2024–25 Ligue 2

Ligue 2

Season	2024–25
Dates	16 August 2024 – 10 May 2025
Top goalscorer	Pape Meïssa Ba (10 goals)
← 2023–24

The 2024–25 Ligue 2, commonly known as Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the 86th season of Ligue 2. It began on 16 August 2024 and will conclude on 10 May 2025.

Teams

Changes

Red Star (promoted after 5 years of absence) and Martigues (promoted return after 22 years of absence). Since Ligue 2 reduced in size, 4 teams were relegated and only 2 promoted, ^[1] so Troyes, Quevilly-Rouen, Concarneau, and Valenciennes were relegated ^[2] (after 1, 3, 1, and 10 seasons in the second division respectively). Troyes has now been relegated in two consecutive seasons and Valenciennes had last been in the third division since 2004–05. From Ligue 1, Metz, Lorient and Clermont Foot have been relegated to Ligue 2 (after 1, 4 and 3 years in top tier respectively). ^[2] Auxerre, Angers and Saint-Étienne were promoted to Ligue 1 after one-year absence for the first two and two-year absence for the last one. ^[3]

On June 27, 2024, the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion (DNCG) decided to administratively downgrade Ajaccio to Championnat National by questioning the financial situation of the club, although it was profitable at the end of the 2022–2023 season. ^[4] They appealed the decision, and on the 11th of July 2024, they were reinstated in Ligue 2 for the 2024–25 season. ^[5]

Troyes were reinstated to Ligue 2 following a request approved by the DNCG. ^[6]

In a repeat of the 2022 off-season, Bordeaux was administratively relegated to Championnat National in response to their financial struggles. This occurred following the failure of Fenway Sports Group's proposed takeover; although the club had initially appealed the decision, it later withdrew the appeal. ^[7] With the club being required to present the DNCG with their budget prior to the start of the 2024–25 season, they could suffer a further demotion to the Championnat National 2. ^[8]

On August 17th, 2024, Bordeaux's demotion to Championnat National 2 was confirmed by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee. ^[9]

from Championnat National	to Ligue 1	from Ligue 1	to Championnat National	to Championnat National 2
Red Star Martigues	Auxerre Angers Saint-Étienne (play-off)	Metz (play-off) Lorient Clermont	Quevilly-Rouen Concarneau Valenciennes	Bordeaux (administratively relegated)

Stadiums and locations

Ajaccio

Amiens

Annecy

Bastia

Caen

Clermont

Dunkerque

Grenoble

Guingamp

Laval

Lorient

Martigues

Metz

Paris FC

Pau

Red Star

Rodez

Troyes

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Location of teams in 2024–25 Ligue 2

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Ajaccio	Ajaccio	Stade Michel Moretti	10,446
Amiens	Amiens	Stade de la Licorne	12,097
Annecy	Annecy	Parc des Sports	15,660
Bastia	Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari	16,078
Caen	Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	21,215
Clermont	Clermont-Ferrand	Stade Gabriel Montpied	11,980
Dunkerque	Dunkerque	Stade Marcel Tribut	4,933
Grenoble	Grenoble	Stade des Alpes	20,068
Guingamp	Guingamp	Stade de Roudourou	18,378
Laval	Laval	Stade Francis Le Basser	18,607
Lorient	Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	18,890
Martigues	Martigues	Stade Francis Turcan	8,290
Metz	Longeville-lès-Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	28,786
Paris FC	Paris (Paris 13)	Stade Sébastien Charléty	19,151
Pau	Pau	Nouste Camp	4,031
Red Star	Paris (Saint-Ouen)	Stade Bauer	10,000
Rodez	Rodez	Stade Paul Lignon	5,955
Troyes	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	21,684

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors (front)	Sponsors (back)	Sponsors (sleeve)	Sponsors (shorts)	Sponsors (socks)
Ajaccio	Thierry Debès (caretaker)	Thomas Mangani	Adidas	Cullettività di Corsica-Collectivité de Corse, Gamm Vert	Madewis	Air Corsica, AZ Habitat	Ajaccio, Europcar	None
Amiens	Omar Daf	Régis Gurtner	Puma	Intersport, Igol Lubrifiants, Gueudet	Igol Lubrifiants	None	Amiens Métropole, E.Leclerc Rivery
Annecy	Laurent Guyot	Jean-Jacques Rocchi	Adidas	MSC Cruises, Mediaco Vrac, TeamWork	Stgenergy, Nissan Groupe Maurin	Tissier Technique	LP Charpente, Burger King
Bastia	Michel Moretti	Christophe Vincent		Oscaro Power, Corsica Ferries, Capembal, Roncaglia Blanchisserie, Collectivité de Corse, Coviag, Olivier Bleu, Smart Good Things, Casa di e Lingue	Payfoot, ESSE, Madewis	Groupe Actual, Asco6Tem	Burger King, Garage Corsa, CORSECARLOC
Caen	Michel Der Zakarian	Romain Thomas	Kappa	Starwash (H)/Saint James Clothing (A), Künkel, Thalazur	Imprimerie NII, Guilloux	Carrefour Ouistreham	Crédit Agricole Normandie, Printngo Publicité
Clermont	Laurent Batlles	Johan Gastien	Uhlsport	Staffmatch, Puy-de-Dôme, Crédit Mutuel	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (H), Pingeon & Fils	Radio SCOOP	Systèmes Solaires
Dunkerque	Luís Castro	Opa Sangante	Adidas	Intersport, Dunkerque Communauté Urbaine, Topensi	DS Levage	2024 Vivre les JO #dunkerqueagglo Tous en bleu, blanc, rouge	Hauts-de-France, Onet
Grenoble	Franck Rizzetto	Jessy Bénet	Nike	Vinci Immobilier (H)/Carrefour Market (A), Carrefour (H)/Vinci Immobilier (A), Smart Good Things, Grenoble Alpes Métropole	Chamrousse, Le Cabanon en Provence	None	LCR
Guingamp	Sylvain Ripoll	Jérémy Livolant	Umbro	Celtigel, Creactuel, Breizh Cola, Ballay	Jardiman, Vital Concept	Cafés Coïc	Bernard Jarnoux Crêpier, Tibbloc
Laval	Olivier Frapolli	Jimmy Roye	Kappa	Lactel, La Mayenne Le Département, Laval Agglo	V and B Cave & Bar, Groupe Lucas, Mayenne	Groupe Actual	Laval Agglo, SEPAL, Aropiz
Lorient	Olivier Pantaloni	Laurent Abergel	Umbro	Jean Floc'h, Acadomia, Breizh Cola	KarrGreen, MA Pièces Autos Bretagne	Actual Group	BMW/Mousqueton, B&B Hotels
Martigues	Hakim Malek	Samir Belloumou	Nike	Ford	IDEC Sport	Betson	None
Metz	Stéphane Le Mignan	Matthieu Udol	Kappa	Car Avenue (H), MOSL Mosselle Sans Limite, Malezieux, Axia Interim	Technitoit, Nacon	Eurométropole de Metz	E.Leclerc Moselle, LCR
Paris	Stéphane Gilli	Cyril Mandouki	Adidas	Bahrain Victorious, Lycamobile	Vinci	None
Pau	Nicolas Usaï	Antoine Batisse	Puma	Bullux Services, Pau, Casino de Pau, Intersport	Arobase Intérim, Brico Fenêtre, Iroise Bellevie	Bullux Services	Übi Care	None
Red Star	Grégory Poirier	Loïc Kouagba	Kappa	TRUST'iT	None
Rodez	Didier Santini	Rémy Boissier	Adidas	Maxoutil, E.Leclerc	JeanStation, Thermatic, Ville de Rodez, Aveyron, Rodez Agglomération, Occitanie	aveyron.fr	Intersport, Maxoutil, Andrieu Construction	None
Troyes	Stéphane Dumont	Xavier Chevalerin	Le Coq Sportif	LCR (H), Troyes, norelem, Festilight	Sinfin, Amplitude Groupe Automobile	Century 21 Groupe Martinot	Huguier Frères

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Red Star	Habib Beye	End of contract	8 May 2024 [10]	Pre-season	Grégory Poirier	4 June 2024 [11]
Clermont	Pascal Gastien	Resigned	13 May 2024		Sébastien Bichard	1 July 2024 [12]
Guingamp	Stéphane Dumont	End of contract	29 May 2024		Sylvain Ripoll	29 May 2024 [13]
Lorient	Régis Le Bris	Signed by Sunderland	22 June 2024		Olivier Pantaloni	23 June 2024
Ajaccio	Olivier Pantaloni	Signed by Lorient	23 June 2024		Mathieu Chabert	2 July 2024
Metz	László Bölöni	Sacked	4 July 2024		Stéphane Le Mignan	4 July 2024 [14]
Troyes	David Guion		6 August 2024		Stéphane Dumont	12 August 2024
Clermont	Sébastien Bichard		28 October 2024 [15]	14th	Laurent Batlles	30 October 2024 [16]
Martigues	Thierry Laurey		16 December 2024 [17]	18th	Hakim Malek	20 January 2025 [18]
Grenoble	Oswald Tanchot		18 December 2024 [19]	12th	Franck Rizzetto	17 January 2025 [20]
Caen	Nicolas Seube		29 December 2024 [21]	16th	Bruno Baltazar	30 December 2024 [22]
Ajaccio	Mathieu Chabert	Resigned	3 January 2025 [23]	17th	Thierry Debès (caretaker)	3 January 2025
Caen	Bruno Baltazar	Sacked	18 February 2025 [24]	18th	Michel Der Zakarian	18 February 2025

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Metz	28	16	8	4	48	22	+26	56	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Lorient	27	17	4	6	49	26	+23	55
3	Paris FC	27	16	4	7	42	28	+14	52	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Dunkerque	28	15	3	10	41	36	+5	48
5	Guingamp	27	14	3	10	44	33	+11	45
6	Laval	27	12	7	8	36	25	+11	43
7	Bastia	28	9	13	6	31	27	+4	40
8	Annecy	28	11	7	10	33	37	−4	40
9	Grenoble	27	10	7	10	32	31	+1	37
10	Pau	28	9	10	9	31	37	−6	37
11	Ajaccio	28	10	4	14	25	35	−10	34
12	Amiens	28	10	4	14	29	42	−13	34
13	Troyes	28	10	3	15	29	29	0	33
14	Red Star	28	9	6	13	30	43	−13	33
15	Rodez	28	8	8	12	47	45	+2	32
16	Martigues	28	8	4	16	22	43	−21	28	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Clermont	28	6	9	13	23	36	−13	27	Relegation to Championnat National
18	Caen	27	5	4	18	23	40	−17	19

Updated to match(es) played on 28 March 2025. Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	AMI	ANN	BAS	CAE	CLE	DUN	GRE	GUI	LAV	LOR	MTG	MET	PFC	PAU	RST	ROD	TRO
Ajaccio	—		1–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–0		3–0		1–1	0–1	0–2			1–0	2–1
Amiens	3–1	—	1–0	1–0		1–0		1–4		1–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0		3–0	2–1	0–3
Annecy		3–0	—		1–0	2–0	0–2		1–4	2–0		2–4	0–0	2–3	2–0	1–0		1–0
Bastia	4–0	1–0	2–2	—		0–0			3–1		0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0
Caen	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	—	0–1		0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2			0–2			3–3	0–1
Clermont	0–1			1–1	0–1	—	0–1		4–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1
Dunkerque	1–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	—				0–1	0–1			3–2	2–0	1–0	2–1
Grenoble	2–2	0–2	0–0	3–2	3–1	3–0	0–1	—	1–1	2–1		1–0	2–0		1–1		2–1
Guingamp	1–0	3–0	2–2		3–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	—						0–1	3–4	3–0	4–0
Laval	1–1			2–2	1–0	1–2	3–2		0–1	—	2–0	0–1			3–1	1–1		1–0
Lorient	3–0		4–2			3–2	4–2	2–0	3–1		—		0–0	2–0		2–1	3–1	2–0
Martigues		3–0	2–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–4	0–1	0–3	0–1	—				0–1	0–2
Metz		3–2		1–1	1–0		2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	—		0–0
Paris FC		1–0	0–0				3–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–2	1–2	—		4–1	3–3	1–0
Pau	1–0	0–2		1–1	1–0		1–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	3–0		0–0	—	4–1	0–5	0–2
Red Star	1–0	2–0		0–0	2–2			3–1	3–1	0–3		1–0	1–0	1–3	1–3	—		0–3
Rodez	1–2	1–1	5–1					2–1	1–2	1–3	3–3		1–3		1–0	0–2	—	2–1
Troyes			0–1	2–0		0–1		0–0		0–2	0–1	4–0	2–1	0–3	3–0		0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2025. Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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