1972–73 French Division 2

The 1972/73 season was the 34th of the French football Division 2 It was since 1970 an open championship with professionals and amateurs. Second division champion Racing Lens.

Were eligible to the 33 clubs who were relegated after the previous season, either in the first division on - even in the third league (National); this came three Erstligaabsteiger, but no previous amateur third division. These 36 participants played in two scheduled primarily on a regional basis groups (one with teams from the north and west, and one with teams from the south or east). Thus, in this season the following teams played for the championship of Division 2:

  • Group A: U.S. Dunkerque, U.S. Grand Boulogne, relegated OSC Lille, Racing Lens, AC Cambrai, Amiens SC, FC Rouen, CA Mantes, SM Caen, Stade Laval, U.S. Le Mans, Stade Brest, Lorient, AAJ Blois, Bourges FC, LB Châteauroux, Stade Poitiers PEP, relegated AS Angoulême
  • Group B: Troyes Aube Football, EAC Chaumont, Entente Bagneaux - Fontainebleau - Nemours, FC Mulhouse, Racing Club Franc- Comtois Besancon, EDS Montlucon, CS - Cuiseaux Louhans, FC Gueugnon, FC Limoges, U.S. Toulouse FC Sète, U.S. Montelimar, Olympique Avignon, Arles, SC Toulon, La Ciotat ESCN, AS Cannes, AS Monaco relegated

Ascent were entitled to teams first and the winner of the play-offs between the two runners-up. A relegation between the lowest ranked first division, which does not directly descended, and the best, not directly climb legitimate second division did not exist at this time.

Course of the season and tables

Each team wore against each group opponent a back and a leg off, even before a home crowd and once away. It was the two- point rule; case of a tie was the goal difference and, if these were identical - like this season at Poitiers and Angoulême - the greater number geschossener hit the scales in favor of the placement. In France, the number of plus points is called when specifying the point ratio exclusively; Again, this is done in Germany in the days of the 2- point rule usual notation.

In both seasons, there was an exciting head-to- head race for the first place. In group B this was a duel between Troyes and Monaco, who had separated from the chasing pack at an early stage, until at last fought for the best position, and finally - Monaco thanks to the play-offs - both managed the climb. In group A, there were even four teams who were still able to calculate chances of rank one until the penultimate match day. In the end it was there only goal difference that tipped the scales in favor of Lens against Boulogne and Lille also had only one point behind these two competitors had over Boulogne while even the much better goal difference. At the lower end of the table were in group A and three in group B two relegated before the final day fixed; end of the season it happened but so far otherwise than by the withdrawal of FC from Limoges Division 2 of the third last of the Northwest Season, Châteauroux, but still remained in the league.

In the 612 games 1,634 goals were scored; which corresponds to an average of 2.67 goals per game. Successful scorers were in group A Eugeniusz Faber (Lens) with 21, and in group B Gérard Tonnel ( Troyes ) with 31 hits; The latter thus won the league top scorer. For the following season three relegated from Division 1 (U.S. Valenciennes Anzin, Red Star FC and AC Ajaccio ) were added; from the third-highest league of six teams went directly to, namely SC Hazebrouck, Paris Saint- Germain FC, ​​ES La Rochelle, JGA Nevers, CS Vittel and AS Béziers.

(A) = relegated from Division 1

Determination of the master and the third climber

The two group winners met each other in return game to determine this year's champion of Division 2. Racing Lens won the first match against Troyes AF 1-0, the return match 3-2 and thus secured the championship title.

According to the same mode, the two runners-up were fighting for another promotion place in the top flight. In the first game Boulogne and parted Monaco 2-2, in the second leg kept the Monegasque with a 7-1 win the upper hand and returned after only one year in the Division 1.

1971–72 French Division 2 Championnat National USL Dunkerque US Boulogne Stade Malherbe Caen Stade Lavallois Stade Brestois 29 FC Lorient Blois Foot 41 CS Louhans-Cuiseaux Limoges FC Avenir Club Avignonnais AS Monaco FC 1973–74 French Division 2 Valenciennes FC 1972–73 French Division 1 1972–73 Coupe de France 1933–34 French Division 2 1934–35 French Division 2 1935–36 French Division 2 1936–37 French Division 2 1937–38 French Division 2 1938–39 French Division 2 1945–46 French Division 2 1946–47 French Division 2 1947–48 French Division 2 1948–49 French Division 2 1949–50 French Division 2 1950–51 French Division 2 1951–52 French Division 2 1952–53 French Division 2 1953–54 French Division 2 1954–55 French Division 2 1955–56 French Division 2 1956–57 French Division 2 1957–58 French Division 2 1958–59 French Division 2 1959–60 French Division 2 1960–61 French Division 2 1961–62 French Division 2 1962–63 French Division 2 1963–64 French Division 2 1964–65 French Division 2 1965–66 French Division 2 1966–67 French Division 2 1967–68 French Division 2 1968–69 French Division 2 1969–70 French Division 2 1970–71 French Division 2 1974–75 French Division 2 1975–76 French Division 2 1976–77 French Division 2 1977–78 French Division 2 1978–79 French Division 2 1979–80 French Division 2 1980–81 French Division 2 1981–82 French Division 2 1982–83 French Division 2 1983–84 French Division 2 1984–85 French Division 2 1985–86 French Division 2 1986–87 French Division 2 1987–88 French Division 2 1988–89 French Division 2 1989–90 French Division 2 1990–91 French Division 2 1991–92 French Division 2 1992–93 French Division 2 1993–94 French Division 2 1994–95 French Division 2 1995–96 French Division 2 1996–97 French Division 2 1997–98 French Division 2 1998–99 French Division 2 1999–2000 French Division 2 2000–01 French Division 2 2001–02 French Division 2 2002–03 Ligue 2 2003–04 Ligue 2 2004–05 Ligue 2 2008–09 Ligue 2 2009–10 Ligue 2 2010–11 Ligue 2 2011–12 Ligue 2 2012–13 Ligue 2
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