# 1981–82 French Division 2

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1981/1982 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 36 teams, and Toulouse and Rouen won the championship.

## League tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Toulouse | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 46 | Promoted |
| 2 | Thonon | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 46 | |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 34 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 43 | |
| 4 | Toulon | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 40 | |
| 5 | Cuiseaux-Louhans | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 37 | |
| 6 | Nîmes Olympique | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 35 | |
| 7 | Béziers | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 35 | |
| 8 | Cannes | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 35 | |
| 9 | Orléans | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 35 | |
| 10 | Paris FC | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 34 | |
| 11 | Gueugnon | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 33 | |
| 12 | Grenoble | 34 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 32 | |
| 13 | Martigues | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 32 | |
| 14 | Libourne | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 31 | |
| 15 | Fontainebleau | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 30 | |
| 16 | Saint-Dié | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 24 | Relegated |
| 17 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 23 | Relegated |
| 18 | Blois | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 21 | Relegated |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Rouen | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 54 | 19 | +35 | 51 | Promoted |
| 2 | Mulhouse | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 50 | Promoted |
| 3 | Noeux-les-Mines | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 49 | |
| 4 | Le Havre | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 46 | |
| 5 | Stade Rennais | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 44 | |
| 6 | Stade Reims | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 41 | |
| 7 | Angoulême | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 41 | |
| 8 | Angers | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 34 | |
| 9 | En Avant Guingamp | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 29 | |
| 10 | Besançon | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 29 | |
| 11 | Stade Français | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 29 | |
| 12 | Dunkerque | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 28 | |
| 13 | Limoges | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 28 | |
| 14 | Berrichonne Chateauroux | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 25 | |
| 15 | Abbeville | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 65 | −31 | 23 | |
| 16 | Calais | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 69 | −41 | 23 | Relegated |
| 17 | Montluçon | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 22 | Relegated |
| 18 | Stade Quimpérois | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 20 | Relegated |

## Championship play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rouen | 4–4 (a) | Toulouse | 3–2 | 1–2 |

## Promotion play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Mulhouse | 5–1 | Thonon | 3–0 | 2–1 |
Mulhouse was qualified to the play-off against 18th placed team of Division 1, Valenciennes.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club (Grp) | Goals |
| 1 | Žarko Olarević | Le Havre (B) | 25 |
| 2 | Patrick Martet | Le Havre (B) | 23 |
| 3 | Issicka Ouattara | Mulhouse (B) | 22 |
| 4 | Marc Pascal | Marseille (A) | 18 |
| 4 | Pierre Sither | Châteauroux (B) | 18 |
| 4 | Jean-François Beltramini | Rouen (B) | 18 |
| 7 | André Wiss | Mulhouse (B) | 17 |
| 7 | Antoine Trivino | Louhans-Cuiseaux (A) | 17 |
| 9 | Paco Bandera | Gueugnon (B) | 16 |
| 9 | François M'Pelé | Rennes (B) | 16 |