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2017–18 Ligue 2

The 2017–18 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons[2]) season was the 79th season since its establishment.

Teams

There are 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Championnat National replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 2 following the 2016–17 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.

Team changes

Stadia and locations

2017–18 Ligue 2 is located in France
AC Ajaccio
Auxerre
Bourg-Péronnas
Brest
Châteauroux
Clermont
Gazélec
Le Havre
Lens
Lens
Lorient
Nancy
Nîmes
Niort
Orléans
Paris FC
Quevilly-Rouen
Reims
Sochaux
Tours
Valenciennes
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Location of teams in 2017–18 Ligue 2

Personnel and kits

1Subject to change during the season.

Managerial changes

League table

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in one league match; 10) Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

A promotion play-off competition was held at the end of the season, involving the 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed teams in 2017–18 Ligue 2, and the 18th-placed team in 2017–18 Ligue 1.

The quarter-final was played on 15 May, the semi-final on 18 May and the final on 23 and 27 May 2018.[21]

Quarter-final

Stade Océane, Le Havre
Attendance: 13,591[22]
Referee: Benoît Millot

Semi-final

Stade François Coty, Ajaccio
Attendance: 6,541
Referee: Frank Schneider
Notes
  1. ^
    The date and time of the match was postponed from 18 May after fans of Ajaccio did not let Le Havre's bus reach the stadium.[23]

Relegation play-offs

A relegation play-off was held at the end of the season between the 18th-placed Ligue 2 team and the 3rd-placed team of 2017–18 Championnat National. This was played over two legs on 22 and 27 May 2018.[21]

Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
Stade Marcel-Verchère, Bourg-en-Bresse
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: François Letexier

Grenoble are promoted to 2018–19 Ligue 2

Top scorers

As of 11 May 2018 [24]

References

  1. ^ "France » Ligue 2 2017/2018 » Attendance » Home matches". worldfootball.net.
  2. ^ "Coup d'envoi pour la DOMINO'S LIGUE 2" (in French). lfp.fr. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Montpellier : Michel Der Zakarian a signé comme prévu". lequipe.fr. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. ^ "David Guion nommé entraîneur de Reims (Officiel)".
  5. ^ "Mickaël Landreau nouveau coach de Lorient". sport24.lefigaro.fr. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Le FC Sochaux a choisi Peter Zeidler". estrepublicain.fr. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Gazélec Ajaccio : Albert Cartier remplace Jean-Luc Vannuchi". l'équipe.fr. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  8. ^ "AJ AUXERRE : GILLOT SUR LE BANC, DAURY DIRECTEUR SPORTIF". stadito.fr. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Jean-Luc Vasseur nommé nouvel entraîneur de Châteauroux". lequipe.fr. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Eric Sikora pressenti pour remplacer Alain Casanova à Lens". Le Figaro. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Correa n'est plus l'entraîneur de Nancy". Le Figaro. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Hognon nouvel entraîneur de Nancy". Le Figaro. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Équipe de France féminine : Olivier Échouafni viré, Corinne Diacre nommée". lequipe.fr. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Gastien remplace Diacre à la tête de Clermont". Le Figaro. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  15. ^ "L'entraîneur de Valenciennes limogé pour «faits graves". Le Figaro. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Valenciennes : Réginald Ray présenté aux joueurs". Le Figaro. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Tours limoge son duo d'entraîneurs". Le Figaro. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Jorge Costa nouvel entraîneur du Tours FC". Le Figaro. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Gillot n'est plus l'entraîneur d'Auxerre". Le Figaro. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Pablo Correa, nouvel entraîneur d'Auxerre (officiel)". Le Figaro. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  21. ^ a b "LFP : Les dates des Playoffs et des barrages fixées (off.)" (in French). foot-national.com. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  22. ^ "HAC - Brest : 2 - 0. Et maintenant direction la Corse !". hac-foot.com. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  23. ^ "Ligue 2 playoff between Ajaccio and Le Havre postponed after fans attack bus". 18 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  24. ^ "French Ligue 2 Statistics – LFP". lfp.fr. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

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