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1979–80 French Division 2
Statistics of Ligue 2, Division 2 in the 1979/1980 season. Overview It was contested by 36 teams, and Tours FC, Tours and AJ Auxerre, Auxerre won the championship. League tables Group A Group B Championship play-offs Promotion play-offs Avignon was qualified to the 1979–80 French Division 1#Relegation play-offs, play-off against 18th placed team of Division 1, Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon. ReferencesFrance - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1979-80 French Division 2 Ligue 2 seasons 1979–80 in European second-tier association football leagues, French 1979–80 in French football, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, 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 18 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 34 games each, totalling 306 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 ever since. The name lasted until 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Martigues
Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional football club based in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône. It competes in Championnat National from 2025–26, the third level of football in France, having following relegation from the Ligue 2 in 2024–25. The club plays at the Stade Francis-Turcan, which has a capacity of 11,500, in Martigues. Their principal rivals are Istres. History The club was founded in 1921 and played regional football until the early 1970s when they gained promotion to the professional Division 2. The club's greatest achievement was winning promotion to the First Division in 1993. The club played for three seasons in the top flight, until it was relegated down to Ligue 2 in 1996. A failed attempt to win promotion at once was followed by relegation to the Championnat National (third level) in 1998. Two years later the club won promotion back to Second Division, but only remained at that level for two seasons. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montpellier HSC
Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (; ), commonly referred to as Montpellier HSC, is a French professional association football, football club based in the city of Montpellier in Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie. The original club was founded in 1919, while the current incarnation was founded through a merger in 1974. Montpellier currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of Football in France, French football and plays its home matches at the Stade de la Mosson, located within the city. The first team is managed by Zoumana Camara. Montpellier is owned by Laurent Nicollin, the son of the late Louis Nicollin, a French entrepreneur, who had been owner since 1974. The club have produced several famous players in its history, most notably Laurent Blanc, who has served as manager of the France national football team, France national team. Blanc is also the club's all-time leading goalscorer. Eric Cantona, Roger Milla, Carlos Valderrama and Olivier Giroud are other players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris FC
Paris Football Club (French pronunciation: Help:IPA/French, [paʁi futbol klœb]), commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris, France. They will compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top division of Football in France, French football, in the 2025–26 Ligue 1, 2025–26 season, having gained promotion following the 2024–25 Ligue 2 season. Founded in 1969, the club merged with Stade Saint-Germain to form Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain in 1970, but it eventually spun-off in 1972. They are nicknamed the ''Les Bleus'' (The Blues) for their shirt colour, and their crest features the Eiffel Tower. Since 2025, Paris FC has been a resident of the Stade Jean-Bouin (Paris), Stade Jean-Bouin, located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. After the club split from Paris Saint-Germain, unlike their counterpart, they struggled to establish themselves in the ranks of French foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toulouse FC
Toulouse Football Club () is a French professional association football, football club based in Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division of Football in France, French football. Toulouse plays its home matches at the Stadium de Toulouse located within the city. ''Les Violets'' won the Coupe de France in 2023 Coupe de France final, 2023, and have won the second tier Ligue 2 on three occasions. Toulouse have participated in UEFA, European competition six times, including in 2007 when they qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time. The president of Toulouse FC is Damien Comolli, who succeeded the French businessman Olivier Sadran who took over the club following its bankruptcy in 2001 which resulted in it being relegated to the Championnat National. The club has served as a springboard for several players, most notably the World Cup-winning goalkeeper Fabien Barthez, international strikers André-Pierre Gignac, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Gueugnon
Football Club Gueugnonnais (commonly called Gueugnon ) is a French association football club based in Gueugnon, Burgundy. The club was formed in 1940 and plays its home matches at the Stade Jean Laville located within the city. The club has spent majority of its history in the second and third tiers of French football, with a short spell in the top flight. It has had success at national level, most notably winning the League Cup in 2000, Ligue 2 in 1979 and reaching the semi-finals of the French Cup in 1991. The club faced bankruptcy in 2011 and subsequently reformed in the sixth tier; since then it has aimed to climb back up the league pyramid. History Football Club de Gueugnon was founded in 1940. Upon the club's creation, it earned the nickname ''Les Forgerons'' (''The Blacksmiths''), due to having strong support from the commune's local steelworks area. The club won the Championnat de France amateur in 1947 and, by 1970, were playing in the second division of Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CS Thonon
Olympique Thonon Chablais, known as Club Sportif de Thonon until 1987, was a football club based in Thonon-les-Bains Thonon-les-Bains (; ), often simply referred to as Thonon, is a subprefecture of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2018, the commune had a population of 35,241. Thonon-les-Bains is part of a ..., France. Founded in 1909, the club's colours were yellow and blue. The team played its home matches at the Stade Joseph-Moynat. From 1979 to 1987, Thonon played in the Division 2. In 2007, the club merged with Football Croix-de-Savoie 74 to form Olympique Croix-de-Savoie 74. Name changes * 1909–1987: Club Sportif de Thonon * 1987–1992: Olympique Thonon-les-Bains * 1992–1997: Thonon Chablais Football (merged with Stella Thonon) * 1997–2007: Olympique Thonon Chablais Honours References Olympique Thonon Chablais Association football clubs established in 1909 1909 establishments in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AS Cannes
Association Sportive de Cannes Football (; commonly referred to as AS Cannes or simply Cannes) is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed in 1902 as a sports club and currently plays in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin, located within the city. The team is managed by Damien Ott. The club was one of the founding members of the first division of French football and finished runners-up in the league's inaugural season. The club's highest honour to date was winning the Coupe de France in 1932. Cannes last played in Ligue 1 in the 1997–98 season and are currently serving the longest stint of any club in the National division, having been in the league since the 2001–02 season. The club has most notably served as a springboard for several prominent French football players such as Zinedine Zidane, Patrick Vieira, Johan Micoud, Gaël Clichy, Sébasti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avignon Foot 84
Avenir Club Avignonnais, known as AC Avignonnais or simply Avignon, is a football club based in the city of Avignon in southern France. The club notably competed in the Division 1 in the 1975–76 season. History The club was founded in 1931 as Association Sportive Avignonnaise and played professionally from 1942 until 1948. The club was later renamed Olympique Avignonnais in a merger with Saint-Jean and became professional again in 1965. In 1975, the team was promoted to Division 1, after winning a playoff match against FC Rouen. However, the 1975–1976 season was disastrous, as the club finished bottom with 20 Points, 7 victories, 6 draws, 25 defeats, with 30 goals scored and 80 goals conceded. The club was relegated from Division 2 in 1976 and had to forgo its professional status in 1981 due to financial problems. The club found itself in the fourth division in 1983–1984, but bounced back to Division 2 after successive promotions from 1989 to 1991. In 1992, the club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ECAC Chaumont
Chaumont Football Club is a French association football club founded in 1957. The club is based in Chaumont, Haute-Marne and its home stadium is the Stade Georges Dodin in the town, which has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. It had professional status from 1966 to 1969 and from 1970 to 1991. As of the 2009–10 season, the club plays in the Championnat de France amateur 2 Group C, the fifth tier of French football. It is managed by former AJ Auxerre and Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ... defender, Stéphane Mazzolini. Honours Domestic Management Managerial history Notable players External links * old official website Chaumont FC results 1962-2012{{in lang, fr Sport in Haute-Marne 1957 establishments in France Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
