Ligue 2 2011/12

Ligue 2 2011/12
master	SC Bastia
Climbers	SC Bastia, Stade Reims , ES Troyes AC
Relegated	FC Metz , US Boulogne , SC Amiens
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	872  (ø 2.29 per game)
spectator	3,212,364  (ø 8454 per game)
Top scorer	Cédric Fauré , (Stade Reims)
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^ Ligue 1 2011/12 National (D3) ↓

The Ligue 2 2011/12 was the 73rd staging of the second highest French football league . The season began on July 29, 2011 and ended on May 18, 2012. Second division champions were SC Bastia . The team managed to march through with the second promotion in a row from the third to Ligue 1 .

Beginning of the season were relegated from Ligue 1 that AS Monaco , Racing Lens and AC Arles-Avignon to from the third division rose SC Bastia , SC Amiens and Guingamp on.
The main game day was Friday, and there was usually one game each on Saturday and Monday.

In terms of names, the second division was very strong this season: 18 of the 20 teams have already belonged to the top division (D1 or L1) in the past , four of them ( Reims , Nantes , Monaco and Lens) were at least already once national champion with a total of 22 titles; only for Amiens and Clermont a promotion at the end of this season would have been a premiere. In addition, eight of the 20 clubs have won at least one cup in the past .

Regionally, the league participants concentrated on the north (eight clubs from Le Havre to Metz ) and the north-west (seven clubs in Brittany and on the lower Loire ) of the country. To the south-west of an arc from Nantes to the Rhône Delta , which is around a third of the continent's territory , second division football did not take place this season either (see map on the left)  - a situation that has existed since 2008 following the relegation of Chamois Niort and of FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin existed.

societies

society	city	Vorsai- son	Stadion	Capaci- capacity *	last D1-Sai son
SC Amiens	Amiens	D3-2.	Stade de la Licorne	11,932	-
SCO Angers	Angers	6th	Stade Jean-Bouin	17,835	1993/94
AC Arles-Avignon	Arles / Avignon	L1-20.	Parc des Sports	17,518	2010/11
SC Bastia	Bastia	D3-1.	Stade Armand Cesari	11,460	2004/05
US Boulogne	Boulogne-sur-Mer	8th.	Stade de la Liberation	15.206	2009/10
LB Châteauroux	Chateauroux	14th	Stade Gaston Petit	17,072	1997/98
Clermont Foot	Clermont-Ferrand	7th	Stade Gabriel Montpied	11,980	-
EA Guingamp	Guingamp	D3-3.	Stade du Roudourou	18,036	2003/04
FC Istres	Istres	11.	Stade Parsemain	17,363	2004/05
Stade Laval	Laval	15th	Stade Francis-Le Basser	18,467	1988/89
Le Havre AC	Le Havre	9.	Stade Jules Deschaseaux	16,382	2008/09
Le Mans FC	Le Mans	4th	MMArena	25,064	2009/10
RC Lens	Lens	L1-19.	Stade Félix-Bollaert	41,233	2010/11
FC Metz	Metz	17th	Stade Saint-Symphorien	26,661	2007/08
AS Monaco	Monaco	L1-18.	Stade Louis II	18,521	2010/11
FC Nantes	Nantes	13.	Louis-Fonteneau stadium	38.004	2008/09
Stade Reims	Reims	10.	Stade Auguste-Delaune	21,628	1978/79
CS Sedan	Sedan	5.	Stade Louis-Dugauguez	23,189	2006/07
FC Tours	Tours	12.	Stade de la Vallée du Cher	11,912	1984/85
ES Troyes AC	Troyes	16.	Stade de l'Aube	20,842	2006/07

* Maximum number of spectators for Ligue 2 games as stated by the LFP league association

Closing table

total										home				Away
Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points		Sp.	Gates	Points		Sp.	Gates	Points
1.	SC Bastia (N)	38	21st	08th	09	61:36	+25	71		19th	44:16	49		19th	17:20	22nd
2.	Stade Reims	38	18th	11	09	54:37	+17	65		19th	36:18	43		19th	18:19	22nd
3.	ES Troyes AC	38	17th	13	08th	45:35	+10	64		19th	28:12	43		19th	17:23	21st
4th	CS Sedan	38	15th	14th	09	56:45	+11	59		19th	28:20	30th		19th	28:25	29
5.	Clermont Foot	38	15th	13	10	48:39	+ 9	58		19th	22:15	33		19th	26:24	25th
6th	FC Tours	38	15th	11	12	44:43	+ 1	56		19th	27:18	35		19th	17:25	21st
7th	EA Guingamp (N)	38	15th	10	13	46:43	+ 3	55		19th	25:14	32		19th	21:29	23
8th.	AS Monaco (A)	38	13	13	12	41:48	- 7th	52		19th	21:22	28		19th	20:26	24
9.	FC Nantes	38	14th	09	15th	51:42	+ 9	51		19th	37:14	40		19th	14:28	11
10.	FC Istres	38	13	12	13	46:44	+ 2	51		19th	21:16	31		19th	25:28	20th
11.	SCO Angers	38	13	12	13	44:45	- 1	51		19th	23:16	30th		19th	21:29	21st
12.	Racing Lens (A)	38	12	12	14th	42:48	- 6	48		19th	24:22	29		19th	18:26	19th
13.	AC Arles-Avignon (A)	38	10	18th	10	34:41	- 7th	48		19th	20:18	30th		19th	14:23	18th
14th	LB Châteauroux	38	14th	06th	18th	38:54	−16	48		19th	23:22	30th		19th	15:32	18th
15th	Le Havre AC	38	11	14th	13	38:34	+ 4	47		19th	26:12	32		19th	12:22	15th
16.	Stade Laval	38	12	11	15th	46:50	- 4th	47		19th	29:21	32		19th	17:29	15th
17th	Le Mans FC	38	11	12	15th	39:40	- 1	45		19th	20:19	25th		19th	19:21	20th
18th	FC Metz	38	10	12	16	30:44	−14	42		19th	19:27	21st		19th	11:17	21st
19th	US Boulogne	38	07th	15th	16	40:47	- 7th	36		19th	21:19	23		19th	19:28	13
20th	SC Amiens (N)	38	04th	14th	20th	29:57	−28	26th		19th	15:22	17th		19th	14:35	09

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

Promotion to Ligue 1 2011/12

Relegation to the National (D3)

(A)	Relegated from Ligue 1 in 2009/10
(N)	Newcomers

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.
Black = first round results, red = second round results

	SC Ami	SC Ang	AC A-A	SC Bas	US Bou	LB Châ	FA Cle	EA Gui	FC Istr	St. Lav	AC LeH	FC LeM	RC Len	FC Met	AS Mon	FC Nan	St. Rei	CS Sed	FC Tou	IT Tro
SC Amiens		2-0	0: 3	1: 1	0-0	4-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	1-0	0: 1	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	0: 2	0: 2	0: 3	1: 1	1: 1
SCO Angers	0-0		2-0	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	0: 1	1-0	3: 1	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	2-0	0-0	1: 3	1-0	2: 3
AC Arles-Avignon	1: 1	2: 2		0-0	2: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 2	1: 5	1-0	1-0	1-0	3-0	1-0	2: 1	0-0	2: 2	0-0	2: 2	0-0
SC Bastia	2: 1	3: 1	3-0		2-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1	3: 1	3: 2	1-0	1-0	2: 2	3-0	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	4: 1	5: 1
US Boulogne	0: 1	3: 3	1: 1	1: 3		0: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	3-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 2	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0
LB Châteauroux	4: 1	0: 1	1: 2	0: 2	2: 1		2: 1	0: 2	0: 2	3: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 3	1-0
Clermont Foot	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	2: 1		0: 1	2: 2	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1
EA Guingamp	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1		1-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	3-0	0: 1	4-0	2-0	2: 3	1: 3	0-0	0-0
FC Istres	2: 1	0: 1	0-0	1-0	0-0	3: 1	2: 2	2: 1		1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	0-0
Stade Laval	3: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	2: 1		0: 2	2: 1	2: 2	0-0	1-0	2-0	3: 2	5: 1	1: 2	0-0
Le Havre AC	2-0	3-0	1: 1	2-0	0-0	3-0	0: 2	3: 1	0-0	1: 1		1: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	3-0
Le Mans FC	3: 2	2: 2	1: 1	3-0	1-0	0: 1	0: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 3	3: 1		0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0-0	0: 1	3: 1	0: 1	1: 1
RC Lens	1: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 3	2-0	2: 3	2: 1	0: 2	1-0	0-0	2-0	1: 3		0: 2	2: 2	1-0	0: 2	4: 2	3-0	2: 1
FC Metz	1-0	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 2	2: 5	1: 2	2: 2	0: 2	0: 1	2-0		0: 2	1: 3	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	2: 2
AS Monaco	1: 1	1: 3	1-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 1	0-0	1-0	3: 2	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	2: 2	0: 2		2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	0-0	0: 2
FC Nantes	5-0	2: 1	3-0	0: 2	3: 3	3-0	1-0	4-0	3: 1	2: 3	1-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0	3-0		2-0	1: 2	1-0	1: 1
Stade Reims	1-0	3-0	3: 2	1-0	3: 2	2-0	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	2-0	3: 1		1: 2	2: 3	1-0
CS Sedan	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	2-0	1: 4	2-0	1: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	3-0	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	1-0		3-0	1: 2
FC Tours	1: 1	1-0	4: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1: 2	2: 1	5: 1	1: 2	0-0	0-0	2: 1	0: 3	1-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0		0: 2
ES Troyes AC	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 1	3: 2	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	1-0	2: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 1

Season course

In terms of sport, the first half of the season was marked by two surprises: two of the three first division relegated teams (Monaco and Arles-Avignon) found themselves almost continuously in the table cellar; As in Grenoble last year, they were threatened with a "march through" into the third division. And in the area of ​​promotion places, two teams, Clermont and Reims, had established themselves from the start of the season, which were also not expected there. Autumn champions Clermont were the strongest away team in the first half of the season with 21 out of 30 possible points, while Reims stayed undefeated at home, where they only had to concede a draw with eight wins.

However, the issue of violence on and next to the grass pitches had an equally strong impact on the series. After the first 16 game days, an average of 4.2 players per game were cautioned, which is the highest figure in ten years; and the number of field references has almost doubled compared to the previous season. In seven games there were major riots to which the league association reacted with rigorous penalties against players, officials and clubs, four times alone in the SC Bastia stadium. The Corsican club therefore had to play a home game on the mainland, President Geronimi and Vice-President Francheschini - the latter even twice - received a temporary ban.

In the first half of the second half of the season Reims and especially Clermont (nine games without a win) weakened, without the main rivals Sedan, Troyes and Nantes being able to benefit from it. Only Bastia impressed with a series with only one defeat, sat at the top of the table and - after the table was "straightened" again due to numerous catch-up games (onset of winter in the first half of February) - at times eleven points ahead of the runner-up. In the lower quarter of the classification, Boulogne crashed downright, and Angers, Metz and Le Havre were increasingly in danger of relegation. Monaco and Arles-Avignon, on the other hand, were among the most successful teams in the second half of the season and thus pulled themselves out of the danger zone. Amiens was arithmetically the first relegated after the 34th matchday, Bastia after the 35th as the first promoted. On the last day of the game, only one question was decided, namely about the third relegated team.

At the end of the season, Bastia ("march through" from the third to the first division), Reims (stood on a promotion spot on all 38 matchdays and put the two most successful goalscorers with Fauré and Ghilas ) and Troyes (thanks to his consistency in the second half ) in the Ligue 1 on. Metz ( third-rate for the first time since the introduction of professionalism in France ), Boulogne and newcomer Amiens had to vacate their place for three promoted players from the National . These six clubs will be replaced by the first division relegated SM Caen , FCO Dijon and AJ Auxerre or - after homologation of the sporting results - the third division clubs Olympique Nîmes , Chamois Niort and Gazélec FCO Ajaccio .

The leaders of each matchday are shown below.

During this season, after a full day of play, the following teams were on a place entitled to promotion (1st to 3rd place, left table) or a relegation place (18th to 20th place, right table). Matches that were played at a later point in time (catch-up games) are counted towards the match day on which they were originally scheduled. The actual promoters / relegators are marked in color.

	society	Frequency of promotion rank	of which table leaders
1	Stade Reims	38	9
2	SC Bastia	0029 (a)	19th
3	Clermont Foot	0026 (a)	10
4th	ES Troyes AC	09	-
5	Le Havre AC	07th	-
6th	CS Sedan	03	-
	EA Guingamp	03	-

^(a) 2 third place finishers on matchday 4

	society	Frequency of relegation rank
1	SC Amiens	33
2	AS Monaco	22nd
3	US Boulogne	16
4th	Le Mans FC	13
5	AC Arles-Avign.	10
6th	FC Metz	05
7th	FC Istres	04th
	Racing Lens	04th
9	Le Havre AC	03
	FC Nantes	03
11	EA Guingamp	01

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Cédric Fauré	Stade Reims	15th
2	Camel Ghilas	Stade Reims	14th
3	Toifilou Maoulida	SC Bastia	13
	Ryan Mendes	Le Havre AC	13
5	Gaëtan Charbonnier	SCO Angers	12
	Nicolas Fauvergue	CS Sedan	12
	Alexis Allart	US Boulogne	12
	Marcos dos Santos	ES Troyes AC	12
9	Julien Viale	Stade Laval	11
	Romain Alessandrini	Clermont Foot	11
	David Pollet	Racing Lens	11
	Anthony Knockaert	EA Guingamp	11
	Jean-François Rivière	Clermont Foot	11

Players with the same number of hits are listed in the chronological order in which they scored the goal that brought them to this list position.

See also

• Ligue 1 2011/12
• Coupe de France 2011/12

Web links

• Schedule calendar (PDF; 172 kB) on the league website (French)
• 2011/12 season at lfp.fr

References and comments

1. ↑ Due to renewed riots on the 11th match day at the Stade Armand Cesari , Bastia had to play its next home game against Arles-Avignon in Créteil .
2. ^ "Les Marrons sont de season. La Ligue 2 est-elle violente? ”In France Football of December 5, 2011, pp. 28/29
3. ↑ on the question of the finality of results and decisions, see this article ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from May 26, 2012 on the FFF website