2016–17 Ligue 2

Ligue 2
Season	2016–17
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The 2016–17 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons^[1]) season is the 78th season since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 6 June 2016.^[2]

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 2015–16 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.

As of 30 May 2016, the following teams have mathematically achieved qualification for the 2016–17 season. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

Team changes

To Ligue 2

Promoted from National

Relegated from Ligue 1

From Ligue 2

Relegated to National

Promoted to Ligue 1

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2016–17 Ligue 2

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Ajaccio !Ajaccio	Ajaccio	Stade François Coty	10,660
Amiens !Amiens	Amiens	Stade de la Licorne	12,097
Auxerre !Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	21,379
Bourg-en-Bresse !Bourg-en-Bresse	Bourg-en-Bresse	Stade Marcel-Verchère	11,400
Brest !Brest	Brest	Stade Francis-Le Blé	15,097
Clermont !Clermont Foot	Clermont-Ferrand	Stade Gabriel Montpied	11,980
Gazélec !Gazélec Ajaccio	Ajaccio	Stade Ange Casanova	6,000
Laval !Laval	Laval	Stade Francis Le Basser	18,607
Le Havre !Le Havre	Le Havre	Stade Océane	25,000
Lens !Lens	Lens	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	38,223
Nîmes !Nîmes	Nîmes	Stade des Costières	18,482
Niort !Niort	Niort	Stade René Gaillard	10,886
Orléans !Orléans	Orléans	Stade de la Source	7,000
Red Star !Red Star	Saint-Ouen	Stade Jean-Bouin ¹	20,000
Reims !Reims	Reims	Stade Auguste Delaune	21,684
Sochaux !Sochaux	Montbéliard	Stade Auguste Bonal	20,000
Strasbourg !Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,230
Tours !Tours	Tours	Stade de la Vallée du Cher	16,247
Troyes !Troyes	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	21,684
Valenciennes !Valenciennes	Valenciennes	Stade du Hainaut	25,172

¹ Red Star original stadium, Stade Bauer, is not homologated to host professional matches. The club are playing their home games at Stade Jean-Bouin.^[3]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager¹	Captain¹	Kit Manufacturer¹	Main Sponsor¹
Ajaccio	Pantaloni, OlivierOlivier Pantaloni	Cavalli, JohanJohan Cavalli	adidas	Suite Home
Amiens	Pélissier, ChristopheChristophe Pélissier	Monconduit, ThomasThomas Monconduit	adidas	Intersport
Auxerre	Daury, CédricCédric Daury	Mathis, LionelLionel Mathis	Airness	Remarques LOUALT,Vitrans
Bourg-en-Bresse	Della Maggiore, HervéHervé Della Maggiore	Nirlo, JimmyJimmy Nirlo	adidas	BestDrive
Brest	Furlan, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Furlan	Grougi, BrunoBruno Grougi	Nike	Quéguiner
Clermont	Diacre, CorinneCorinne Diacre	Avinel, CédricCédric Avinel	Patrick	Crédit Mutuel
Gazélec Ajaccio	Vannuchi, Jean-LucJean-Luc Vannuchi	Louis Poggi	Macron	Carrefour, Casino D'Ajaccio
Laval	Simone, MarcoMarco Simone	Alla, HassaneHassane Alla	Kappa	Lactel
Le Havre	Tanchot, OswaldOswald Tanchot	Bonnet, AlexandreAlexandre Bonnet	Joma	Api
Lens	Casanova, AlainAlain Casanova	Landre, LoïckLoïck Landre	Umbro	Azerbaijan: Land of Fire
Nîmes	Blaquart, BernardBernard Blaquart	Michel, MathieuMathieu Michel	Puma	Marie Blachère
Niort	Renaud, DenisDenis Renaud	Dembélé, AlliouAlliou Dembélé	Puma	Restaurant Le Billon (home), Cheminées Poujoulat (away)
Orléans	Frapolli, OlivierOlivier Frapolli	Sami, JoëlJoël Sami	Kappa	CTVL
Red Star	Almeida, RuiRui Almeida	Palun, LloydLloyd Palun	adidas
Reims	Der Zakarian, MichelMichel Der Zakarian	Tacalfred, MickaëlMickaël Tacalfred	Hungaria	Sanei Ascenseurs
Sochaux	Cartier, AlbertAlbert Cartier	Ramaré, JohannJohann Ramaré	Lotto	Peugeot
Strasbourg	Laurey, ThierryThierry Laurey	Seka, ErnestErnest Seka	Hummel	es energies
Tours	Mercadal, FabienFabien Mercadal	Bergougnoux, BryanBryan Bergougnoux	Hungaria	Corsicatours
Troyes	Garcia, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Garcia	Nivet, BenjaminBenjamin Nivet	Kappa	Babeau Seguin
Valenciennes	Hadžibegić, FarukFaruk Hadžibegić	Roudet, SébastienSébastien Roudet	Kipsta	Mutuelle Just

¹Subject to change during the season.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Reims	David Guion	End of tenure as caretaker	23 May 2016	Pre-season	Michel Der Zakarian	23 May 2016^[4]
Gazélec Ajaccio	name !Thierry Laurey	Mutual consent	25 May 2016^[5]		Jean-Luc Vannuchi	27 May 2016^[6]
Auxerre	name !Jean-Luc Vannuchi	End of contract	26 May 2016		Viorel Moldovan	26 May 2016^[7]
Brest	name !Alex Dupont	End of contract	30 May 2016		Jean-Marc Furlan	30 May 2016^[8]
Strasbourg	Jacky Duguépéroux	Sacked	30 May 2016^[9]		Thierry Laurey	31 May 2016^[10]
Lens	Antoine Kombouaré	Signed by EA Guingamp	30 May 2016^[11]		Alain Casanova	12 June 2016^[12]
Tours	Marco Simone	Sacked	14 June 2016^[13]		Fabien Mercadal	17 July 2016^[14]
Troyes	Mohamed Bradja	End of tenuer as caretaker	30 June 2016		Jean-Louis Garcia	1 July 2016^[15]
Auxerre	Viorel Moldovan	Sacked	26 September 2016^[16]	19th	Cédric Daury	7 October 2016^[17]
Le Havre	Bob Bradley	Signed by Swansea City	3 October 2016^[18]	5th ^[19]	Oswald Tanchot	3 October 2016^[20]
Laval	Denis Zanko	Sacked	5 November 2016^[21]	14th	Marco Simone	7 November 2016^[22]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Troyes	17	9	4	4	23	17	+6	31	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Brest	17	9	4	4	22	19	+3	31	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	Lens	17	7	8	2	22	14	+8	29	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Stade de Reims	17	8	5	4	19	15	+4	29
5	Amiens	17	7	7	3	21	12	+9	28
6	Le Havre	17	7	5	5	18	14	+4	26
7	Sochaux	17	6	8	3	17	14	+3	26
8	Strasbourg	17	7	5	5	19	18	+1	26
9	Niort	17	6	6	5	22	21	+1	24
10	Nîmes	17	5	7	5	24	21	+3	22
11	Valenciennes	17	5	7	5	25	23	+2	22
12	Ajaccio	17	5	6	6	18	19	−1	21
13	Clermont	17	5	6	6	16	17	−1	21
14	Gazélec Ajaccio	17	5	6	6	14	15	−1	21
15	Bourg-Péronnas	17	4	8	5	21	22	−1	20
16	Red Star	17	4	6	7	14	21	−7	18
17	Laval	17	3	5	9	11	17	−6	14
18	Orléans	17	3	5	9	13	21	−8	14	Qualification to relegation play-offs
19	Auxerre	17	3	5	9	12	18	−6	14	Relegation to Championnat National
20	Tours	17	3	5	9	19	29	−10	14	Relegation to Championnat National

Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2016. Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points

Results

Home ╲ Away	Gazélec Ajaccio !GAZ	Ajaccio !ACA	Amiens !AMI	Auxerre !AUX	Bourg-Péronnas !BPE	Brest !BRS	Clermont !CLR	Laval !LVL	Le Havre !HAC	Lens !RCL	Nîmes !NMS	Niort !NRT	Orléans !ORL	Red Star !RSFC	Reims !REI	Sochaux !SOC	Strasbourg !RCS	Tours !TOU	Troyes !TRO	Valenciennes !VAL
Gazélec Ajaccio !Gazélec Ajaccio			1–1			0–0			1–1		0–2		2–0	2–1		0–1	1–1
Ajaccio !Ajaccio			1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1		1–3						1–2	1–0		2–0		2–1
Amiens !Amiens				0–0		3–0						2–0		0–0	1–1			3–1	0–1	0–0
Auxerre !Auxerre	1–2						0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–4				0–0
Bourg-Péronnas !Bourg-Péronnas	1–0		2–4	2–4				0–0	2–1			2–2	0–0	4–1			0–0
Brest !Brest				1–0			0–2			1–2		2–3	2–1		2–1		2–1		2–1	3–2
Clermont !Clermont	3–1	2–1	1–0						1–3	1–1				0–0		1–2	0–0	0–0
Laval !Laval	0–1					0–1	1–1		0–2	0–1		1–1	3–1			1–1
Le Havre !Le Havre		2–0	0–0			1–1					1–0					2–1	0–1		1–3	2–2
Lens !Lens			0–1		1–1				1–0				4–2	2–0	1–1			2–2
Nîmes !Nîmes			2–3		0–0		1–1	0–0		0–2					3–0	0–0			2–2
Niort !Niort	0–0	1–1					2–1			0–0	1–3		1–0			2–0		1–4
Orléans !Orléans		2–0	1–2	0–0					0–1		2–1						3–1	0–0	1–1	0–2
Red Star !Red Star				0–0		0–3		1–0			3–3	0–1	1–0					3–1	1–2
Reims !Reims	2–0			3–0	1–0		2–1	0–2	1–0			1–0		2–1
Sochaux !Sochaux	1–0				1–1	2–2				1–0			0–0		1–1		1–2	2–1		0–0
Strasbourg !Strasbourg			1–0	2–1				1–0			1–1			0–0	1–2				2–0	2–4
Tours !Tours	0–3	0–0		2–1	0–2	0–1					1–3				1–1		1–3			4–1
Troyes !Troyes	1–0				1–0		1–0	1–0		1–1		1–1				1–3		3–1		2–0
Valenciennes !Valenciennes	0–0	1–1			3–3		2–0	2–0		1–2	2–3	3–1			0–0

Updated to games played on 29 November 2016.
Source: Ligue 2
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 5 November 2016 ^[23]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Faneva Imà Andriatsima	Sochaux	8
	Rachid Alioui	Nîmes
	Neal Maupay	Brest
4	Mathieu Duhamel	Le Havre	7
	Jonathan Tinhan	Amiens
	Khalid Boutaïb	Strasbourg
	Adama Niane	Troyes
8	Andé Dona Ndoh	Niort	6
8	Nuno da Costa	Valenciennes	6
10	John Bostock	Lens	5
10	Christian Kouakou	Nîmes	5

Play-offs

The 2016-17 season will see the return of a Relegation play-off between the 18th placed Ligue 1 team and the 3rd placed team in the Ligue 2 in a two-legged confrontation. The Ligue 2 team will host the first game.^[24] Another relegation play-off involves the 18th placed Ligue 2 team and the 3rd placed National team also in two legs.

Teams by region

Number	Region or country	Team(s)
3	Grand Est	Reims, Strasbourg and Troyes
3	Hauts-de-France	Amiens, Lens and Valenciennes
2	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Bourg-en-Bresse and Clermont
	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	Auxerre and Sochaux
	Centre-Val de Loire	Orléans and Tours
	Corsica	Ajaccio and Gazélec Ajaccio
1	Brittany	Brest
	Île-de-France	Red Star
	Occitania	Nîmes
	Normandy	Le Havre
	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Niort
	Pays de la Loire	Laval

References

↑ "Coup d'envoi pour la DOMINO'S LIGUE 2" (in French). lfp.fr. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
↑ "LE CALENDRIER 16/17 DE DOMINO'S LIGUE 2". www.lfp.fr. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
↑ "Communiqué officiel : le Red Star jouera au stade Jean-Bouin la saison prohaine" (in French). redstar.fr. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
↑ "Der Zakarian à Reims, c'est officiel" (in French). Le Figaro. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Gazélec: Laurey libre de partir" (in French). sports.fr. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Gazelec Ajaccio appoint Jean Luc Vannucchi". getfootballnewsfrance.com. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Moldovan nouveau coach de l'AJ Auxerre" (in French). Le Figaro. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Furlan sur le banc du Stade Brestois" (in French). Le Figaro. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Strasbourg se sépare de Duguépéroux" (in French). Le Figaro. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Thierry Laurey nouvel entraîneur de Strasbourg" (in French). Le Figaro. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Antoine Kombouaré s'assoie sur le banc de Guingamp" (in French). Le Figaro. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Casanova va signer à Lens" (in French). Le Figaro. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Tours : Marco Simone mis à pied et bientôt licencié" (in French). L'Équipe. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Tours : Fabien Mercadal succède à Marco Simone comme entraîneur" (in French). Le Figaro. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Jean-Louis Garcia entraîneur de Troyes l'année prochaine" (in French). Le Figaro. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Moldovan à Auxerre, c'est fini" (in French). Le Figaro. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
↑ "Cédric Daury nommé coach de l'AJ Auxerre" (in French). Le Figaro. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
↑ "Swansea sack Francesco Guidolin and appoint Bob Bradley manager". BBC Sport. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ "Le Havre fait tomber Sochaux, il n'y a plus d'équipe invaincue en Ligue 2 cette saison" (in French). L'Équipe. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
↑ "Tanchot prend la suite de Bradley au Havre" (in French). Le Figaro. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ "Le Stade Lavallois MFC dispense Denis Zanko de sa fonction d'entraîneur." (in French). stade-lavallois.com. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ "Marco Simone est le nouveau coach du Stade-Lavallois" (in French). stade-lavallois.com. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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↑ "Les décisions du 14 avril 2016" (in French). lfp.fr. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

Ligue 2 teams

2016–17 clubs	Ajaccio Amiens Auxerre Bourg-en-Bresse Brest Clermont Gazélec Ajaccio Laval Le Havre Lens Nîmes Niort Orléans Red Star Reims Sochaux Strasbourg Tours Troyes Valenciennes

Former teams	Abbeville Aix-en-Provence Alès Ancenis Angers Angoulême Annecy Antibes Arles-Avignon Avignon CA Bastia SC Bastia Beauvais Besançon Béziers Blénod Blois Boulogne Bourges Bordeaux Caen Calais Cambrai Cannes Charleville Châteauroux Châtellerault Chaumont Cherbourg Cholet Club Français Colmar Corbeil-Essonnes Creil Créteil Dijon Douai Dunkerque Épinal Évian Évreux Fives Fontainebleau Forbach Grenoble GSC Marseille Gueugnon Guingamp Haguenau Hazebrouck Hyères Istres La Ciotat La Roche-sur-Yon La Rochelle Le Mans Le Puy Foot Le Touquet Libourne-Saint-Seurin Lille Olympique Lillois Limoges Foot Lorient Louhans-Cuiseaux Lucé Lyon Lyon OU Malakoff Mantes Marignane Marseille Martigues Melun Merlebach Metz Monaco Montceau-les-Mines Montélimar Montluçon Montmorillon Montpellier Mouzon Mulhouse AS Nancy FC Nancy Nantes Nice Nivers Nœux-les-Mines Paris-Charenton Paris FC Paris-Joinville Paris-Neuilly Paris Saint-Germain Racing Paris Perpignan Poissy Poitiers Quevilly Quimper Rodez Rennes Excelsior Roubaix Racing Roubaix Roubaix-Tourcoing Rouen Saint-Brieuc Saint-Dié Saint-Dizier Saint-Étienne Saint-Quentin Saint-Seurin Sedan Sète Stade Français Tavaux Thionville Thonon-Chablais Toulon Toulouse Toulouse (1937) Troyes AF Troyes ASTS Valence Vannes Vauban Strasbourg Villefranche Viry-Châtillon Vittel Wasquehal

Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons

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List of French second division champions

2016–17 in French football

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Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions

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