Division 2 1974/75

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Division 2 1974/75
master AS Nancy
Climbers AS Nancy
US Valenciennes-Anzin
Olympique Avignon
Relegation ↑ FC Rouen
Olympique Avignon
Relegated AC Cambrai , Stade Quimper ,
CA Mantes , FC Bourges , AAJ Blois
Teams 35 (in 2 groups)
Games 578 + 2 relegation games
Gates 1,554  (ø 2.69 per game)
Top scorer Joaquim Martínez , ( Nancy )
← Division 2 1973/74
^ Division 1 1974/75

The Division 2 1974-75 was the 36th staging of the second highest French football league . It has been an open championship with professionals and amateurs since 1970. AS Nancy became second division champions .

societies

The 26 clubs that had not been promoted to the first division or relegated to the third division (national) after the previous season were eligible to participate ; there were also three first division relegated and six promoted from the national . These 35 participants played in two groups, mainly divided according to regional criteria (one with teams from the north and west and one with teams from the south and east). Thus, the following teams played for the division 2 championship this season :

The respective group winners and the winner of the play-offs between the two runners- up were eligible for promotion . There was no relegation between the worst-placed first division clubs who were not directly relegated and the best second division clubs who were not directly eligible for promotion this time either.

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 and, if this should also be the same - as this year between Tours and Chaumont - the higher number of hits made the decisive factors for the placement. Each team received an additional bonus point regardless of the outcome of the game for each game in which they had scored at least three goals, as well as for each victory with two or more goals difference; this should encourage attacking football. 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.

Unlike in the previous year, this time the bonus rule also had an effect on the relevant seasonal decisions. If the association had taken into account the points achieved in the games after the 2-1-0 classification, i.e. without bonus points, the two direct promoters would not have been Valenciennes and Nancy, but Rouen and Toulon. As it was, the Normans had to go to the play-offs - in which they then failed - and the southern French didn't even get this “last chance” due to their worse goal difference against Avignon. In the question of relegation, however, the bonus did not have a decisive effect, although Mulhouse was lucky that only two instead of the usual three teams from Group B had to enter the third division. Of the six newcomers to Division 2 , five held the class - only Quimper proved to be too weak early on to be able to keep up - while the first division relegated from Paris only narrowly escaped the "march" from the first to the third division.

In the 578 encounters, 1,554 hits were scored; this corresponds to an average of almost 2.7 goals per game and thus - despite the attempt to reward an offensive style of play - a slight decrease compared to the previous season. The most successful goal scorers in Group A were Georg Tripp from Laval with 25 and in Group B Joaquim Martínez from the champions Nancy with 26 goals; The latter won the league top scorer's crown. In Martínez 'team there was another very dangerous player in the 19-year-old talent Michel Platini .

For the following season , SCO Angers , Stade Rennes and Red Star FC were relegated from Division 1 . Six teams rose directly from the third-highest league, of which Stade Malherbe Caen , Gazélec FC Ajaccio and the Jeune Garde Athlétique Nevers already had second division experience, while the Union Sportive Municipale Malakoff , Stade Olympique Cholet and Sports Réunis Saint-Dié were absolute newcomers to this Level were.

Closing tables

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points bonus total
 1. US Valenciennes-Anzin  34  19th  9  6th 059:270 +32 47:21  6th 53
 2. FC Rouen  34  19th  10  5 059:340 +25 48:20  4th 52
 3. FC Lorient  34  18th  8th  8th 050:310 +19 44:24  2 46
 4th CS Sedan (A)  34  18th  8th  8th 057:400 +17 44:24  2 46
 5. FC Gueugnon  34  13  13  8th 046:310 +15 39:29  4th 43
 6th US Dunkerque  34  17th  8th  9 046:400  +6 42:26  0 42
 7th AS Angoulême  34  13  9  12 056:500  +6 35:33  5 40
 8th. SC Amiens (N)  34  15th  6th  13 042:410  +1 36:32  3 39
 9. US Grand Boulogne  34  13  8th  13 040:330  +7 34:34  3 37
10. AJ Auxerre (N)  34  14th  8th  12 036:310  +5 36:32  1 37
11. Stade Laval  34  14th  5  15th 050:460  +4 33:35  3 36
12. EB Fontainebleau-Nemours  34  11  9  14th 043:530 −10 31:37  3 34
13. Stade Brest  34  10  10  14th 050:520  −2 30:38  3 33
14th SC Hazebrouck  34  8th  12  14th 030:490 −19 28:40  2 30th
15th Paris FC (A)  34  11  8th  15th 031:540 −23 30:38  0 30th
16. AC Cambrai  34  6th  11  17th 035:500 −15 23:45  2 25th
17th Stade Quimper (N)  34  6th  9  19th 040:690 −29 21:47  2 23
18th CA Mantes  34  4th  9  21st 031:700 −39 17:51  0 17th

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

  • Promotion to Division 1 1975/76
  • Participation in the relegation
  • Relegation to the National (D3)
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 1973/74
    (N) Newcomers

    Group B

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points bonus total
     1. AS Nancy (A)  32  17th  8th  7th 073:340 +39 42:22 10 52
     2. Olympique Avignon  32  16  9  7th 057:310 +26 41:23  5 46
     3. SC Toulon  32  18th  8th  6th 044:220 +22 44:20  2 46
     4th AS Cannes  32  16  7th  9 056:370 +19 39:25  5 44
     5. EDS Montluçon  32  14th  12  6th 040:350  +5 40:24  1 41
     6th US Toulouse  32  13  10  9 049:480  +1 36:28  3 39
     7th FC Martigues (N)  32  13  9  10 047:440  +3 35:29  2 37
     8th. FC Sète  32  9  11  12 038:370  +1 29:35  3 32
     9. Racing FC Besançon  32  11  7th  14th 048:520  −4 29:35  3 32
    10. LB Châteauroux  32  11  8th  13 041:440  −3 30:34  1 31
    11. FC Tours (N)  32  10  9  13 041:500  −9 29:35  2 31
    12. EAC Chaumont  32  10  9  13 038:470  −9 29:35  2 31
    13. AS Béziers  32  10  7th  15th 049:600 −11 27:37  3 30th
    14th FC Mulhouse  32  8th  10  14th 046:570 −11 26:38  3 29
    15th SAS Épinal (N)  32  8th  12  12 032:520 −20 28:36  0 28
    16. Bourges FC  32  7th  11  14th 026:370 −11 25:39  2 27
    17th AAJ Blois  32  4th  7th  21st 028:660 −38 15:49  4th 19th

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

  • Promotion to Division 1 1975/76
  • Participation in the relegation
  • Relegation to the National (D3)
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 1973/74
    (N) Newcomers

    Determination of the master

    The two group winners met each other on a return game to determine this year's division 2 champion. AS Nancy first reached 0-0 at the US Valenciennes-Anzin, won the second leg in front of their own audience 4-0 and thus secured the championship title.

    Group A total Group B First leg Return leg
    US Valenciennes-Anzin 0: 4 AS Nancy 0-0 0: 4

    Relegation

    In the same mode, the two runners-up fought for another promotion place in the top division. Olympique Avignon had a 3-0 win in the first leg and then lost to FC Rouen only 2-0. This was the first time in the history of the club that the southern French were promoted to the top division, after having narrowly failed to do so in recent years.

    Group B total Group A First leg Return leg
    Olympique Avignon 3: 2 FC Rouen 3-0 0: 2

    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