Division 2 1998/99

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Division 2 1998/99
master AS Saint-Etienne
Climbers AS Saint-Étienne
CS Sedan
Association Troyes AC
Relegated AS Red Star
AS Beauvais
Teams 20th
Games 380
Gates 865  (ø 2.28 per game)
spectator 2,195,729  (ø 5778 per game)
Top scorer Hamed Diallo , ( Stade Laval )
← Division 2 1997/98
^ Division 1 1998/99

The Division 2 1998/99 was the 60th edition of the second highest French football league . It was a league with only professional teams.

The game was played from August 8, 1998 to May 29, 1999. AS Saint-Étienne became second division champions .

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 ; in addition there were three first division relegated and two promoted from the national . So this season the following 20 teams played for the championship of Division 2 :

This time the top three clubs were directly eligible for promotion. The three worst-placed participants should normally have been relegated and replaced by as many 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.

After three years in Division 2 , France's record champions AS Saint-Étienne managed to return to the top division. The "Greens" were accompanied by the surprise team from Sedan , who managed the direct "march through" from the third to the first division - and this season also made it to the final of the national cup  - and Troyes, who managed to get through but only thanks to his better goal difference against Lille prevailed. In contrast, the three first division relegated teams could only place in the middle of the table.

At the bottom of the table, Red Star from Saint-Ouen had to leave the professional field again. In terms of sport, Valence would also have been in the table 18 must go the way to the third division; but the "Armenians" were ultimately spared relegation because the third division club Gazélec FC Ajaccio , who was actually eligible for promotion, did not receive a professional license. In this refusal, the football association relied on the rule that cities with fewer than 100,000 inhabitants were not allowed to have two professional clubs.

In the 380 encounters 865 hits were scored; this corresponds to an average of 2.3 goals per game. The most successful goalscorer and thus the winner of the league top scorer was Hamed Diallo from Stade Laval with 20 goals.

For the following season three relegated from Division 1 ( FC Lorient , FC Sochaux and FC Toulouse ) were added; from the third division rose two teams, namely CS Louhans-Cuiseaux and US Creteil .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. AS Saint-Etienne  38  18th  14th  6th 056:380 +18 68
 2. CS Sedan (N)  38  18th  12  8th 059:310 +28 66
 3. Association Troyes AC  38  17th  13  8th 048:310 +17 64
 4th Lille OSC  38  19th  7th  12 045:350 +10 64
 5. SM Caen  38  16  11  11 047:390  +8 59
 6th FC Gueugnon  38  14th  15th  9 044:390  +5 57
 7th EA Guingamp (A)  38  14th  11  13 036:380  −2 53
 8th. LB Châteauroux (A)  38  12  15th  11 038:380  ± 0 51
 9. AC Ajaccio (N)  38  13  12  13 049:560  −7 51
10. Stade Laval  38  12  14th  12 037:350  +2 50
11. Chamois Niort  38  11  15th  12 041:400  +1 48
12. AS Cannes (A)  38  12  11  15th 034:450 −11 47
13. Olympique Nîmes  38  11  13  14th 049:460  +3 46
14th OGC Nice  38  11  13  14th 031:340  −3 46
15th IT Wasquehal  38  11  12  15th 035:410  −6 45
16. SC Amiens  38  11  11  16 039:430  −4 44
17th Le Mans UC  38  9  15th  14th 041:410  ± 0 42
18th ASOA Valence  38  10  10  18th 041:560 −15 40
19th AS Red Star  38  9  12  17th 052:720 −20 39
20th AS Beauvais  38  10  8th  20th 043:670 −24 38

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

  • Promotion to Division 1 in 1999/2000
  • Relegation to the National (D3)
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 1997/98
    (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