1998–99 French Division 2

60th season of the second-tier football league in France Division 2 1998–99 1997–98 1999–2000 The Division 2 season 1998/1999, organised by the LNF was won by AS Saint-Étienne and saw the promotions of AS Saint-Étienne, CS Sedan Ardennes and Troyes AC, whereas Red Star Saint-Ouen and AS Beauvais were relegated to National. 20 participating teams 18em Ajaccio Amiens Beauvais Caen Cannes Châteauroux Gueugnon Guingamp Laval Le Mans Lille Nice Nîmes Niort Red Star Saint-Étienne Sedan Troyes Valence Wasquehal League table main WDL Promotion or Relegation 5 STE Saint-Étienne SED Sedan TRO Troyes LIL Lille SMC Caen FCG Gueugnon GUI Guingamp CHA Châteauroux ACA Ajaccio LAV Laval NRT Niort CNS Cannes NMS Nîmes NIC Nice ESW Wasquehal AMI Amiens LMF Le Mans ASV Valence RED Red Star ASB Beauvais 18 14 6 56 38 C,P 18 12 8 59 31 P 17 13 8 48 31 P 19 7 12 45 35 16 11 11 47 39 14 15 9 44 39 14 11 13 36 38 12 15 11 38 38 13 12 13 49 56 12 14 12 37 35 11 15 12 41 40 12 11 15 34 45 11 13 14 49 46 11 13 14 31 34 11 12 15 35 41 11 11 16 39 43 9 15 14 41 41 10 10 18 41 56 9 12 17 52 72 R 10 8 20 43 67 R green1 Promotion to French Division 1 P P P red1 Relegation to Championnat National [fr] R R complete Ligue 2 Recap Promoted to L1 : AS Saint-Étienne, CS Sedan Ardennes, Troyes AC Relegated to L2 : FC Lorient, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Toulouse FC Promoted to L2 : CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, US Créteil Relegated to National : Red Star Saint-Ouen, AS Beauvais (ASOA Valence were not relegated because Gazélec Ajaccio was not allowed to compete in Division 2) Results main FBR grey ACA AMI BEA CAE CAN CHA GUE GUI LAV MFC LIL NIC NMS NRT RS STE SED TRO VLN WAS Ajaccio 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 4–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 4–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 Amiens 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–5 Beauvais 3–1 3–2 3–1 3–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–5 1–0 Caen 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 Cannes 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–2 Niort 1–4 1–0 4–0 1–2 3–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 Châteauroux 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 5–0 0–0 Gueugnon 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 Guingamp 1–2 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–4 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–1 Le Mans 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 6–0 1–1 Lille 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 3–3 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 Nice 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–2 Nîmes 2–1 3–0 4–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 Red Star 1–1 1–4 4–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 3–2 1–2 1–2 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 Saint-Étienne 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 6–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 Sedan 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 5–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 Laval 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 Troyes 0–4 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 Valence 4–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 Wasquehal 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–3 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 complete Ligue 2 Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1CIV Hamed DialloLaval202SEN Lamine SakhoNîmes183FRA Cédric MionnetSedan16FRA Samuel BoutalCaen5FRA Laurent PeyreladeLille156FRA David FaderneAjaccio13CRO Dado PršoAjaccioFRA Patrick RevellesSaint-ÉtienneFRA Joël BossisNiortARM Éric AssadourianBeauvais External links RSSSF archives of results 1998–99 2 France