1997–98 French Division 2

The Division 2 season 1997/1998, organised by the LNF was won by AS Nancy and saw the promotions of AS Nancy, FC Lorient and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, whereas CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, Sporting Toulon Var, FC Martigues and FC Mulhouse were relegated to National.

Division 2
Season1997–98

22 participating teams

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Nancy (C, P) 42 20 16 6 64 37 +27 76 Promotion to French Division 1
2 Lorient (P) 42 21 12 9 68 38 +30 75
3 Sochaux (P) 42 18 12 12 56 37 +19 66
4 Lille 42 17 14 11 62 44 +18 65
5 Troyes 42 16 15 11 48 38 +10 63
6 Le Mans 42 16 14 12 54 46 +8 62
7 Valence 42 12 22 8 51 45 +6 58
8 Red Star 42 15 12 15 51 61 −10 57
9 Caen 42 15 11 16 61 55 +6 56
10 Niort 42 12 19 11 42 38 +4 55
11 Gueugnon 42 16 7 19 47 54 −7 55
12 Amiens 42 14 13 15 40 49 −9 55
13 Laval 42 14 12 16 50 48 +2 54
14 Nice 42 11 19 12 40 40 0 52
15 Nîmes 42 13 13 16 41 51 −10 52
16 Beauvais 42 11 18 13 40 47 −7 51
17 Saint-Étienne 42 12 15 15 47 60 −13 51
18 Wasquehal 42 14 9 19 49 63 −14 51
19 Louhans-Cuiseaux (R) 42 13 10 19 41 51 −10 49 Relegation to Championnat National [fr]
20 Toulon (R) 42 12 10 20 43 62 −19 46
21 Martigues (R) 42 10 15 17 37 63 −26 45
22 Mulhouse (R) 42 9 14 19 51 56 −5 41
Source: Ligue 2
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Recap

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Results

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Home \ Away AMI BEA CAE GUE LAV MFC LIL LOR LOU MAR MUL NAL NIC NMS NRT RS STE SOC SCT TRO VLN WAS
Amiens 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0
Beauvais 1–0 2–3 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 5–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–0
Caen 1–3 0–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 5–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 6–0
Gueugnon 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1
Laval 3–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–2
Le Mans 4–2 1–1 2–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 6–3 3–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Lille 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 7–3 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1
Lorient 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 4–0 2–0 5–2 4–0 2–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–0
Louhans-Cuiseaux 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–3 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 5–0
Martigues 3–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–4 2–0 1–3
Mulhouse 4–0 0–0 4–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 3–3 4–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–2
Nancy 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–4 2–1
Nice 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Nîmes 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1
Niort 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1
Red Star 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Saint-Étienne 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–1 4–2 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0
Sochaux 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 4–1 4–0 1–0 2–1
Toulon 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 6–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Troyes 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0
Valence 3–0 1–3 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–1
Wasquehal 2–0 3–2 5–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–1
Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Réginald Ray Le Mans 20
2   Samuel Lobé Lille 19
  Didier Thimothée Saint-Étienne
4   Bernard Bouger Sochaux 18
5   Olivier Pickeu Amiens 17
  Slađan Đukić Troyes
7   Robert Malm Lorient 16
8   Ali Bouafia Lorient 15
  Bruno Roux Beauvais
  William Loko Wasquehal
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