1989–90 French Division 2

The 1989/90 season was the 51th staging of the French football Division 2 It was since 1970 an open championship with professionals and amateurs. Second-division champion was the AS Nancy.

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) or lower; 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: relegated Movers

  • Group A: Up and AS Red Star, U.S. Orléans, Stade Reims, intermediate EAC Chaumont, AS Nancy, relegated Racing Strasbourg, FC Montceau, who renamed CS Louhans - Cuiseaux, FC Gueugnon, CL Dijon, Grenoble FC - Dauphiné, FC Annecy, Olympique Alès, Nîmes Olympique, intermediate Olympique Avignon Istres Sports, FC Martigues, who renamed SC Bastia
  • Group B: USL Dunkerque, U.S. Valenciennes Anzin, relegated Racing Lens, SC Abbeville, who renamed AS Beauvais, Le Havre AC, FC Rouen, U.S. Créteil, relegated Stade Laval Stade Rennes, Guingamp, Quimper Cornwall FC, ​​promoted FC Lorient, SCO Angers, Tours promoted FC, Chamois Niort, who renamed due to a merger La Roche Vendée Football, intermediate AS Saint -Seurin

Direct ascent were entitled to only the teams first. Then there was a relegation between the lowest ranked first division, the descent directly, and the best, not directly climb legitimate second division.

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 after the last year's trial period has not continued with the three- point rule, again the two- point rule. In case of equality the goal difference was the decisive factor for the placement; also consisted nor an identity - as in this season between Lorient and Abbeville -, chose the higher number of goals scored. 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. It was played from. August 1989 until. May 1990; from mid-December to mid-January, there was a winter break.

None of the Erstligaabsteiger from the previous season succeeded the immediate return to the " footballing upper house "; it had with Lorient, who left " lift team " of the late 1980s, only one of last year's third division, the Division 2 immediately. Red Star Movers, athletic likewise the relegation zone, while, however, benefited only from the city's voluntary withdrawal in the National. In group B, the team from Niort finished 19 of its 34 matches in a draw, a value that had previously reached no association of the second division.

In the 612 games only 1,430 hits were scored; which corresponds to an average of just 2.34 goals per game and made - for the third time in a row - a new negative record in league history dar. most successful scorers were in group A Didier Monczuk from Strasbourg with 26, and in group B Jean -Pierre Local ( Rouen ) with 22 goals; Monczuk thus won the league top scorer. For the following season, only one came relegated from Division 1, FC Mulhouse, added because 1 Racing Paris voluntarily went straight to the third-highest league; from this increased to six teams, namely Olympique Saint -Quentin, Le Mans UC, FC Bourges, SAS Epinal, Stade Rodez and Gazelec FCO Ajaccio.

(A) = relegated from Division 1; (N) = climbers from the National

Determination of the master and rise Relegation

The two group winners met each other in return game to determine this year's champion of Division 2. Here, Nancy sat down in two games with a 1-0 win over Rennes through and so won this year's second division championship.

The runners-up and third - fought in a two-stage elimination to see who of them against the Premiership 18th OGC Nice was allowed to play for another promotion place in the top flight. First, the two runners met in a single game each to the third party of the other group; this is translated to Rouen Strasbourg 2-0 and Valenciennes Anzin against Nîmes 3-1 with and met then - now back in return game - each other. The Alsatians played at home to the Northern French only 0:0, sat in Valenciennes but after extra time 3-2. Then Strasbourg initially won at the Meinau 3-1 against Nice, lost the return match on the Côte d' Azur, however, very clearly with 0:6, so this time no third Zweitdivisionär ascended into the Division 1.

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