| Competition: | Division 2 |
| Season: | 1947–48 |
| Winners: | Nice |
| Promoted: | Colmar |
| Relegated: | Angoulême Avignon |
| Matches: | 380 |
| Prevseason: | 1946–47 |
| Nextseason: | 1948–49 |
Statistics of Division 2 in the 1947–48 season.
It was contested by 20 teams, and Nice won the championship.
A total of twenty teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1946–47 season and four sides relegated from the 1946–47 French Division 1. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 38 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.
| Club | Location | Position in 1946–47 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amiens | Amiens | 13th | |
| Angers | Angers | 3rd | |
| Angoulême | Angoulême | 6th | |
| Avignon | Avignon | 10th | |
| Besançon | Besançon | 14th | |
| Béziers | Béziers | 15th | |
| Bordeaux | Bordeaux | 18th in Division 1 | |
| Colmar | Colmar | 7th | |
| Douai | Douai | 11th | |
| Le Havre | Le Havre | 19th in Division 1 | |
| Le Mans | Le Mans | 19th | |
| Lens | Lens | 17th in Division 1 | |
| Lyon | Lyon | 5th | |
| Nantes | Nantes | 8th | |
| Nice | Nice | 18th | |
| Nîmes | Nîmes | 9th | |
| CA Paris | Paris | 12th | |
| Rouen | Rouen | 20th in Division 1 | |
| Troyes | Troyes | 16th | |
| Valenciennes | Valenciennes | 4th | |