Division 2 1961/62

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Division 2 1961/62
master FC Grenoble
Trade fair trophy Olympique Marseille
Climbers Grenoble FC
US Valenciennes-Anzin
Girondins Bordeaux
Olympique Marseille
Teams 19th
Games 342
Gates 944  (ø 2.76 per game)
Top scorer Serge Masnaghetti
(US Valenciennes-Anzin)
← Division 2 1960/61
^ Division 1 1961/62

The Division 2 1961/62 was the 23rd staging of the second highest French football league . Second division champions were FC Grenoble .

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the Second World War , a descent into the third highest division had been introduced over a few years, but this was no longer in force. A second division officer could relegate alone in the event that he surrendered his license or it was withdrawn from him.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.

With regard to the four promotion places, only Grenoble had the certainty of an immediate promotion at an early stage, while Valenciennes-Anzin - also after only one second division year -, Bordeaux and Marseille could only plan for Division 1 shortly before the end of the season , after they finally got away from the main pursuers Troyes, Nantes and Besançon had decisively deposed. Limoges was the only relegated last year who had not been able to intervene in this fight. At the bottom of the table were Cherbourg, Forbach, Paris and Roubaix-Tourcoing as well as between these with Béziers a team that had knocked on the gate to the footballing "upper house" in the previous season as fifth.

With an average of 2.76 goals per game (944 hits in 342 matches), the participating teams also set a new negative record in the history of Division 2. The top scorer's crown was won by Serge Masnaghetti of Valenciennes with 21 goals, and that was also the lowest figure since the second division. After the end of the season, no club gave up its professional status, and the French Football Association did not issue a new license to any amateur club. For the following season , four relegated from Division 1 were added - AS Saint-Étienne , which had won the national cup competition that summer , FC Sochaux , Le Havre AC and FC Metz  - so that the second division continued at 19 Teams should play.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. FC Grenoble (A)  36  23  6th  7th 065:350 1.86 52:20
 2. US Valenciennes-Anzin (A)  36  19th  8th  9 059:300 1.97 46:26
 3. Girondins Bordeaux  36  17th  12  7th 055:310 1.77 46:26
 4th Olympique Marseille  36  17th  10  9 050:380 1.32 44:28
 5. AS Troyes-Savinienne (A)  36  15th  11  10 069:590 1.17 41:31
 6th FC Nantes  36  16  8th  12 043:430 1.00 40:32
 7th Racing FC Besançon  36  15th  9  12 038:370 1.03 39:33
 8th. Lille OSC  36  14th  9  13 064:560 1.14 37:35
 9. SC Toulon  36  13  10  13 042:380 1.11 36:36
10. Red Star Olympique (N)  36  13  10  13 050:510 0.98 36:36
11. Limoges FC (A)  36  14th  7th  15th 064:600 1.07 35:37
12. AS Aix  36  11  13  12 036:400 0.90 35:37
13. AS Cannes  36  14th  6th  16 053:570 0.93 34:38
14th US Boulogne  36  12  7th  17th 047:680 0.69 31:41
15th AS Cherbourg  36  11  7th  18th 047:640 0.73 29:43
16. US Forbach  36  6th  14th  16 042:580 0.72 26:46
17th AS Béziers  36  8th  10  18th 046:640 0.72 26:46
18th CA Paris  36  7th  12  17th 034:490 0.69 26:46
19th CO Roubaix-Tourcoing  36  8th  9  19th 040:660 0.61 25:47

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

  • Promotion to Division 1 1962/63
  • Promotion to Division 1 in 1962/63 and participation in the trade fair trophy 1962/63
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 in 1960/61
    (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