2013–14 Ligue 2

Ligue 2
Season	2013–14
Champions	Metz
Promoted	Metz Lens Caen
Relegated	CA Bastia Istres
Matches played	380
Goals scored	939 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy Delort and Mathieu Duhamel (23 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	12 matches: Caen^[6]
Longest winless run	13 matches: CA Bastia^[6]
Highest attendance	40,740 Lens 0–1 Brest (9 May 2014)^[7]
Lowest attendance	1,021 CA Bastia 2–2 Le Havre (24 January 2014)^[8]
Average attendance	7,915^[7]
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Ligue 2 was the 75th season of second-tier football in France. The season began on 2 August 2013 and ended 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	8,358
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	10,794
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	8,272
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	31,016
Metz !Metz	Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	26,661	13,919
Nancy !Nancy	Tomblaine	Stade Marcel Picot	20,087	14,678
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	10,029

↑ CA Bastia played their home matches at the Stade Armand Cesari, the home of SC Bastia, since their own stadium, Stade Erbajolo, did 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	Vannuchi, Jean-LucJean-Luc Vannuchi	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	Arpinon, FrédéricFrédéric Arpinon	Akrour, NassimNassim Akrour	Duarig	Kertel
Laval	Zanko, DenisDenis Zanko	Levrat, FabriceFabrice Levrat	Duarig	Lactel
Le Havre	Mombaerts, ErickErick Mombaerts	Rivière, YohannYohann Rivière	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	Marsiglia, RenéRené Marsiglia	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	000000002013-05-31-000031 May 2013	Off-season	Alex Dupont	000000002013-05-31-000031 May 2013^[11]	Off-season
Tours	Bernard Blaquart	Resigned	000000002013-06-23-000023 June 2013^[12]	Off-season	Olivier Pantaloni	000000002013-06-25-000025 June 2013	Off-season
Lens	Éric Sikora	Sacked	000000002013-06-25-000025 June 2013	Off-season	Antoine Kombouaré	000000002013-06-25-000025 June 2013^[13]	Off-season
Nancy	Patrick Gabriel	Sacked	000000002013-10-12-000012 October 2013	15th	Pablo Correa	000000002013-10-12-000012 October 2013^[14]	15th
Châteauroux	Didier Tholot	Sacked	000000002013-10-28-000028 October 2013^[15]	17th	Jean-Louis Garcia	000000002013-10-28-000028 October 2013^[16]	17th
Nîmes	Victor Zvunka	Sacked	000000002013-12-19-000019 December 2013^[17]	19th	René Marsiglia	000000002013-12-26-000026 December 2013^[17]	19th
Laval	Philippe Hinschberger	Sacked	000000002014-02-24-000024 February 2014	19th	Denis Zanko	000000002014-02-24-000024 February 2014^[18]	19th
Auxerre	Bernard Casoni	Sacked	000000002014-03-17-000017 March 2014^[19]	15th	Jean-Luc Vannuchi	000000002014-03-17-000017 March 2014^[20]	15th
Istres	José Pasqualetti	Sacked	000000002014-03-24-000024 March 2014	17th	Frédéric Arpinon	000000002014-03-24-000024 March 2014^[21]	17th

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Metz !Metz (C) (P)	38	22	10	6	55	28	+27	76	Promotion to 2014–15 Ligue 1
2	Lens !Lens (P)	38	17	14	7	58	40	+18	65	Promoted officially but with some conditions^[22]
3	Caen !Caen (P)	38	18	10	10	65	44	+21	64	Promotion to 2014–15 Ligue 1
4	Nancy !Nancy	38	16	13	9	47	37	+10	61
5	Niort !Niort	38	15	13	10	51	47	+4	58
6	Dijon !Dijon	38	14	15	9	53	42	+11	57
7	Brest !Brest	38	15	11	12	38	32	+6	56
8	Tours !Tours	38	15	10	13	63	56	+7	55
9	Angers !Angers	38	14	13	11	46	45	+1	55
10	Troyes !Troyes	38	15	7	16	56	44	+12	52
11	Créteil !Créteil	38	12	14	12	57	58	−1	50
12	Le Havre !Le Havre	38	11	15	12	43	43	0	48
13	Arles-Avignon !Arles-Avignon	38	10	16	12	36	38	−2	46
14	Clermont !Clermont	38	10	15	13	31	38	−7	45
15	Nîmes !Nîmes	38	10	14	14	49	54	−5	44
16	Auxerre !Auxerre	38	10	13	15	35	45	−10	43
17	Laval !Laval	38	10	12	16	44	52	−8	42
18	Châteauroux !Châteauroux	38	10	10	18	43	59	−16	40	Stay in League by DNCG
19	Istres !Istres (R)	38	9	9	20	48	74	−26	36	Relegation to 2014–15 Championnat National
20	CA Bastia !CA Bastia (R)	38	4	12	22	21	63	−42	24	Relegation to 2014–15 Championnat National

Updated to games played on 16 May 2014.
Source: ^[23]
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	Angers !ANG	Arles-Avignon !ACAA	Auxerre !AUX	CA Bastia !CAB	Brest !BRS	Caen !CAE	Châteauroux !CHA	Clermont !CLR	Créteil !CRE	Dijon !DIJ	Istres !IST	Laval !LVL	Le Havre !HAC	Lens !RCL	Metz !MET	Nancy !NAL	Nîmes !NMS	Niort !NRT	Tours !TOU	Troyes !TRO
Angers !Angers		1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–1
Arles-Avignon !Arles-Avignon	3–0		0–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
Auxerre !Auxerre	1–2	1–1		1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–0
CA Bastia !CA Bastia	1–1	2–2	0–0		0–1	1–5	1–4	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–0
Brest !Brest	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0		0–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1
Caen !Caen	1–1	1–0	1–0	6–1	0–0		1–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1
Châteauroux !Châteauroux	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–2		3–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–4	2–1
Clermont !Clermont	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–1		0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–3
Créteil !Créteil	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–0	1–2	3–2	2–0		1–3	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–3	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–3
Dijon !Dijon	1–3	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–2		4–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	5–1	2–2	2–0	2–1
Istres !Istres	2–4	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–4		3–0	0–1	1–6	1–2	0–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	0–2
Laval !Laval	4–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	5–1	0–0	3–4		2–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–4	1–0	2–1
Le Havre !Le Havre	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		6–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–1
Lens !Lens	0–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–1		3–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0
Metz !Metz	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–1		3–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0
Nancy !Nancy	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	0–1		1–0	1–1	2–3	2–1
Nîmes !Nîmes	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	0–1		4–1	3–0	3–2
Niort !Niort	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–1		3–2	1–1
Tours !Tours	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	5–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–2	1–3	3–1	1–1		1–2
Troyes !Troyes	3–3	1–0	2–0	6–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–3	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–2

Updated to games played on 16 May 2014.
Source: ^[9]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andy Delort	Tours	24
1	Mathieu Duhamel	Caen	24
3	Diafra Sakho	Metz	20
4	Christian Bekamenga	Laval	18
4	Emiliano Sala	Niort	18
6	Ghislain Gimbert	Troyes	14
6	Yeni Ngbakoto	Metz	14
8	Jeff Louis	Nancy	12
8	Yoann Touzghar	Lens	12

Source: Official Goalscorers' Standings

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Fayçal Fajr	Caen	15
2	Kevin Lejeune	Metz	13
3	Jean-Michel Lesage	Créteil	11
4	Naby Keïta	Istres	9
4	Walid Mesloub	Le Havre	9
6	Youssef Adnane	Tours	8
	Andy Delort	Tours
	Benjamin Nivet	Troyes
	Edgar Salli	Lens

Source: Official Assists' Table

References

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↑ "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.
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↑ "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.
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External links

Ligue 2 official website (French)

Ligue 2 teams

2015–16 clubs	Ajaccio Auxerre Bourg-en-Bresse Brest Clermont Créteil Dijon Évian Laval Le Havre Lens Metz Nancy Nîmes Niort Paris Red Star Sochaux Tours Valenciennes

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