2019–20 Ligue 2

The 2019–20 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons^[2]) season was the 81st season since its establishment. The season was suspended indefinitely on 12 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

On 28 April 2020, the French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced that there would be no sporting events, even behind closed doors, before September 2020, thus in effect ending the season. On 30 April 2020, the LFP declared Lorient as champions of Ligue 2, and that the top two clubs would be promoted to Ligue 1, meaning Lens were promoted as well.^[4] The decision on relegations was deferred to the general assembly of the FFF on 20 May 2020.^[5]

On 27 May 2020, the executive committee of the FFF rejected a proposal by the LFP to have 22 clubs in the 2020–21 competition, which would have seen Orléans and Le Mans remain in the competition.^[6]

Teams

Team changes

The following were team changes with respect to the 2018–19 Ligue 2 season.

Stadia and locations

Caen

Lens

Location of teams in 2019–20 Ligue 2

^ Chambly arranged to play 15 of their home matches at Stade Pierre Brisson and four at Stade Charléty as their home stadium, Stade des Marais, did not meet the required standards to host Ligue 2 football and would be undergoing renovation during the season.

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Originally, the 18th-placed Ligue 2 team would play in promotion-relegation play-offs at the end of the season with a team from the Championnat National to decide whether they would remain in Ligue 2 for the 2020–21 season, but the play-offs were cancelled and the 18th- placed team remained in Ligue 2.

Results

Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion play-offs

A promotion play-off competition was originally to be held at the end of the season, involving the third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in 2019–20 Ligue 2, and the 18th-placed team in 2019–20 Ligue 1. However, the matches were cancelled and the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team remained in the same division.

Cancelled bracket

Relegation play-offs

A relegation play-off was originally to be held at the end of the season between the 18th-placed Ligue 2 team and the third-placed team of the 2019–20 Championnat National. However, the matches were cancelled and both teams remained in their respective divisions.^[28]

Top scorers

References

^ a b c "French Ligue 2 Performance Stats – 2019–20". ESPN. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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^ "France suspends all football over coronavirus". Eurosport. 12 March 2020.
^ "LFP : le communiqué de la Ligue" (in French). foot-national.com. 30 April 2020.
^ "Le Mans et Orléans dans l'attente, une L2 à 22 ?" (in French). foot-national.com. 30 April 2020.
^ "La Ligue 2 avec 22 clubs refusée par la FFF" (in French). foot-national.com. 27 May 2020.
^ "Promu en Ligue 2 sans stade aux normes, le FC Chambly arrache un accord pour jouer à Beauvais" (in French). francetvinfo.fr. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
^ "Alain Perrin s'en va". asnl.net (in French). 14 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
^ "Mickaël Landreau n'est plus l'entraîneur de Lorient". L'Équipe (in French). 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
^ "Ligue 2: Lorient confirme l'arrivée de Christophe Pelissier". L'Équipe (in French).
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^ "EA Guingamp. Patrice Lair officiellement nommé entraîneur". ouest-france.fr (in French). 29 May 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "Guingamp: Patrice Lair va partir" (in French). foot-national.com. 23 September 2019.
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^ "Caen: Rui Almeida suspendu de ses fonctions" (in French). foot-national.com. 28 September 2019.
^ "Caen: Pascal Dupraz nouvel entraîneur (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 1 October 2019.
^ "C'est fini entre le Paris FC et Bazdarevic". Eurosport (in French). 30 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ "René Girard, nouvel entraîneur du Paris FC". Radio France Internationale (in French). 2 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ "Niort se sépare de Pascal Plancque". TV5Monde (in French). 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ "Niort: a former Marseille coach (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 13 January 2020.
^ "Orléans : Ollé-Nicolle écarté (off.)" (in French). foot-national.com. 16 January 2020.
^ "Orléans - Carrière : "On a tout à gagner"" (in French). foot-national.com. 17 January 2020.
^ "Le Mans : Richard Déziré et le club se séparent (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 23 February 2020.
^ "Le Mans - Ray : "Enclencher une nouvelle dynamique"" (in French). foot-national.com. 2 March 2020.
^ "Ligue 2 : Lens écarte son entraîneur Philippe Montanier". Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
^ "COMMUNIQUÉ DU RACING". RC Lens (in French). ^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Le COMEX valide les montées de Pau et Dunkerque" (in French). foot-national.com. 11 May 2020.
^ "French Ligue 2 Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

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