French Ligue 2

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Established
1933 (93 years old)

First Recorded Event
2014-08-01

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
12

Level Above
French Ligue 1

Level Below
French Ligue 3

Sport
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Soccer

Location
France

Gender
Male

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

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		Upcoming
20 Nov 26	NantesNantes	7:00pm	GrenobleGrenoble
20 Nov 26	GuingampGuingamp	7:00pm	RodezRodez
20 Nov 26	Stade deStade de Reims	7:00pm	Saint-ÉtSaint-Étienne
20 Nov 26	Nancy LoNancy Lorraine	7:00pm	DijonDijon
20 Nov 26	Red StarRed Star	7:00pm	PauPau
20 Nov 26	MetzMetz	7:00pm	BoulogneBoulogne
20 Nov 26	SochauxSochaux	7:00pm	DunkerquDunkerque
20 Nov 26	LavalLaval	7:00pm	MontpellMontpellier
20 Nov 26	AnnecyAnnecy	7:00pm	ClermontClermont Foot
04 Dec 26	MontpellMontpellier	7:00pm	NantesNantes

		Results
07 Nov 26	PauPau	0 - 2	NantesNantes
07 Nov 26	Saint-ÉtiSaint-Étienne	2 - 0	LavalLaval
07 Nov 26	Clermont Clermont Foot	1 - 0	RodezRodez
06 Nov 26	DunkerqueDunkerque	3 - 0	GuingampGuingamp
06 Nov 26	BoulogneBoulogne	3 - 0	AnnecyAnnecy
06 Nov 26	Nancy LorNancy Lorraine	1 - 0	SochauxSochaux
06 Nov 26	GrenobleGrenoble	3 - 2	Stade de Stade de Reims
06 Nov 26	DijonDijon	1 - 0	Red StarRed Star
06 Nov 26	MontpelliMontpellier	2 - 3	MetzMetz
02 Nov 26	Red StarRed Star	1 - 4	Nancy LorNancy Lorraine

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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