2020–21 Ligue 2

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Ligue 2
Season 2020–21
Champions Troyes
Promoted Troyes
Clermont
Relegated Châteauroux
Chambly
Matches played 380
Goals scored 910 (2.39 per match)

The 2020–21 Ligue 2 season, also known as Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, was the 82nd season of second-division football in France, and the 19th season since the division was rebranded as Ligue 2 from Division 2. Due to the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the announcement of the start and end dates for the season was delayed. There were suggestions that the season would feature just 18 teams, as opposed to the usual 20, after France's highest administrative court overturned the relegations of Amiens and Toulouse from Ligue 1;[1] however, the relegations were reinstated by the General Assembly of the LFP with a vote on 23 June 2020.[2] The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020 and the league season began on 22 August 2020 and ended on 15 May 2021.[3]

Teams

Team changes

Increase from Championnat National Increase to Ligue 1 Decrease from Ligue 1 Decrease to Championnat National

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2020–21 Ligue 2
Club Location Venue Capacity
Ajaccio Ajaccio Stade François Coty 10,446
Amiens Amiens Stade de la Licorne 12,097
Auxerre Auxerre Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps 21,379
Caen Caen Stade Michel d'Ornano 21,215
Chambly Beauvais Stade Pierre Brisson 10,178
Châteauroux Châteauroux Stade Gaston Petit 17,173
Clermont Foot Clermont-Ferrand Stade Gabriel Montpied 11,980
Dunkerque Dunkirk Stade Marcel-Tribut 4,200
Grenoble Grenoble Stade des Alpes 20,068
Guingamp Guingamp Stade de Roudourou 18,378
Le Havre Le Havre Stade Océane 25,178
Nancy Tomblaine Stade Marcel Picot 20,087
Niort Niort Stade René Gaillard 10,886
Paris FC Paris (13th arrondissement) Stade Charléty 20,000
Pau Pau Nouste Camp 13,819
Rodez Rodez Stade Paul-Lignon 5,955
Sochaux Montbéliard Stade Auguste Bonal 20,005
Toulouse Toulouse Stadium Municipal 33,150
Troyes Troyes Stade de l'Aube 21,684
Valenciennes Valenciennes Stade du Hainaut 25,172

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Ajaccio France Olivier Pantaloni Guadeloupe Cédric Avinel Adidas Auchan Atrium
Amiens France Oswald Tanchot France Prince-Désir Gouano Puma Intersport
Auxerre France Jean-Marc Furlan Mali Birama Touré Macron Remorques LOUALT
Caen France Stéphane Moulin France Jonathan Rivierez Umbro Maisons France Confort (H), Campagne de France (A & 3)
Châteauroux Italy Marco Simone Cameroon Yannick M'Boné Nike Monin
Chambly France Bruno Luzi France Thibault Jaques Umbro Flint
Clermont France Pascal Gastien Uruguay Jonathan Iglesias Patrick Crédit Mutuel
Dunkerque France Fabien Mercadal France Axel Maraval Kappa Intersport
Grenoble France Philippe Hinschberger France Brice Maubleu Nike Carrefour, Sempa, BONTAZ
Guingamp France Frédéric Bompard Comoros Youssouf M'Changama Umbro Servagroupe (H), Aroma Celte (A)
Le Havre France Paul Le Guen France Alexandre Bonnet Joma Filiassur, SEAFRIGO Group
Nancy France Jean-Louis Garcia Guinea Ernest Seka Puma Lor Port
Niort France Sébastien Desabre France Dylan Louiserre Erima Restaurant Le Billon (H), Cheminées Poujoulat (A)
Paris FC France René Girard France Vincent Demarconnay Nike Vinci
Pau France Didier Tholot France Antoine Batisse Adidas Iroise Bellevie
Rodez France Laurent Peyrelade France Pierre Bardy Adidas Max Outil
Sochaux Senegal Omar Daf France Gaëtan Weissbeck Nike Nedey Automobiles
Toulouse France Patrice Garande Norway Ruben Gabrielsen Joma Triangle Interim
Troyes France Laurent Batlles France Jimmy Giraudon Le Coq Sportif Babeau Seguin
Valenciennes France Olivier Guégan France Laurent Dos Santos Acerbis Mutuelle Just

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Niort France Franck Passi End of contract 6 June 2020[4] Pre-season France Sébastien Desabre 16 June 2020[5]
Toulouse France Denis Zanko End of interim 22 June 2020 France Patrice Garande 22 June 2020[6]
Guingamp France Sylvain Didot Sacked 30 August 2020[7] 15th Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehmed Baždarević 30 August 2020
Amiens Slovenia Luka Elsner Sacked 28 September 2020[8] 15th France Oswald Tanchot 16 October 2020[9]
Châteauroux France Nicolas Usaï Sacked 13 December 2020[10] 18th France Benoît Cauet 1 January 2021[11]
Guingamp Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehmed Baždarević Mutual consent 1 February 2021[12] 17th France Frédéric Bompard 1 February 2021
Châteauroux France Benoît Cauet Sacked 10 March 2021[13] 20th Italy Marco Simone 10 March 2021
Caen France Pascal Dupraz Sacked 23 March 2021[14] 14th France Fabrice Vandeputte 23 March 2021

Number of teams by regions

Teams Region Team(s)
4 23x15px Hauts-de-France Amiens, Chambly, Dunkerque and Valenciennes
2 23x15px Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Clermont and Grenoble
 Nouvelle-Aquitaine Niort and Pau
23x15px Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Auxerre and Sochaux
23x15px Grand Est Nancy and Troyes
 Normandy Caen and Le Havre
 Occitanie Rodez and Toulouse
1 Brittany (administrative region) Brittany Guingamp
 Centre-Val de Loire Châteauroux
 Corsica Ajaccio
 Île-de-France Paris FC

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Troyes (C, P) 38 23 8 7 60 36 +24 77 Promotion to Ligue 1
2 Clermont (P) 38 21 9 8 61 25 +36 72
3 Toulouse 38 20 10 8 71 42 +29 70 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Grenoble 38 18 11 9 51 35 +16 65
5 Paris FC 38 17 13 8 53 37 +16 64
6 Auxerre 38 16 14 8 64 43 +21 62
7 Sochaux 38 12 15 11 45 37 +8 51
8 Nancy 38 11 14 13 53 53 0 47
9 Guingamp 38 10 17 11 41 43 −2 47
10 Amiens 38 11 14 13 34 40 −6 47
11 Valenciennes 38 12 11 15 50 59 −9 47
12 Le Havre 38 11 14 13 38 48 −10 47
13 Ajaccio 38 11 13 14 34 43 −9 46
14 Pau 38 11 11 16 42 49 −7 44
15 Rodez 38 8 19 11 38 44 −6 43
16 Dunkerque 38 10 11 17 34 47 −13 41
17 Caen 38 9 14 15 34 49 −15 41
18 Niort (O) 38 9 14 15 34 58 −24 41 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
19 Chambly (R) 38 9 11 18 41 64 −23 38 Relegation to Championnat National
20 Châteauroux (R) 38 4 11 23 32 58 −26 23
Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away AJA AMI AUX CAE FCC CHA CLE DUN GRE GUI HAC NAN NIO PFC PAU ROD SOC TFC TRO VAL
Ajaccio — 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–4 3–0
Amiens 0–0 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 3–1
Auxerre 5–1 2–1 — 1–1 4–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 6–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–1
Caen 1–0 1–0 0–0 — 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–4 2–2 0–0 1–1
Chambly 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–2 — 2–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–1 0–3 1–2
Châteauroux 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 4–0 — 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–4 2–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 3–3
Clermont 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 — 5–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 4–0
Dunkerque 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–0
Grenoble 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 4–0 — 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 5–3 2–0 2–0
Guingamp 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–5 0–0 1–0 — 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1
Le Havre 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 — 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–2 0–2
Nancy 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 — 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–3 2–3 1–3
Niort 2–0 0–2 0–4 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 — 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–3 0–3
Paris FC 1–1 4–2 0–3 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 0–2 3–3 — 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0
Pau 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 — 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 4–3
Rodez 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0
Sochaux 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 3–4 1–2 1–1 2–2 — 0–1 2–1 2–0
Toulouse 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 4–3 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 — 0–0 4–5
Troyes 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–5 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 — 1–1
Valenciennes 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–5 2–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 —
Source: Ligue 2

Promotion play-offs

A promotion play-off competition was held at the end of the season, involving the 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed teams in 2020–21 Ligue 2, and the 18th-placed team in 2020–21 Ligue 1.

The quarter-final was played on 18 May and the semi-final was played on 21 May.[15]

  Quarter-final     Semi-final     Final
                           
        3B  Toulouse 3  
  4B  Grenoble 2     4B  Grenoble 0    
  5B  Paris FC 0         3B  Toulouse  
      18A  Nantes  
        2         
        3       

Round 1

18 May 2021 (2021-05-18)
20:45 CEST
Grenoble 2–0 Paris
Anani Goal 8'
Semedo Goal 87'		 https://www.ligue2.com/ligue2/feuille_match/
Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Bastien Depechy

Round 2

21 May 2021 (2021-05-21)
20:45 CEST
Toulouse 3–0 Grenoble
Spierings Goal 3'
Koné Goal 23'
Healey Goal 90+2'		 https://www.ligue2.com/ligue2/feuille_match/
Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Amaury Delerue

Promotion Play-offs '1st leg'

27 May 2021 (2021-05-27)
20:45 CEST
Toulouse 1–2 Nantes
Machado Goal 19' https://www.ligue2.com/ligue2/feuille_match/ Blas Goal 10'
Kolo Muani Goal 22'
Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Jérémie Pignard

'2nd leg'

30 May 2021 (2021-05-30)
18:00 CEST
Nantes 0–1 Toulouse
https://www.ligue2.com/ligue2/feuille_match/ Bayo Goal 62'

2–2 on aggregate. Nantes won on away goals and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Relegation play-offs

A relegation play-off was held at the end of the season between the 18th-placed team of the 2020–21 Ligue 2 and the 3rd-placed team of the 2020–21 Championnat National. This was played over two legs on 19 and 22 May.[16]


19 May 2021
19:00 CEST
Villefranche 3–1 Niort
Blanc Goal 54'
Dauchy Goal 84'
Garita Goal 90+3'		 https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/05/19/france/play-offs-23/fc-villefranche-beaujolais/chamois-niortais-football-club/3503920/ Bâ Goal 45+2'
Stade Armand Chouffet
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela Teles

22 May 2021
20:45 CEST
Niort 2–0 Villefranche
Lebeau Goal 78'
Kemen Goal 81'		 https://ca.soccerway.com/matches/2021/05/22/france/play-offs-23/chamois-niortais-football-club/fc-villefranche-beaujolais/3503921/
Stade René Gaillard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Rainville

3–3 on aggregate. Niort won on away goals and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Guinea Mohamed Bayo Clermont 22
2 France Mickaël Le Bihan Auxerre 19
3 Tunisia Yoann Touzghar Troyes 16
4 Senegal Pape Ibnou Bâ Niort 14
France Rémy Dugimont Auxerre
England Rhys Healey Toulouse
7 Gabon Jim Allevinah Clermont 12
Martinique Mickaël Biron Nancy
Benin Jodel Dossou Clermont
10 Belgium Baptiste Guillaume Valenciennes 11

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