1995–96 French Division 2

57th season of the second-tier football league in France Division 2 1995–96 SM Caen SM Caen Olympique de Marseille AS Nancy Stade Poitevin USL Dunkerque Angers SCO Olympique Alès Tony Cascarino (30 goals) 462 1994–95 1996–97 The Division 2 season 1995/1996, organised by the LNF was won by SM Caen and saw the promotions of SM Caen, Olympique de Marseille and AS Nancy, whereas Stade Poitevin, USL Dunkerque, Angers SCO and Olympique Alès were relegated to National. 22 participating teams 18em Alès Amiens Angers Caen Charleville Châteauroux Dunkerque Épinal Laval Le Mans Lorient Louhans-Cuiseaux Marseille Mulhouse Nancy Niort Perpignan Poitiers Red Star Sochaux Toulouse Valence League table main WDL Promotion or Relegation 5 SMC Caen OM Marseille NAL Nancy LAV Laval TFC Toulouse LMF Le Mans RED Red Star PRP Perpignan CHA Châteauroux SOC Sochaux LOU Louhans-Cuiseaux LOR Lorient AMI Amiens MUL Mulhouse ASV Valence NRT Niort CHR Charleville EPI Épinal POI Poitiers DUN Dunkerque ANG Angers ALE Alès 24 9 9 59 34 C,P 23 11 8 69 35 P 20 16 6 56 23 P 21 9 12 52 46 18 9 15 40 34 15 17 10 37 36 16 13 13 56 38 17 10 15 44 53 16 12 14 40 35 15 14 13 49 40 16 10 16 57 49 16 10 16 44 46 13 15 14 43 49 13 12 17 44 45 11 18 13 34 42 13 11 18 48 50 11 15 16 34 54 9 18 15 41 46 9 18 15 36 50 R 9 16 17 30 43 R 7 16 19 31 53 R 4 13 25 29 72 R green1 Promotion to French Division 1 P P P red1 Relegation to Championnat National 1 [fr] R R R R complete Ligue 2 Recap Promoted to L1 : SM Caen, Olympique de Marseille, AS Nancy Relegated to L2 : FC Gueugnon, AS Saint-Étienne, FC Martigues Promoted to L2 : Stade Briochin, Troyes AC, Sporting Toulon Var, AS Beauvais Relegated to National : Stade Poitevin, USL Dunkerque, Angers SCO, Olympique Alès Results main FBR grey ALÈ AMI ANG CAE CHR CHA DUN ÉPI LAV MFC LOR LOU OM MUL NAL NRT PER POI RS SOC TFC VLN Amiens 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–2 0–2 0–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 Angers 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 Caen 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 Niort 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 5–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 0–0 Charleville 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 Châteauroux 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 Dunkerque 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 Le Mans 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 Lorient 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–4 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 Louhans-Cuiseaux 0–0 3–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 0–4 4–0 4–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 Mulhouse 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–3 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 Nancy 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–0 Alès 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 Marseille 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 5–1 2–1 4–1 5–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 Perpignan 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–2 2–0 2–4 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 Red Star 1–4 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 6–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 Sochaux 0–0 4–1 4–2 0–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–4 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 Laval 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 Poitiers 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 Toulouse 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 4–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 Valence 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 Épinal 0–0 5–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 complete Ligue 2 Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1IRL Tony CascarinoMarseille302FRA Franck PriouCaen243FRA Samuel LobéLaval204BEL Patrick Van KetsLe Mans17BRA Walquir MotaNiortFRA Étienne MendySochaux7FRA Olivier PickeuAmiens16TOG Koffi FiawooLouhans-CuiseauxMDG Éric RabésandratanaNancyFRA Stéphane CrucetPerpignanFRA Steve MarletRed Star External links RSSSF archives of results 1995–96 2 France