2000–01 French Division 2

62nd season of the second-tier football league in France Division 2 2000–01 1999–2000 2001–02 The Division 2 season 2000/2001, organised by the LNF was won by FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and saw the promotions of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, FC Lorient and Montpellier HSC, whereas AS Cannes and Angers SCO were relegated to National. 20 participating teams Ajaccio Angers Beauvais Caen Cannes Châteauroux Créteil Gueugnon Laval Le Havre Le Mans Lorient Martigues Montpellier Nancy Nice Nîmes Niort Sochaux Wasquehal League table main WDL Promotion or Relegation 5 SOC Sochaux LOR Lorient MHS Montpellier NRT Niort NAL Nancy CHA Châteauroux LHA Le Havre NMS Nîmes LAV Laval FCG Gueugnon BEA Beauvais ACA Ajaccio ESW Wasquehal LMF Le Mans NIC Nice USC Créteil SMC Caen MTG Martigues CNS Cannes ANG Angers 21 12 5 67 27 C,P 21 11 6 58 34 P 18 14 6 52 26 P 15 14 9 58 44 15 11 12 46 32 14 14 10 50 38 14 14 10 48 42 14 11 13 53 56 15 8 15 39 43 13 11 14 44 50 11 14 13 38 42 12 10 16 32 40 11 12 15 37 40 9 18 11 37 45 13 6 19 39 56 10 13 15 37 43 11 10 17 38 53 8 15 15 30 46 8 10 20 45 66 R 7 12 19 35 60 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 : FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, FC Lorient, Montpellier HSC Relegated to L2 : RC Strasbourg, AS Saint-Étienne Promoted to L2 : Grenoble Foot 38, Amiens SC, FC Istres Relegated to National : AS Cannes, Angers SCO (FC Martigues were not relegated since Toulouse FC were relegated from Division 1 to National) Results main FBR grey ACA ANG BEA CAE CAN CHA CRE GUE LAV LHA MFC LOR MAR MHS NAL NIC NMS NRT SOC WAS Ajaccio 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–3 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 Angers 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 Beauvais 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 Caen 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–2 Cannes 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 6–4 2–2 4–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 Niort 4–3 3–2 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 6–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 Châteauroux 2–2 3–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 7–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 Créteil 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–0 Gueugnon 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 Le Havre 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 3–1 1–1 Le Mans 1–1 2–1 0–4 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 Lorient 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–4 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 Martigues 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–3 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 Montpellier 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 Nancy 2–0 0–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–3 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 Nice 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 Nîmes 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 4–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 3–3 1–0 1–0 Sochaux 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 5–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 Laval 0–0 4–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 Wasquehal 2–0 3–1 0–2 3–3 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 complete Ligue 2 Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1TUN Francileudo SantosSochaux212FRA Alain CavegliaLe Havre163CIV Élie KroupiLorient154FRA Laurent DufresneChâteauroux145FRA Cyrille WatierCaen13FRA David SuarezCannesFRA Lilian CompanCréteilFRA Toifilou MaoulidaMontpellier9FRA Réginald RayBeauvais12FRA Lionel RouxelLavalFRA Pierre-Alain FrauSochaux Attendances # Club Average 1 Sochaux 12,951 2 Caen 10,490 3 MHSC 8,819 4 Le Havre 8,485 5 Lorient 6,768 6 La Berrichonne 6,451 7 Nancy 6,238 8 Nîmes 4,925 9 Stade lavallois 4,740 10 Chamois niortais 4,525 11 Le Mans 4,194 12 Angers 3,664 13 Nice 3,438 14 Gueugnon 3,082 15 Beauvais 2,906 16 Cannes 2,730 17 Martigues 1,949 18 Créteil 1,841 19 Wasquehal 1,427 20 Ajaccio 1,295Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra01.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk September 28, 2026 References External links RSSSF archives of results 2000–01 2 France