2007–08 Ligue 2

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Ligue 2
Season2007–08
Champions Le Havre
Promoted Nantes
Grenoble
Relegated Niort
Libourne-Saint-Seurin
Gueugnon
Top goalscorer Flag of France.svg Guillaume Hoarau (28)
2008–09 →

The Ligue 2 season 2007–08 was the sixty-sixth [1] since its establishment, and started in August 2007. The fixtures were announced in June 2007.

Contents

FC Metz, the champions of Ligue 2, SM Caen, and RC Strasbourg were promoted to France's top division Ligue 1. Whereas, Troyes AC, CS Sedan, and FC Nantes were relegated to Ligue 2. The first matches of the season were played on 27 July 2007, and the season ended on 16 May 2008. The new Ligue 2 champions were crowned on 2 May 2008 when Le Havre AC drew with Montpellier HSC following FC Nantes's loss to Amiens SC that same day. As champions, Le Havre will be promoted to France's highest football division Ligue 1 for the upcoming 2008-09 season. For finishing in 2nd place and 3rd, both FC Nantes and Grenoble Foot 38 achieved promotion as well.

The relegation places were filled by FC Gueugnon, who were relegated after losing to AC Ajaccio on 18 April 2008. FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, who were relegated after to CS Sedan on 2 May 2008 and Chamois Niortais FC, who were relegated on the final day after losing to US Boulogne who were occupying the last relegation place coming into the final day.

20 participating teams

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League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or Relegation
1 Le Havre (C, P)38221246630+3678Promotion to Ligue 1
2 Nantes (P)38191365834+2470
3 Grenoble (P)38171294430+1463
4 Sedan 381513104640+658
5 Clermont 38141595041+957
6 Troyes 381512114644+257
7 Brest 381512113838057
8 Montpellier 381412124332+1154
9 Ajaccio 381412123741−454
10 Angers 381314113935+453
11 SC Bastia 38149154546−149 [lower-alpha 1]
12 Guingamp 381115124137+448
13 Stade Reims 381210164452−846
14 Amiens 381112154951−245
15 Châteauroux 381112153442−845
16 Boulogne 38127193754−1743
17 Dijon 38915143251−1942
18 Niort (R)38118193848−1041Relegation to Championnat National
19 Libourne-Saint-Seurin (R)38711204162−2132
20 Gueugnon (R)38512213959−2027
Source: Ligue 2
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Bastia have been deducted two points by the Discipline Commission following an incident away to Libourne-Saint-Seurin on September 14, 2007.

Results

Home \ Away AJA AMI ANG BAS BOU BRS CHA CLR DIJ GRE GUE GUI LHA LIB MHS NAN NRT REI SED TRO
Ajaccio 1–01–11–32–21–10–13–11–12–12–01–10–32–32–12–12–10–02–11–0
Amiens 4–02–01–12–11–11–20–02–21–24–43–11–31–01–12–10–21–02–10–0
Angers 1–02–01–12–10–03–02–10–00–22–02–11–21–01–10–01–11–01–10–1
Bastia 0–11–00–14–04–02–30–00–00–01–00–10–22–11–10–12–21–23–11–0
Boulogne 0–02–11–02–02–01–31–20–10–10–00–20–31–02–04–01–01–00–11–2
Brest 0–11–01–03–13–02–11–10–01–02–11–10–21–01–01–24–21–01–10–0
Châteauroux 0–01–12–21–11–01–21–02–01–01–10–00–02–01–01–21–00–11–11–3
Clermont 2–04–22–02–30–01–00–03–00–01–03–31–01–13–22–11–04–12–11–2
Dijon 1–11–01–32–10–22–20–03–10–02–11–02–33–10–20–01–32–21–12–2
Grenoble 0–02–20–01–01–23–10–02–02–03–10–00–21–02–00–33–12–00–02–0
Gueugnon 0–21–22–10–10–10–13–11–13–01–10–13–42–21–21–11–00–12–31–1
Guingamp 1–11–01–00–14–21–02–20–00–01–20–11–11–10–20–00–02–12–15–0
Le Havre 2–02–23–26–02–01–12–01–01–00–04–12–11–10–01–01–12–00–00–0
Libourne-St-Seurin 1–22–51–12–42–20–01–01–12–01–22–02–13–11–32–30–21–11–12–0
Montpellier 1–02–01–02–13–02–11–02–31–10–10–00–00–05–00–01–00–00–03–0
Nantes 2–13–11–12–03–03–02–12–22–11–00–01–10–12–21–11–15–02–12–0
Niort 2–01–30–11–32–10–12–11–03–02–12–21–30–32–11–00–10–10–10–0
Reims 0–00–00–11–24–10–02–00–00–13–42–13–23–32–12–13–33–13–10–1
Sedan 2–11–12–20–01–12–02–12–20–12–13–11–02–11–03–11–21–02–10–1
Troyes 0–11–02–22–02–21–32–02–23–02–22–21–04–12–02–10–21–14–20–1
Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Last updated May 16, 2008

The top goalscorer was awarded to Le Havre AC's Guillaume Hoarau finishing with a stunning 28 goals averaging a goal per 118 minutes.

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of France.svg Guillaume Hoarau Le Havre 28
2 Flag of France.svg Grégory Thil Boulogne 16
Flag of France.svg Cédric Fauré Reims
4 Flag of Angola.svg Titi Buengo Amiens 14
5 Flag of Algeria.svg Nassim Akrour Grenoble 13
6 Flag of Cameroon.svg Paul Alo'o Angers 12
Flag of France.svg Xavier Pentecôte Bastia
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Noro Troyes
9 Flag of Senegal.svg Souleymane Camara Montpellier 11
Flag of Romania.svg Claudiu Keșerü Libourne-Saint-Seurin

Managers

ClubHead coach
Ajaccio Flag of Germany.svg Gernot Rohr
Amiens Flag of France.svg Ludovic Batelli
Angers Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Garcia
Bastia Flag of France.svg Bernard Casoni
Boulogne Flag of France.svg Philippe Montanier
Brest Flag of France.svg Pascal Janin
Châteauroux Flag of France.svg Cédric Daury then Christian Sarramagna
Clermont Flag of France.svg Didier Ollé-Nicolle
Dijon Flag of France.svg Serge Romano then Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Faruk Hadžibegić
Grenoble Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mehmed Baždarević
Gueugnon Flag of France.svg Alain Ravera then Alex Dupont
Guingamp Flag of France.svg Patrick Rémy then Victor Zvunka
Le Havre Flag of France.svg Jean Marc Nobilo
Libourne-Saint-Seurin Flag of France.svg Didier Tholot
Montpellier Flag of France.svg Rolland Courbis
Nantes Flag of Armenia.svg Michel Der Zakarian
Niort Flag of France.svg Jacky Bonnevay then Samuel Michel
Stade Reims Flag of France.svg Thierry Froger
Sedan Flag of France.svg José Pasqualetti
Troyes Flag of France.svg Denis Troch

Stadia

Last updated August 8, 2008

TeamStadiumCapacityAvg. attendance
AC Ajaccio Stade François Coty 12,0002,218
Amiens SC Stade de la Licorne 12,0979,427
Angers SCO Stade Jean Bouin 17,0006,973
SC Bastia Stade Armand Cesari 12,0002,685
US Boulogne Stade de la Libération 7,3005,180
Stade Brest 29 Stade Francis-Le Blé 10,1895,730
LB Châteauroux Stade Gaston Petit 17,1736,520
Clermont Foot Stade Gabriel Montpied 10,3635,368
Dijon FCO Stade Gaston Gérard 7,9004,890
Grenoble Foot 38 Stade des Alpes 20,0009,999
FC Gueugnon Stade Jean Laville 13,8272,830
En Avant Guingamp Stade du Roudourou 18,1269,043
Le Havre AC Stade Jules Deschaseaux 16,45411,632
FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix 8,0002,608
Montpellier HSC Stade de la Mosson 32,9007,247
FC Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 32,28522,771
Chamois Niortais FC Stade René Gaillard 10,9885,358
Stade Reims Stade Auguste Delaune 25,0006,861
CS Sedan Ardennes Stade Louis Dugauguez 23,1899,590
Troyes AC Stade de l'Aube 21,87710,110

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References

  1. ↑ "The Ligue 2 season". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
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