1997–98 French Division 2

The Division 2 season 1997/1998, organised by the LNF was won by AS Nancy and saw the promotions of AS Nancy, FC Lorient and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, whereas CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, Sporting Toulon Var, FC Martigues and FC Mulhouse were relegated to National.

Division 2
Season1997–98

22 participating teams

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or Relegation
1Nancy (C, P)42201666437+2776Promotion to French Division 1
2Lorient (P)42211296838+3075
3Sochaux (P)421812125637+1966
4Lille421714116244+1865
5Troyes421615114838+1063
6Le Mans421614125446+862
7Valence42122285145+658
8Red Star421512155161−1057
9Caen421511166155+656
10Niort421219114238+455
11Gueugnon42167194754−755
12Amiens421413154049−955
13Laval421412165048+254
14Nice421119124040052
15Nîmes421313164151−1052
16Beauvais421118134047−751
17Saint-Étienne421215154760−1351
18Wasquehal42149194963−1451
19Louhans-Cuiseaux (R)421310194151−1049Relegation to Championnat National [fr]
20Toulon (R)421210204362−1946
21Martigues (R)421015173763−2645
22Mulhouse (R)42914195156−541
Source: Ligue 2
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Recap

Results

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Amiens2–11–12–12–02–00–03–01–12–11–01–12–22–01–00–00–00–21–20–21–11–0
Beauvais1–02–33–21–11–22–11–11–00–01–10–01–05–31–12–10–01–13–20–11–20–0
Caen1–30–14–02–00–00–21–15–05–02–12–20–03–10–01–12–02–11–12–01–16–0
Gueugnon0–11–12–12–11–14–01–21–03–01–02–21–21–00–04–01–13–11–00–11–02–1
Laval3–02–00–20–02–31–20–13–01–03–00–01–12–10–03–14–10–11–12–12–22–2
Le Mans4–21–12–02–30–21–12–21–00–00–11–02–01–21–06–33–00–05–01–11–11–0
Lille0–13–03–02–03–02–01–03–17–31–02–32–02–13–04–12–10–00–10–21–11–1
Lorient0–02–03–03–01–11–12–02–15–11–12–31–14–02–05–24–02–11–33–01–11–0
Louhans-Cuiseaux0–11–00–22–11–01–02–21–33–00–01–10–12–01–02–00–00–11–01–12–05–0
Martigues3–20–00–22–03–20–01–10–13–11–10–00–00–00–02–01–01–22–11–42–01–3
Mulhouse4–00–04–21–20–11–21–31–03–34–12–21–13–23–02–11–22–24–00–01–11–2
Nancy2–00–13–03–02–01–11–12–03–10–02–12–11–01–12–02–02–03–01–12–42–1
Nice1–12–00–12–01–00–22–11–12–01–10–01–13–00–21–12–02–11–10–00–01–0
Nîmes0–00–03–11–01–11–10–01–00–00–22–00–30–01–12–23–02–12–01–11–22–1
Niort0–01–10–01–01–23–02–00–01–10–01–02–14–21–02–01–30–03–02–01–13–1
Red Star2–01–11–02–01–02–11–13–21–02–12–10–11–02–31–11–02–03–10–01–11–1
Saint-Étienne2–11–13–00–13–21–22–20–02–21–12–20–23–21–14–21–03–23–11–10–00–0
Sochaux3–12–02–02–01–10–20–00–10–14–13–00–11–11–01–11–14–04–14–01–02–1
Toulon1–12–02–11–31–16–11–00–12–01–22–10–01–00–11–12–30–20–02–10–01–0
Troyes2–10–02–13–00–10–01–10–20–13–01–14–21–11–11–02–01–20–11–02–21–0
Valence3–01–32–22–22–01–03–13–22–10–01–01–11–10–12–20–01–11–22–10–12–1
Wasquehal2–03–25–21–01–21–01–11–22–11–02–13–12–10–12–12–42–11–11–10–41–1
Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Réginald RayLe Mans20
2 Samuel LobéLille19
Didier ThimothéeSaint-Étienne
4 Bernard BougerSochaux18
5 Olivier PickeuAmiens17
Slađan ĐukićTroyes
7 Robert MalmLorient16
8 Ali BouafiaLorient15
Bruno RouxBeauvais
William LokoWasquehal