1999–2000 French Division 2

61st season of the second-tier football league in France Division 2 1999–2000 1998–99 2000–01 The Division 2 season 1999/2000, organised by the LNF was won by Lille OSC and saw the promotions of Lille OSC, EA Guingamp and Toulouse FC, whereas Amiens SC, ASOA Valence and CS Louhans-Cuiseaux were relegated to National. 20 participating teams 18em Ajaccio Amiens Caen Cannes Châteauroux Créteil Gueugnon Guingamp Laval Le Mans Lille Lorient Louhans-Cuiseaux Nice Nîmes Niort Sochaux Toulouse Valence Wasquehal League table main WDL Promotion or Relegation 5 LIL Lille GUI Guingamp TFC Toulouse SOC Sochaux FCG Gueugnon SMC Caen ACA Ajaccio CHA Châteauroux LMF Le Mans LAV Laval NIC Nice CNS Cannes LOR Lorient NMS Nîmes NRT Niort ESW Wasquehal USC Créteil AMI Amiens ASV Valence LOU Louhans-Cuiseaux 25 8 5 58 25 C,P 18 13 7 62 41 P 18 9 11 52 31 P 18 8 12 53 41 13 17 8 47 34 12 17 9 50 37 15 8 15 37 41 13 13 12 44 44 12 16 10 44 44 12 15 11 41 40 10 20 8 34 33 12 12 14 33 38 12 11 15 32 39 11 12 15 39 44 10 15 13 42 49 9 17 12 33 39 11 11 16 36 52 7 16 15 30 43 R 6 15 17 37 54 R 5 9 24 32 67 R green1 Promotion to French Division 1 P P P blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup First round Coupe de la Ligue winners Gueugnon qualify for the 2000–01 UEFA Cup First round of 2000–01 UEFA Cup. ELPR red1 Relegation to Championnat National [fr] R R R complete Ligue 2 Recap Promoted to L1: Lille OSC, EA Guingamp, Toulouse FC Relegated to L2: AS Nancy, Le Havre AC, Montpellier HSC Promoted to L2: AS Beauvais, FC Martigues, Angers SCO Relegated to National: Amiens SC, ASOA Valence, CS Louhans-Cuiseaux Results main FBR grey ACA AMI CAE CAN CHA CRE GUE GUI MFC LAV LIL LOR LOU NIC NMS NRT SOC TFC VLN WAS Ajaccio 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 Amiens 0–1 0–4 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 Caen 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 6–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 Cannes 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 Niort 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–3 4–3 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 Châteauroux 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–2 2–3 1–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–3 3–3 1–1 Créteil 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–4 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 Gueugnon 2–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–4 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 Guingamp 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 5–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 Le Mans 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 Lille 4–2 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 Lorient 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 5–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 Louhans-Cuiseaux 1–1 0–0 0–4 0–1 2–3 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 Nice 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 Nîmes 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–4 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–2 Sochaux 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 5–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 Laval 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 3–2 0–1 Toulouse 4–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–2 5–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 Valence 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 Wasquehal 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–3 complete Ligue 2 Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1SEN Amara TraoréGueugnon172FRY Danijel LjubojaSochaux16FRA Mickaël PagisNîmes4FRA David FaderneAjaccio155FRA Jean-Claude DarchevilleLorient146FRA Jonathan JägerLouhans-Cuiseaux137FRA Fabrice FiorèseGuingamp12FRA Stéphane SamsonLe MansFRA Djezon BoutoilleLilleFRA Emmanuel Clément-DemangeWasquehalFRA Stéphane CrucetLaval Attendances # Club Average 1 Toulouse 12,619 2 LOSC 12,190 3 Caen 11,665 4 Guingamp 8,976 5 Amiens 7,605 6 Sochaux 6,316 7 Lorient 5,915 8 La Berrichonne 5,543 9 Nice 4,849 10 Le Mans 4,771 11 Nîmes 4,405 12 Chamois niortais 3,887 13 Stade lavallois 3,828 14 Gueugnon 3,595 15 Valence 3,196 16 Cannes 2,523 17 Wasquehal 2,259 18 Créteil 2,154 19 Ajaccio 2,135 20 Louhans-Cuiseaux 1,847 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra00.htm 2026-08-31 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References External links RSSSF archives of results 1999–2000 2 France