# 1997–98 French Division 2

The Division 2 season 1997/1998, organised by the LNF was won by AS Nancy and saw the promotions of AS Nancy, FC Lorient and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, whereas CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, Sporting Toulon Var, FC Martigues and FC Mulhouse were relegated to National.

## 22 participating teams

* Amiens
* Beauvais
* Caen
* Gueugnon
* Laval
* Le Mans
* Lille
* Lorient
* Louhans-Cuiseaux
* Martigues
* Mulhouse
* Nancy
* Nice
* Nîmes
* Niort
* Red Star
* Saint-Étienne
* Sochaux
* Toulon
* Troyes
* Valence
* Wasquehal

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Nancy (C, P) | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 76 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
| 2 | Lorient (P) | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 75 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
| 3 | Sochaux (P) | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 66 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
| 4 | Lille | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 65 | |
| 5 | Troyes | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 63 | |
| 6 | Le Mans | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 62 | |
| 7 | Valence | 42 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 58 | |
| 8 | Red Star | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 57 | |
| 9 | Caen | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 56 | |
| 10 | Niort | 42 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 55 | |
| 11 | Gueugnon | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 55 | |
| 12 | Amiens | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 55 | |
| 13 | Laval | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 54 | |
| 14 | Nice | 42 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 52 | |
| 15 | Nîmes | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 52 | |
| 16 | Beauvais | 42 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 51 | |
| 17 | Saint-Étienne | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 51 | |
| 18 | Wasquehal | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 51 | |
| 19 | Louhans-Cuiseaux (R) | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 49 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 20 | Toulon (R) | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 46 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 21 | Martigues (R) | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 45 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 22 | Mulhouse (R) | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 41 | Relegation to Championnat National |

## Recap

* Promoted to L1 : AS Nancy, FC Lorient, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
* Relegated to L2 : EA Guingamp, LB Châteauroux, AS Cannes
* Promoted to L2 : AC Ajaccio, CS Sedan Ardennes
* Relegated to National : CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, Sporting Toulon Var, FC Martigues, FC Mulhouse

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMI | BEA | CAE | GUE | LAV | MFC | LIL | LOR | LOU | MAR | MUL | NAL | NIC | NMS | NRT | RS | STE | SOC | SCT | TRO | VLN | WAS |
| Amiens | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Beauvais | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Caen | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 |
| Gueugnon | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Laval | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Le Mans | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Lille | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 7–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Lorient | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Louhans-Cuiseaux | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Martigues | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Mulhouse | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Nancy | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 |
| Nice | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Nîmes | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Niort | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Red Star | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Saint-Étienne | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Sochaux | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Toulon | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Troyes | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Valence | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 |
| Wasquehal | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Réginald Ray | Le Mans | 20 |
| 2 | Samuel Lobé | Lille | 19 |
| 2 | Didier Thimothée | Saint-Étienne | 19 |
| 4 | Bernard Bouger | Sochaux | 18 |
| 5 | Olivier Pickeu | Amiens | 17 |
| 5 | Slađan Đukić | Troyes | 17 |
| 7 | Robert Malm | Lorient | 16 |
| 8 | Ali Bouafia | Lorient | 15 |
| 8 | Bruno Roux | Beauvais | 15 |
| 8 | William Loko | Wasquehal | 15 |