2007–08 Ligue 2

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.

Ligue 2
Season2007–08
ChampionsLe Havre
PromotedNantes
Grenoble
RelegatedNiort
Libourne-Saint-Seurin
Gueugnon
Top goalscorer Guillaume Hoarau (28)

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Le Havre (C, P) 38 22 12 4 66 30 +36 78 Promoted to Ligue 1
2 Nantes (P) 38 19 13 6 58 34 +24 70
3 Grenoble (P) 38 17 12 9 44 30 +14 63
4 Sedan 38 15 13 10 46 40 +6 58
5 Clermont 38 14 15 9 50 41 +9 57
6 Troyes 38 15 12 11 46 44 +2 57
7 Brest 38 15 12 11 38 38 0 57
8 Montpellier 38 14 12 12 43 32 +11 54
9 Ajaccio 38 14 12 12 37 41 4 54
10 Angers 38 13 14 11 39 35 +4 53
11 SC Bastia 38 14 9 15 45 46 1 49[lower-alpha 1]
12 Guingamp 38 11 15 12 41 37 +4 48
13 Stade Reims 38 12 10 16 44 52 8 46
14 Amiens 38 11 12 15 49 51 2 45
15 Châteauroux 38 11 12 15 34 42 8 45
16 Boulogne 38 12 7 19 37 54 17 43
17 Dijon 38 9 15 14 32 51 19 42
18 Niort (R) 38 11 8 19 38 48 10 41 Relegated to Championnat National
19 Libourne-Saint-Seurin (R) 38 7 11 20 41 62 21 32
20 Gueugnon (R) 38 5 12 21 39 59 20 27
Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. SC Bastia have been deducted two points by the Discipline Commission following an incident away to FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin on September 14, 2007.

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.

Position Player's name Nationality Club Goals
1 Guillaume Hoarau  France Le Havre AC 28
2 Grégory Thil  France US Boulogne 16
- Cédric Fauré  France Stade Reims 16
4 Titi Buengo  Angola Amiens SC 14
5 Nassim Akrour  Algeria Grenoble 13
6 Paul Alo'o  Cameroon Angers SCO 12
- Xavier Pentecôte  France SC Bastia 12
- Stéphane Noro  France Troyes AC 12
9 Souleymane Camara  Senegal Montpellier HSC 11
- Claudiu Keserü  Romania Libourne-Saint-Seurin 11

Managers

ClubHead coach
Ajaccio Gernot Rohr
Amiens Ludovic Batelli
Angers Jean-Louis Garcia
Bastia Bernard Casoni
Boulogne Philippe Montanier
Brest Pascal Janin
Châteauroux Cédric Daury then Christian Sarramagna
Clermont Didier Ollé-Nicolle
Dijon Serge Romano then Faruk Hadžibegić
Grenoble Mehmed Baždarević
Gueugnon Alain Ravera then Alex Dupont
Guingamp Patrick Rémy then Victor Zvunka
Le Havre Jean Marc Nobilo
Libourne-Saint-Seurin Didier Tholot
Montpellier Rolland Courbis
Nantes Michel Der Zakarian
Niort Jacky Bonnevay then Samuel Michel
Stade Reims Thierry Froger
Sedan José Pasqualetti
Troyes Denis Troch

Stadia

Last updated August 8, 2008

Team Stadium Capacity Avg. Attendance
AC AjaccioStade François Coty12,0002,218
Amiens SCStade de la Licorne12,0979,427
Angers SCOStade Jean Bouin17,0006,973
SC BastiaStade Armand Cesari12,0002,685
US BoulogneStade de la Libération7,3005,180
Stade Brest 29Stade Francis-Le Blé10,1895,730
LB ChâteaurouxStade Gaston Petit17,1736,520
Clermont FootStade Gabriel Montpied10,3635,368
Dijon FCOStade Gaston Gérard7,9004,890
Grenoble Foot 38Stade des Alpes20,0009,999
FC GueugnonStade Jean Laville13,8272,830
En Avant GuingampStade du Roudourou18,1269,043
Le Havre ACStade Jules Deschaseaux16,45411,632
FC Libourne-Saint-SeurinStade Jean-Antoine Moueix8,0002,608
Montpellier HSCStade de la Mosson32,9007,247
FC NantesStade de la Beaujoire32,28522,771
Chamois Niortais FCStade René Gaillard10,9885,358
Stade ReimsStade Auguste Delaune25,0006,861
CS Sedan ArdennesStade Louis Dugauguez23,1899,590
Troyes ACStade de l'Aube21,87710,110

References

  1. "The Ligue 2 season". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
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