2008–09 Ligue 2

Ligue 2
Season	2008–09
Champions	Lens
Promoted	Boulogne Montpellier
Relegated	Amiens Reims Troyes
Europa League	Guingamp (Play-off round; via domestic cup)
Goals scored	864
Average goals/game	2.27
Top goalscorer	Grégory Thil (18)
Biggest home win	Strasbourg 5–0 Nîmes (October 6, 2008)
Biggest away win	Angers 1–5 Boulogne (April 24, 2009)
Highest scoring	Bastia 6–2 Ajaccio (December 5, 2008) (8 goals)
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The Ligue 2 season 2008/2009 was the sixty-seventh^[1] edition since its establishment, and began on August 1, 2008 and ended on May 29, 2009. The fixtures were announced on May 23, 2008.^[2]

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Ligue 2

FC Metz, relegated after losing to Olympique Marseille on April 12, 2008.
RC Strasbourg, relegated after losing to SM Caen on May 10, 2008.
RC Lens, relegated after drawing with FC Girondins de Bordeaux on May 17, 2008.

Teams promoted to Ligue 1

Le Havre AC, promoted after drawing with CS Sedan on April 22, 2008.
FC Nantes, promoted after drawing with Montpellier HSC on April 25, 2008.
Grenoble Foot 38, promoted after drawing with LB Châteauroux on May 12, 2008.

Teams promoted from Championnat National

Vannes OC, promoted after losing to FC Martigues on April 26, 2008.
Tours FC, promoted after defeating Stade Laval on May 3, 2008.
Nimes Olympique, promoted after defeating Stade Laval on May 16, 2008.

Teams relegated to Championnat National

FC Gueugnon, relegated after losing to AC Ajaccio on April 18, 2008.
FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, relegated after losing to CS Sedan on May 2, 2008.
Chamois Niortais FC, relegated after losing to US Boulogne on May 16, 2008.

League table

Last updated May 29, 2009

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Lens (C) (P)	38	20	8	10	47	35	+12	68	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Montpellier (P)	38	19	9	10	61	36	+25	66
3	Boulogne (P)	38	20	6	12	51	36	+15	66
4	Strasbourg	38	18	11	9	57	45	+12	65
5	Metz	38	17	12	9	48	35	+13	63
6	Tours	38	17	10	11	50	41	+9	61
7	Angers	38	13	14	11	46	42	+4	53
8	Dijon	38	14	10	14	43	46	-3	52
9	Sedan	38	13	12	13	46	49	-3	51
10	Vannes	38	14	9	15	34	45	-11	51
11	Bastia	38	13	9	16	38	47	-9	48
12	Clermont	38	12	11	15	46	50	-4	47
13	Guingamp	38	10	16	12	37	35	+2	46	UEFA Europa League Playoff Round
14	Brest	38	13	6	19	45	50	-5	45
15	Châteauroux	38	11	11	16	40	46	-6	44
16	Ajaccio	38	11	11	16	44	56	-12	44
17	Nîmes	38	11	11	16	32	46	-14	44
18	Amiens (R)	38	9	16	13	35	40	-5	43	Relegated to Championnat National
19	Troyes (R)	38	9	11	18	39	48	-9	38
20	Reims (R)	38	7	15	16	40	51	-11	36

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

Stats

Top goalscorers

Grégory Thil wins the Ligue 2 Trophée du Meilleur Buteur.

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Grégory Thil	France	US Boulogne	18
2	Víctor Montaño	Colombia	Montpellier HSC	15
-	Papiss Cissé	Senegal	FC Metz	15
4	Cheick Diabaté	Mali	AC Ajaccio	14
5	James Fanchone	France	RC Strasbourg	13
-	Toifilou Maoulida	France	RC Lens	13
7	Paul Alo'o	Cameroon	Angers SCO	12
-	Richard Socrier	France	Stade Brest 29	12
9	Tenema N'Diaye	Mali	Tours FC	11
-	Titi Buengo	Angola	Troyes AC	11
-	Kandia Traoré	Ivory Coast	RC Strasbourg	11
12	Pierre-Yves André	France	SC Bastia	10
-	Jérôme Lebouc	France	Vannes OC	10
14	7 players			9
21	11 players			8
32	9 players			7
41	15 players			6
56	12 players			5
68	20 players			4
88	36 players			3
124	37 players			2
161	79 players			1
Total:				864
Average after 380 games:				2.27

Last updated: May 30, 2009
Source: Ligue 2

Assists Table

Paul Alo'o wins the Ligue 2 Trophée du Meilleur Passeur.

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Assists
1	Paul Alo'o	Cameroon	Angers	12
2	Alberto Costa	Argentina	Montpellier	11
3	Johann Ramaré	France	US Boulogne	10
-	Yann Kermorgant	France	Stade Reims	10
5	1 player			8
6	2 players			7
8	3 players			6
11	10 players			5
21	20 players			4
41	25 players			3
66	54 players			2
120	88 players			1
Total:				484
Average after 380 games:				1.27

Last updated: May 30, 2009
Source: Ligue 2

UNFP Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club
August	James Fanchone	RC Strasbourg
September	Chakhir Belghazouani	RC Strasbourg
October	Víctor Montaño	Montpellier HSC
November	Lilian Compan	Montpellier HSC
December	Víctor Montaño	Montpellier HSC
January	Paul Alo'o	Angers SCO
February	Toifilou Maoulida	RC Lens
March	Claudiu Keserü	Tours FC
April	Issam Jemâa	RC Lens

Awards

Player of the Year

The nominees for Ligue 2 Player of the Year. The winner will be determine at the annual UNFP Awards on May 24. The winner will be displayed in bold.^[3]

Player	Nationality	Club
Paul Alo'o	Cameroon	Angers SCO
Alberto Costa	Argentina	Montpellier HSC
Victor Montaño	Colombia	Montpellier HSC
Grégory Thil	France	US Boulogne

Keeper of the Year

The nominees for the Ligue 2 Goalkeeper of the Year. The winner will be displayed in bold.

Player	Nationality	Club
Johann Carrasso	France	Montpellier HSC
Stéphane Cassard	France	RC Strasbourg
Macedo Novaes	Brazil	SC Bastia
Vedran Runje	Croatia	RC Lens

Manager of the Year

The nominees for Manager of the Year. The winner will be displayed in bold.

Player	Nationality	Club
Stéphane Le Mignan	France	Vannes OC
Philippe Montanier	France	US Boulogne
Daniel Sanchez	France	Tours FC
Jean-Guy Wallemme	France	RC Lens

Team of the Year

Position		Player	Club
GK	CRO !	Runje, VedranVedran Runje	Lens
RB	FRA !	Demont, YohanYohan Demont	Lens
CB	FRA !	Koscielny, LaurentLaurent Koscielny	Tours
CB	MLI !	Chelle, ÉricÉric Chelle	Lens
LB	POR !	Ramos, MarcoMarco Ramos	Lens
DM	GNB !	Ca, BocundjiBocundji Ca	Tours
DM	FRA !	Cohade, RenaudRenaud Cohade	Strasbourg
AM	ARG !	Costa, AlbertoAlberto Costa	Montpellier
FW	FRA !	Thil, GrégoryGrégory Thil	Boulogne-sur-Mer
FW	CMR !	Alo'o, PaulPaul Alo'o	Angers
FW	COL !	Montaño, VictorVictor Montaño	Montpellier

Managers

Club	Head coach
Ajaccio	Rohr, GernotGernot Rohr, replaced in August by Pasqualetti, JoséJosé Pasqualetti
Amiens	Batelli, LudovicLudovic Batelli, replaced in July by Laurey, ThierryThierry Laurey
Angers	Garcia, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Garcia
Bastia	Casoni, BernardBernard Casoni
Boulogne	Montanier, PhilippePhilippe Montanier
Brest	Janin, PascalPascal Janin, replaced in December by Baticle, GéraldGérald Baticle, replaced in May by Dupont, AlexAlex Dupont
Châteauroux	Sarramagna, ChristianChristian Sarramagna, replaced in January by Bijotat, DominiqueDominique Bijotat
Clermont	Ollé-Nicolle, DidierDidier Ollé-Nicolle
Dijon	Hadžibegić, FarukFaruk Hadžibegić
Guingamp	Zvunka, VictorVictor Zvunka
Lens	Wallemme, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Wallemme
Metz	Pouliquen, YvonYvon Pouliquen
Montpellier	Courbis, RollandRolland Courbis
Nîmes	Vannuchi, Jean-LucJean-Luc Vannuchi, replaced in December by Cavalli, Jean-MichelJean-Michel Cavalli
Reims	Tholot, DidierDidier Tholot, replaced in December by Fernandez, LuisLuis Fernandez
Sedan	Pasqualetti, JoséJosé Pasqualetti, replaced in July by Chauvin, LandryLandry Chauvin
Strasbourg	Furlan, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Furlan
Tours	Daniel Sanchez
Troyes	Troch, DenisDenis Troch, replaced in July by Batelli, LudovicLudovic Batelli, replaced in May by Robin, ClaudeClaude Robin
Vannes	Le Mignan, StéphaneStéphane Le Mignan

Stadia

The locations of the 20 teams participating in Ligue 2 season 2008–09

Last updated May 22, 2009^[4]

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Avg. Attendance
Ajaccio	Stade François Coty	12,000	2,281
Amiens	Stade de la Licorne	12,097	9,368
Angers	Stade Jean Bouin	17,000	7,398
Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari	12,000	2,876
Boulogne	Stade de la Libération	7,300	5,604
Brest	Stade Francis-Le Blé	10,189	6,264
Châteauroux	Stade Gaston Petit	17,173	6,130
Clermont	Stade Gabriel Montpied	10,363	5,289
Dijon	Stade Gaston Gérard	7,900	3,764
Guingamp	Stade du Roudourou	18,126	9,437
Lens	Stade Félix-Bollaert	41,233	29,842
Metz	Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien	26,700	9,628
Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,900	8,397
Nîmes	Stade des Costières	18,482	9,193
Sedan	Stade Louis Dugauguez	23,189	8,736
Stade Reims	Stade Auguste Delaune	25,000	11,579
Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,230	14,193
Tours	Stade de la Vallée du Cher	13,500	6,898
Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	21,877	9,810
Vannes	Stade de la Rabine	8,000	3,571

Teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Bretagne	3	Brest, Guingamp and Vannes
1	Champagne-Ardenne	3	Reims and Sedan, Troyes
3	Centre	2	Châteauroux and Tours
	Corsica	2	Ajaccio and Bastia
	Languedoc-Roussillon	2	Montpellier and Nîmes
	Nord-Pas de Calais	2	Lens and Boulogne
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	Alsace	1	Strasbourg
	Auvergne	1	Clermont
	Bourgogne	1	Dijon
	Lorraine	1	Metz
	Pays de la Loire	1	Angers
	Picardie	1	Amiens

References

External links

Ligue 2 teams

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Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons

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List of French second division champions

2008–09 in French football

Club football

Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 Championnat National CFA (Group A, B, C, D, Playoffs) D1 Féminine

Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions

European	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

International competition

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification European U-19 Championship (Qual. G4, Elite qual. G5) European U-17 Championship (Qual. Group 11, Elite qual. G5) Toulon Tournament

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