Division 2 1977/78

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Division 2 1977/78
master Lille OSC
Climbers OSC Lille
SCO Angers
Paris FC
Relegation ↑ Racing FC Besançon
Paris FC
Relegated EB Fontainebleau-Nemours ,
SR Haguenau , US Nœux-les-Mines , Red Star FC , AS Poissy , SM Caen
Teams 36 (in 2 groups)
Games 612 + 2 relegation games
Gates 1,537  (ø 2.51 per game)
Top scorer Jean-Claude Garnier , ( Dunkerque ) and Pierre-Antoine Dossevi , ( Tours )
← Division 2 1976/77
^ Division 1 1977/78

The Division 2 1977/78 was the 39th staging of the second highest French football league . It has been an open championship with professionals and amateurs since 1970. The game was played from August 13, 1977 to May 27, 1978; from December 12th to January 13th there was a winter break.

Second division champion was OSC Lille .

societies

The 27 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 36 participants played in two groups, divided mainly according to regional criteria (one with teams from the north and west and one with teams from the south and east). So this season the following teams played for the division 2 championship : Relegated promoted

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 was the decisive factor for the placement; if this difference was still identical, it was - as in this season between Rennes and Quimper - after the majority of goals scored. 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.

For the third time in a row, two relegated teams finished the season as group winners - but this was only certain for both shortly before the end of the season - and immediately returned to Division 1 . In the lower part of the table, however, it was only for two of the six league newcomers in a one-year "guest game", with the prompt relegation with Haguenau and Poissy hit two teams for whom the second division had represented a real first.

Red Star FC, which had led Group B after the first half of the season, were wound up by court order due to the club failing to make payments to a pension fund. This compulsory dissolution in view of the comparatively low debt of a good 46,000 Francs (corresponding to around 30,000 D-Marks ) was interpreted, especially within the club, as an “attempt by interested Parisian circles to get rid of a sporting competitor from the periphery”. However, in the summer of 1978 the municipality of Saint-Ouen was not ready to support the association financially either. The club was dissolved, its successor AS Red Star began a fresh start in a lower amateur class and the US Toulouse benefited from it because they - albeit sportingly relegated - as the better table-16. retained their place in Division 2 .

1,537 hits were scored in the 612 encounters; this corresponds to an average of only 2.51 goals per game. The most successful goal scorers in Group A were Pierre Giudicelli from Alès with 19 and in Group B Jean-Claude Garnier (Dunkerque) and Pierre-Antoine Dossevi (Tours) with 23 goals each; the latter two thus shared the league top scorer crown. For the following season , three relegated from Division 1 ( Racing Lens , Troyes Aube Football and Rouen FC ) were added; from the third highest league, six teams rose directly to EDS Montluçon , Montpellier La Paillade SC , US Orléans , FC Mulhouse , AAJ Blois and SC Amiens .

Closing tables

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SCO Angers (A)  34  21st  7th  6th 050:270 +23 49:19
 2. Racing FC Besançon  34  19th  8th  7th 052:260 +26 46:22
 3. SC Toulon  34  18th  7th  9 063:320 +31 43:25
 4th AJ Auxerre  34  17th  7th  10 049:360 +13 41:27
 5. AS Cannes  34  15th  10  9 050:400 +10 40:28
 6th SAS Épinal  34  13  13  8th 042:400  +2 39:29
 7th FC Martigues  34  16  5  13 049:370 +12 37:31
 8th. Olympique Avignon  34  12  9  13 043:360  +7 33:35
 9. Gazélec FC Ajaccio  34  12  9  13 042:550 −13 33:35
10. EAC Chaumont  34  10  11  13 051:510  ± 0 31:37
11. SR Saint-Dié  34  12  7th  15th 030:440 −14 31:37
12. Olympique Alès (N)  34  11  8th  15th 059:550  +4 30:38
13. US Melun (N)  34  10  10  14th 033:390  −6 30:38
14th AC Arles  34  8th  14th  12 033:410  −8 30:38
15th AS Béziers  34  8th  14th  12 026:350  −9 30:38
16. US Toulouse  34  9  12  13 036:530 −17 30:38
17th FCSR Haguenau (N)  34  7th  7th  20th 023:520 −29 21:47
18th EB Fontainebleau-Nemours  34  5  8th  21st 025:550 −30 18:50

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

  • Promotion to Division 1 1978/79
  • Participation in the relegation
  • Relegation to the National (D3)
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 in 1976/77
    (N) Newcomers

    Group B

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. Lille OSC (A)  34  21st  9  4th 075:280 +47 51:17
     2. Paris FC  34  20th  9  5 071:250 +46 49:19
     3. Red Star FC  34  20th  7th  7th 058:330 +25 47:21
     4th US Dunkerque  34  17th  9  8th 066:340 +32 43:25
     5. FC Tours  34  17th  7th  10 058:440 +14 41:27
     6th FC Gueugnon  34  16  8th  10 052:390 +13 40:28
     7th AS Angoulême  34  12  12  10 046:360 +10 36:32
     8th. Amicale Lucé  34  11  13  10 026:380 −12 35:33
     9. LB Châteauroux  34  10  13  11 038:380  ± 0 33:35
    10. Stade Brest  34  11  11  12 041:480  −7 33:35
    11. US Grand Boulogne  34  9  11  14th 037:490 −12 29:39
    12. Rennes Stadium (A)  34  9  10  15th 043:560 −13 28:40
    13. Quimper Stadium  34  7th  14th  13 032:450 −13 28:40
    14th EA Guingamp (N)  34  9  10  15th 032:580 −26 28:40
    15th Limoges FC (N)  34  7th  13  14th 030:440 −14 27:41
    16. AS Poissy (N)  34  6th  10  18th 024:470 −23 22:46
    17th US Nœux-les-Mines  34  6th  10  18th 025:550 −30 22:46
    18th SM Caen  34  6th  8th  20th 029:660 −37 20:48

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

  • Promotion to Division 1 1978/79
  • Participation in the relegation
  • Forced dissolution
  • Relegation to the National (D3)
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 in 1976/77
    (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. Angers prevailed 2-1 in front of their own audience, but then lost 3: 5 to Lille, which meant that the northern French secured the championship title.

    Group A total Group B First leg Return leg
    SCO Angers 5: 6 Lille OSC 2: 1 3: 5

    Relegation

    In the same mode, the two runners-up fought for another promotion place in the top division. Paris FC won both matches against Besançon 3-1 and 3-2 and thus rose to the top of the league as the third team.

    Group B total Group A First leg Return leg
    Paris FC 6: 3 Racing FC Besançon 3: 1 3: 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. ↑ see the detailed description in François de Montvalon / Frédéric Lombard / Joël Simon: Red Star. Histoires d'un siècle. Club du Red Star, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-95125-620-5 , pp. 188ff.
    2. ↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 253