Division 2 1977/78
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 | |
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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
- Group A: Relegated SCO Angers , Entente Bagneaux-Fontainebleau-Nemours , promoted US Melun , AJ Auxerre , EAC Chaumont , promoted SR Haguenau , SAS Épinal , SR Saint-Dié , Racing Club Franc-Comtois Besançon , US Toulouse , AS Béziers , promoted Olympique Alès , AC Arles , Olympique Avignon , FC Martigues , SC Toulon , AS Cannes , Gazélec FC Ajaccio
- Group B: US Dunkerque , US Grand Boulogne , US Nœux-les-Mines , relegated OSC Lille , Amicale Lucé , Paris FC , Red Star FC , promoted AS Poissy , FC Gueugnon , SM Caen , relegated Stade Rennes , promoted EA Guingamp , Stade Brest , Stade Quimper , FC Tours , LB Châteauroux , newly promoted FC Limoges , AS Angoulême
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 | 50:27 | +23 | 49:19 |
2. | Racing FC Besançon | 34 | 19th | 8th | 7th | 52:26 | +26 | 46:22 |
3. | SC Toulon | 34 | 18th | 7th | 9 | 63:32 | +31 | 43:25 |
4th | AJ Auxerre | 34 | 17th | 7th | 10 | 49:36 | +13 | 41:27 |
5. | AS Cannes | 34 | 15th | 10 | 9 | 50:40 | +10 | 40:28 |
6th | SAS Épinal | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8th | 42:40 | +2 | 39:29 |
7th | FC Martigues | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 49:37 | +12 | 37:31 |
8th. | Olympique Avignon | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 43:36 | +7 | 33:35 |
9. | Gazélec FC Ajaccio | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 42:55 | −13 | 33:35 |
10. | EAC Chaumont | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 51:51 | ± 0 | 31:37 |
11. | SR Saint-Dié | 34 | 12 | 7th | 15th | 30:44 | −14 | 31:37 |
12. | Olympique Alès (N) | 34 | 11 | 8th | 15th | 59:55 | +4 | 30:38 |
13. | US Melun (N) | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14th | 33:39 | −6 | 30:38 |
14th | AC Arles | 34 | 8th | 14th | 12 | 33:41 | −8 | 30:38 |
15th | AS Béziers | 34 | 8th | 14th | 12 | 26:35 | −9 | 30:38 |
16. | US Toulouse | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 36:53 | −17 | 30:38 |
17th | FCSR Haguenau (N) | 34 | 7th | 7th | 20th | 23:52 | −29 | 21:47 |
18th | EB Fontainebleau-Nemours | 34 | 5 | 8th | 21st | 25:55 | −30 | 18:50 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
(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 | 75:28 | +47 | 51:17 |
2. | Paris FC | 34 | 20th | 9 | 5 | 71:25 | +46 | 49:19 |
3. | Red Star FC | 34 | 20th | 7th | 7th | 58:33 | +25 | 47:21 |
4th | US Dunkerque | 34 | 17th | 9 | 8th | 66:34 | +32 | 43:25 |
5. | FC Tours | 34 | 17th | 7th | 10 | 58:44 | +14 | 41:27 |
6th | FC Gueugnon | 34 | 16 | 8th | 10 | 52:39 | +13 | 40:28 |
7th | AS Angoulême | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 46:36 | +10 | 36:32 |
8th. | Amicale Lucé | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 26:38 | −12 | 35:33 |
9. | LB Châteauroux | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 38:38 | ± 0 | 33:35 |
10. | Stade Brest | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 41:48 | −7 | 33:35 |
11. | US Grand Boulogne | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14th | 37:49 | −12 | 29:39 |
12. | Rennes Stadium (A) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15th | 43:56 | −13 | 28:40 |
13. | Quimper Stadium | 34 | 7th | 14th | 13 | 32:45 | −13 | 28:40 |
14th | EA Guingamp (N) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15th | 32:58 | −26 | 28:40 |
15th | Limoges FC (N) | 34 | 7th | 13 | 14th | 30:44 | −14 | 27:41 |
16. | AS Poissy (N) | 34 | 6th | 10 | 18th | 24:47 | −23 | 22:46 |
17th | US Nœux-les-Mines | 34 | 6th | 10 | 18th | 25:55 | −30 | 22:46 |
18th | SM Caen | 34 | 6th | 8th | 20th | 29:66 | −37 | 20:48 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
(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
- 1977/78 season at lfp.fr
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 253