2013–14 Ligue 2

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Ligue 2
Season	2013–14
Matches played	210
Goals scored	530 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Diafra Sakho (12 goals)^[1]
Biggest home win	Troyes 6–1 CA Bastia (4 October 2013)^[2]
Biggest away win	Châteauroux 0–4 Tours (16 August 2013)^[3] CA Bastia 1–5 Caen (13 December 2013)^[4]
Highest scoring	Le Havre 6–2 Lens (14 September 2013)^[5]
Longest winning run	7 matches: Metz^[6]
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches: Dijon^[6]
Longest winless run	13 matches: CA Bastia^[6]
Highest attendance	31,293 Lens 2–1 Caen (2 November 2013)^[7]
Lowest attendance	1,021 CA Bastia 2–2 Le Havre (24 January 2014)^[8]
Average attendance	7,221^[7]
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013-14 season is the 75th season of second-tier football in France. The season began on 2 August 2013 and is scheduled to end on 16 May 2014, with the winter break in effect between 20 December and 10 January.^[9]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2013–14 Ligue 2

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity^[10]	Av. Att.^[10]
Angers !Angers	Angers	Stade Jean Bouin	17,835	7,982
Arles !Arles-Avignon	Avignon	Parc des Sports	17,518	2,012
Auxerre !Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	21,379	4,571
CA Bastia !CA Bastia	Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari^{[lower-alpha 1]}	16,078	1,742
Brest !Brest	Brest	Stade Francis-Le Blé	15,583	7,397
Caen !Caen	Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	21,215	8,658
Châteauroux !Châteauroux	Châteauroux	Stade Gaston Petit	17,072	4,859
Clermont !Clermont	Clermont-Ferrand	Stade Gabriel Montpied	11,980	3,710
Créteil !Créteil	Créteil	Stade Dominique Duvauchelle	12,150	2,373
Dijon !Dijon	Dijon	Stade Gaston Gérard	16,098	8,075
Istres !Istres	Istres	Stade Parsemain	17,559	2,300
Laval !Laval	Laval	Stade Francis Le Basser	18,467	4,867
Le Havre !Le Havre	Le Havre	Stade Océane	25,278	7,249
Lens !Lens	Lens	Stade Félix-Bollaert	41,233	28,400
Metz !Metz	Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	26,661	12,656
Nancy !Nancy	Tomblaine	Stade Marcel Picot	20,087	13,664
Nîmes !Nîmes	Nîmes	Stade des Costières	18,482	4,961
Niort !Niort	Niort	Stade René Gaillard	10,406	4,384
Tours !Tours	Tours	Stade de la Vallée du Cher	16,327	5,678
Troyes !Troyes	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	20,842	9,589

↑ CA Bastia will play their home matches at the Stade Armand Cesari, the home of SC Bastia, since their own stadium, Stade Erbajolo, does not meet the required standards to host Ligue 2 football.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager¹	Captain¹	Kit Manufacturer¹	Main Sponsor¹
Angers	Moulin, StéphaneStéphane Moulin	Malicki, GrégoryGrégory Malicki	Kappa	Scania
Arles-Avignon	Tosi, NoëlNoël Tosi	Butelle, LudovicLudovic Butelle	Legea	Groupe Nicollin
Auxerre	Casoni, BernardBernard Casoni	Coulibaly, AdamaAdama Coulibaly	Airness	Maisons Pierre
Brest	Dupont, AlexAlex Dupont	Kantari, AhmedAhmed Kantari	Nike	Quéguiner
CA Bastia	Rossi, StéphaneStéphane Rossi	Arnoux, RémyRémy Arnoux	Erreà	Corsicatour
Caen	Garande, PatricePatrice Garande	Sorbon, JérémyJérémy Sorbon	Nike	GDE Recyclage
Châteauroux	Garcia, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Garcia	Sambou, MassambaMassamba Sambou	Nike	Le Seyec
Clermont	Brouard, RégisRégis Brouard	Rivière, Jean-FrançoisJean-François Rivière	Patrick Sport	Crédit Mutuel
Créteil	Vasseur, Jean-LucJean-Luc Vasseur	Sebastien Gondouin	Nike	SFB Béton
Dijon	Dall'Oglio, OlivierOlivier Dall'Oglio	Varrault, CédricCédric Varrault	Kappa	Doras
Istres	Pasqualetti, JoséJosé Pasqualetti	Akrour, NassimNassim Akrour	Duarig	Kertel
Laval	Hinschberger, PhilippePhilippe Hinschberger	Levrat, FabriceFabrice Levrat	Duarig	Lactel
Le Havre	Mombaerts, ErickErick Mombaerts	François, JulienJulien François	Nike	System U
Lens	Kombouaré, AntoineAntoine Kombouaré	Demont, YohanYohan Demont	adidas	Invicta
Metz	Cartier, AlbertAlbert Cartier	Proment, GregoryGregory Proment	Nike	Moselle
Nancy	Correa, PabloPablo Correa	, André LuizAndré Luiz	Nike	Odalys Vacances
Nîmes	Zvunka, VictorVictor Zvunka	Poulain, BenoîtBenoît Poulain	Erreà	Mac Dan
Niort	Gastien, PascalPascal Gastien	Diaw, MouhamadouMouhamadou Diaw	Puma	Restaurant Le Billon (home), Cheminées Poujoulat (away)
Tours	Pantaloni, OlivierOlivier Pantaloni	Cardy, JulienJulien Cardy	Duarig	Invicta
Troyes	Furlan, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Furlan	Enza Yamissi, ElogeEloge Enza Yamissi	Duarig	Afflelou

¹Subject to change during the season.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Position in table
Brest	Corentin Martins	End of tenure as caretaker	02013-05-3131 May 2013	Off-season	Alex Dupont	02013-05-3131 May 2013^[11]	Off-season
Tours	Bernard Blaquart	Resigned	02013-06-2323 June 2013^[12]	Off-season	Olivier Pantaloni	02013-06-2525 June 2013	Off-season
Lens	Éric Sikora	Sacked	02013-06-2525 June 2013	Off-season	Antoine Kombouaré	02013-06-2525 June 2013^[13]	Off-season
Nancy	Patrick Gabriel	Sacked	02013-10-1212 October 2013	15th	Pablo Correa	02013-10-1212 October 2013^[14]	15th
Châteauroux	Didier Tholot	Sacked	02013-10-2828 October 2013^[15]	17th	Jean-Louis Garcia	02013-10-2828 October 2013^[16]	17th

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Metz	21	12	5	4	34	18	+16	41	Promotion to the 2014–15 Ligue 1
2	Lens	21	11	6	4	32	25	+7	39
3	Angers	21	10	7	4	29	21	+8	37
4	Tours	21	10	5	6	41	32	+9	35
5	Caen	21	10	3	8	39	27	+12	33
6	Dijon	21	8	9	4	24	20	+4	33
7	Arles-Avignon	21	8	8	5	19	13	+6	32
8	Nancy	21	8	8	5	22	20	+2	32
9	Niort	21	8	8	5	28	27	+1	32
10	Clermont	21	7	9	5	20	17	+3	30
11	Troyes	21	8	4	9	33	26	+7	28
12	Le Havre	21	6	9	6	26	22	+4	27
13	Auxerre	21	6	8	7	23	25	−2	26
14	Créteil	21	6	8	7	28	36	−8	26
15	Istres	21	5	6	10	27	39	−12	21
16	Brest	21	4	8	9	17	23	−6	20
17	Laval	21	5	5	11	24	31	−7	20
18	Nîmes	21	4	7	10	27	34	−7	19	Relegation to the 2014–15 Championnat National
19	Châteauroux	21	5	4	12	26	38	−12	19
20	CA Bastia	21	2	7	12	11	36	−25	13

Source: ^[17]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ANG	ACAA	AUX	CAB	BRS	CAE	CHA	CLR	CRE	DIJ	IST	LVL	HAC	RCL	MET	NAL	NMS	NRT	TOU	TRO
Angers		1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	0–2		0–0				1–2		1–1		2–0	1–1
Arles-Avignon				0–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–0		0–0			2–0	1–1	1–0				1–0	3–0
Auxerre		1–1		1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0		1–1			2–0		1–2			1–1	2–0	4–0
CA Bastia	1–1					1–5				0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0		0–2	1–2		0–3	1–2
Brest				2–0					1–2	0–0	3–1			0–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–1		1–1
Caen	1–1				0–0				3–0	3–1	4–0	2–1	1–0		0–2	1–2		3–1		1–1
Châteauroux	0–1		2–0	2–0	3–3	0–2		3–0		3–1	2–0		2–2					3–0	0–4
Clermont		1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2			0–0		2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0				2–1
Créteil	0–0	1–1		3–0		1–2	3–2			1–3	2–2				3–2	1–1			2–1	0–3
Dijon	1–3		1–0		3–0			1–0			4–1	1–0		1–1		1–0		2–2	2–0	2–1
Istres	2–4	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1				3–2			3–0			1–2	0–0	4–2			0–2
Laval	4–1	1–1			2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	5–1				2–2	0–2			1–3
Le Havre	1–2		2–0		0–1			0–1	3–1	0–0	1–0			6–2	1–1	1–1		1–2
Lens			4–1	1–0		2–1	2–0		1–1	2–2	1–2	0–0			3–2		1–0			1–0
Metz	1–0	1–0	3–0				1–0		1–1	2–0		1–0				3–0	2–2	1–1		1–0
Nancy		0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1		2–0	3–2				2–1		1–0			1–0		2–3	2–1
Nîmes	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–1		2–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–1			0–0						3–0	3–2
Niort		1–0						0–0	2–1		3–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–1		3–2	1–1
Tours					1–1	2–1	5–2				2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–2		3–1	1–1
Troyes	3–3	1–0	2–0	6–1		2–1	3–0	2–2				0–1	0–1				2–1		1–2

Source: ^[9]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

↑ "Classement officiel des buteurs". LFP.fr. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
↑ "10ème journée - ESTAC Troyes / CA Bastia". LFP.fr. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
↑ "3ème journée - Châteauroux / Tours FC". LFP.fr. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
↑ "17ème journée - CA Bastia / SM Caen". LFP.fr. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
↑ "6ème journée - Havre AC / RC Lens". LFP.fr. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "LFP Stats - Records 2013/2014". LFP.fr. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
↑ 7.0 7.1 "Affluences par journée". LFP.fr. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
↑ "21ème journée - CA Bastia / FC Istres". LFP.fr. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
↑ 9.0 9.1 "Calendrier / Résultats". LFP.fr. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
↑ 10.0 10.1 "Affluences par club". LFP.fr. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
↑ "Dupont va revenir à Brest" (in French). Le Figaro. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
↑ "Emon va quitter Ajaccio" (in French). Le Figaro. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
↑ "Philippe Montanier entraînera Rennes" (in French). Le Figaro. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
↑ "Pablo Correa de retour à Nancy!" (in French). Le Figaro. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
↑ "Didier Tholot limogé" (in French). Le Figaro. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
↑ "Garcia remplace Tholot à Châteauroux" (in French). Le Figaro. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
↑ "Ligue 2 standings". LFP.fr. Retrieved 24 August 2013.

External links

Ligue 2 official website (French)

v t e Ligue 2 teams

2013–14 clubs	Angers Arles-Avignon Auxerre CA Bastia Brest Caen Châteauroux Clermont Créteil Dijon Istres Laval Le Havre Lens Metz Nancy Nîmes Niort Tours Troyes

Former teams	Abbeville Aix-en-Provence AC Ajaccio Gazélec Ajaccio Alès Amiens Ancenis Angoulême Annecy Antibes Avignon SC Bastia Beauvais Besançon Béziers Blois Boulogne Bourges Bordeaux Calais Cambrai Cannes Charleville Chaumont Cherbourg Club Français Colmar Creil Douai Dunkerque Épinal Évian Fives Fontainebleau Forbach Grenoble Gueugnon Hazebrouck Hyères La Roche-sur-Yon Le Mans Le Puy Foot Libourne-Saint-Seurin Lille Olympique Lillois Limoges Foot Lorient Louhans-Cuiseaux Lucé Lyon Lyon OU Mantes Marignane Marseille Martigues Monaco Montceau Bourgogne Montluçon Montpellier Mulhouse FC Nancy Nantes Nice Nœux-les-Mines Orléans Paris Paris-Charenton Paris Saint-Germain Racing Paris Red Star Paris Perpignan Poitevin Quevilly Quimper Rodez Reims Rennes Excelsior Roubaix Racing Roubaix Roubaix-Tourcoing Rouen Saint-Brieuc Saint-Dié Saint-Étienne Sedan Sète Sochaux Stade Français Strasbourg Thionville Thonon-Chablais Toulon Toulouse Toulouse (1937) Troyes AF Troyes ASTS Valence Valenciennes Vannes Villefranche Wasquehal

v t e Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons

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Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 National CFA (Group A, B, C, D) CFA 2 (Group A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)

Women's domestic leagues	D1 Féminine

Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions

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Ligue 1	Ajaccio Bastia Bordeaux Evian Guingamp Lille Lorient Lyon Marseille Monaco Montpellier Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Reims Rennes St. Etienne Sochaux Toulouse Valenciennes

Ligue 2	Angers Arles Auxerre Brest Bastia Caen Châteauroux Clermont Créteil Dijon Istres Laval Le Havre Lens Metz Nancy Niort Nîmes Tours Troyes

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