The 2017–18 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons) 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
Promoted from 2016–17 Championnat National Quevilly-Rouen Châteauroux Paris FC
Relegated from 2016–17 Ligue 1 Nancy Lorient
Promoted to 2017–18 Ligue 1 Troyes Amiens Strasbourg
Relegated to 2017–18 Championnat National Laval Red Star
Stadia and locations
Club Location Venue CapacityAjaccioStade François Coty 10,446AuxerreStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps 21,379Bourg-en-BresseStade Marcel-Verchère 11,400BrestStade Francis-Le Blé 15,097ChâteaurouxStade Gaston Petit 17,173Clermont-FerrandStade Gabriel Montpied 11,980AjaccioStade Ange Casanova 8,000Le HavreStade Océane 25,000Lens Stade Bollaert-Delelis 38,223LorientStade du Moustoir 18,890TomblaineStade Marcel Picot 20,087NîmesStade des Costières 18,482NiortStade René Gaillard 10,886OrléansStade de la Source 7,000ParisStade Charléty 20,000Le Petit-QuevillyStade Robert Diochon 12,018ReimsStade Auguste Delaune 21,684MontbéliardStade Auguste Bonal 20,000ToursStade de la Vallée du Cher 16,247ValenciennesStade du Hainaut 25,172
Personnel and kits Team Manager1 Captain1 Kit Manufacturer1 Main Sponsor1AC Ajaccio AdidasCorse du SudAuxerre MacronRemorques LOUALT, VitransBourg-Péronnas AdidasBestDriveBrest NikeQuéguinerChâteauroux NikeMoninClermont PatrickCrédit MutuelGazélec Ajaccio MacronCarrefour, Casino D'AjaccioLe Havre JomaApiLens UmbroAuchan RetailLorient KappaB&B Hotels, Jean Floc'hNancy NikeSopalinNîmes PumaMarie BlachèreNiort ErimaRestaurant Le Billon (home), Cheminées Poujoulat (away)Orléans KappaCTVL Paris NikeVinciQuevilly-Rouen KappaMatmutReims HungariaSanei AscenseursSochaux LottoLedusTours KappaCorsicatoursValenciennes Kipsta Mutuelle Just 1Subject to change during the season.
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Reims Signed by Montpellier 23 May 2017 Pre-season 25 May 2017 Lorient Sacked 30 May 2017 30 May 2017 Sochaux Resigned 1 June 2017 2 June 2017 Gazélec Ajaccio Resigned 26 May 2017 30 May 2017 Auxerre Appointed as Sporting Director 1 June 2017 1 June 2017 Châteauroux Sacked 1 June 2017 2 June 2017 Lens Sacked 20 August 2017 19th 20 August 2017 Nancy Sacked 29 August 2017 16th 30 August 2017 Clermont Foot Signed by France women 30 August 2017 8th 1 September 2017 Valenciennes Sacked 26 September 2017 14th 14 October 2017 Tours Sacked 16 October 2017 20th 22 November 2017 Auxerre Sacked 9 December 2017 16th 21 December 2017 Nancy Sacked 22 January 2018 17th (caretaker) 28 January 2018 Niort Sacked 26 February 2018 14th (caretaker) 26 February 2018 Nancy (caretaker) End of caretaker 3 April 2018 18th 3 April 2018
League table
Results
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.
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Notes
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.
Grenoble are promoted to 2018–19 Ligue 2
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Umut BozokNîmes242 Rachid AliouiNîmes17 Theoson SiebatcheuReims Jean-Philippe MatetaLe Havre5 Dona NdohNiort156 Ludovic AjorqueClermont14 Pablo ChavarríaReims8 Ghislain GimbertAjaccio13 Riad NouriAjaccio10 Florian MartinSochaux12 Yoane WissaAjaccio/Lorient Yannick GomisOrléans Malik TchokountéParis
Attendances
No. Club Average 1 Lens 23,746 2 Nancy 11,850 3 Reims 9,866 4 Lorient 8,564 5 Valenciennes 8,279 6 Sochaux 7,918 7 Nîmes 7,838 8 Stade brestois 7,458 9 Havre AC 7,399 10 AJ auxerroise 6,003 11 La Berrichonne 4,472 12 Orléans 3,997 13 Tours 3,585 14 Chamois niortais 3,480 15 Ajaccio 3,421 16 Clermont 3,369 17 Paris FC 3,070 18 Gazélec 3,011 19 FBBP 2,813 20 Quevilly-Rouen 2,666 Source:
References
External links
Official site