# 1987–88 French Division 2

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1987–88 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 36 teams, and Sochaux-Montbéliard and RC Strasbourg won the championship.

## League tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Sochaux | 34 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 97 | 17 | +80 | 61 | Promoted |
| 2 | Lyon | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 44 | |
| 3 | Alès | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 41 | |
| 4 | Montceau | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 40 | |
| 5 | Orléans | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 36 | |
| 6 | Nîmes | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 36 | |
| 7 | Cuiseaux Louhans | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 33 | |
| 8 | Bastia | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 33 | |
| 9 | Grenoble | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 32 | |
| 10 | Gueugnon | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 31 | |
| 11 | Martigues | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 31 | |
| 12 | Sète | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 29 | |
| 13 | Le Puy | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 28 | |
| 14 | Istres | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 28 | |
| 15 | Dijon | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 28 | |
| 16 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 27 | Relegated |
| 17 | Tours | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 27 | Relegated |
| 18 | Châtellerault | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 27 | Relegated |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Strasbourg | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 49 | Promoted |
| 2 | Caen | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 54 | 22 | +32 | 49 | Promoted |
| 3 | Mulhouse | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 45 | |
| 4 | Rouen | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 40 | |
| 5 | Nancy | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 38 | |
| 6 | Angers | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 38 | |
| 7 | Reims | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 35 | |
| 8 | Dunkerque | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 34 | |
| 9 | Valenciennes | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 33 | |
| 10 | Rennes | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 32 | |
| 11 | Abbeville | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 31 | |
| 12 | Guingamp | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 31 | |
| 13 | Beauvais | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 31 | |
| 14 | Quimper | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 29 | |
| 15 | La Roche sur Yon | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 26 | |
| 16 | St Dizier | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 25 | Relegated |
| 17 | Melun-Fontainebleau | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 23 | Relegated |
| 18 | Lorient | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 23 | Relegated |

## Championship play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sochaux | 1–3 | Strasbourg | 1–2 | 0–1 |

## 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 | Lyon | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2A | Lyon | 4 | | | | | | 18 | Niort | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3B | Mulhouse | 0 | | | | | | 18 | Niort | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3B | Mulhouse | 0 | 2A | Lyon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2B | Caen | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | 2B | Caen | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 2B | Caen (p) | 1 (3) | 2B | Caen | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 3A | Alès | 1 (2) | | | | | | | | | | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club (Grp) | Goals |
| 1 | Patrick Martet | Rouen (B) | 26 |
| 2 | Ray Stephen | Nancy (A) | 21 |
| 3 | Didier Monczuk | Quimper (B) | 20 |
| 4 | Jean-Pierre Orts | Lyon (A) | 18 |
| 4 | Stéphane Paille | Sochaux (A) | 18 |
| 6 | Philippe Prieur | Caen (B) | 17 |
| 6 | Christophe Rempp | Montceau-les-Mines (A) | 17 |
| 6 | Adriano Fegic | Dunkerque (B) | 17 |
| 6 | Guy Mengual | Sète (A) | 17 |
| 6 | Peter Reichert | Strasbourg (B) | 17 |