1988–89 French Division 2

Division 2
Season	1988–89
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Last updated September 19, 2025

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1988/1989 season.

Overview

It was contested by 36 teams, and Mulhouse and Olympique Lyonnais won the championship.

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mulhouse	34	24	4	6	66	28	+38	76	Promoted
2	Brest	34	22	9	3	62	24	+38	75	Promoted
3	Stade Rennais	34	19	8	7	61	28	+33	65
4	Stade Quimpérois	34	19	8	7	55	29	+26	65
5	Nancy	34	18	5	11	52	36	+16	59
6	En Avant Guingamp	34	11	12	11	51	52	−1	45
7	Valenciennes	34	12	8	14	38	39	−1	44
8	Dunkerque	34	11	11	12	28	40	−12	44
9	Stade Reims	34	11	10	13	39	37	+2	43
10	Créteil-Lusitanos	34	10	11	13	29	39	−10	41
11	Rouen	34	9	13	12	31	35	−4	40
12	Angers	34	8	15	11	44	43	+1	39
13	Abbeville	34	10	9	15	39	54	−15	39
14	Gueugnon	34	10	8	16	30	43	−13	38
15	Beauvais	34	10	8	16	29	42	−13	38
16	La Roche sur Yon	34	9	9	16	26	32	−6	36
17	Le Touquet	34	5	9	20	20	57	−37	24	Relegated
18	Le Mans	34	5	9	20	27	69	−42	24	Relegated

Source: rsssf.com

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Olympique Lyonnais	34	19	11	4	66	22	+44	68	Promoted
2	Nîmes Olympique	34	20	6	8	53	30	+23	66
3	Le Havre	34	18	11	5	48	21	+27	65
4	Martigues	34	17	7	10	40	30	+10	58
5	Bastia	34	14	9	11	46	44	+2	51
6	Dijon	34	14	7	13	38	40	−2	49
7	Cuiseaux Louhans	34	12	11	11	34	40	−6	47
8	Olympique Alès	34	10	16	8	33	31	+2	46
9	Montceau	34	10	13	11	41	40	+1	43
10	Orléans	34	11	10	13	53	60	−7	43
11	Grenoble	34	11	9	14	33	39	−6	42
12	Annecy	34	12	6	16	36	47	−11	42
13	Istres	34	8	15	11	30	35	−5	39
14	Chamois Niort	34	7	17	10	28	31	−3	38
15	Sète	34	10	8	16	35	41	−6	38	Relegated
16	Rodez	34	7	12	15	34	48	−14	33
17	Clermont	34	7	10	17	27	51	−24	31
18	Le Puy	34	5	10	19	29	54	−25	25

Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-offs

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyon	4–2	Mulhouse	2–1	2–1

Promotion play-offs


Quarter-final			Semi-final					Final



2A	Brest	4
								18	Strasbourg	2	0	2
3B	Le Havre	1
			2A	Brest	3	0	3	2A	Brest	2	1	3

			2B	Nîmes	0	1	1
2B	Nîmes	1

3A	Rennes	0

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club (Grp)	Goals
1	Robby Langers	Orléans (B)	28
2	Eugène Kabongo	Lyon (B)	22
3	Roberto Cabañas	Brest (A)	21
3	Franck Priou	Mulhouse (A)	21
5	Erik-Jan van den Boogaard	Rennes (A)	20
5	David Zitelli	Nancy (A)	20
7	Dragiša Binić	Brest (B)	18
8	Sylver Hoffer	Louhans-Cuiseaux (B)	16
	Jorge Domínguez	Nîmes (B)
	Fabrice Picot	Quimper (A)

References

France - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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