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 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 Prof ...

. It began on 16 August 2024 and concluded on 10 May 2025.

Teams

Changes

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(promoted after 5 years of absence) and

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(promoted after 22 years of absence) returned to the second division. Since Ligue 2 reduced in size, 4 teams were relegated and only 2 promoted, so

Troyes Troyes () is a Communes of France, commune and the capital of the Departments of France, 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 ...

, Quevilly-Rouen,

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, and

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...

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

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

Metz Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...

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and

Clermont Foot Clermont Foot 63 (Occitan: ''Clarmont d'Auvèrnhe''; commonly referred to as Clermont Foot) is a French professional football club based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It competes in Ligue 2. The first incarnation of the club was formed in 1911 and ...

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

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and

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were promoted to

after one-year absence for the first two and two-year absence for the last one. On June 27, 2024, the

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(DNCG) decided to administratively downgrade

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Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

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,

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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

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. On August 17th, 2024,

's demotion to

was confirmed by the

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Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Promotion play-offs

A promotion play-off competition is held at the end of the season, involving the 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed teams in 2024–25 Ligue 2, and the 16th-placed team in

2024–25 Ligue 1 The 2024–25 Ligue 1, also known as Ligue 1 McDonald’s for sponsorship reasons, was the 87th season of the Ligue 1, France's premier football competition. It began on 16 August 2024 and concluded on 17 May 2025. The relegation play-off was pla ...

. The quarter-final was played on 14 May, and the semi-final on 17 May. Quarter-final Semi-final Promotion Play-off Final
1st leg 2nd leg ''Metz won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to Ligue 1, while Reims were relegated to Ligue 2.''

Relegation play-offs

''Clermont Foot won 4–3 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.''

References

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