French Ligue 2

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Established
1933 (92 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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25 Apr	Guingamp	-	Martigues	6:00pm
25 Apr	Bastia	-	Grenoble	6:00pm
25 Apr	Annecy	-	Ajaccio	6:00pm
25 Apr	Red Star	-	Clermont Foo	6:00pm
25 Apr	Laval	-	Amiens	6:00pm
25 Apr	Troyes	-	USL Dunkerqu	6:00pm
26 Apr	Lorient	-	Caen	6:00pm
26 Apr	Rodez AF	-	Paris FC	12:00pm
26 Apr	Pau FC	-	Metz	6:00pm
02 May	Metz	-	Rodez AF	6:00pm
Results
21 Apr	Annecy	0 - 0	Lorient
19 Apr	Metz	2 - 2	Red Star
19 Apr	Paris FC	1 - 0	Bastia
18 Apr	Clermont Foo	0 - 2	Troyes
18 Apr	Laval	2 - 1	Rodez AF
18 Apr	USL Dunkerqu	2 - 0	Grenoble
18 Apr	Ajaccio	1 - 1	Pau FC
18 Apr	Amiens	3 - 2	Guingamp
18 Apr	Caen	0 - 3	Martigues
14 Apr	Bastia	5 - 2	Laval

Description

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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