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Name
French Ligue 2

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Poster

Established
1933 (91 years old)

First Recorded Event
2014-08-01

Current Season
2024-2025

Level Below
French Championnat National

Sport
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Soccer

Location
France

Gender
Male

TV Rights
La chaîne l'Equipe - Amazon Prime - Bein Sport

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13 Sep	Rodez AF	-	Guingamp	6:00pm
13 Sep	Pau FC	-	Martigues	6:00pm
13 Sep	Annecy	-	Amiens	6:00pm
13 Sep	Clermont Foo	-	USL Dunkerqu	6:00pm
13 Sep	Lorient	-	Red Star	6:00pm
13 Sep	Laval	-	Ajaccio	6:00pm
13 Sep	Bastia	-	Troyes	6:00pm
14 Sep	Paris FC	-	Metz	12:30pm
16 Sep	Grenoble	-	Caen	6:45pm
20 Sep	Troyes	-	Rodez AF	6:00pm
Results
31 Aug	Metz	1 - 1	Laval
31 Aug	Amiens	1 - 0	Lorient
30 Aug	Caen	1 - 1	Annecy
30 Aug	Grenoble	1 - 1	Pau FC
30 Aug	Guingamp	3 - 4	Red Star
30 Aug	Martigues	0 - 1	Bastia
30 Aug	Ajaccio	2 - 1	Troyes
30 Aug	USL Dunkerqu	1 - 0	Rodez AF
30 Aug	Clermont Foo	0 - 1	Paris FC
26 Aug	Red Star	1 - 0	Ajaccio

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Ligue 2 (League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship by BKT-Tires, 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 ever since. The name lasted until 2002 before switching to its current name. Since the league is a part of the LFP, it allows clubs who are on the brink of professionalism to become so. However, if a club suffers relegation to the Championnat National, its professional status can be revoked temporarily until they return to Ligue 2.

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