2013–14 Ligue 2

The 2013–14 Ligue 2 was the 75th season of second-tier football in France. The season began on 2 August 2013 and ended on 16 May 2014, with the winter break in effect between 20 December and 10 January.[9]

Ligue 2
Season2013–14
ChampionsMetz
PromotedMetz
Lens
Caen
RelegatedCA Bastia
Istres
Matches played380
Goals scored939 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerAndy Delort and Mathieu Duhamel
(24 goals)[1]
Biggest home winTroyes 6–1 CA Bastia
(4 October 2013)[2]
Biggest away winChâteauroux 0–4 Tours
(16 August 2013)[3]
CA Bastia 1–5 Caen
(13 December 2013)[4]
Highest scoringLe Havre 6–2 Lens
(14 September 2013)[5]
Longest winning run7 matches:
Metz[6]
Longest unbeaten run12 matches:
Caen[6]
Longest winless run13 matches:
CA Bastia[6]
Highest attendance40,740
Lens 0–1 Brest
(9 May 2014)[7]
Lowest attendance1,021
CA Bastia 2–2 Le Havre
(24 January 2014)[8]
Average attendance7,915[7]

Teams

Stadia and locations


Club Location Venue Capacity[10] Av. Att.[10]
Angers Angers Stade Jean Bouin 17,835 8,358
Arles-Avignon Avignon Parc des Sports 17,518 2,012
Auxerre Auxerre Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps 21,379 4,571
CA Bastia Bastia Stade Armand Cesari[lower-alpha 1] 16,078 1,742
Brest Brest Stade Francis-Le Blé 15,583 7,397
Caen Caen Stade Michel d'Ornano 21,215 10,794
Châteauroux Châteauroux Stade Gaston Petit 17,072 4,859
Clermont Clermont-Ferrand Stade Gabriel Montpied 11,980 3,710
Créteil Créteil Stade Dominique Duvauchelle 12,150 2,373
Dijon Dijon Stade Gaston Gérard 16,098 8,272
Istres Istres Stade Parsemain 17,559 2,300
Laval Laval Stade Francis Le Basser 18,467 4,867
Le Havre Le Havre Stade Océane 25,278 7,249
Lens Lens Stade Félix-Bollaert 41,233 31,016
Metz Metz Stade Saint-Symphorien 26,661 13,919
Nancy Tomblaine Stade Marcel Picot 20,087 14,678
Nîmes Nîmes Stade des Costières 18,482 4,961
Niort Niort Stade René Gaillard 10,406 4,384
Tours Tours Stade de la Vallée du Cher 16,327 5,678
Troyes Troyes Stade de l'Aube 20,842 10,029
  1. CA Bastia played their home matches at the Stade Armand Cesari, the home of SC Bastia, since their own stadium, Stade Erbajolo, did not meet the required standards to host Ligue 2 football.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager1 Captain1 Kit Manufacturer1 Main Sponsor1
Angers France Stéphane Moulin France Grégory Malicki Kappa Scania
Arles-Avignon France Noël Tosi France Ludovic Butelle Legea Groupe Nicollin
Auxerre France Jean-Luc Vannuchi Mali Adama Coulibaly Airness Maisons Pierre
Brest France Alex Dupont Morocco Ahmed Kantari Nike Quéguiner
CA Bastia France Stéphane Rossi France Rémy Arnoux Erreà Corsicatour
Caen France Patrice Garande France Jérémy Sorbon Nike GDE Recyclage
Châteauroux France Jean-Louis Garcia Senegal Massamba Sambou Nike Le Seyec
Clermont France Régis Brouard France Jean-François Rivière Patrick Sport Crédit Mutuel
Créteil France Jean-Luc Vasseur France Sebastien Gondouin Nike SFB Béton
Dijon France Olivier Dall'Oglio France Cédric Varrault Kappa Doras
Istres France Frédéric Arpinon Algeria Nassim Akrour Duarig Kertel
Laval France Denis Zanko France Fabrice Levrat Duarig Lactel
Le Havre France Erick Mombaerts France Yohann Rivière Nike System U
Lens France Antoine Kombouaré France Yohan Demont adidas Invicta
Metz France Albert Cartier France Gregory Proment Nike Moselle
Nancy Uruguay Pablo Correa Brazil André Luiz Nike Odalys Vacances
Nîmes France René Marsiglia France Benoît Poulain Erreà Mac Dan
Niort France Pascal Gastien Senegal Mouhamadou Diaw Puma Restaurant Le Billon (home), Cheminées Poujoulat (away)
Tours France Olivier Pantaloni France Julien Cardy Duarig Invicta
Troyes France Jean-Marc Furlan Central African Republic Eloge Enza Yamissi Duarig Afflelou

1Subject to change during the season.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of
departure
Date of
vacancy
Position
in table
Incoming head coach Date of
appointment
Position
in table
Brest France Corentin Martins End of tenure as caretaker 31 May 2013 Off-season France Alex Dupont 31 May 2013[11] Off-season
Tours France Bernard Blaquart Resigned 23 June 2013[12] Off-season France Olivier Pantaloni 25 June 2013 Off-season
Lens France Éric Sikora Sacked 25 June 2013 Off-season France Antoine Kombouaré 25 June 2013[13] Off-season
Nancy France Patrick Gabriel Sacked 12 October 2013 15th Uruguay Pablo Correa 12 October 2013[14] 15th
Châteauroux France Didier Tholot Sacked 28 October 2013[15] 17th France Jean-Louis Garcia 28 October 2013[16] 17th
Nîmes France Victor Zvunka Sacked 19 December 2013[17] 19th France René Marsiglia 26 December 2013[17] 19th
Laval France Philippe Hinschberger Sacked 24 February 2014 19th France Denis Zanko 24 February 2014[18] 19th
Auxerre France Bernard Casoni Sacked 17 March 2014[19] 15th France Jean-Luc Vannuchi 17 March 2014[20] 15th
Istres France José Pasqualetti Sacked 24 March 2014 17th France Frédéric Arpinon 24 March 2014[21] 17th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Metz (C, P) 38 22 10 6 55 28 +27 76 Promotion to Ligue 1
2 Lens (P) 38 17 14 7 58 40 +18 65 Promoted officially but with some conditions.[22]
3 Caen (P) 38 18 10 10 65 44 +21 64 Promotion to Ligue 1
4 Nancy 38 16 13 9 47 37 +10 61
5 Niort 38 15 13 10 51 47 +4 58
6 Dijon 38 14 15 9 53 42 +11 57
7 Brest 38 15 11 12 38 32 +6 56
8 Tours 38 15 10 13 63 56 +7 55
9 Angers 38 14 13 11 46 45 +1 55
10 Troyes 38 15 7 16 56 44 +12 52
11 Créteil 38 12 14 12 57 58 1 50
12 Le Havre 38 11 15 12 43 43 0 48
13 Arles-Avignon 38 10 16 12 36 38 2 46
14 Clermont 38 10 15 13 31 38 7 45
15 Nîmes 38 10 14 14 49 54 5 44
16 Auxerre 38 10 13 15 35 45 10 43
17 Laval 38 10 12 16 44 52 8 42
18 Châteauroux 38 10 10 18 43 59 16 40 Spared due to the DNCG’s rulings.
19 Istres (R) 38 9 9 20 48 74 26 36 Relegated, but later readmitted and later relegated.
20 CA Bastia (R) 38 4 12 22 21 63 42 24 Relegation to Championnat National
Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ANG ACAA AUX CAB BRS CAE CHA CLR CRE DIJ IST LVL LHA RCL MET NAL NMS NRT TOU TRO
Angers 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–1
Arles-Avignon 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0
Auxerre 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–0
CA Bastia 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–5 1–4 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–0
Brest 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1
Caen 1–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–1
Châteauroux 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–3 0–2 3–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 3–0 0–4 2–1
Clermont 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–3
Créteil 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–3 2–2 4–0 2–0 2–3 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–3
Dijon 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 5–1 2–2 2–0 2–1
Istres 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–4 3–0 0–1 1–6 1–2 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 0–2
Laval 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 5–1 0–0 3–4 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–4 1–0 2–1
Le Havre 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 6–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–1
Lens 0–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0
Metz 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0
Nancy 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–1
Nîmes 0–2 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–3 0–0 0–1 4–1 3–0 3–2
Niort 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 1–1
Tours 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 5–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–1 4–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–2
Troyes 3–3 1–0 2–0 6–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–3 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–2
Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

References

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