon	Romano, SergeSerge Romano then Hadžibegić, FarukFaruk Hadžibegić
Grenoble	Baždarević, MehmedMehmed Baždarević
Gueugnon	Ravera, AlainAlain Ravera then Dupont, AlexAlex Dupont
Guingamp	Patrick Rémy then Zvunka, VictorVictor Zvunka
Le Havre	Nobilo, Jean MarcJean Marc Nobilo
Libourne-Saint-Seurin	Tholot, DidierDidier Tholot
Montpellier	Courbis, RollandRolland Courbis
Nantes	Der Zakarian, MichelMichel Der Zakarian
Niort	Bonnevay, JackyJacky Bonnevay then Michel, SamuelSamuel Michel
Stade Reims	Froger, ThierryThierry Froger
Sedan	Pasqualetti, JoséJosé Pasqualetti
Troyes	Troch, DenisDenis Troch

Stadia

Last updated August 8, 2008

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Avg. Attendance
AC Ajaccio	Stade François Coty	12,000	2,218
Amiens SC	Stade de la Licorne	12,097	9,427
Angers SCO	Stade Jean Bouin	17,000	6,973
SC Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari	12,000	2,685
US Boulogne	Stade de la Libération	7,300	5,180
Stade Brest 29	Stade Francis-Le Blé	10,189	5,730
LB Châteauroux	Stade Gaston Petit	17,173	6,520
Clermont Foot	Stade Gabriel Montpied	10,363	5,368
Dijon FCO	Stade Gaston Gérard	7,900	4,890
Grenoble Foot 38	Stade des Alpes	20,000	9,999
FC Gueugnon	Stade Jean Laville	13,827	2,830
En Avant Guingamp	Stade du Roudourou	18,126	9,043
Le Havre AC	Stade Jules Deschaseaux	16,454	11,632
FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin	Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix	8,000	2,608
Montpellier HSC	Stade de la Mosson	32,900	7,247
FC Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	32,285	22,771
Chamois Niortais FC	Stade René Gaillard	10,988	5,358
Stade Reims	Stade Auguste Delaune	25,000	6,861
CS Sedan Ardennes	Stade Louis Dugauguez	23,189	9,590
Troyes AC	Stade de l'Aube	21,877	10,110

References

↑ The Ligue 2 season

External links

French League official website

Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons

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