# 1986–87 French Division 2

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1986–87 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 36 teams, and Chamois Niort and Montpellier won the championship.

## League tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Niort | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 15 | +33 | 55 | Promoted |
| 2 | Caen | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 30 | +32 | 48 | |
| 3 | Mulhouse | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 46 | |
| 4 | Reims | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 43 | |
| 5 | Stade Quimpérois | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 41 | |
| 6 | Beauvais | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 38 | |
| 7 | Tours | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 35 | |
| 8 | Dunkerque | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 33 | |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 32 | |
| 10 | Guingamp | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 32 | |
| 11 | Orléans | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 32 | |
| 12 | Angers | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 32 | |
| 13 | Valenciennes | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 31 | |
| 14 | La Roche sur Yon | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 29 | |
| 15 | Abbeville | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 26 | |
| 16 | St Dizier | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 24 | |
| 17 | Amiens | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 23 | Relegated |
| 18 | Red Star | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 68 | −43 | 12 | Relegated |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Montpellier | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 73 | 25 | +48 | 52 | Promoted |
| 2 | Lyon | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 71 | 28 | +43 | 48 | |
| 3 | Cannes | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 24 | +33 | 45 | Promoted |
| 4 | Alès | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 43 | |
| 5 | Bastia | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 41 | |
| 6 | Nîmes | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 38 | |
| 7 | Limoges | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 36 | Relegated |
| 8 | Sète | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 35 | |
| 9 | Montceau | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 34 | |
| 10 | Cuiseaux Louhans | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 34 | |
| 11 | Gueugnon | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 33 | |
| 12 | Le Puy | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 30 | |
| 13 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 29 | |
| 14 | Istres | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 29 | |
| 15 | Martigues | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 27 | |
| 16 | Thonon | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 24 | Relegated |
| 17 | Bourges | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 60 | −28 | 22 | Relegated |
| 18 | Béziers | 34 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 95 | −77 | 12 | Relegated |

## Championship play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Niort | 1–4 | Montpellier | 0–1 | 1–3 |

## Promotion play-offs

| Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 2A | Caen | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2A | Caen | 1 | | | | | | 18 | Sochaux | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3B | Cannes | 2 | | | | | | 18 | Sochaux | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3B | Cannes | 2 | 3B | Cannes | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3B | Brest | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | 2B | Lyon | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 2B | Lyon | 4 | 2B | Lyon | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 3A | Mulhouse | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club (Grp) | Goals |
| 1 | Tony Kurbos | Mulhouse (A) | 21 |
| 2 | Gaspard N'Gouete | Bastia (B) | 20 |
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Orts | Lyon (B) | 20 |
| 4 | Roger Milla | Montpellier (B) | 19 |
| 5 | Laurent Blanc | Montpellier (B) | 18 |
| 6 | François Calderaro | Reims (A) | 17 |
| 6 | Alain Zemb | Louhans-Cuiseaux (B) | 17 |
| 8 | Philippe Prieur | Caen (A) | 16 |
| 8 | Bruno Roux | Beauvais (A) | 16 |
| 10 | Christian Perez | Nîmes (B) | 14 |
| 10 | Didier Monczuk | Alès (B) | 14 |
| 10 | Milan Ćalasan | Orléans (A) | 14 |
| 10 | Abedi Pelé | Niort (A) | 14 |