Division 2 2001/02

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Division 2 2001/02
master AC Ajaccio
Climbers AC Ajaccio
Racing Strasbourg
OGC Nice
Le Havre AC
Relegated Olympique Nîmes
FC Martigues
Teams 20th
Games 380
Gates 861  (ø 2.27 per game)
spectator 2,071,504  (ø 5451 per game)
Top scorer Hamed Diallo , ( SC Amiens )
← Division 2 2000/01
^ Division 1 2001/02

The Division 2 2001/02 was the 63rd staging of the second highest French football league and also the last under that name. It was a league with only professional teams.

The game was played from July 28, 2001 to May 3, 2002. Second division champion was AC Ajaccio .

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 two first division relegated and three promoted from the national . Thus this season the following 20 teams played for the championship of Division 2 : Relegated promoted

This time the top four clubs were directly eligible for promotion because the first division was to be increased to twenty teams from 2002. The two worst-placed participants had to relegate and were replaced by four 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.

Surprisingly, neither of the two first division relegated players with the illustrious names won the second division championship, but AC Ajaccio, who had been one of the "gray mice" in the middle of the table in the previous three seasons. Behind this a position battle between Strasbourg, Nice and Le Havre had developed, in which no other team was able to intervene. France's record champions from Saint-Étienne even only finished in the lower part of the ranking, with even a modest climber like Amiens still leaving the Stéphanois behind. In view of the fact that this time 18th place was enough to stay in the league and that Nîmes and Martigues, the two relegated teams, had emerged comparatively early on, the overall season was rather tense, which was also reflected in another particularly high number of ties that ended in a tie expressed.

In the 380 encounters 861 hits were scored; this corresponds to an average of almost 2.3 goals per game. The most successful goalscorer and thus the winner of the league top scorer was Hamed Diallo from the newcomer from Amiens with 19 goals. For the following season came two relegated from Division 1 with FC Metz and FC Lorient ; Four teams rose from the third highest division: Clermont Foot Auvergne , Stade Reims , FC Toulouse and ASOA Valence . In addition, the first and second divisions were renamed Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, respectively.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. AC Ajaccio  38  20th  12  6th 047:250 +22 72
 2. Racing Strasbourg (A)  38  19th  11  8th 047:270 +20 68
 3. OGC Nice (A)  38  20th  6th  12 056:400 +16 66
 4th Le Havre AC  38  17th  14th  7th 056:320 +24 65
 5. Le Mans UC  38  16  10  12 048:410  +7 58
 6th SM Caen  38  16  10  12 059:550  +4 58
 7th AS Beauvais  38  13  18th  7th 037:250 +12 57
 8th. LB Châteauroux  38  15th  8th  15th 041:420  −1 53
 9. AS Nancy  38  12  15th  11 042:380  +4 51
10. Stade Laval  38  14th  8th  16 050:560  −6 50
11. Chamois Niort  38  11  15th  12 040:390  +1 48
12. SC Amiens (N)  38  11  14th  13 046:500  −4 47
13. AS Saint-Etienne (A)  38  11  13  14th 035:420  −7 46
14th FC Gueugnon  38  9  17th  12 042:490  −7 44
15th IT Wasquehal  38  11  10  17th 043:550 −12 43
16. Grenoble Foot (N)  38  10  12  16 038:550 −17 42
17th FC Istres-Ville Nouvelle (N)  38  8th  17th  13 034:430  −9 41
18th US Créteil  38  9  14th  15th 035:460 −11 41
19th Olympique Nîmes  38  5  17th  16 033:480 −15 32
20th FC Martigues  38  7th  11  20th 032:530 −21 32

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

  • Promotion to Ligue 1 in 2002/03
  • Relegation to the National (D3)
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1 in 2000/01
    (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