2007–08 Ligue 2 Explained

Season:2007–08
League Topscorer: Guillaume Hoarau (28)
Nextseason:2008–09

The Ligue 2 season 2007–08 was the sixty-sixth[1] since its establishment, and started in August 2007. The fixtures were announced in June 2007.

FC Metz, the champions of Ligue 2, SM Caen, and RC Strasbourg were promoted to France's top division Ligue 1. Whereas, Troyes AC, CS Sedan, and FC Nantes were relegated to Ligue 2. The first matches of the season were played on 27 July 2007, and the season ended on 16 May 2008. The new Ligue 2 champions were crowned on 2 May 2008 when Le Havre AC drew with Montpellier HSC following FC Nantes's loss to Amiens SC that same day. As champions, Le Havre will be promoted to France's highest football division Ligue 1 for the upcoming 2008-09 season. For finishing in 2nd place and 3rd, both FC Nantes and Grenoble Foot 38 achieved promotion as well.

The relegation places were filled by FC Gueugnon, who were relegated after losing to AC Ajaccio on 18 April 2008. FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, who were relegated after to CS Sedan on 2 May 2008 and Chamois Niortais FC, who were relegated on the final day after losing to US Boulogne who were occupying the last relegation place coming into the final day.

20 participating teams

League table

Top goalscorers

Last updated May 16, 2008

The top goalscorer was awarded to Le Havre AC's Guillaume Hoarau finishing with a stunning 28 goals averaging a goal per 118 minutes.

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Guillaume HoarauLe Havre28
2 Grégory ThilBoulogne16
Cédric FauréReims
4 Titi BuengoAmiens14
5 Nassim AkrourGrenoble13
6 Paul Alo'oAngers12
Xavier PentecôteBastia
Stéphane NoroTroyes
9 Souleymane CamaraMontpellier11
Claudiu KeșerüLibourne-Saint-Seurin

Managers

ClubHead coach
Ajaccio
Amiens
Angers
Bastia
Boulogne
Brest
Châteauroux then
Clermont
Dijon then
Grenoble
Gueugnon then
Guingamp Patrick Rémy then
Le Havre
Libourne-Saint-Seurin
Montpellier
Nantes
Niort then
Stade Reims
Sedan
Troyes

Stadia

Last updated August 8, 2008

TeamStadiumCapacityAvg. attendance
AC Ajaccio 12,000 2,218
Amiens SC 12,097 9,427
Angers SCO 17,000 6,973
SC Bastia 12,000 2,685
US Boulogne 7,300 5,180
Stade Brest 29 10,189 5,730
LB Châteauroux 17,173 6,520
Clermont Foot 10,363 5,368
Dijon FCO 7,900 4,890
Grenoble Foot 38 20,000 9,999
FC Gueugnon 13,827 2,830
En Avant Guingamp 18,126 9,043
Le Havre AC 16,454 11,632
FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin8,000 2,608
Montpellier HSC 32,900 7,247
FC Nantes 32,285 22,771
Chamois Niortais FC 10,988 5,358
Stade Reims 25,000 6,861
CS Sedan Ardennes 23,189 9,590
Troyes AC 21,877 10,110

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Ligue 2 season . 2008-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091020202212/http://www.frenchleague.com/ligue2/historique/palmares.asp . 2009-10-20 . dead .