Division 2 1996/97

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Division 2 1996/97
master LB Châteauroux
Climbers LB Châteauroux
Toulouse FC
Relegated FC Perpignan , SAS Épinal ,
OFC Charleville , Stade Briochin
Teams 22nd
Games 462  (of which 11 are criminally verified)
Gates 999  (ø 2.22 per game)
(excluding criminally verified games)
Top scorer Samuel Michel , ( FC Sochaux )
← Division 2 1995/96
^ Division 1 1996/97

The Division 2 1996/97 was the 58th staging of the second highest French football league . It was a league with only professional teams.

The game was played from August 11, 1996 to May 30, 1997. La Berrichonne Châteauroux was second division champion .

societies

The 15 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 four promoted from the national . Thus, the following 22 teams played for the division 2 championship this season :

This time only the top two clubs were directly eligible for promotion, because the first division was to be reduced to 18 participants. The four relegated members were replaced by only two third division promoters.

Season course

Each team played a return match against each group opponent, once in front of their own audience and once away. The three-point rule applied . In the event of a tie, the goal difference was decisive for the placement; if there was still identity - as was the case this season between Mulhouse and Red Star - the higher number of hits decided the better place in the table.

Châteauroux and Toulouse had already been able to break away from their main pursuers, the two first division relegated Martigues and Gueugnon, several match days before the end of the season, and the team from Niort, which got into the games surprisingly well, could ultimately no longer keep up with the later promoted players. The newly promoted Beauvais also had a good season in seventh place in the final table, while Saint-Étienne, France's "superstructure" of the 1960s and 1970s, barely escaped the fate of being "passed" straight from the first to the third division. However, the season was again characterized by massive financial difficulties for some clubs; Promoted Saint-Brieuc withdrew his team completely before the last quarter of the season, regardless of the 38 points he had already won, while Perpignan and Charleville played their games completely, but were subsequently declared insolvent in court and gave up their professional status. League newcomer ATAC from Troyes benefited from this , which only remained in Division 2 because of this .

In the 451 matches actually played, 999 hits were scored; this corresponds to an average of 2.2 goals per game. The most successful goalscorer and thus the winner of the league's top scorer's crown was Samuel Michel from FC Sochaux with 23 goals. For the following season four relegated from Division 1 ( SM Caen , AS Nancy , OSC Lille and OGC Nice ) were added; This time only two teams rose from the third highest league with Olympique Nîmes and ES Wasquehal .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. LB Châteauroux  42  20th  16  6th 054:270 +27 76
 2. Toulouse FC  42  22nd  9  11 061:320 +29 75
 3. FC Martigues (A)  42  17th  16  9 054:330 +21 67
 4th FC Gueugnon (A)  42  19th  10  13 054:470  +7 67
 5. Chamois Niort  42  16  17th  9 044:360  +8 65
 6th Le Mans UC  42  15th  17th  10 049:410  +8 62
 7th AS Beauvais (N)  42  15th  16  11 043:430  ± 0 61
 8th. Stade Laval  42  14th  16  12 048:390  +9 58
 9. FC Lorient  42  15th  13  14th 050:500  ± 0 58
10. USJOA Valence  42  17th  7th  18th 048:530  −5 58
11. FC Sochaux  42  14th  15th  13 054:470  +7 57
12. FC Mulhouse  42  14th  12  16 051:490  +2 54
13. AS Red Star  42  12  18th  12 050:480  +2 54
14th Sporting Toulon (N)  42  14th  12  16 050:570  −7 54
15th SC Amiens  42  13  13  16 044:470  −3 52
16. FC Perpignan  42  11  18th  13 038:420  −4 51
17th AS Saint-Etienne (A)  42  12  15th  15th 048:560  −8 51
18th CS Louhans-Cuiseaux  42  13  12  17th 039:520 −13 51
19th OFC Charleville  42  10  19th  13 037:480 −11 49
20th Association Troyes AC (N)  42  10  18th  14th 036:420  −6 48
21st SAS Épinal  42  6th  8th  28 026:750 −49 26th
22nd Stade Briochin a  42  9  11  22nd 032:450 −13 38

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

(a) Saint-Brieuc withdrew his team after 31 matchdays; the remaining eleven encounters were each rated 1-0 for the opponent, Stade placed last in the table.
  • Promotion to Division 1 1997/98
  • Relegation to the National (D3)
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 in 1995/96
    (N) Newcomers

    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. 253
    2. ^ Graham, p. 184