Division 2 1980/81

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Division 2 1980/81
master Stade Brest
Climbers Montpellier La Paillade SC
Stade Brest
Relegation ↑ Toulouse FC
US Nœux-les-Mines
Relegated US Tavaux-Damparis , Olympique Avignon ,
AS Corbeil-Essonnes , FC Thionville , UES Montmorillon
SM Caen
Teams 36 (in 2 groups)
Games 612 + 4 relegation games
Gates 1,452  (ø 2.37 per game)
Top scorer Robert Pintenat , ( Toulouse FC )
← Division 2 1979/80
^ Division 1 1980/81

The Division 2 1980/81 was the 42nd 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 9, 1980 to May 23, 1981; between December 14th and January 10th there was a four-week winter break.

Second division champions became Stade Brest .

societies

The 29 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 two first division relegated and five 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). Thus, the following teams played for the division 2 championship this season :

Only the first in the group were eligible for direct promotion. In addition, there was a 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.

Brest returned to France's top division after just ten months, while Montpellier made its way there for the first time in 18 years . However, the second division again had to do without a third promoted team because the stronger group runner-up from Toulouse was unable to prevail in the relegation. Also in this season, the majority of the newly promoted from the third division managed to keep the class, only Caen and Corbeil returned there immediately. They had to accompany Avignon, a club that had mostly belonged to the top teams in Division 2 in the past decade , and Thionville, a club that after only two years and despite being placed in the middle of the table voluntarily wanted to play a class lower again. The latter decision ensured Dunkerque to remain in the second division for another year.

In the 612 encounters 1,452 hits were scored; this corresponds to an average of only 2.37 goals per game. The most successful goalscorers in Group A were Robert Pintenat (Toulouse) with 32 and in Group B Marcel Campagnac from the newly promoted Abbeville with 22 goals; the league top scorer thus won Pintenat.

For the following season , the two relegated Olympique Nîmes and SCO Angers came from Division 1 ; six teams ( Calais RUFC , Stade Français 92 Paris , FC Fontainebleau-Bagneaux , FC Mulhouse , CS Cuiseaux-Louhans and SC Toulon ) rose from the third-highest league .

Closing tables

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Montpellier La Paillade SC  34  21st  8th  5 054:170 +37 50:18
 2. Toulouse FC  34  20th  7th  7th 066:300 +36 47:21
 3. Racing FC Besançon  34  20th  7th  7th 057:240 +33 47:21
 4th AS Béziers  34  18th  7th  9 050:340 +16 43:25
 5. AS Angoulême  34  16  10  8th 046:240 +22 42:26
 6th Olympique Marseille (A)  34  16  7th  11 040:330  +7 39:29
 7th CS Thonon  34  14th  9  11 040:390  +1 37:31
 8th. FC Gueugnon  34  14th  8th  12 043:320 +11 36:32
 9. AS Cannes  34  13  9  12 042:360  +6 35:33
10. FC Martigues  34  13  7th  14th 042:440  −2 33:35
11. SR Saint-Dié  34  10  9  15th 031:420 −11 29:39
12. Gazélec FC Ajaccio  34  6th  16  12 023:410 −18 28:40
13. FC AS Grenoble (N)  34  11  6th  17th 033:520 −19 28:40
14th AS Libourne (N)  34  8th  11  15th 032:490 −17 27:41
15th EDS Montluçon  34  10  5  19th 029:530 −24 25:43
16. US Tavaux-Damparis  34  6th  12  16 031:490 −18 24:44
17th Olympique Avignon  34  7th  7th  20th 037:660 −29 21:47
18th AS Corbeil-Essonnes (N)  34  6th  9  19th 031:620 −31 21:47

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

  • Promotion to Division 1 1981/82
  • Participation in the relegation
  • Relegation to the National (D3)
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 1979/80
    (N) Newcomers

    Group B

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. Stade Brest (A)  34  20th  9  5 059:250 +34 49:19
     2. US Nœux-les-Mines  34  18th  8th  8th 048:280 +20 44:24
     3. FC Rouen  34  16  10  8th 043:310 +12 42:26
     4th Rennes stadium  34  16  8th  10 041:300 +11 40:28
     5. LB Châteauroux  34  15th  10  9 050:440  +6 40:28
     6th Thionville FC  34  13  11  10 044:370  +7 37:31
     7th EA Guingamp  34  12  11  11 038:350  +3 35:33
     8th. Le Havre AC  34  13  9  12 032:330  −1 35:33
     9. US Orléans  34  13  7th  14th 045:430  +2 33:35
    10. Stade Reims  34  13  6th  15th 055:560  −1 32:36
    11. SC Abbeville (N)  34  9  13  12 044:480  −4 31:37
    12. AAJ Blois  34  9  12  13 034:450 −11 30:38
    13. Quimper Stadium  34  10  10  14th 027:390 −12 30:38
    14th Limoges FC  34  11  7th  16 032:480 −16 29:39
    15th Paris FC  34  9  10  15th 036:340  +2 28:40
    16. US Dunkerque  34  10  8th  16 034:420  −8 28:40
    17th UES Montmorillon  34  9  9  16 038:490 −11 27:41
    18th SM Caen (N)  34  6th  10  18th 025:580 −33 22:46

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

  • Promotion to Division 1 1981/82
  • Participation in the relegation
  • Relegation to the National (D3)
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 1979/80
    (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. Brest won 3-2 in Montpellier and 2-0 in front of their own audience and thus rose as the second division champion.

    Group B total Group A First leg Return leg
    Montpellier La Paillade SC 2: 5 Stade Brest 2: 3 0: 2

    Relegation

    According to the same mode, the two runners-up fought to see which of them against the first division 18. FC Tours was allowed to play for another promotion place in the top division. Nœux-les-Mines (2-0) and Toulouse (5-0) each won their home game, so the goal difference was the decisive factor in favor of the southern French. They lost 1-0 in Tours and only drew 2-2 at home, so they also stayed in the second division.

    Group B total Group A First leg Return leg
    US Nœux-les-Mines 2: 5 Toulouse FC 2-0 0: 5
    Division 1 total Division 2 First leg Return leg
    FC Tours 3: 2 Toulouse FC 1-0 2: 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. ^ Pascal Grégoire-Boutreau / Tony Verbicaro: Stade de Reims - une histoire sans fin. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2001, ISBN 2-911698-21-5 , pp. 330-332
    2. ↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 253