Division 2 1960/61

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Division 2 1960/61
master SO Montpellier
Trade fair trophy Racing Strasbourg
Climbers SO Montpellier
FC Metz
FC Sochaux
Racing Strasbourg
Relegated Olympique Alès
Teams 19th
Games 342
Gates 1,028  (ø 3.01 per game)
Top scorer Casimir Koza , (Racing Strasbourg)
← Division 2 1959/60
^ Division 1 1960/61

The Division 2 1960/61 was the 22 host the second highest French football league . Second division champion was Stade Olympique Montpellier .

societies

The 14 clubs that had not been promoted to the first division after the previous season and had given up their license - voluntarily or by force - were eligible to participate ; there were also four first division relegated members and a previous amateur club that had received the professional license.

Thus, the following 19 teams played for the division 2 championship this season :

There was only a direct promotion and relegation depending on the sporting result between the first and second professional division; After the Second World War , a descent into the third highest division had been introduced over a few years, but this was no longer in force. A second division officer could relegate alone in the event that he surrendered his license or it was withdrawn from him. Previous amateur teams, on the other hand, could only continue to move up to Division 2 for the following season if they received approval from the responsible association FFF to assume professional status.
This season, too, there was no relegation between the worst-placed first division team who was not directly relegated and the best second division team who was not directly eligible for promotion.

Season course

Each team played a return match against each group opponent, once in front of their own audience and once away. The two-point rule applied ; in the event of a tie, the goal difference was decisive for the placement. In France, when specifying the point ratio, only the number of plus points is given; here this is done in the notation used in Germany at the time of the 2-point rule.

The race for the four promotion places remained open until the last matchday, and the second division championship was only decided then - and only by the different goal quotients of Montpellier and Metz. Sochaux and Strasbourg finally succeeded against a chasing group consisting of six teams, in which Cannes turned out to be the most dangerous team of the season, the immediate promotion. In the lower part of the table, seven teams resisted having to hold the bottom position, including newcomer Cherbourg and relegated Toulon. Finally, as in the previous season, the team from Aix-en-Provence lost out in this dispute .

In the 342 encounters 1,028 hits were scored; this corresponds to an average of 3.0 goals per game. Casimir Koza (Strasbourg) won the top scorer's crown with 28 goals. After the end of the season, Olympique Alès gave up his professional status. For the following season , the first division relegated FC Grenoble , FC Limoges , US Valenciennes-Anzin and AS Troyes-Savinienne were added. In addition, Red Star Olympique received a professional license again after only one year in amateur gaming, so that 19 participants were still represented in Division 2 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. SO Montpellier  36  22nd  4th  10 068:350 1.94 48:24
 2. FC Metz  36  19th  10  7th 069:370 1.86 48:24
 3. FC Sochaux (A)  36  18th  10  8th 058:360 1.61 46:26
 4th Racing Strasbourg (A)  36  19th  7th  10 070:380 1.84 45:27
 5. AS Béziers  36  13  16  7th 054:520 1.04 42:30
 6th Olympique Marseille  36  15th  11  10 056:420 1.33 41:31
 7th AS Cannes  36  17th  7th  12 071:590 1.20 41:31
 8th. Girondins Bordeaux (A)  36  14th  13  9 059:500 1.18 41:31
 9. Lille OSC  36  14th  12  10 049:430 1.14 40:32
10. US Boulogne  36  18th  3  15th 063:620 1.02 39:33
11. FC Nantes  36  15th  6th  15th 061:640 0.95 36:36
12. CO Roubaix-Tourcoing  36  13  7th  16 059:630 0.94 33:39
13. AS Cherbourg (N)  36  10  9  17th 045:580 0.78 29:43
14th SC Toulon (A)  36  10  9  17th 036:590 0.61 29:43
15th US Forbach  36  10  7th  19th 051:680 0.75 27:45
16. Olympique Alès  36  10  7th  19th 039:620 0.63 27:45
17th Racing FC Besançon  36  8th  9  19th 050:790 0.63 25:47
18th CA Paris  36  9  7th  20th 033:560 0.59 25:47
19th AS Aix  36  7th  8th  21st 037:650 0.57 22:50

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient - 3rd goals scored

  • Promotion to Division 1 1961/62
  • Promotion to Division 1 in 1961/62 and participation in the trade fair trophy 1961/62
  • Relegation to the National (D3) after license return
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 in 1959/60
    (N) Newcomers

    See also

    Web links

    literature

    • Alex Graham: Football in France. A statistical record 1894-2005. Soccer Books, Cleethorpes 2005, ISBN 1-86223-138-9
    • Sophie Guillet / François Laforge: Le guide français et international du football éd. 2009. Vecchi, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-7328-9295-5

    Notes and evidence

    1. ↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 252