1996–97 French Division 2

The 1996–97 Division 2 season, organised by the LFP 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.

Division 2
Season1996–97

22 participating teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Châteauroux (C, P) 42 20 16 6 54 27 +27 76 Promotion to French Division 1
2 Toulouse (P) 42 22 9 11 61 32 +29 75
3 Martigues 42 17 16 9 54 33 +21 67
4 Gueugnon 42 19 10 13 54 47 +7 67
5 Niort 42 16 17 9 44 36 +8 65
6 Le Mans 42 15 17 10 49 41 +8 62
7 Beauvais 42 15 16 11 43 43 0 61
8 Laval 42 14 16 12 48 39 +9 58
9 Lorient 42 15 13 14 50 50 0 58
10 Valence 42 17 7 18 48 53 −5 58
11 Sochaux 42 14 15 13 54 47 +7 57
12 Mulhouse 42 14 12 16 51 49 +2 54
13 Red Star 42 12 18 12 50 48 +2 54
14 Toulon 42 14 12 16 50 57 −7 54
15 Amiens 42 13 13 16 44 47 −3 52
16 Perpignan (R) 42 11 18 13 38 42 −4 51 Relegation to Division d'Honneur
17 Saint-Étienne 42 12 15 15 48 56 −8 51
18 Louhans-Cuiseaux 42 13 12 17 39 52 −13 51
19 Charleville (R) 42 10 19 13 37 48 −11 49 Relegation to Championnat National
20 Troyes 42 10 18 14 36 42 −6 48 Spared from relegation
21 Épinal (R) 42 6 8 28 26 75 −49 26 Relegation to Championnat National
22 Saint-Brieuc (R) 42 9 11 22 32 46 −14 38 Relegation to CFA 2 [fr]
Source: Ligue 2
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Recap

Results
Home \ Away 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 0–0 0–2 6–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–2
Beauvais 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0
Charleville 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–0
Châteauroux 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 5–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1
Épinal 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 3–3 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–0
Gueugnon 4–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–1
Laval 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–1
Le Mans 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 5–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0
Lorient 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Louhans-Cuiseaux 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–4 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0
Martigues 2–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 4–1 0–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Mulhouse 3–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 6–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2
Niort 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0
Perpignan 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–4 0–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–3
Red Star 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–4 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 7–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
Saint-Étienne 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
Sochaux 2–0 4–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 7–2 0–0 2–1 0–1
Saint-Brieuc 1–0 4–0 4–1 0–4 1–0 0–1[lower-alpha 1] 0–1[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 0–1[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1[lower-alpha 1] 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1[lower-alpha 1]
Toulon 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 4–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 3–0 1–1
Toulouse 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 7–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0
Troyes 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 5–0 0–4 0–1
Valence 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 4–3 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–1
Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match awarded due to explusion of Saint-Brieuc.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Samuel Michel Sochaux 23
2 Senegal Samba N'Diaye Saint-Étienne 19
3 France Bernard Bouger Lorient 18
4 France Jean-Marc Ferreri Toulon 17
5 France Yannick Le Saux Red Star/Saint-Brieuc 14
France Régis Brouard Red Star
7 Algeria Lakhdar Adjali Amiens 13
France Olivier Pickeu Amiens
France Laurent Dufresne Châteauroux
France David Rincon Mulhouse
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