1975–76 French Division 2

The 1975/76 season was the 37th staging of the French football Division 2 It was since 1970 an open championship with professionals and amateurs. Second-division champion was the SC de l' Ouest Angers.

Were eligible to the 27 clubs who were relegated after the previous season, either in the first division on - even in the third league (National); to three Erstligaabsteiger and six climbers came from the National. These 36 participants played in two scheduled primarily on a regional basis groups (one with teams from the north and west, as well as with teams from the South and East). Thus, in this season the following teams played for the championship of Division 2: Up and relegated

  • Group A: U.S. Dunkerque, SC Hazebrouck, U.S. Grand Boulogne, Amiens SC, who renamed CS Sedan- Mouzon, FC Rouen, promoted Caen, Paris FC, ​​newly promoted USM Malakoff, Entente Bagneaux - Fontainebleau - Nemours, Stade Laval Stade Rennes relegated, Stade Brest, Lorient, intermediate SO Cholet, FC Tours, LB Châteauroux, AS Angoulême
  • Group B: EAC Chaumont, SAS Epinal, intermediate SR Saint- Dié, FC Mulhouse, Racing Club Franc- Comtois Besancon, FC Gueugnon, AJ Auxerre, intermediate JGA Nevers, EDS Montlucon, relegated Red Star FC, relegated SCO Angers, U.S. Toulouse, AS Béziers, Sète FC, ​​FC Martigues, SC Toulon, AS Cannes, FC Gazelec promoted Ajaccio

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 there was not 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, then, if these - was identical, the higher number geschossener hits and finally - - like this season between Martigues and Besançon as in Béziers and Auxerre the case - the greater number of bonus points in the decision to placement. An additional bonus point awarded each team regardless of the outcome of the game for each game in which they had scored at least three goals, as well as for each win with two or more hits difference; by the attacking football should be encouraged. Since this regulation had over three years but pulled no significant success in that, it was abandoned for the following season. 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.

The three relegated from the First Division occupied in both groups, the table top, in group B the projection of Angers and Red Star on the pursuers clear as was only because of the bonus points, while in group A Rennes - as well as Laval - even without this bonus were clearly separated from the competitors. Of the six climbers from the third division half had to return immediately back there; most of them Caen, the sixth -placed in his season of Division 2 was. About the descent of Sedan and Mulhouse decided at the end of only their respective weak goal difference.

In 612 games in 1657 hits were scored; which corresponds to an average of 2.71 goals per game. Successful scorers were in group A Boidar Antic (Caen ) with 22, and in group B Marc Berdoll (Angers ) with 25 hits, which thus won the league top scorer. For the following season came with AS Monaco, Racing Strasbourg and Olympique Avignon three relegated from Division 1 added; from the third- highest division rose six teams directly, three of which ( Stade Quimper, FC Bourges, AC Arles ) already had experience in this league level, while the rise for U.S. Nœux -les -Mines, Amicale Lucé and U.S. Tavaux - Damparis a premiere meant.

(A) = relegated from Division 1; (N) = newbie

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. It sat by the SCO Angers both on home soil ( 3-2 ) and away ( 6-4 ) against Stade Rennes 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, and here also won with a team Stade Laval both matches ( 2-1 and 1-0 against Red Star FC from Saint -Ouen ). This Laval succeeded for the first time in their history, the rise in the first division.

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