1996–97 French Division 2

58th season of the second-tier football league in France Division 2 1996–97 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 Division 2 season, organised by the LNF was won by LB Châteauroux and saw the promotions of LB Châteauroux and Toulouse FC, whereas FC Perpignan, FCO Charleville, SAS Épinal and Stade Briochin were relegated to National. 22 participating teams 18em Amiens Beauvais Charleville Châteauroux Épinal Gueugnon Laval Le Mans Lorient Louhans-Cuiseaux Martigues Mulhouse Niort Perpignan Red Star Saint-Brieuc Saint-Étienne Sochaux Toulon Toulouse Troyes Valence League table main WDL Promotion or Relegation 5 CHA Châteauroux TFC Toulouse MTG Martigues FCG Gueugnon NRT Niort LMF Le Mans ASB Beauvais LAV Laval LOR Lorient ASV Valence SOC Sochaux MUL Mulhouse RED Red Star TOU Toulon AMI Amiens PRP Perpignan STE Saint-Étienne LOU Louhans-Cuiseaux CHR Charleville TRO Troyes EPI Épinal SBR Saint-Brieuc 20 16 6 54 27 C,P 22 9 11 61 32 P 17 16 9 54 33 19 10 13 54 47 16 17 9 44 36 15 17 10 49 41 15 16 11 43 43 14 16 12 48 39 15 13 14 50 50 17 7 18 48 53 14 15 13 54 47 14 12 16 51 49 12 18 12 50 48 14 12 16 50 57 13 13 16 44 47 11 18 13 38 42 R 12 15 15 48 56 13 12 17 39 52 10 19 13 37 48 R 10 18 14 36 42 T 9 11 22 32 46 RD 6 8 28 26 75 R green1 Promotion to French Division 1 P P red1 Relegation to Division d'Honneur R1 red2 Relegation to Championnat National R2 R2 red1 Spared from relegation SPR black1 Relegation to CFA 2 [fr] R3 complete Ligue 2 Recap Promoted to L1 : LB Châteauroux, Toulouse FC Relegated to L2 : SM Caen, AS Nancy, Lille OSC, OGC Nice Promoted to L2 : Nîmes Olympique, ES Wasquehal Relegated to National : FCO Charleville, SAS Épinal Relegated to lower divisions : FC Perpignan, Stade Briochin (Banned during the season) Results main FBR grey AMI BEA CHR CHA ÉPI GUE LAV MFC LOR LOU MAR MUL NRT PER RS STE SOC SBR SCT TFC TRO VLN Amiens 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–2 6–1 Beauvais 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 Niort 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 Charleville 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 Châteauroux 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 5–3 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 Gueugnon 4–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–3 3–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 Le Mans 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 5–1 Lorient 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 Louhans-Cuiseaux 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–4 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 Martigues 2–0 4–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 Mulhouse 3–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 6–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 Perpignan 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 Red Star 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–4 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 7–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 Saint-Étienne 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 Sochaux 2–0 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 7–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 Saint-Brieuc 1–0 4–0 0–1 4–1 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 Laval 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 4–0 Toulon 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 3–1 Toulouse 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 7–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 Troyes 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 0–4 0–1 2–0 Valence 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 3–1 4–3 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 Épinal 0–3 2–0 1–3 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 3–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 Match awarded due to expulsion of Saint-Brieuc. CHR_SBR CHR_SBR CHR_SBR CHR_SBR CHR_SBR CHR_SBR CHR_SBR CHR_SBR CHR_SBR CHR_SBR complete Ligue 2 Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1FRA Samuel MichelSochaux232SEN Samba N'DiayeSaint-Étienne193FRA Bernard BougerLorient184FRA Jean-Marc FerreriToulon175FRA Yannick Le SauxRed Star/Saint-Brieuc14FRA Régis BrouardRed Star7ALG Lakhdar AdjaliAmiens13FRA Olivier PickeuAmiensFRA Laurent DufresneChâteaurouxFRA David RinconMulhouse External links RSSSF archives of results 1996–97 2 France