2008–09 Ligue 2

70th season of the second-tier football league in France April 2022 Ligue 2 2008–09 Lens MontpellierBoulogne AmiensReimsTroyes Europa League Guingamp (Play-off round; via domestic cup) FRA Grégory Thil (18) Strasbourg 5–0 Nîmes (6 October 2008) Angers 1–5 Boulogne (24 April 2009) Bastia 6–2 Ajaccio (5 December 2008)(8 goals) 864 2.27 2007–08 2009–10 The Ligue 2 season 2008–09 was the sixty-seventhFrench Football League : Ligue 2 Orange, news, results, tables, statistics http://www.frenchleague.com/ligue2/historique/palmares.asp dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091020202212/http://www.frenchleague.com/ligue2/historique/palmares.asp 20 October 2009 26 April 2008 edition since its establishment, and began on 1 August 2008 and ended on 29 May 2009. The fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008.Ligue 2 Fixtures 08-09 http://www.lfp.fr/calendrier_2008_2009/Ligue2_2008_2009.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080527180823/http://www.lfp.fr/calendrier_2008_2009/Ligue2_2008_2009.htm 27 May 2008 23 May 2008 mdy-all Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Ligue 2 FC Metz, relegated after losing to Olympique Marseille on 12 April 2008. RC Strasbourg, relegated after losing to SM Caen on 10 May 2008. RC Lens, relegated after drawing with FC Girondins de Bordeaux on 17 May 2008. Teams promoted to Ligue 1 Le Havre AC, promoted after drawing with CS Sedan on 22 April 2008. FC Nantes, promoted after drawing with Montpellier HSC on 25 April 2008. Grenoble Foot 38, promoted after drawing with LB Châteauroux on 12 May 2008. Teams promoted from Championnat National Vannes OC, promoted after losing to FC Martigues on 26 April 2008. Tours FC, promoted after defeating Stade Laval on 3 May 2008. Nimes Olympique, promoted after defeating Stade Laval on 16 May 2008. Teams relegated to Championnat National FC Gueugnon, relegated after losing to AC Ajaccio on 18 April 2008. FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, relegated after losing to CS Sedan on 2 May 2008. Chamois Niortais FC, relegated after losing to US Boulogne on 16 May 2008. League table main WDL Promotion or Relegation 5 RCL Lens MHS Montpellier BOU Boulogne RCS Strasbourg MET Metz TOU Tours ANG Angers DIJ Dijon SED Sedan VAN Vannes BAS Bastia CLR Clermont GUI Guingamp BRS Brest CHA Châteauroux ACA Ajaccio NMS Nîmes AMI Amiens TRO Troyes REI Reims 20 8 10 47 35 C,P 19 9 10 61 36 P 20 6 12 51 36 P 18 11 9 57 45 17 12 9 48 35 17 10 11 50 41 13 14 11 46 42 14 10 14 43 46 13 12 13 46 49 14 9 15 34 45 13 9 16 38 47 12 11 15 46 50 10 16 12 37 35 Q 13 6 19 45 50 11 11 16 40 46 11 11 16 44 56 11 11 16 32 46 9 16 13 35 40 R 9 11 18 39 48 R 7 15 16 40 51 R green1 Promotion to Ligue 1 P P P blue1 Qualification to Europa League play-off round Coupe de France winners Guingamp qualify for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round of 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. ELPR red1 Relegation to Championnat National R R R complete Ligue 2 Results main FBR grey ACA AMI ANG BAS BOU BRS CHA CLR DIJ GUI RCL MET MHS NMS REI SED STR TOU TRO VAN Ajaccio 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 5–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 Amiens 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 Angers 0–1 1–0 1–5 1–1 4–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–3 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 Boulogne 0–1 4–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 Châteauroux 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 Clermont 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 Dijon 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 Guingamp 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 Lens 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 Metz 3–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 Montpellier 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 Nîmes 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 Bastia 6–2 2–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 Sedan 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–4 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–3 Brest 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 4–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 Reims 1–3 1–3 0–0 1–1 4–3 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–4 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 Strasbourg 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 3–2 4–0 0–0 2–1 Tours 4–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–4 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–3 1–0 Troyes 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 3–0 Vannes 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 complete Ligue 2 Statistics 50% Top goalscorers Grégory Thil wins the Ligue 2 Trophée du Meilleur Buteur. RankPlayerClubGoals1FRA Grégory ThilBoulogne182COL Víctor MontañoMontpellier15SEN Papiss CisséMetz4MLI Cheick DiabatéAjaccio145FRA James FanchoneStrasbourg13FRA Toifilou MaoulidaLens7CMR Paul Alo'oAngers12FRA Richard SocrierBrest9MLI Tenema N'DiayeTours11ANG Titi BuengoTroyesCIV Kandia TraoréStrasbourg Last updated: 30 May 2009 Source: Ligue 2 50% Assists table Paul Alo'o wins the Ligue 2 Trophée du Meilleur Passeur. RankPlayerClubAssists1CMR Paul Alo'oAngers122ARG Alberto CostaMontpellier113FRA Johann RamaréBoulogne10FRA Yann KermorgantReims5FRA Fatih AtikTours8 Last updated: 30 May 2009 Source: Ligue 2 UNFP Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubAugust FRA James Fanchone RC StrasbourgSeptember FRA Chakhir Belghazouani RC StrasbourgOctoberCOL Víctor Montaño Montpellier HSCNovemberFRA Lilian Compan Montpellier HSCDecemberCOL Víctor Montaño Montpellier HSCJanuaryCMR Paul Alo'o Angers SCOFebruary FRA Toifilou Maoulida RC LensMarch ROM Claudiu Keserü Tours FCApril TUN 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 24 May. The winner will be displayed in bold.Trophées UNFP : les nommés! PlayerNationalityClubPaul Alo'o CMR France Angers SCOAlberto Costa ARG France Montpellier HSCVictor Montaño COL France Montpellier HSCGrégory Thil FRA France US Boulogne Keeper of the Year The nominees for the Ligue 2 Goalkeeper of the Year. The winner will be displayed in bold. PlayerNationalityClubJohann Carrasso FRA France Montpellier HSCStéphane Cassard FRA France RC StrasbourgMacedo Novaes BRA France SC BastiaVedran Runje CRO France RC Lens Manager of the Year The nominees for Manager of the Year. The winner will be displayed in bold. PlayerNationalityClubStéphane Le Mignan FRA France Vannes OCPhilippe Montanier FRA France US BoulogneDaniel Sanchez FRA France Tours FCJean-Guy Wallemme FRA France RC Lens Team of the Year PositionPlayerClub GK CRO CRO Vedran Runje Lens RB FRA FRA Yohan Demont Lens CB FRA FRA Laurent Koscielny Tours CB MLI MLI Éric Chelle Lens LB POR POR Marco Ramos Marco Ramos (football) Lens DM GNB GNB Bocundji CáTours DM FRA FRA Renaud Cohade Strasbourg AM ARG ARG Alberto Costa Tino Costa Montpellier FW FRA FRA Grégory Thil Boulogne-sur-Mer FW CMR CMR Paul Alo'o Angers FW COL COL Victor Montaño Victor Hugo Montaño Montpellier Managers ClubHead coachAjaccioGermany Gernot Rohr, replaced in August by France José PasqualettiAmiensFrance Ludovic Batelli, replaced in July by France Thierry LaureyAngersFrance Jean-Louis GarciaBastiaFrance Bernard CasoniBoulogneFrance Philippe MontanierBrestFrance Pascal Janin, replaced in December by France Gérald Baticle, replaced in May by France Alex Dupont Alex Dupont (footballer)ChâteaurouxFrance Christian Sarramagna, replaced in January by France Dominique BijotatClermontFrance Didier Ollé-NicolleDijonBIH Faruk HadžibegićGuingampFrance Victor ZvunkaLensFrance Jean-Guy WallemmeMetzFrance Yvon PouliquenMontpellierFrance Rolland CourbisNîmesFrance Jean-Luc Vannuchi, replaced in December by France Jean-Michel CavalliReimsFrance Didier Tholot, replaced in December by France Luis FernandezSedanFrance José Pasqualetti, replaced in July by France Landry ChauvinStrasbourgFrance Jean-Marc FurlanToursFrance Daniel SanchezTroyesFrance Denis Troch, replaced in July by France Ludovic Batelli, replaced in May by France Claude RobinVannesFrance Stéphane Le Mignan Stadia thumb|300px|The locations of the 20 teams participating in Ligue 2 season 2008–09 (In German) Last updated 22 May 2009AFFLUENCES Par Club 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 RegionNumber of teamsTeams1Bretagne3Brest, Guingamp and VannesChampagne-Ardenne3Reims and Sedan, Troyes3Centre2Châteauroux and ToursCorsica Corse2Ajaccio and BastiaLanguedoc-Roussillon2Montpellier and NîmesNord-Pas de Calais2Lens and Boulogne7Alsace1StrasbourgAuvergne1ClermontBourgogne1DijonLorraine1MetzPays de la Loire1AngersPicardie1Amiens References External links French League Official Site Ligue 2 Official Page 2008–09 2 France