2014–15 Ligue 2
Season | 2014–15 |
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Champions | Troyes |
Promoted | Troyes Gazélec Ajaccio Angers |
Relegated | Orléans Châteauroux Arles-Avignon |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 855 (2.25 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mickaël Le Bihan (18 goals) |
Highest attendance | 20,136 Troyes 4–1 Châteauroux (22 May 2015)[1] |
Average attendance | 6,159[1] |
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The 2014–15 Ligue 2 season was the 76th season since its establishment.
Contents
Teams
There were three promoted teams from Championnat National, replacing the three teams that were promoted to Ligue 1 following the 2013–14 season. A total of 20 teams competed in the league with three clubs relegated to the third division, the National. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.
On 18 April 2014, Luzenac became the first team to secure a spot in the Ligue 2 following a 1–0 victory over Boulogne-sur-Mer, which gave them an advance on the 4th placed team, Red Star, that couldn't be surpassed in the last games.[2] By gaining promotion for a professional level for the first time in its history, Luzenac, the club of a village of 600 inhabitants in Southern France, became the smallest club in the history of professional football in France.[3] Orléans was the second team to gain promotion to Ligue 2 on 2 May after a 2–0 victory against Paris FC. This marked a return for Orléans in the professional leagues after a twenty-two-years absence.[4] Gazélec Ajaccio was the third and last team to achieve promotion on 9 May 2014.[5] This means that for the first time since the 1997–98 season, a Derby of Ajaccio will be contested between Gazélec and AC Ajaccio.
On 20 April, Ajaccio officially suffered relegation from Ligue 1 after a 2–1 defeat in the Derby Corse against archrivals Bastia.[6] This ended a three-year stint for Ajaccio in Ligue 1. Valenciennes FC were the second team to suffer relegation on 4 May.[7] On 5 June, Luzenac's promotion was revoked by DNCG for financial reasons, but the club decided to appeal.[8]
On 25 June, the DNCG relegated Valenciennes FC to the Championnat National because of their approximate amount of €8 million in debts, this allowing Châteauroux to remain in Ligue 2.[9] On 4 July, DNCG confirmed its denial of Luzenac's promotion despite the appeal,[10] allowing Istres also to remain in Ligue 2. On 11 July the ruling against Valenciennes FC was revoked and FC Istres was once again relegated.[11] Luzenac was found to have an inadequate stadium, thus they were denied promotion. They were also denied re-entry to the Championnat National, so they later entered the regional leagues.
Stadia and locations
Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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Ajaccio | Ajaccio | Stade François Coty | 10,660 |
Gazélec Ajaccio | Ajaccio | Stade Ange Casanova | 5,000 |
Angers | Angers | Stade Jean Bouin | 17,835 |
Arles-Avignon | Avignon | Parc des Sports | 17,518 |
Auxerre | Auxerre | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | 21,379 |
Brest | Brest | Stade Francis-Le Blé | 15,583 |
Châteauroux | Châteauroux | Stade Gaston Petit | 17,072 |
Clermont | Clermont-Ferrand | Stade Gabriel Montpied | 11,980 |
Créteil | Créteil | Stade Dominique Duvauchelle | 12,150 |
Dijon | Dijon | Stade Gaston Gérard | 16,098 |
Laval | Laval | Stade Francis Le Basser | 18,467 |
Le Havre | Le Havre | Stade Océane | 25,278 |
Nancy | Tomblaine | Stade Marcel Picot | 20,087 |
Nîmes | Nîmes | Stade des Costières | 18,482 |
Niort | Niort | Stade René Gaillard | 10,406 |
Orléans | Orléans | Stade de la Source | 8,000 |
Sochaux | Montbéliard | Stade Auguste Bonal | 20,005 |
Tours | Tours | Stade de la Vallée du Cher | 16,327 |
Troyes | Troyes | Stade de l'Aube | 20,842 |
Valenciennes | Valenciennes | Stade du Hainaut | 25,172 |
Number of teams by regions
Personnel and kits
1Subject to change during the season.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Clermont Foot | Régis Brouard | End of contract | 16 May 2014 | Pre-season | Helena Costa | 16 May 2014 |
Chamois Niortais | Pascal Gastien | End of contract | 16 May 2014 | Régis Brouard | 21 May 2014 | |
Sochaux | Hervé Renard | End of contract | 17 May 2014 | Olivier Echouafni | 17 June 2014 | |
Châteauroux | Jean-Louis Garcia | Resigned | 29 May 2014 | Pascal Gastien | 4 June 2014 | |
Créteil | Jean-Luc Vasseur | Signed by Reims | 14 June 2014 | Philippe Hinschberger | 17 June 2014 | |
Clermont Foot | Helena Costa | Mutual consent | 24 June 2014 | Corinne Diacre | 28 June 2014 | |
Nîmes | René Marsiglia | Mutual consent | 24 June 2014[12] | José Pasqualetti | 25 June 2014[13] | |
Valenciennes | Ariël Jacobs | Resigned | 11 July 2014[14] | Bernard Casoni | 17 July 2014[15] | |
Arles-Avignon | Franck Dumas | Resigned | 22 August 2014[16] | 18th | Bruno Irles | 22 August 2014 |
Arles-Avignon | Bruno Irles | Sacked | 20 October 2014 | 19th | Stéphane Crucet | 20 October 2014 |
Ajaccio | Christian Bracconi | Sacked | 18 October 2014[17] | 12th | Olivier Pantaloni | 6 November 2014[18] |
Tours | Olivier Pantaloni | Resigned | 21 October 2014[19] | 20th | Gilbert Zoonekynd | 21 October 2014[20] |
Créteil | Philippe Hinschberger | Sacked | 18 November 2014[21] | 18th | Thierry Froger | 18 November 2014 |
Le Havre | Erick Mombaerts | Resigned | 10 December 2014[22] | 8th | Thierry Goudet | 28 December 2014[23] |
Arles-Avignon | Stéphane Crucet | Sacked | 29 December 2014[24] | 20th | Victor Zvunka | 1 January 2015 |
Châteauroux | Pascal Gastien | Sacked | 9 February 2015[25] | 19th | Cédric Daury | 16 February 2015[26] |
Valenciennes | Bernard Casoni | Resigned | 24 February 2015[27] | 17th | David Le Frapper | 25 February 2015[28] |
League table
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Results
Home ╲ Away | ACA | GAZ | ANG | ACAA | AUX | BRS | CHA | CLR | CRE | DIJ | LVL | HAC | NAL | NMS | NRT | ORL | SOC | TOU | TRO | VAL |
Ajaccio | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
Gazélec Ajaccio | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | |
Angers | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | |
Arles-Avignon | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | |
Auxerre | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
Brest | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Châteauroux | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
Clermont | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
Créteil | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
Dijon | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
Laval | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
Le Havre | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
Nancy | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
Nîmes | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
Niort | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
Orléans | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
Sochaux | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
Tours | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
Troyes | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
Valenciennes | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Last updated: 22 May 2015
Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Source: Official Goalscorers' Standings |
Top assists
Source: Official Assists' Table |
References
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