Ligue 2

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2025 Luis Enrique secured his second consecutive Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint-Germain.
2025 Paris Saint-Germain won their thirteenth Ligue 1 title under the management of Luis Enrique in the 2024-25 season.
February 18 2025 Bruno Baltazar is sacked from Caen and replaced by Michel Der Zakarian
January 20 2025 Hakim Malek appointed as the new manager of Martigues, replacing Thierry Laurey.
January 17 2025 Franck Rizzetto appointed as the new manager of Grenoble, replacing Oswald Tanchot.
January 3 2025 Mathieu Chabert resigns as manager of Ajaccio.
2024 Top two teams in Ligue 2 were set to be automatically promoted to 2024–25 Ligue 1.
2024 Luis Enrique led Paris Saint-Germain to their first Ligue 1 title.
2024 beIN Sports secures exclusive broadcasting rights for all Ligue 2 matches from 2024-25 to 2028-29
2024 Three clubs are relegated from Ligue 1 to Ligue 2 for the 2024-25 season: Clermont (18th), Lorient (17th), and Metz (16th).
December 30 2024 Bruno Baltazar appointed as the new manager of Caen, replacing Nicolas Seube.
December 18 2024 Oswald Tanchot leaves Grenoble while the team is in 12th position
December 16 2024 Thierry Laurey leaves Martigues while the team is in 18th position
October 30 2024 Laurent Batlles appointed as the new manager of Clermont, replacing Sébastien Bichard.
August 2024 2024–25 season of Ligue 2 commenced, featuring 20 professional football clubs competing for promotion to Ligue 1.
August 17 2024 French National Olympic and Sports Committee confirms Bordeaux's demotion to Championnat National 2 following administrative relegation due to financial struggles and failed takeover by Fenway Sports Group.
August 16 2024 The 86th season of Ligue 2 begins, officially starting the 2024–25 Ligue 2 football competition.
August 16 2024 Start of the 86th season of Ligue 2, officially known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship
August 12 2024 Stéphane Dumont appointed as the new manager of Troyes, replacing David Guion.
July 2024 Start of the 2024-25 Ligue 2 season with 18 clubs, including two newly promoted teams: Red Star (1st in Championnat National) and Martigues (2nd in Championnat National).
July 11 2024 Ajaccio successfully appeals the administrative downgrade and is reinstated to Ligue 2 for the 2024-25 season.
July 4 2024 László Bölöni is sacked as manager of Metz, with Stéphane Le Mignan immediately taking over.
July 2 2024 Mathieu Chabert appointed as the new manager of Ajaccio after Olivier Pantaloni leaves for Lorient.
July 1 2024 Sébastien Bichard appointed as the new manager of Clermont.
June 27 2024 Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion (DNCG) administratively downgrades Ajaccio to Championnat National, questioning the club's financial situation despite being profitable in the 2022-2023 season.
June 23 2024 Olivier Pantaloni appointed as the new manager of Lorient.
June 22 2024 Régis Le Bris leaves Lorient to sign with Sunderland.
June 4 2024 Grégory Poirier appointed as the new manager of Red Star.
June 2 2024 Metz drew with Saint-Étienne 2–2 after extra time.
June 1 2024 The 2023-24 Ligue 2 season concluded, completing the 85th edition of the competition.
May 30 2024 Saint-Étienne beat Metz 2–1.
May 29 2024 Stéphane Dumont's contract ends at Guingamp, with Sylvain Ripoll immediately appointed as the new manager.
May 24 2024 Saint-Étienne beat Rodez 2–0.
May 24 2024 Promotion play-off semi-final match conducted, continuing the process of determining league standings and potential team promotions.
May 21 2024 Rodez drew with Paris FC 2–2 and won on penalties 3–2.
May 21 2024 Promotion play-off quarter-final match held between teams from Ligue 2 and Ligue 1, determining potential promotion or relegation between the leagues.
May 13 2024 Pascal Gastien resigns as manager of Clermont.
May 8 2024 Red Star's manager Habib Beye's contract ends, creating a vacancy for the managerial position.
January 29 2024 Bastia parts ways with manager Régis Brouard while positioned 16th in the league.
January 15 2024 Quevilly-Rouen parts ways with manager Olivier Echouafni while positioned 18th in the league.
2023 AS Saint-Étienne established itself as the club with the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 Ligue 2 season, demonstrating strong fan support despite playing in the second tier of French football.
2023 The 2023–24 Ligue 2 season began, featuring 18 teams competing in the second tier of French professional football.
2023 Christophe Galtier won his second Ligue 1 title, this time with Paris Saint-Germain.
2023 Ligue 1 reduces from 20 to 18 teams for the 2023-24 season.
December 6 2023 Saint-Étienne and Valenciennes both part ways with their respective managers (Laurent Batlles and Jorge Maciel), while positioned 8th and 20th in the league.
November 26 2023 Troyes parts ways with manager Patrick Kisnorbo while positioned 17th in the league.
November 7 2023 Caen parts ways with manager Jean-Marc Furlan while positioned 12th in the league.
October 7 2023 Bordeaux parts ways with manager David Guion while positioned 13th in the league.
September 24 2023 Dunkerque sacks manager Mathieu Chabert while positioned 17th in the league.
August 5 2023 The 85th season of Ligue 2 officially began, marking the start of the 2023-24 football championship season in France.

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