# 2005–06 Ligue 2

The Ligue 2 season 2005–06, organised by the LFP was won by Valenciennes FC and saw the promotions of Valenciennes FC, CS Sedan Ardennes and FC Lorient, whereas AC Ajaccio, RC Strasbourg and FC Metz were relegated from Ligue 1.

## 20 participating teams

* Amiens
* Bastia
* Brest
* Caen
* Châteauroux
* Clermont
* Créteil
* Dijon
* Grenoble
* Gueugnon
* Guingamp
* Istres
* Laval
* Le Havre
* Lorient
* Montpellier
* Reims
* Sedan
* Sète
* Valenciennes

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Valenciennes (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 74 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Sedan (P) | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 71 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Lorient (P) | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 66 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 4 | Caen | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 66 | |
| 5 | Dijon | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 60 | |
| 6 | Bastia | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 58 | |
| 7 | Le Havre | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 55 | |
| 8 | Créteil | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 54 | |
| 9 | Guingamp | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 50 | |
| 10 | Grenoble | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 48 | |
| 11 | FC Gueugnon | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 48 | |
| 12 | Montpellier | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 47 | |
| 13 | Istres | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 47 | |
| 14 | Reims | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 45 | |
| 15 | Châteauroux | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 44 | |
| 16 | Amiens | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 43 | |
| 17 | Brest | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 42 | |
| 18 | Clermont (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 38 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 19 | Laval (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 35 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 20 | Sète (R) | 38 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 23 | Relegation to Championnat National |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMI | BAS | BRS | CAE | CHA | CLE | CRE | DIJ | GRE | GUE | GUI | IST | LAV | LHA | LOR | MHS | REI | SED | SÈT | VAL |
| Amiens | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Bastia | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Brest | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Caen | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Châteauroux | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Clermont | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Créteil | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Dijon | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Grenoble | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Gueugnon | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
| Guingamp | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Istres | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| Laval | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Le Havre | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Lorient | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Montpellier | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Reims | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Sedan | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Sète | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 |
| Valenciennes | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jean-Michel Lesage | Le Havre | 16 |
| 1 | Steve Savidan | Valenciennes | 16 |
| 3 | David Papys M'Bodji | Créteil | 15 |
| 4 | Kandia Traoré | Le Havre | 14 |
| 5 | Frédéric Fouret | Clermont | 13 |
| 5 | Guilherme Mauricio | Laval | 13 |
| 7 | Pierre-Yves André | Bastia | 12 |
| 7 | Nassim Akrour | Grenoble | 12 |
| 7 | Mansour Boutabout | Sedan | 12 |
| 10 | Stéphane Samson | Caen | 11 |