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2024–25 Ligue 2
The 2024–25 Ligue 2, commonly known as Ligue 2 Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the 86th season of Ligue 2. It began on 16 August 2024 and will conclude on 10 May 2025. Teams Changes Red Star F.C., Red Star (promoted after 5 years absence) and FC Martigues, Martigues (promoted return after 22 years absence). Since Ligue 2 reduced in size, 4 teams were relegated and only 2 promoted, so ES Troyes AC, Troyes, US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole, Quevilly-Rouen, US Concarneau, Concarneau, and Valenciennes FC, Valenciennes were relegated (after 1, 3, 1, and 10 seasons in the second division respectively). Troyes has now been relegated in two consecutive seasons and Valenciennes had last been in the third division since 2004–05. From 2023-24 Ligue 1, Ligue 1, FC Metz, Metz, FC Lorient, Lorient and Clermont Foot have been relegated to Ligue 2 (after 1, 4 and 3 years in top tier respectively). AJ Auxerre, Auxerre, Angers SCO, Angers and AS Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with both Ligue 1 and the third division Championnat National. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 38 games each, totalling 380 games in the season. Most games are played on Fridays and Mondays, with a few games played during weekday and weekend evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January. Ligue 2 was founded a year after the creation of the first division in 1933 under the name ''Division 2'' and has served as the second division of French football e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
