1997–98 French Division 2

The Division 2 season 1997/1998, organised by the LFP was won by AS Nancy and saw the promotions of AS Nancy, FC Lorient and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, whereas CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, Sporting Toulon Var, FC Martigues and FC Mulhouse were relegated to National.

22 participating teams

#	Club	Played	V	D	L	gf/ga	+/-	Points
1	AS Nancy	42	20	16	6	64:37	+27	76
2	FC Lorient	42	21	12	9	68:38	+30	75
3	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	42	18	12	12	56:37	+19	66
4	Lille OSC	42	17	14	11	62:44	+18	65
5	Troyes AC	42	16	15	11	48:38	+10	63
6	Le Mans UC72	42	16	14	12	54:48	+8	62
7	ASOA Valence	42	12	22	8	51:45	+6	58
8	Red Star Saint-Ouen	42	15	12	15	51:61	-10	57
9	SM Caen	42	15	11	16	61:55	+6	56
10	Chamois Niortais FC	42	12	19	11	42:38	+4	55
11	FC Gueugnon	42	16	7	19	47:54	-7	55
12	Amiens SC	42	14	13	15	40:49	-9	55
13	Stade Lavallois	42	14	12	16	50:48	+2	54
14	OGC Nice	42	11	19	12	40:40	0	52
15	Nîmes Olympique	42	13	13	16	41:51	-10	52
16	AS Beauvais	42	11	18	13	40:47	-7	51
17	AS Saint-Étienne	42	12	15	15	47:60	-13	51
18	ES Wasquehal	42	14	9	19	49:63	-14	51
19	CS Louhans-Cuiseaux	42	13	10	19	41:51	-10	49
20	Sporting Toulon Var	42	12	10	20	43:62	-19	46
21	FC Martigues	42	10	15	17	37:63	-26	45
22	FC Mulhouse	42	9	14	19	51:56	-5	41
# rank ; V victories ; D draws ; D defeats ; gf goals for ; ga goals against ; +/- goals average

Promoted to L1 : AS Nancy, FC Lorient, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Relegated to L2 : EA Guingamp, LB Châteauroux, AS Cannes
Promoted to L2 : AC Ajaccio, CS Sedan Ardennes
Relegated to National : CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, Sporting Toulon Var, FC Martigues, FC Mulhouse

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Réginald Ray	Le Mans	20
2	Samuel Lobé	Lille	19
-	Didier Thimothée	Saint-Étienne	19
4	Bernard Bouger	Sochaux	18
5	Olivier Pickeu	Amiens	17
-	Sladjan Djukić	Troyes	17
7	Robert Malm	Lorient	16
8	Ali Bouafia	Lorient	15
-	Bruno Roux	Beauvais	15
-	William Loko	Wasquehal	15
11	Étienne Mendy	Caen	14
-	Pablo Correa	Nancy	14
13	Stéphane Pédron	Lorient	13
-	Frédéric Née	Caen	13
-	Emmanuel Desgeorges	Gueugnon	13

Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons

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Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

List of French second division champions