1997–98 French Division 2

59th season of the second-tier football league in France Division 2 1997–98 1996–97 1998–99 The Division 2 season 1997/1998, organised by the LNF was won by AS Nancy and saw the promotions of AS Nancy, FC Lorient and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, whereas CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, Sporting Toulon Var, FC Martigues and FC Mulhouse were relegated to National. 22 participating teams 18em Amiens Beauvais Caen Gueugnon Laval Le Mans Lille Lorient Louhans-Cuiseaux Martigues Mulhouse Nancy Nice Nîmes Niort Red Star Saint-Étienne Sochaux Toulon Troyes Valence Wasquehal League table main WDL Promotion or Relegation 5 NAL Nancy LOR Lorient SOC Sochaux LIL Lille TRO Troyes LMF Le Mans ASV Valence RED Red Star SMC Caen NRT Niort FCG Gueugnon AMI Amiens LAV Laval NIC Nice NMS Nîmes ASB Beauvais STE Saint-Étienne ESW Wasquehal LOU Louhans-Cuiseaux TOU Toulon MTG Martigues MUL Mulhouse 20 16 6 64 37 C,P 21 12 9 68 38 P 18 12 12 56 37 P 17 14 11 62 44 16 15 11 48 38 16 14 12 54 46 12 22 8 51 45 15 12 15 51 61 15 11 16 61 55 12 19 11 42 38 16 7 19 47 54 14 13 15 40 49 14 12 16 50 48 11 19 12 40 40 13 13 16 41 51 11 18 13 40 47 12 15 15 47 60 14 9 19 49 63 13 10 19 41 51 R 12 10 20 43 62 R 10 15 17 37 63 R 9 14 19 51 56 R green1 Promotion to French Division 1 P P P red1 Relegation to Championnat National [fr] R R R R complete Ligue 2 Recap Promoted to L1 : AS Nancy, FC Lorient, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Relegated to L2 : EA Guingamp, LB Châteauroux, AS Cannes Promoted to L2 : AC Ajaccio, CS Sedan Ardennes Relegated to National : CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, Sporting Toulon Var, FC Martigues, FC Mulhouse Results main FBR grey AMI BEA CAE GUE LAV MFC LIL LOR LOU MAR MUL NAL NIC NMS NRT RS STE SOC SCT TRO VLN WAS Amiens 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 Beauvais 1–0 2–3 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 5–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 Caen 1–3 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 5–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 6–0 Niort 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 Gueugnon 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 Le Mans 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 6–3 3–0 0–0 0–2 5–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 Lille 0–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 7–3 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 Lorient 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 4–0 5–2 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–0 Louhans-Cuiseaux 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 Martigues 3–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–4 2–0 1–3 Mulhouse 4–0 0–0 4–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–0 3–3 4–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 Nancy 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–4 2–1 Nice 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 Nîmes 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–3 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 Red Star 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 Saint-Étienne 2–1 1–1 3–0 4–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 Sochaux 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 4–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 Laval 3–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 Toulon 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 6–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 Troyes 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 Valence 3–0 1–3 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 Wasquehal 2–0 3–2 5–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–4 1–1 complete Ligue 2 Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1FRA Réginald RayLe Mans202FRA Samuel LobéLille19FRA Didier ThimothéeSaint-Étienne4FRA Bernard BougerSochaux185FRA Olivier PickeuAmiens17FRY Slađan ĐukićTroyes7TOG Robert MalmLorient168ALG Ali BouafiaLorient15FRA Bruno RouxBeauvaisFRA William LokoWasquehal External links RSSSF archives of results 1997–98 2 France