2000–01 French Division 2

20 participating teams

#	Club	Played	V	D	L	gf/ga	+/-	Points
1	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	38	21	12	5	67:27	+40	75
2	FC Lorient	38	21	11	6	58:34	+24	74
3	Montpellier HSC	38	18	14	6	52:26	+26	68
4	Chamois Niortais FC	38	15	14	9	58:44	+14	59
5	AS Nancy	38	15	11	12	46:32	+14	56
6	LB Châteauroux	38	14	14	10	50:38	+12	56
7	Le Havre AC	38	14	14	10	48:42	+6	56
8	Nîmes Olympique	38	14	11	13	53:56	-3	53
9	Stade Lavallois	38	15	8	15	39:42	-4	53
10	FC Gueugnon	38	13	11	14	44:50	-6	50
11	AS Beauvais Oise	38	11	14	13	38:42	-4	47
12	AC Ajaccio	38	12	10	16	32:40	-8	46
13	ES Wasquehal	38	11	12	15	37:40	-3	45
14	Le Mans UC72	38	9	18	11	37:45	-8	45
15	OGC Nice	38	13	6	19	39:56	-17	45
16	US Créteil	38	10	13	15	37:43	-6	43
17	SM Caen	38	11	10	17	38:53	-15	43
18	FC Martigues	38	8	15	15	30:46	-16	39
19	AS Cannes	38	8	10	20	45:66	-21	34
20	Angers SCO	38	7	12	19	35:60	-25	33
# rank ; V victories ; D draws ; D defeats ; gf goals for ; ga goals against ; +/- goals average

Promoted to L1 : FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, FC Lorient, Montpellier HSC
Relegated to L2 : RC Strasbourg, AS Saint-Étienne
Promoted to L2 : Grenoble Foot 38, Amiens SC, FC Istres
Relegated to National : AS Cannes, Angers SCO (FC Martigues were not relegated since Toulouse FC were relegated from Division 1 to National)

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Francileudo Santos	Sochaux	21
2	Alain Caveglia	Le Havre	16
3	Élie Kroupi	Lorient	15
4	Laurent Dufresne	Châteauroux	14
5	Cyrille Watier	Caen	13
-	David Suarez	Cannes	13
-	Lilian Compan	Créteil	13
-	Toifilou Maoulida	Montpellier	13
9	Réginald Ray	Beauvais	12
-	Lionel Rouxel	Laval	12
-	Pierre-Alain Frau	Sochaux	12
12	Stéphane Samson	Le Mans	11
-	Jean-Claude Darcheville	Lorient	11
-	Samba N'Diaye	Niort	11
-	Stéphane Crucet	Sochaux	11

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