2014–15 Ligue 2

76th season of the second-tier football league in France Ligue 2 2014–15 Troyes TroyesGazélec AjaccioAngers OrléansChâteaurouxArles-Avignon Mickaël Le Bihan(18 goals) 380 855 20,136Troyes 4–1 Châteauroux(22 May 2015)http://www.ligue1.com/ligue2/affluences/remplissage Attendances Ligue de Football Professionel 24 May 2015 6,159 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 Ligue 2 season was the 76th season since its establishment. Teams There were three promoted teams from Championnat National, replacing the three teams that were promoted to Ligue 1 following the 2013–14 season. A total of 20 teams competed in the league with three clubs relegated to the third division, the National. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate. On 18 April 2014, Luzenac became the first team to secure a spot in the Ligue 2 following a 1–0 victory over Boulogne-sur-Mer, which gave them an advance on the 4th placed team, Red Star, that couldn't be surpassed in the last games.https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Luzenac-en-ligue-2/458204 Luzenac en Ligue 2 ! Luzenac in Ligue 2! lequipe.fr fr 18 April 2014 21 April 2014 By gaining promotion for a professional level for the first time in its history, Luzenac, the club of a village of 600 inhabitants in Southern France, became the smallest club in the history of professional football in France.http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football-le-club-de-luzenac-village-de-650-habitants-accede-a-la-ligue-2-18-04-2014-3778865.php Football : le club de Luzenac, village de 650 habitants, accède à la Ligue 2 Football: Luzenac, from village with 650 inhabitants, reaches Ligue 2 leparisien.fr fr 18 April 2014 21 April 2014 Orléans was the second team to gain promotion to Ligue 2 on 2 May after a 2–0 victory against Paris FC. This marked a return for Orléans in the professional leagues after a twenty-two-years absence.https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Orleans-valide-sa-montee-en-l2/461746 Orléans valide sa montée en Ligue 2 Orléans validates its promotion to Ligue 2 lequipe.fr fr 2 May 2014 2 May 2014 Gazélec Ajaccio was the third and last team to achieve promotion on 9 May 2014.https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Le-gazelec-en-ligue-2/463788 Le Gazélec Ajaccio en Ligue 2 ! Gazélec Ajaccio in Ligue 2! lequipe.fr fr 9 May 2014 9 May 2014 This means that for the first time since the 1997–98 season, a Derby of Ajaccio will be contested between Gazélec and AC Ajaccio. On 20 April, Ajaccio officially suffered relegation from Ligue 1 after a 2–1 defeat in the Derby Corse against archrivals Bastia.https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/L-ac-ajaccio-relegue/458654 L'AC Ajaccio officiellement relégué AC Ajaccio officially relegated lequipe.fr fr 20 April 2014 21 April 2014 This ended a three-year stint for Ajaccio in Ligue 1. Valenciennes FC were the second team to suffer relegation on 4 May.https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Valenciennes-relegue/462317 Valenciennes relégué ! Valenciennes relegated! lequipe.fr fr 4 May 2014 9 May 2014 On 5 June, Luzenac's promotion was revoked by DNCG for financial reasons, but the club decided to appeal.Luzenac refused promotion to Ligue 2, will appeal http://midi-pyrenees.france3.fr/2014/06/05/luzenac-est-interdit-de-montee-en-ligue-2-pour-raisons-financieres-et-fait-appel-492263.html 6 June 2014 5 June 2014 fr On 25 June, the DNCG relegated Valenciennes FC to the Championnat National because of their approximate amount of €8 million in debts, this allowing Châteauroux to remain in Ligue 2.http://www.dna.fr/actualite/2014/06/25/valenciennes-en-redressement-judiciaire Le club de Valenciennes en redressement judiciaire, le Racing n'échappe pas plus au CFA Valenciennes in judicial receivership, Racing doesn't escape CFA dna.fr fr 25 June 2014 25 June 2014 On 4 July, DNCG confirmed its denial of Luzenac's promotion despite the appeal,http://www.eurosport.fr/football/ligue-2/2014-2015/ligue-2-la-dncg-confirme-son-refus-d-accepter-luzenac-en-l2_sto4312170/story.shtml Ligue 2 : La DNCG confirme son refus d'accepter Luzenac en L2 fr Eurosport 4 July 2014 5 July 2014 allowing Istres also to remain in Ligue 2. On 11 July the ruling against Valenciennes FC was revoked and FC Istres was once again relegated.VAFC en Ligue 2, Borloo président en attendant Dayan: toutes les réactions http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/vafc-en-ligue-2-borloo-president-en-attendant-dayan-ia27b36956n2267525 11 July 2014 11 July 2014 fr Luzenac was found to have an inadequate stadium, thus they were denied promotion. They were also denied re-entry to the Championnat National, so they later entered the regional leagues. Stadia and locations France 500 right Location of teams in 2014–15 Ligue 2 France 41.92667 8.73694 ACA right France 41.92667 8.73694 Gazélec left France 43.81510 04.58950 Arles right France 47.655631 -0.525375 Angers left France 47.786753 3.588664 Auxerre right France 48.334722 -4.456444 Brest top France 45.783088 3.082352 Clermont right France 48.741422 2.353053 Créteil top France 47.2906 5.0428 Dijon bottom France 48.0733333333 -0.7688888888 Laval left France 49.501942 0.171061 Le Havre top France 48.6955 6.210687 Nancy right France 43.8377777778 4.36083333333 Nîmes left France 46.3258333333 -0.460555556 Niort France 47.9025 1.9090 Orléans left France 47.512311 6.811345 Sochaux right France 47.393611 0.689167 Tours bottom France 48.307561 4.098458 Troyes top France 46.8102777778 1.69111111111 Châteauroux France 50.318925 3.626847 Valenciennes Club Location Venue CapacityAjaccio AjaccioAjaccioStade François Coty 10,660Gazélec Gazélec AjaccioAjaccioStade Ange Casanova 5,000Angers AngersAngersStade Jean Bouin 17,835Arles Arles-AvignonAvignonParc des Sports 17,518Auxerre AuxerreAuxerreStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps 21,379Brest BrestBrestStade Francis-Le Blé 15,583Châteauroux ChâteaurouxChâteaurouxStade Gaston Petit 17,072Clermont ClermontClermont-FerrandStade Gabriel Montpied 11,980Créteil CréteilCréteilStade Dominique Duvauchelle 12,150Dijon DijonDijonStade Gaston Gérard 16,098Laval LavalLavalStade Francis Le Basser 18,467Le Havre Le HavreLe HavreStade Océane 25,278Nancy NancyTomblaineStade Marcel Picot 20,087Nîmes NîmesNîmesStade des Costières 18,482Niort NiortNiortStade René Gaillard 10,406Orléans OrléansOrléansStade de la Source 8,000Sochaux SochauxMontbéliardStade Auguste Bonal 20,005Tours ToursToursStade de la Vallée du Cher 16,327Troyes TroyesTroyesStade de l'Aube 20,842Valenciennes ValenciennesValenciennesStade du Hainaut 25,172 Personnel and kits Team Manager1 Captain1 Kit Manufacturer1 Main Sponsor1AjaccioFRA Olivier PantaloniFRA Johan Cavalli MacronSuite HomeGazélec AjaccioFRA Thierry LaureyFRA Louis Poggi Louis Poggi (footballer) MacronCarrefourAngersFRA Stéphane MoulinFRA Olivier Auriac KappaScaniaArles-AvignonFRA Victor ZvunkaFRA Erwan Quintin LegeaGroupe NicollinAuxerreFRA Jean-Luc Vannuchi FRA Sébastien PuygrenierAirnessRemarques LOUALT, VitransBrestFRA Alex Dupont Alex Dupont (footballer) FRA Bruno GrougiNikeQuéguinerChâteaurouxFRA Cédric Daury FRA Sébastien Roudet NikeClermontFRA Corinne Diacre CMR Eugène Ekobo PatrickCrédit MutuelCréteilFRA Thierry FrogerFRA Jean-Michel LesageNikeSFB Béton, HolcimDijonFRA Olivier Dall'OglioFRA Cédric Varrault KappaDVF, Doras, IPSLavalFRA Denis ZankoFRA Anthony Gonçalves KappaLactelLe HavreFRA Thierry GoudetFRA Yohann Rivière NikeApiNancyURU Pablo CorreaFRA François BellugouNikeDane ElecNîmesFRA José PasqualettiFRA Toifilou MaoulidaErreàMarie BlachèreNiortFRA Régis BrouardSEN Mouhamadou Diaw PumaRestaurant Le Billon (home), Cheminées Poujoulat (away)OrléansFRA Olivier FrapolliFRA Maxime BrillaultKappaCTVLSochauxFRA Olivier EchouafniFRA Édouard ButinLottoPeugeotToursFRA Gilbert Zoonekynd FRA Bryan BergougnouxNikeCorsicatoursTroyesFRA Jean-Marc FurlanFRA Benjamin Nivet KappaBabeau Seguin, FSEValenciennesFRA David Le FrapperMLI Adama Coulibaly footballer, born 1980UhlsportGDE Recyclage 1Subject to change during the season. Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Clermont FootFRA Régis Brouard End of contract 16 May 2014Pre-seasonPOR Helena Costa 16 May 2014 Chamois NiortaisFRA Pascal Gastien End of contract 16 May 2014FRA Régis Brouard 21 May 2014 SochauxFRA Hervé Renard End of contract 17 May 2014FRA Olivier Echouafni 17 June 2014 ChâteaurouxFRA Jean-Louis Garcia Resigned 29 May 2014FRA Pascal Gastien 4 June 2014 CréteilFRA Jean-Luc Vasseur Signed by Reims 14 June 2014FRA Philippe Hinschberger 17 June 2014 Clermont FootPOR Helena Costa Mutual consent 24 June 2014FRA Corinne Diacre 28 June 2014 NîmesFRA René Marsiglia Mutual consent 24 June 2014Marsiglia et Nîmes, c'est fini http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/marsiglia-et-nimes-c-est-fini-701191 Le Figaro 24 June 2014 12 September 2014 frFRA José Pasqualetti 25 June 2014Le journal du mercato (25/06) http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/transferts/actualites/le-journal-du-mercato-25-06-701321 Le Figaro 25 June 2014 12 September 2014 fr ValenciennesBEL Ariël Jacobs Resigned 11 July 2014Ariël Jacobs quitte Valenciennes http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-1/Homes-Clubs/valenciennes/fil-info/ariel-jacobs-quitte-valenciennes-704004 Le Figaro 11 July 2014 12 September 2014 frFRA Bernard Casoni 17 July 2014Casoni à Valenciennes (off.) http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/casoni-a-valenciennes-off.-705070 Le Figaro 17 July 2014 12 September 2014 fr Arles-AvignonFRA Franck Dumas Resigned 22 August 2014Dumas quitte Arles-Avignon http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/dumas-quitte-arles-avignon-710114 Le Figaro 11 July 2014 12 September 2014 fr 18thFRA Bruno Irles 22 August 2014 Arles-AvignonFRA Bruno Irles Sacked 20 October 2014 19thFRA Stéphane Crucet 20 October 2014 AjaccioFRA Christian Bracconi Sacked 18 October 2014Bracconi limogé d'Ajaccio http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/bracconi-limoge-d-ajaccio-718576 Le Figaro 18 October 2014 28 December 2014 fr 12thFRA Olivier Pantaloni 6 November 2014Pantaloni retrouve Ajaccio http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/pantaloni-retrouve-ajaccio-721390 Le Figaro 6 November 2014 28 December 2014 fr ToursFRA Olivier Pantaloni Resigned 21 October 2014Pantaloni démissionne http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/pantaloni-demissionne-719116 Le Figaro 21 October 2014 28 December 2014 fr 20thFRA Gilbert Zoonekynd 21 October 2014Tours : Dujeux confirmé http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/tours-dujeux-confirme-724379 Le Figaro 26 November 2014 28 December 2014 fr CréteilFRA Philippe Hinschberger Sacked 18 November 2014Créteil : Hinschberger s'en va http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/creteil-hinschberger-s-en-va-722991 Le Figaro 18 November 2014 28 December 2014 fr 18thFRA Thierry Froger 18 November 2014 Le HavreFRA Erick Mombaerts Resigned 10 December 2014Mombaerts quitte le Havre ! http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/actualites/mombaerts-quitte-le-havre-!-726654 Le Figaro 10 December 2014 28 December 2014 fr 8thFRA Thierry Goudet 28 December 2014Officiel pour Goudet au Havre http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/officiel-pour-goudet-au-havre-729121 Le Figaro 28 December 2014 28 December 2014 fr Arles-AvignonFRA Stéphane Crucet Sacked 29 December 2014Un nouvel entraîneur à l'ACA http://www.citylocalnews.com/actualite/2014/12/29/un-nouvel-entraineur-a-l-aca AVI 29 December 2014 23 January 2015 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20150108132554/http://www.citylocalnews.com/actualite/2014/12/29/un-nouvel-entraineur-a-l-aca 8 January 2015 dead dmy-all 20thFRA Victor Zvunka 1 January 2015 ChâteaurouxFRA Pascal Gastien Sacked 9 February 2015Châteauroux limoge Pascal Gastien http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/chateauroux-limoge-pascal-gastien-736503 Le Figaro 9 February 2015 20 March 2015 fr 19thFRA Cédric Daury 16 February 2015Châteauroux : Daury entraîneur http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/chateauroux-daury-entraineur-737672 Le Figaro 16 February 2015 20 March 2015 fr ValenciennesFRA Bernard Casoni Resigned 24 February 2015Casoni quitte VA http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/casoni-quitte-va-738796 Le Figaro 24 February 2015 20 March 2015 fr 17thFRA David Le Frapper 25 February 2015Le Frapper remplace Casoni http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/le-frapper-remplace-casoni-738840 Le Figaro 25 February 2015 20 March 2015 fr League table main WDL complete Ligue 2 5 TRO GAZ ANG DIJ NAL BRS HAC LVL AUX SOC NRT CLR NMS CRE TOU VAL ACA ORL CHA ACAA P P P R2 R R A 9 14 15 32 42 18 11 9 49 37 P 18 10 10 47 30 P 7 9 22 31 59 DR Administratively relegated to Championnat de France Amateur for failing to guarantee sufficient capital.Arles-Avignon rétrogradé en CFA http://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2015/07/10/arles-avignon-retrograde-en-cfa 3 August 2015 ledauphine.com 10 July 2015 fr 12 16 10 48 42 14 15 9 41 27 7 11 20 31 63 R 12 13 13 43 47 10 15 13 44 52 17 10 11 44 34 11 21 6 41 34 14 13 11 47 37 15 13 10 53 39 12 10 16 44 57 It was announced on 17 March 2015 that Nîmes would be relegated to the next lower level at the end of the season, as a sanction for match fixing the previous season.Nîmes rétrogradé https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Nimes-retrograde-en-national/543924 lequipe.fr 17 March 2015 17 May 2015 fr The decision was overturned on 20 May 2015.Matches truqués: Des points de pénalité pour Nîmes, qui n'est plus rétrogradé https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Matches-truques-des-points-de-penalite-pour-nimes/559976 lequipe.fr 20 May 2015 20 May 2015 fr 11 17 10 41 42 9 13 16 36 47 R 13 13 12 39 37 12 8 18 49 54 24 6 8 61 24 CP 10 12 16 34 51 Ajaccio Gazélec Ajaccio Angers Arles-Avignon Auxerre Brest Châteauroux Clermont Créteil Dijon Laval Le Havre Nancy Nîmes Niort Orléans Sochaux Tours Troyes Valenciennes 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Promotion or Relegation green1 Promotion to Ligue 1 red2 Relegation to Championnat National red1 Relegation to CFA red1 Relegated in the 17th March 2015 and then readmitted in 20th May 2015. Results main FBR grey ACA GAZ ANG ACAA AUX BRS CHA CLR CRE DIJ LVL LHA NAL NMS NRT ORL SOC TOU TRO VAL Ajaccio 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 Gazélec Ajaccio 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–4 2–0 Angers 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 Arles-Avignon 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–4 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 1–0 0–4 1–2 Auxerre 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 Brest 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 Châteauroux 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–5 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–1 3–0 Clermont 1–1 3–4 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–5 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 Créteil 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–4 1–1 0–0 Dijon 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 4–5 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 Laval 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 Le Havre 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 3–1 Nancy 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 6–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 Nîmes 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–3 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 Niort 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–4 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 Orléans 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 Sochaux 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 Tours 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 Troyes 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 Valenciennes 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–4 1–1 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 Ligue 2 complete Season statistics Top goalscorers matches played 22 May 2015 Rank Player Club Goals1FRA Mickaël Le BihanLe Havre182FRA Jonathan KodjiaAngers15CIV Seydou KonéNiort4MAR Youssouf HadjiNancy14FRA Karl Toko EkambiSochaux6FRA Youssef AdnaneTours / Brest13FRA Anthony Le TallecValenciennes8FRA Nicolas FauvergueAjaccio12MLI Mana DembéléNancy10FRA Idriss SaadiClermont11FRA Benjamin NivetTroyes Source: Official Goalscorers' Standings Attendances # Club Average 1 Nancy 14,919 2 Troyes 9,659 3 Sochaux 9,290 4 Dijon 8,709 5 Angers 8,622 6 Valenciennes 8,105 7 Stade brestois 7,557 8 Le Havre 7,271 9 AJ auxerroise 6,077 10 Stade lavallois 5,582 11 Tours 5,129 12 Nîmes 5,029 13 Châteauroux 4,975 14 Chamois niortais 4,664 15 Ajaccio 4,182 16 Orléans 4,140 17 Clermont 3,099 18 Créteil 2,433 19 Gazélec 2,308 20 Arles-Avignon 1,397 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra15.htm Attendances France average European-football-statistics.co.uk July 2, 2026 References 2014-15 2 France