2006–07 Ligue 2

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Ligue 2
Season2006–07
Champions FC Metz
Promoted SM Caen
RC Strasbourg
Relegated US Créteil-Lusitanos
FC Istres
Tours FC
Top goalscorer Flag of France.svg Jean-Michel Lesage and Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Kandia Traoré
(18)
2007–08

The Ligue 2 season 2006/2007, organised by the LFP was won by FC Metz and saw the promotions of FC Metz, SM Caen and RC Strasbourg, whereas FC Nantes Atlantique, CS Sedan Ardennes and Troyes AC were relegated from Ligue 1.

Contents

20 participating teams

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or Relegation
1 FC Metz (C, P)38221065422+3276Promotion to Ligue 1
2 SM Caen (P)38191456540+2571
3 RC Strasbourg (P)38191364733+1470
4 Amiens SC 38216115742+1569
5 Grenoble Foot 38 38151495139+1259
6 Le Havre AC 381511125238+1456
7 LB Châteauroux 38159144244254
8 Dijon FCO 381412124447354
9 SC Bastia 381411135249+353
10 FC Gueugnon 38139164752548
11 Stade de Reims 381211154346347
12 AC Ajaccio 381211153443947
13 En Avant Guingamp 381113144544+146
14 Stade Brestois 381015134040045
15 Montpellier HSC 381111164148744
16 Chamois Niortais FC 381014143644844
17 FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin 38128184352944
18 US Créteil-Lusitanos (R)389131635501540Relegation to Championnat National
19 FC Istres (R)388111935632835
20 Tours FC (R)38682430582826
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Recap

Results

Home \ Away ACA ASC SCB SB SMC BC USCL DFCO GF38 FCG EAG FCI HAC LSS FCM MHSC CNFC SR RCS TFC
Ajaccio 3–10–12–10–02–35–03–03–11–10–02–00–01–02–10–21–12–12–20–1
Amiens 1–11–02–02–23–11–00–40–12–03–12–12–01–10–24–11–01–01–03–0
Bastia 4–12–24–22–01–21–21–10–00–10–04–11–13–21–01–04–11–01–22–0
Brest 0–11–13–12–20–04–10–01–02–12–30–02–02–20–10–01–03–01–11–1
Caen 4–03–12–01–01–01–03–20–11–11–14–01–12–10–00–04–02–12–21–0
Châteauroux 2–13–11–21–01–11–02–12–22–11–00–02–20–10–10–10–01–11–13–1
Créteil 0–00–21–00–24–31–31–11–10–00–01–00–11–01–11–03–11–10–24–3
Dijon 2–21–21–11–10–22–01–11–11–02–11–02–10–10–31–12–11–03–12–1
Grenoble 2–00–11–10–01–10–13–12–12–21–03–02–12–11–13–24–15–11–12–1
Gueugnon 1–02–14–24–20–13–01–10–20–02–03–32–11–30–13–00–10–00–12–1
Guingamp 1–12–34–01–11–31–12–12–22–26–13–01–22–10–21–01–01–01–13–1
Istres 1–41–32–21–11–23–10–02–23–00–11–00–12–20–01–21–02–23–22–1
Le Havre 4–11–32–00–12–21–02–11–21–16–12–01–02–01–13–02–21–00–13–0
Libourne-St-Seurin 1–01–12–43–21–20–10–20–12–12–11–11–20–00–22–23–12–31–01–0
Metz 1–01–02–10–02–02–02–05–01–21–21–03–01–01–02–10–02–24–12–1
Montpellier 1–21–24–00–01–21–31–13–01–00–31–14–02–10–11–12–12–00–01–0
Niort 3–02–00–01–02–22–02–12–12–11–10–10–00–02–01–11–10–02–20–0
Reims 4–11–01–12–02–20–20–01–00–11–01–01–23–21–12–04–12–32–02–1
Strasbourg 0–01–01–11–03–22–01–00–01–02–12–02–01–10–12–12–02–01–02–1
Tours 1–00–20–31–22–32–11–10–11–12–11–12–00–21–20–11–11–00–00–0
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendance

#ClubAverage attendanceBest attendanceAgainst
1 SM Caen 1620220886 Le Havre AC
2 RC Strasbourg 1556927102 FC Metz
3 FC Metz 1228722680 RC Strasbourg
4 Le Havre AC 1019414786 RC Strasbourg
5 En Avant Guingamp 889911863 Dijon FCO
6 Amiens SC 784111305 Le Havre AC
7 Montpellier HSC 705818403 Grenoble Foot 38
8 LB Châteauroux 684211175 En Avant Guingamp
9 Stade de Reims 64848678 FC Metz
10 Stade Brestois 59618969 Stade de Reims
11 Grenoble Foot 38 57736860 RC Strasbourg
12 Dijon FCO 51497049 RC Strasbourg
13 Chamois Niortais FC 47969053 Stade Brestois
14 Tours FC 43797675 SM Caen
15 FC Istres 40045961 AC Ajaccio
16 US Créteil-Lusitanos 35125591 Amiens SC
17 FC Gueugnon 34096947 FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin
18 SC Bastia 33005352 AC Ajaccio
19 FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin 23384073 SM Caen
20 AC Ajaccio 22655246 SC Bastia

Against Team hosted for the best attendance

Top goalscorers

#PlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of France.svg Jean-Michel Lesage Le Havre AC 18
- Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Kandia Traoré Le Havre AC 18
3 Flag of Senegal.svg Babacar Gueye FC Metz 16
4 Flag of France.svg Yoan Gouffran SM Caen 15
- Flag of France.svg Cédric Fauré Stade de Reims 15
6 Flag of France.svg Jean-Jacques Mandrichi AC Ajaccio 14
7 Flag of Croatia.svg Zvonimir Deranja FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin 13
8 Flag of France.svg Mathieu Scarpelli AC Ajaccio 12
- Flag of Algeria.svg Nassim Akrour Grenoble Foot 38 12
- Flag of Senegal.svg Papiss Cissé FC Metz 12
11 Flag of France.svg Benoît Leroy Chamois Niortais FC 11
- Flag of Gabon.svg Eric Mouloungui RC Strasbourg 11
- Flag of France.svg Richard Socrier Stade Brestois 11
- Flag of France.svg Stéphane Samson SM Caen 11

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