2016–17 Ligue 2

Ligue 2
Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Ligue 2 season will be the 78th season since its establishment.

Teams

There are 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Championnat National replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 2 following the 2015–16 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.

As of 2 May 2016, the following teams have mathematically achieved qualification for the 2016–17 season. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2016–17 Ligue 2

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Auxerre !Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	21,379
Bourg-en-Bresse !Bourg-en-Bresse	Bourg-en-Bresse	Stade Marcel-Verchère	11,400
Brest !Brest	Brest	Stade Francis-Le Blé	15,097
Clermont !Clermont Foot	Clermont-Ferrand	Stade Gabriel Montpied	11,980
Lens !Lens	Lens	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	38,223
Tours !Tours	Tours	Stade de la Vallée du Cher	16,247
Troyes !Troyes	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	21,684

League Table

Pos	Team	Promotion or Relegation
1	Auxerre	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Bourg-en-Bresse	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	Brest	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4	Clermont
5	Lens
6	Tours
7	Troyes
8	TBC
9	TBC
10	TBC
11	TBC
12	TBC
13	TBC
14	TBC
15	TBC
16	TBC
17	TBC
18	TBC	Relegation to Championnat National
19	TBC
20	TBC

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) fair play points

Play-offs

The 2016-17 season will see the return of a Relegation play-off between the 18th placed Ligue 1 team and the 3rd placed team in the Ligue 2 on a two-legged confrontation. The Ligue 2 team will host the first game.^[1]

References

↑ "Les décisions du 14 avril 2016" (in French). lfp.fr. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons

Division 2 (1933–2002)	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

List of French second division champions

Ligue 2 teams

2015–16 clubs	Ajaccio Auxerre Bourg-en-Bresse Brest Clermont Créteil Dijon Évian Laval Le Havre Lens Metz Nancy Nîmes Niort Paris Red Star Sochaux Tours Valenciennes

Former teams	Abbeville Aix-en-Provence Gazélec Ajaccio Alès Amiens Ancenis Angers Angoulême Annecy Antibes Arles-Avignon Avignon CA Bastia SC Bastia Beauvais Besançon Béziers Blénod Blois Boulogne Bourges Bordeaux Caen Calais Cambrai Cannes Charleville Châteauroux Châtellerault Chaumont Cherbourg Cholet Club Français Colmar Corbeil-Essonnes Creil Douai Dunkerque Épinal Évreux Fives Fontainebleau Forbach Grenoble GSC Marseille Gueugnon Guingamp Haguenau Hazebrouck Hyères Istres La Ciotat La Roche-sur-Yon La Rochelle Le Mans Le Puy Foot Le Touquet Libourne-Saint-Seurin Lille Olympique Lillois Limoges Foot Lorient Louhans-Cuiseaux Lucé Lyon Lyon OU Malakoff Mantes Marignane Marseille Martigues Melun Merlebach Monaco Montceau-les-Mines Montélimar Montluçon Montmorillon Montpellier Mouzon Mulhouse FC Nancy Nantes Nice Nivers Nœux-les-Mines Orléans Paris-Charenton Paris-Joinville Paris-Neuilly Paris Saint-Germain Racing Paris Perpignan Poissy Poitiers Quevilly Quimper Rodez Reims Rennes Excelsior Roubaix Racing Roubaix Roubaix-Tourcoing Rouen Saint-Brieuc Saint-Dié Saint-Dizier Saint-Étienne Saint-Quentin Saint-Seurin Sedan Sète Stade Français Strasbourg Tavaux Thionville Thonon-Chablais Toulon Toulouse Toulouse (1937) Troyes Troyes AF Troyes ASTS Valence Vannes Vauban Strasbourg Villefranche Viry-Châtillon Vittel Wasquehal

Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons

Division 2 (1933–2002)	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

List of French second division champions

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