2000–01 French Division 2 Explained

Season:	2000–01
Nextseason:	2001–02

The Division 2 season 2000/2001, organised by the LNF was won by FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and saw the promotions of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, FC Lorient and Montpellier HSC, whereas AS Cannes and Angers SCO were relegated to National.

20 participating teams

• Ajaccio
• Angers
• Beauvais
• Caen
• Cannes
• Châteauroux
• Créteil
• Gueugnon
• Laval
• Le Havre
• Le Mans
• Lorient
• Martigues
• Montpellier
• Nancy
• Nice
• Nîmes
• Niort
• Sochaux
• Wasquehal

League table

Recap

• • 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)

Top goalscorers

Rank	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
	Lilian Compan	Créteil
	Toifilou Maoulida	Montpellier
9	Réginald Ray	Beauvais	12
	Lionel Rouxel	Laval
	Pierre-Alain Frau	Sochaux

External links

• RSSSF archives of results