The 2024–25 Ligue 2, commonly known as Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the 86th season of

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 ...

. It began on 16 August 2024 and will conclude on 10 May 2025.

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(promoted after 5 years absence) and Martigues (promoted return after 22 years absence). Since Ligue 2 reduced in size, 4 teams were relegated and only 2 promoted, so

Troyes Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...

, Quevilly-Rouen,

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, and 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

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, Metz, Lorient and

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have been relegated to Ligue 2 (after 1, 4 and 3 years in top tier respectively). Auxerre, Angers and

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

were promoted to

after one-year absence for the first two and two-year absence for the last one. On June 27, 2024, the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion (DNCG) decided to administratively downgrade

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...

to Championnat National by questioning the financial situation of the club, although it was profitable at the end of the 2022–2023 season. They appealed the decision, and on the 11th of July 2024, they were reinstated in

for the 2024–25 season.

were reinstated to Ligue 2 following a request approved by the DNCG. In a repeat of the 2022 off-season, Bordeaux was administratively relegated to Championnat National in response to their financial struggles. This occurred following the failure of Fenway Sports Group's proposed takeover; although the club had initially appealed the decision, it later withdrew the appeal. With the club being required to present the DNCG with their budget prior to the start of the 2024–25 season, they could suffer a further demotion to the Championnat National 2.

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Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

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