Division 2 1985/86

Division 2 1985/86
master	Racing Paris
Climbers	AS Saint-Étienne Racing Paris
Relegation ↑	Olympique Alès , Olympique Lyon , Mulhouse FC , EA Guingamp
Relegated	EAC Chaumont , FC AS Grenoble , Racing FC Besançon , FC Lorient , FC Rouen , CS Sedan-Mouzon
Teams	36 (in 2 groups)
Games	612 + 6 relegation games
Gates	1,483  (ø 2.42 per game)
Top scorer	Eugène Kabongo Ngoy , (Racing Paris)
← Division 2 1984/85 Division 2 1986/87 →
^ Division 1 1985/86 National (D3) ↓

The Division 2 1985/86 was the 47th 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 July 16, 1985 to April 12, 1986; Between December 20th and January 10th there was only a three-week winter break. The reason for the early, tight scheduling was the World Cup finals in Mexico , which began at the end of May .

Racing Paris became second division champions .

societies

The 27 clubs that had not been promoted to the first division or relegated to the third division (national) or lower 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: AS Red Star , relegated FC Tours , promoted EAC Chaumont , promoted FC Montceau , FC Gueugnon , FC AS Grenoble , CS Thonon , CO Le Puy , AS Saint-Étienne , Olympique Lyon , AS Béziers , FC Sète , Montpellier La Paillade SC , Olympique Alès , Olympique Nîmes , FC Martigues , newly promoted Istres Sports , AS Cannes
• Group B: US Dunkerque , US Valenciennes-Anzin , SC Abbeville , newly promoted AS Beauvais-Marissel , relegated FC Rouen , relegated Racing Paris , Stade Reims , CS Sedan-Mouzon , FC Mulhouse , Racing Club Franc-Comtois Besançon , SM Caen , FC Limoges , newly promoted Chamois Niort , US Orléans , SCO Angers , promoted FC Lorient , Stade Quimper , EA Guingamp

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.

In both groups, a close competition developed around the top three places that could make promotion possible, in which, however, Racing Paris only one of the three relegated teams from the previous year could intervene, who ultimately prevailed just as confidently as in the other group record champion Saint -Etienne. For the two relegation places there were five teams in the southern group and three in the northern group that were still promising on the penultimate matchday. It was even closer and more exciting in the fight against relegation in Group B; the ninth place (Abbeville) and the seventeenth place (Rouen) had three points separated in the end. The “Red Devils” from Rouen , who had competed in Division 1 twelve months earlier , were promptly “passed through” to the third division. Another traditional club, the Racing Club Franc-Comtois Besançon, which has never had a first-class representation, had to leave Division 2 in the summer of 1986 due to bankruptcy and the abandonment of his professional status, which he was the only club in league history for 41 years listened continuously - a record that still holds in 2012/13.

In the 612 encounters 1,483 hits were scored; this corresponds to an average of only 2.42 goals per game and was the second worst value (after 2.37 1980/81 ) of all time. The top scorers in Group A were Jean-Marc Valadier from Montpellier with 22 goals and in Group B Eugène Kabongo Ngoy from Racing Paris with 29 goals; The latter also won the league top scorer's crown. For the following season , the relegated Racing Strasbourg and SEC Bastia were added from Division 1 ; Six teams rose from the third highest division with SC Amiens , CO Saint-Dizier , AEPB La Roche-sur-Yon , FC Bourges , CS Cuiseaux-Louhans and Gazélec FCO Ajaccio .

Closing tables

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AS Saint-Etienne	34	18th	10	6th	050:290	+21	46:22
2.	Olympique Alès	34	16	9	9	033:220	+11	41:27
3.	Olympique Lyon	34	14th	12	8th	047:310	+16	40:28
4th	FC Sète	34	15th	10	9	033:280	+5	40:28
5.	Montpellier La Paillade SC	34	15th	9	10	061:490	+12	39:29
6th	Olympique Nîmes	34	14th	10	10	061:350	+26	38:30
7th	CO Le Puy	34	14th	7th	13	052:410	+11	35:33
8th.	AS Béziers	34	13	9	12	043:380	+5	35:33
9.	FC Tours (A)	34	11	13	10	041:390	+2	35:33
10.	FC Gueugnon	34	12	9	13	032:390	−7	33:35
11.	FC Martigues	34	11	10	13	035:450	−10	32:36
12.	AS Cannes	34	8th	15th	11	035:410	−6	31:37
13.	CS Thonon	34	9	13	12	026:350	−9	31:37
14th	FC Montceau (N)	34	13	4th	17th	039:440	−5	30:38
15th	Istres Sports (N)	34	8th	14th	12	039:470	−8	30:38
16.	AS Red Star	34	8th	14th	12	030:420	−12	30:38
17th	EAC Chaumont (N)	34	9	8th	17th	035:560	−21	26:42
18th	FC AS Grenoble	34	5	10	19th	033:640	−31	20:48

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

Promotion to Division 1 1986/87

Participation in the relegation

Relegation to the National (D3)

(A)	Relegated from Division 1 in 1984/85
(N)	Newcomers

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Racing Paris (A)	34	24	8th	2	078:240	+54	56:12
2.	FC Mulhouse	34	20th	10	4th	064:320	+32	50:18
3.	EA Guingamp	34	17th	13	4th	068:350	+33	47:21
4th	Stade Reims	34	17th	9	8th	049:370	+12	43:25
5.	Chamois Niort (N)	34	14th	9	11	040:360	+4	37:31
6th	SM Caen	34	14th	9	11	033:310	+2	37:31
7th	US Orléans	34	12	9	13	039:420	−3	33:35
8th.	Quimper Stadium	34	11	10	13	038:430	−5	32:36
9.	SC Abbeville	34	12	6th	16	041:600	−19	30:38
10.	Limoges FC	34	11	7th	16	040:430	−3	29:39
11.	AS Beauvais-Marissel (N)	34	11	7th	16	035:520	−17	29:39
12.	US Valenciennes-Anzin	34	9	10	15th	045:500	−5	28:40
13.	US Dunkerque	34	9	10	15th	031:370	−6	28:40
14th	Racing FC Besançon	34	10	8th	16	039:460	−7	28:40
15th	SCO Angers	34	11	6th	17th	032:470	−15	28:40
16.	FC Lorient (N)	34	11	6th	17th	028:530	−25	28:40
17th	FC Rouen (A)	34	11	5	18th	032:430	−11	27:41
18th	CS Sedan-Mouzon	34	7th	8th	19th	026:470	−21	22:46

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

Promotion to Division 1 1986/87

Participation in the relegation

Relegation to the National (D3)

(A)	Relegated from Division 1 in 1984/85
(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. Paris prevailed thanks to a 3-2 win and a 1-1 draw against Saint-Étienne and won this year's second division championship.

Group B	total	Group A	First leg	Return leg
Racing Paris	4: 3	AS Saint-Etienne	3: 2	1: 1

Relegation

The group second and third fought in a two-stage elimination which of them against the first division 18. AS Nancy was allowed to play for another promotion place in the top division. First, the two runners-up in a single game each met the third of the other group; Mulhouse prevailed against Lyon 2-1 and Alès against Guingamp 3-0 and then met - now again in the two-legged game. The Alsatians won the game against their opponents 2-0 and were content with a 1-1 draw in front of their own audience.

After that, Nancy won his home game 3-0 and Mulhouse his 2-0, so that no third second division player was promoted to Division 1 this season .

	Result
Olympique Alès  (2nd Group A)	2: 1	EA Guingamp  (3rd Group B)
FC Mulhouse  (2nd Group B)	3-0	Olympique Lyon  (3rd Group A)

Winner game 2	total	Winner game 1	First leg	Return leg
FC Mulhouse	3: 1	Olympique Alès	2-0	1: 1

Division 1	total	Division 2	First leg	Return leg
AS Nancy	3: 2	FC Mulhouse	3-0	0: 2

See also

• Division 1 1985/86
• Coupe de France 1985/86

Web links

• 1985/86 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

1. ^ Pascal Grégoire-Boutreau / Tony Verbicaro: Stade de Reims - une histoire sans fin. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2001, ISBN 2-911698-21-5 , pp. 342-344
2. ↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 253