2019–20 Ligue 2

The 2019–20 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons[2]) season was the 81st season since its establishment. The season was suspended indefinitely on 12 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Ligue 2
Season2019–20
Dates26 July 2019 – 30 April 2020
ChampionsLorient
PromotedLorient
Lens
RelegatedOrléans
Le Mans
Matches played280
Goals scored610 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorer20 goals
Tino Kadewere, Le Havre
Biggest home winSochaux 4–0 Clermont
Round 10, 5 October 2019
Lens 4–0 Sochaux
Round 15, 23 November 2019
Le Havre 4–0 Guingamp
Round 15, 25 November 2019
Biggest away winChambly 1–5 Guingamp
Round 13, 1 November 2019
Troyes 0–4 Chambly
Round 15, 22 November 2019
Orléans 0–4 Lorient
Round 17, 3 December 2019
Châteauroux 1–5 Guingamp
Round 19, 20 December 2019
Sochaux 0–4 Lorient
Round 22, 1 February 2020
Highest scoring8 goals
Niort 4–4 Paris FC
Round 22, 31 January 2020
Longest winning run5 (Lorient)
Longest unbeaten run12 (Clermont)
Longest winless run9 (Paris FC
Auxerre
Sochaux)
Longest losing run5 (Le Mans
Rodez
Niort)
Highest attendance32,011[1]
Lens 1–0 Lorient
Round 13, 2 November 2019
Lowest attendance391[1]
Chambly 3–2 Niort
Round 18, 13 December 2019
Average attendance6,768[1]

On 28 April 2020, the French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced that there would be no sporting events, even behind closed doors, before September 2020, thus in effect ending the season. On 30 April 2020, the LFP declared Lorient as champions of Ligue 2, and that the top two clubs would be promoted to Ligue 1, meaning Lens were promoted as well.[4] The decision on relegations was deferred to the general assembly of the FFF on 20 May 2020.[5]

On 27 May 2020, the executive committee of the FFF rejected a proposal by the LFP to have 22 clubs in the 2020–21 competition, which would have seen Orléans and Le Mans remain in the competition.[6]

Teams

Team changes

The following were team changes with respect to the 2018–19 Ligue 2 season.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in 2019–20 Ligue 2
Club Location Venue Capacity
Ajaccio Ajaccio Stade François Coty 10,446
Auxerre Auxerre Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps 21,379
Caen Caen Stade Michel d'Ornano 21,215
Chambly Chambly Stade Pierre Brisson[lower-alpha 1][7] 10,178
Châteauroux Châteauroux Stade Gaston Petit 17,173
Clermont Foot Clermont-Ferrand Stade Gabriel Montpied 11,980
Grenoble Grenoble Stade des Alpes 20,068
Guingamp Guingamp Stade de Roudourou 18,378
Le Havre Le Havre Stade Océane 25,178
Le Mans Le Mans MMArena 25,064
Lens Lens Stade Bollaert-Delelis 37,705
Lorient Lorient Stade du Moustoir 18,890
Nancy Tomblaine Stade Marcel Picot 20,087
Niort Niort Stade René Gaillard 10,886
Orléans Orléans Stade de la Source 7,000
Paris FC Paris (13th arrondissement) Stade Charléty 20,000
Rodez Rodez Stade Paul-Lignon 5,955
Sochaux Montbéliard Stade Auguste Bonal 20,005
Troyes Troyes Stade de l'Aube 21,684
Valenciennes Valenciennes Stade du Hainaut 25,172
  1. Chambly arranged to play 15 of their home matches at Stade Pierre Brisson and four at Stade Charléty as their home stadium, Stade des Marais, did not meet the required standards to host Ligue 2 football and would be undergoing renovation during the season.

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Ajaccio France Olivier Pantaloni France Johan Cavalli Adidas Auchan Atrium
Auxerre France Jean-Marc Furlan Benin Jordan Adéoti Macron Remorques LOUALT
Caen France Pascal Dupraz Republic of the Congo Prince Oniangué Umbro Maisons France Confort (H), Campagne de France (A & 3)
Châteauroux France Nicolas Usaï Cameroon Yannick M'Boné Nike Monin
Chambly France Bruno Luzi France Thibault Jaques Umbro Flint
Clermont France Pascal Gastien Uruguay Jonathan Iglesias Patrick Crédit Mutuel
Grenoble France Philippe Hinschberger France Brice Maubleu Nike Carrefour, Sempa, BONTAZ
Guingamp France Sylvain Didot France Christophe Kerbrat Umbro Servagroupe (H), Aroma Celte (A)
Le Havre France Paul Le Guen France Alexandre Bonnet Joma Filiassur, SEAFRIGO Group
Le Mans France Réginald Ray France Stéphen Vincent Kappa Veolia
Lens France Franck Haise Algeria Walid Mesloub Macron Auchan Retail
Lorient France Christophe Pélissier France Fabien Lemoine Kappa B&B Hotels, Jean Floc'h
Nancy France Jean-Louis Garcia Guinea Ernest Seka Nike Sempa
Niort France Franck Passi France Matthieu Sans Erima Restaurant Le Billon (H), Cheminées Poujoulat (A)
Orléans France Cyril Carrière France Gauthier Pinaud Kappa CTVL
Paris FC France René Girard France Vincent Demarconnay Nike Vinci
Rodez France Laurent Peyrelade France Pierre Bardy Adidas Max Outil
Sochaux Senegal Omar Daf France Maxence Prévot Lotto Nedey Automobiles
Troyes France Laurent Batlles France Stéphane Darbion Le Coq Sportif Babeau Seguin
Valenciennes France Olivier Guégan France Laurent Dos Santos Acerbis Mutuelle Just

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Nancy France Alain Perrin End of interim 14 May 2019[8] Pre-season France Jean-Louis Garcia 30 May 2019
Auxerre France Cédric Daury 17 May 2019 France Jean-Marc Furlan 17 May 2019
Lorient France Mickaël Landreau Mutual consent 18 May 2019[9] France Christophe Pélissier 29 May 2019[10]
Guingamp France Jocelyn Gourvennec 24 May 2019[11] France Patrice Lair 29 May 2019[12]
Caen France Fabien Mercadal 25 May 2019 Portugal Rui Almeida 9 June 2019
Le Havre France Oswald Tanchot 28 May 2019 France Paul Le Guen 29 May 2019
Valenciennes France Réginald Ray End of contract 6 June 2019 France Olivier Guégan 6 June 2019
Troyes Portugal Rui Almeida Signed by Caen 9 June 2019 France Laurent Batlles 14 June 2019
Guingamp France Patrice Lair Sacked 23 September 2019[13] 14th France Sylvain Didot 24 September 2019 (caretaker)[14]
7 October 2019 (permanent)[15]
Caen Portugal Rui Almeida 28 September 2019[16] 17th France Pascal Dupraz 1 October 2019[17]
Paris FC Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehmed Baždarević 30 December 2019[18] 19th France René Girard 2 January 2020[19]
Niort France Pascal Plancque 5 January 2020[20] 18th France Franck Passi 13 January 2020[21]
Orléans France Didier Ollé-Nicolle 16 January 2020[22] 20th France Cyril Carrière 17 January 2020 (interim)[23]
Le Mans France Richard Déziré 23 February 2020[24] 19th France Réginald Ray 2 March 2020[25]
Lens France Philippe Montanier Sacked 25 February 2020[26] 2nd France Franck Haise 25 February 2020[27]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Lorient (C, P) 28 17 3 8 45 25 +20 54 Promotion to Ligue 1
2 Lens (P) 28 15 8 5 39 24 +15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 +16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 +9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 +10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 +13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 +4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 +7 39
9 Grenoble 28 7 14 7 27 29 −2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 −6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 +1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 +1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 −1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 −2 34
15 Châteauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 −16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 −3 32
17 Paris FC 28 7 7 14 22 40 −18 28
18 Niort[lower-alpha 1] 28 6 8 14 30 41 −11 26
19 Le Mans (R) 28 7 5 16 30 45 −15 26 Relegation to Championnat National
20 Orléans (R) 28 4 7 17 21 43 −22 19
Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Originally, the 18th-placed Ligue 2 team would play in promotion-relegation play-offs at the end of the season with a team from the Championnat National to decide whether they would remain in Ligue 2 for the 2020–21 season, but the play-offs were cancelled and the 18th- placed team remained in Ligue 2.

Results
Home \ Away AJA AUX CAE FCC CHA CLE GRE GUI HAC LMF LEN LOR NAN NIO ORL PFC ROD SOC TRO VAL
Ajaccio — 2–3 1–2 — 0–1 1–1 3–1 — 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 — — 2–0
Auxerre 3–1 — 1–1 0–0 — 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 — — 0–0 3–1 2–2 — — 2–1 1–2 1–1
Caen 0–1 — — 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 — 0–3 3–3 0–2 1–2 1–0 4–3 2–1 — — — 0–1 0–0
Chambly 0–2 1–4 0–1 — 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–5 — 2–2 — 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 — 0–0 — 1–0
Châteauroux 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 — — 1–1 1–5 0–3 — 3–2 1–3 — 1–1 — 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 —
Clermont — 1–1 — — 3–0 — — — 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 3–1
Grenoble 0–1 — 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 — — 1–1 — 2–2 — 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 — 1–1 1–3
Guingamp 1–1 1–0 1–1 — — 1–2 3–3 — — 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 — 1–0 — 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–1
Le Havre — 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 — 3–1 4–0 — 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 — — 1–0 —
Le Mans 2–4 0–1 — 1–0 1–2 — 0–0 2–1 — — 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 — 0–0 2–0 — 1–2
Lens — 0–0 1–4 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 — — 1–0 — 1–0 1–0 2–1 — 4–0 1–0 —
Lorient 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 — 0–1 2–1 0–1 — 4–2 — — 2–1 4–1 — 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 —
Nancy — — — 3–0 2–1 1–2 — 0–1 — 2–1 0–0 1–1 — 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
Niort 0–1 2–2 1–1 — 3–0 — 0–1 0–0 0–1 — — — 1–1 — 2–0 4–4 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–0
Orléans 0–3 — — 0–1 1–1 0–1 — 2–0 2–2 — 1–4 0–4 — 0–1 — 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1
Paris FC 2–3 2–0 2–4 0–3 — 0–2 — 0–3 1–0 0–3 0–2 — — 0–1 — — 0–0 1–1 1–0 —
Rodez — 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 — — 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 — 3–3 2–1 — 0–2 — 1–1
Sochaux 0–2 1–0 0–0 — — 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 — 0–4 3–0 — — 1–1 1–1 — 0–1 0–0
Troyes 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–4 2–0 1–2 1–2 — 1–2 2–1 2–0 — — — 1–2 1–1 1–0 — — 1–0
Valenciennes 0–0 — — — 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 3–2 — —
Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion play-offs

A promotion play-off competition was originally to be held at the end of the season, involving the third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in 2019–20 Ligue 2, and the 18th-placed team in 2019–20 Ligue 1. However, the matches were cancelled and the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team remained in the same division.

Cancelled bracket
Quarter-final Semi-final Final
           
3 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
18th N/A

Relegation play-offs

A relegation play-off was originally to be held at the end of the season between the 18th-placed Ligue 2 team and the third-placed team of the 2019–20 Championnat National. However, the matches were cancelled and both teams remained in their respective divisions.[28]

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[29]
1 Zimbabwe Tino Kadewere Le Havre 20
2 Austria Adrian Grbić Clermont 17
3 France Yoane Wissa Lorient 15
France Ibrahim Sissoko Niort
5 France Teddy Chevalier Valenciennes 12
6 France Ugo Bonnet Rodez 11
7 France Gaëtan Courtet Ajaccio 10
Senegal Abdoulaye Sané Sochaux
9 France Pierre-Yves Hamel Lorient 9
10 Senegal Jamal Thiaré Le Havre 8
France Vincent Créhin Le Mans
France Florian Sotoca Lens

Number of teams by regions
Teams Region Team(s)
3  Hauts-de-FranceChambly, Lens and Valenciennes
2  Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesClermont and Grenoble
 Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéAuxerre and Sochaux
Brittany BrittanyGuingamp and Lorient
 Centre-Val de LoireChâteauroux and Orléans
 Grand EstNancy and Troyes
 NormandyCaen and Le Havre
1  CorsicaAjaccio
 Île-de-FranceParis FC
 Nouvelle-AquitaineNiort
 OccitanieRodez
 Pays de la LoireLe Mans

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