1998–99 French Division 2

The Division 2 season 1998/1999, organised by the LFP was won by AS Saint-Étienne and saw the promotions of AS Saint-Étienne, CS Sedan Ardennes and Troyes AC, whereas Red Star Saint-Ouen and AS Beauvais were relegated to National.

20 participating teams

#	Club	Played	V	D	L	gf/ga	+/-	Points
1	AS Saint-Étienne	38	18	14	6	56:38	+18	68
2	CS Sedan Ardennes	38	17	13	8	59:31	+28	66
3	Troyes AC	38	17	13	8	48:31	+17	64
4	Lille OSC	38	19	7	12	45:35	+10	64
5	SM Caen	38	16	11	11	47:39	+8	59
6	FC Gueugnon	38	14	15	9	44:39	+7	57
7	En Avant Guingamp	38	14	11	13	36:38	-2	53
8	LB Châteauroux	38	12	15	11	41:42	-1	52
9	AC Ajaccio	38	13	12	13	49:56	-7	51
10	Stade Lavallois	38	12	14	12	37:35	+2	50
11	Chamois Niortais FC	38	11	15	12	41:40	+11	48
12	AS Cannes	38	12	11	15	34:45	-11	47
13	Nîmes Olympique	38	11	13	14	49:46	+3	46
14	OGC Nice	38	11	13	14	31:34	-3	46
15	ES Wasquehal	38	11	12	15	35:41	-6	45
16	Amiens SC	38	11	11	16	39:43	-4	44
17	Le Mans UC72	38	9	15	14	41:41	0	42
18	ASOA Valence	38	10	10	18	41:56	-15	40
19	Red Star Saint-Ouen	38	9	12	17	52:72	-20	39
20	AS Beauvais	38	10	8	20	43:67	-24	38
# rank ; V victories ; D draws ; D defeats ; gf goals for ; ga goals against ; +/- goals average

Promoted to L1 : AS Saint-Étienne, CS Sedan Ardennes, Troyes AC
Relegated to L2 : FC Lorient, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Toulouse FC
Promoted to L2 : CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, US Créteil
Relegated to National : Red Star Saint-Ouen, AS Beauvais (ASOA Valence were not relegated because Gazélec Ajaccio was not allowed to compete in Division 2)

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hamed Diallo	Laval	20
2	Lamine Sakho	Nîmes	18
3	Cédric Mionnet	Sedan	17
4	Samuel Boutal	Caen	16
5	Laurent Peyrelade	Lille	15

Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons

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List of French second division champions