2000–01 French Division 2

The 2000/01 season was the 62nd staging of the French football Division 2 These were a league exclusively with professional teams. Second league champion FC Sochaux -Montbéliard.

Were eligible to the 14 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 as many climbers came from the National. Thus, in this season following 20 teams played for the championship of Division 2:

  • Two from the north (ES Wasquehal, intermediate AS Beauvais )
  • One from the Greater Paris area ( U.S. Créteil )
  • Six out of the northwest ( relegated Le Havre AC, SM Caen, Stade Laval, Le Mans UC, FC Lorient, intermediate SCO Angers)
  • Three from the Northeast ( relegated AS Nancy, FC Sochaux FC Gueugnon )
  • Two from the southwest (LB Châteauroux, Chamois Niort )
  • Five from the southeast ( relegated HSC Montpellier, Nîmes Olympique, promoted FC Martigues, AS Cannes, OGC Nice)
  • One from Corsica ( AC Ajaccio )

Direct climb right were the top three clubs. The three lowest ranked participants had to dismount and were replaced by an equal number of non- league promoted.

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. It was the three- point rule; case of a tie, the goal difference was the decisive factor for the placement.

At the summit, there was a battle for the championship between Sochaux and Lorient, which was not decided until the last round. With these two teams even the best-placed relegated from the Hérault could no longer keep up, but at the end - unlike Montpellier " fellow sufferers " Nancy and Le Havre - could be early sure to create the immediate resurgence. In the beginning with Table eleventh relegation zone all three promoted from the third division were to be found, of which only Beauvais could reasonably temporarily secure the further second league affiliation, while Angers had to go back up the rear there immediately. This lot should have been made ​​also to FC Martigues than third-bottom; but because with FC Toulouse one of the sporting Erstligaabsteiger administratively in the National " demoted " was Martigues remained in Division 2

In the 380 matches 883 goals were scored; which corresponds to an average of 2.3 goals per game. Goalscorer and thus winning the league's top scorer was Francileudo Silva dos Santos from the master Sochaux with 21 hits. For the following season came with the AS Saint -Etienne and Racing Strasbourg exceptionally only two relegated from Division 1 added; from the third- highest division increased to three teams, namely SC Amiens, Grenoble Football and FC Istres -Ville -Nouvelle. Thus, played the following season with Strasbourg and Amiens this year's two Cup finalists together in the second division.

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

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 1999–2000 French Division 2 Championnat National Stade Malherbe Caen Stade Lavallois Chamois Niortais F.C. Montpellier HSC Toulouse FC 2001–02 French Division 2 Grenoble Foot 38 2000–01 French Division 1 2000–01 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 1971–72 French Division 2 1972–73 French Division 2 1973–74 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 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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