# 1985–86 French Division 2

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1985–86 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 36 teams, and Saint-Étienne and Paris won the championship.

## League tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Saint-Étienne | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 46 | Promoted |
| 2 | Olympique Alès | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 41 | |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 40 | |
| 4 | Sète | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 40 | |
| 5 | Montpellier | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 39 | |
| 6 | Nîmes Olympique | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 61 | 35 | +26 | 38 | |
| 7 | Le Puy | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 35 | |
| 8 | Béziers | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 35 | |
| 9 | Tours | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 34 | |
| 10 | Gueugnon | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 33 | |
| 11 | Martigues | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 32 | |
| 12 | Cannes | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 31 | |
| 13 | Thonon | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 31 | |
| 14 | Montceau | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 30 | |
| 15 | Istres | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 30 | |
| 16 | Red Star Paris | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 30 | |
| 17 | Chaumont | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 26 | Relegated |
| 18 | Grenoble | 33 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 19 | Relegated |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | RC Paris | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 78 | 24 | +54 | 56 | Promoted |
| 2 | Mulhouse | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 50 | |
| 3 | En Avant Guingamp | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 47 | |
| 4 | Stade Reims | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 43 | |
| 5 | Chamois Niort | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 37 | |
| 6 | Caen | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 37 | |
| 7 | Orléans | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 33 | |
| 8 | Stade Quimpérois | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 32 | |
| 9 | Abbeville | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 30 | |
| 10 | Limoges | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 29 | |
| 11 | Beauvais | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 29 | |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 28 | |
| 13 | Dunkerque | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 28 | |
| 14 | Besançon | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 28 | |
| 15 | Angers | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 28 | |
| 16 | Lorient | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 28 | Relegated |
| 17 | Rouen | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 27 | Relegated |
| 18 | CS Sedan Ardennes | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 22 | Relegated |

## Championship play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Racing Paris | 4–3 | Saint-Étienne | 3–2 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |

## Promotion play-offs

| Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 2B | Mulhouse | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2B | Mulhouse | 2 | | | | | | 18 | Nancy | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3A | Lyon | 1 | | | | | | 18 | Nancy | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3A | Lyon | 1 | 2B | Mulhouse | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2B | Mulhouse | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | 2A | Alès | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 2A | Alès | 3 | 2A | Alès | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 3B | Guingamp | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club (Grp) | Goals |
| 1 | Eugène Kabongo | Racing Paris (B) | 30 |
| 2 | Andrzej Szarmach | Guingamp (B) | 26 |
| 3 | Jean-Marc Valadier | Montpellier (A) | 22 |
| 3 | Marco Morgante | Mulhouse (B) | 22 |
| 5 | Milan Ćalasan | Orléans (B) | 17 |
| 5 | Simo Nikolić | Béziers (A) | 17 |
| 7 | Juan Carlos Acosta | Le Puy (A) | 16 |
| 8 | Hervé Guégan | Guingamp (B) | 15 |
| 8 | Dušan Savić | Cannes (A) | 15 |
| 10 | Philippe N'Dioro | Limoges (B) | 14 |
| 10 | Franck Priou | Istres (A) | 14 |
| 10 | Christian Perez | Nîmes (A) | 14 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Orts | Nîmes (A) | 14 |