1994–95 French Division 2

The 1994/95 season was the 56th staging of the French football Division 2 These were a league exclusively with professional teams. Second division champion Olympique Marseille, who did not benefit, however, of this title, because of the association Marseille denied the climb.

Were eligible to the 15 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 four climbers came from the National. Thus, in this season following 22 teams played for the championship of Division 2: Movers Movers

  • Three from the north ( USL Dunkerque, intermediate SC Amiens, Beauvais )
  • Three from the Greater Paris and the Champagne- Ardenne ( AS Red Star, CS Sedan, OFC Charleville )
  • Two from the Northeast (AS Nancy, FC Mulhouse )
  • Five from the northwest ( Stade Laval, Le Mans UC, intermediate EA Guingamp, Stade Briochin, relegated SCO Angers)
  • Two from the center ( promoted LB Châteauroux, FC Gueugnon )
  • One from the southwest ( Chamois Niort )
  • Six from the southeast ( USJOA Valence, relegated Toulouse FC, ​​promoted FC Perpignan, Olympique Alès, Olympique Nimes, in the second division of criminal staggered relegated Olympique Marseille)

Direct ascent entitled were the top three clubs, while the four last ones were also replaced without Barrages by a corresponding number of non- league climbers.

Course of the season and Table

Each team wore against each group opponent a back and a leg off, even before a home crowd and once away. From this season was the three- point rule; case of a tie, the goal difference was the decisive factor for the placement.

Sporting the season was characterized by a four-way battle for the three climb places where two relegated and two surprise teams - with Guingamp a newly promoted from the third division and with Gueugnon a team that had one and a half decades ago, still dispensed the rise because the club his amateur status would not give up - were involved, had not reckoned with before the season starts. The latter two finally reached the goal, while Marseille, although after 42 rounds topped the table, but was not allowed to ascend. The background to this continued to be the impact of the bribery scandal in 1993 that led in 1995 to Olympiques insolvency and the corresponding action by the Association Oversight Board Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion ( DSCG ). In the lower table area it went to more closely; 15 finally separated from the 21, only three points, and even taillight Nîmes possessed only the penultimate round no theoretical chance of winning the league more. About the ranks 18 to 20 - the 18th place was the first non-relegation place - even decided only on goal difference, and here lay Angers, Saint- Brieuc and Beauvais only three hits apart.

In the 462 encounters 1,063 goals were scored; which corresponds to an average of 2.3 goals per game. Goalscorer and thus winning the league's top scorer was Tony Cascarino (Marseille ) with 31 matches. For the following season came with Stade Malherbe Caen and FC Sochaux added only two relegated from Division 1, because due to Marseilles Nichtaufstiegsplatz the AS Saint- Étienne was allowed to keep its place in the " footballing House of Lords ". From the third- highest division increased to four teams, namely SAS Epinal, CS Louhans - Cuiseaux, FC Lorient and Stade Poitiers PEP.

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

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