Ligue 2
Football league
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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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