# 2000–01 French Division 2

The Division 2 season 2000/2001, organised by the LNF was won by FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and saw the promotions of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, FC Lorient and Montpellier HSC, whereas AS Cannes and Angers SCO were relegated to National.

## 20 participating teams

* Ajaccio
* Angers
* Beauvais
* Caen
* Cannes
* Châteauroux
* Créteil
* Gueugnon
* Laval
* Le Havre
* Le Mans
* Lorient
* Martigues
* Montpellier
* Nancy
* Nice
* Nîmes
* Niort
* Sochaux
* Wasquehal

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Sochaux (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 75 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
| 2 | Lorient (P) | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 74 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
| 3 | Montpellier (P) | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 68 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
| 4 | Niort | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 59 | |
| 5 | Nancy | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 56 | |
| 6 | Châteauroux | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 56 | |
| 7 | Le Havre | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 56 | |
| 8 | Nîmes | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 53 | |
| 9 | Laval | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 53 | |
| 10 | Gueugnon | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 50 | |
| 11 | Beauvais | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 47 | |
| 12 | Ajaccio | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 46 | |
| 13 | Wasquehal | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 45 | |
| 14 | Le Mans | 38 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 45 | |
| 15 | Nice | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 45 | |
| 16 | Créteil | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 43 | |
| 17 | Caen | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 43 | |
| 18 | Martigues | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 39 | |
| 19 | Cannes (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 34 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 20 | Angers (R) | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 33 | Relegation to Championnat National |

## Recap

* Promoted to L1 : FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, FC Lorient, Montpellier HSC
* Relegated to L2 : RC Strasbourg, AS Saint-Étienne
* Promoted to L2 : Grenoble Foot 38, Amiens SC, FC Istres
* Relegated to National : AS Cannes, Angers SCO (FC Martigues were not relegated since Toulouse FC were relegated from Division 1 to National)

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | ANG | BEA | CAE | CAN | CHA | CRE | GUE | LAV | LHA | MFC | LOR | MAR | MHS | NAL | NIC | NMS | NRT | SOC | WAS |
| Ajaccio | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Angers | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Beauvais | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Caen | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Cannes | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Châteauroux | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Créteil | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Gueugnon | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Laval | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Le Havre | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Le Mans | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Lorient | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Martigues | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Montpellier | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Nancy | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Nice | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Nîmes | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Niort | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Sochaux | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 |
| Wasquehal | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Francileudo Santos | Sochaux | 21 |
| 2 | Alain Caveglia | Le Havre | 16 |
| 3 | Élie Kroupi | Lorient | 15 |
| 4 | Laurent Dufresne | Châteauroux | 14 |
| 5 | Cyrille Watier | Caen | 13 |
| 5 | David Suarez | Cannes | 13 |
| 5 | Lilian Compan | Créteil | 13 |
| 5 | Toifilou Maoulida | Montpellier | 13 |
| 9 | Réginald Ray | Beauvais | 12 |
| 9 | Lionel Rouxel | Laval | 12 |
| 9 | Pierre-Alain Frau | Sochaux | 12 |