# 2009–10 Ligue 2

The Ligue 2 2009–10 season was the sixty-ninth edition since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 5 June 2009, and the league began on 7 August and ended on 14 May 2010.
German sportswear company Puma became the official provider of match balls for the season after agreeing to a long term partnership with the Ligue de Football Professionnel.

## Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from 2008–09 Ligue 1
* 18th Place: Caen
* 19th Place: Nantes
* 20th Place: Le Havre
Teams promoted to 2009–10 Ligue 1
* Champions: Lens
* Runners-up: Montpellier
* 3rd Place: Boulogne
Teams promoted from 2008–09 Championnat National
* Champions: Istres
* Runners-up: Laval
* 3rd Place: Arles-Avignon
Teams relegated to 2009–10 Championnat National
* 18th Place: Amiens
* 19th Place: Reims
* 20th Place: Troyes

## DNCG Ruling on Arles-Avignon

All clubs that secured status for Ligue 2 play this season had to be approve by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.
On 23 June, the DNCG ruled that AC Arles-Avignon would not be allowed to play in Ligue 2 following their promotion from the Championnat National, due to irregularities in the club's financial accounts and management. On 3 July, following an appeal, the DNCG reversed its decision reinstating Arles' Ligue 2 status.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Caen (C, P) | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 69 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Brest (P) | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 67 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Arles-Avignon (P) | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 60 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 4 | Metz | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 56 | |
| 5 | Angers | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 55 | |
| 6 | Clermont | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 54 | |
| 7 | Le Havre | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 52 | |
| 8 | Laval | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 51 | |
| 9 | Dijon | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 51 | |
| 10 | Nîmes | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 51 | |
| 11 | Tours | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 49 | |
| 12 | Sedan | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 49 | |
| 13 | Ajaccio | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 48 | |
| 14 | Vannes | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 46 | |
| 15 | Nantes | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 45 | |
| 16 | Châteauroux | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 44 | |
| 17 | Istres | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 44 | |
| 18 | Guingamp (R) | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 43 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 19 | Strasbourg (R) | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 42 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 20 | Bastia (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 39 | Relegation to Championnat National |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | ANG | ACAA | BAS | BRS | CAE | CHA | CLR | DIJ | GUI | IST | LVL | LHA | MET | NAN | NMS | SED | STR | TOU | VAN |
| Ajaccio | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Angers | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Arles-Avignon | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Bastia | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Brest | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 |
| Caen | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Châteauroux | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Clermont | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Dijon | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Guingamp | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Istres | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Laval | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Le Havre | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Metz | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Nantes | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Nîmes | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Sedan | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Strasbourg | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Tours | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| Vannes | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |

## Statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Magaye Gueye for Strasbourg against Châteauroux, 1 minute and 20 seconds. (7 August 2009).
* Fastest goal in a match: 8 seconds – Rémi Maréval for Nantes against Nîmes. (26 September 2009).
* Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+2 minutes and 36 seconds – Nolan Roux for Brest against Laval (7 August 2009)
* First own goal of the season: Thomas Mienniel (Angers) for Châteauroux, 38 minutes and 27 seconds (18 August 2009)
* First penalty kick of the season: 5 minutes and 27 seconds – Jérôme Lebouc (scored) for Laval against Brest (7 August 2009).
* First hat-trick of the season: Christophe Gaffory for Bastia against Nîmes (18 August 2009); 3', 17', 52'.
* Most goals scored in a game by one player: 4 goals by Olivier Giroud for Tours against Arles-Avignon (18 September 2009); 7', 44', 65', 90'.
* Widest winning margin: 5 goals
** Bastia 6–1 Nîmes (18 August 2009).
** Nantes 5–0 Istres (21 August 2009).
* Most goals in a match: 9 goals
** Dijon 5–4 Châteauroux (30 October 2009).
* Most goals in one half: 5 goals
** Dijon v Châteauroux (30 October 2009); 1–3 at half time, 5–4 final.

### Discipline

* First yellow card of the season: Yvan Bourgis for Brest against Laval, 5 minutes and 37 seconds (7 August 2009)
* First red card of the season: Vincent Bessat for Metz against Vannes, 57 minutes and 43 seconds (7 August 2009)
* Card given at latest point in a game: Wahbi Khazri (yellow) at 90+4 minutes and 9 seconds for Bastia against Caen (14 August 2009)
* Total cards in a single match: 9
** Nantes 5–0 Istres – 6 for Nantes (Ibrahim Tall, William Vainqueur (yellow), Tenema N'Diaye, William Vainqueur (red), Ivan Klasnić, & Stefan Babović) and 3 for Istres (Mamadou Doumbia, Faouzi El Brazi, & Adel Chedli) (21 August 2009)
* Most yellow cards in a single match: 9
** Ajaccio 0–1 Guingamp – 5 for Ajaccio (Kévin Diaz, Thierry Debès, Jean-Philippe Sabo, Thomas Deruda, & Jonathan Martins) and 4 for Guingamp (Alharbi El-Jadeyaoui, Felipe Saad, Sébastien Grax, & Christian Bassila) (7 August 2009)
* Most red cards in a single match: 3 – Bastia 6–1 Nîmes – 1 for Bastia (Mehdi Méniri) and 2 for Nîmes (Moussa Sidibé & Miodrag Stošić) (18 August 2009)

## Awards

The nominees for the Player of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, and Manager of the Year in Ligue 2. The winner was determined at the annual UNFP Awards, which was held on 9 May. The winners are displayed in bold.

### Player of the Year

| Player | Nationality | Club |
| Benjamin Nivet | France | Caen |
| Olivier Giroud | France | Tours |
| Nolan Roux | France | Stade Brest |
| Anthony Modeste | France | Angers |

### Goalkeeper of the Year

| Player | Nationality | Club |
| Benoît Costil | France | Sedan |
| Steeve Elana | France | Stade Brest |
| Cyrille Merville | France | Arles-Avignon |
| Aléxis Thébaux | France | Caen |

### Manager of the Year

| Manager | Nationality | Club |
| Franck Dumas | France | Caen |
| Alex Dupont | France | Stade Brest |
| Michel Estevan | France | Arles-Avignon |
| Philippe Hinschberger | France | Laval |

### Team of the Year

| Position | Player | Club |
| Goalkeeper | Steeve Elana | Brest |
| Defender | Omar Daf | Brest |
| Defender | Grégory Leca | Caen |
| Defender | Paul Baysse | Sedan |
| Defender | Grégory Tafforeau | Caen |
| Midfielder | Bruno Grougi | Brest |
| Midfielder | Benjamin Nivet | Caen |
| Midfielder | Romain Hamouma | Laval |
| Forward | Nolan Roux | Brest |
| Forward | Olivier Giroud | Tours |
| Forward | Anthony Modeste | Angers |

## Team information

| Club | Chairman | Manager | Appointed |
| Ajaccio | Michel Moretti | Olivier Pantaloni | 2009– |
| Angers | Willy Bernard | Jean-Louis Garcia | 2006– |
| Arles | Jean-Marc Conrad | Michel Estevan | 2009– |
| Bastia | Charles Orlanducci | Faruk Hadžibegić | 2009– |
| Brest | Daniel Leroux | Alex Dupont | 2009– |
| Caen | Jean-François Fortin | Franck Dumas | 2004– |
| Châteauroux | Patrick Le Seyec | Jean-Pierre Papin | 2009– |
| Clermont | Claude Michy | Michel Der Zakarian | 2009– |
| Dijon | Bernard Gnecchi | Patrice Carteron | 2009– |
| Guingamp | Noël Le Graët | Victor Zvunka | 2007– |
| Istres | Bertrand Benoît | Nicolas Usai | 2008– |
| Laval | Bruno Lucas | Philippe Hinschberger | 2007– |
| Le Havre | Jean-Pierre Louvel | Cédric Daury | 2009– |
| Metz | Bernard Serin | Joël Müller | 2010– |
| Nantes | Waldemar Kita | Baptiste Gentili | 2010– |
| Nîmes | Jean-Louis Gazeau | Jean-Michel Cavalli | 2008– |
| Sedan | Pascal Urano | Landry Chauvin | 2008– |
| Strasbourg | Philippe Ginestet | Pascal Janin | 2009– |
| Tours | Frédéric Sebag | Daniel Sanchez | 2007– |
| Vannes | Michel Jestin | Stéphane Le Mignan | 2002– |

## Stadiums

Last updated: 15 May 2010
| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Avg. attendance |
| Ajaccio | Stade François Coty | 12,000 | 2,123 |
| Angers | Stade Jean-Bouin | 16,300 | 6,591 |
| Arles | Parc des Sports | 7,500 | 4,141 |
| Bastia | Stade Armand Cesari | 12,000 | 2,836 |
| Brest | Stade Francis-Le Blé | 10,228 | 7,702 |
| Caen | Stade Michel d'Ornano | 21,500 | 13,199 |
| Châteauroux | Stade Gaston Petit | 17,000 | 6,407 |
| Clermont | Stade Gabriel Montpied | 10,363 | 4,429 |
| Dijon | Stade Gaston Gérard | 7,900 | 5,420 |
| Guingamp | Stade du Roudourou | 18,126 | 10,780 |
| Istres | Stade Parsemain | 17,468 | 2,235 |
| Laval | Stade Francis Le Basser | 18,703 | 6,679 |
| Le Havre | Stade Jules Deschaseaux | 16,400 | 8,244 |
| Metz | Stade Saint-Symphorien | 26,700 | 11,232 |
| Nantes | Stade de la Beaujoire | 38,285 | 15,814 |
| Nîmes | Stade des Costières | 18,482 | 8,265 |
| Sedan | Stade Louis Dugauguez | 23,189 | 8,984 |
| Strasbourg | Stade de la Meinau | 29,230 | 11,328 |
| Tours | Stade de la Vallée du Cher | 13,500 | 5,639 |
| Vannes | Stade de la Rabine | 8,000 | 4,291 |