# 2001–02 French Division 2

The Division 2 season 2001/2002, organised by the LNF was won by AC Ajaccio and saw the promotions of AC Ajaccio, RC Strasbourg OGC Nice and Le Havre AC, whereas Nîmes Olympique and FC Martigues were relegated to National.

## 20 participating teams

* Ajaccio
* Amiens
* Beauvais
* Caen
* Châteauroux
* Créteil
* Grenoble
* Gueugnon
* Istres
* Laval
* Le Havre
* Le Mans
* Martigues
* Nancy
* Nice
* Nîmes
* Niort
* Saint-Étienne
* Strasbourg
* Wasquehal

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Ajaccio (C, P) | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 72 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Strasbourg (P) | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 68 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Nice (P) | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 66 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 4 | Le Havre (P) | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 65 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 5 | Le Mans | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 58 | |
| 6 | Caen | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 58 | |
| 7 | Beauvais | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 57 | |
| 8 | Châteauroux | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 53 | |
| 9 | Nancy | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 51 | |
| 10 | Laval | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 50 | |
| 11 | Niort | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 48 | |
| 12 | Amiens | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 47 | |
| 13 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 46 | |
| 14 | Gueugnon | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 44 | |
| 15 | Wasquehal | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 43 | |
| 16 | Grenoble | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 42 | |
| 17 | Istres | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 41 | |
| 18 | Créteil | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 41 | |
| 19 | Nîmes (R) | 38 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 32 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 20 | Martigues (R) | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 32 | Relegation to Championnat National |

## Recap

* Promoted to L1 : AC Ajaccio, RC Strasbourg, OGC Nice, Le Havre AC
* Relegated to L2 : FC Metz, FC Lorient
* Promoted to L2 : Clermont Foot, Stade de Reims, ASOA Valence, Toulouse FC
* Relegated to National : Nîmes Olympique, FC Martigues

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | AMI | BEA | CAE | CHA | CRE | GRE | GUE | IST | LAV | LHA | MFC | MAR | NAL | NIC | NMS | NRT | STE | STR | WAS |
| Ajaccio | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Amiens | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Beauvais | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Caen | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Châteauroux | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Créteil | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Grenoble | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Gueugnon | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Istres | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Laval | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Le Havre | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Le Mans | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Martigues | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Nancy | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Nice | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Nîmes | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| Niort | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Strasbourg | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Wasquehal | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hamed Diallo | Amiens | 19 |
| 2 | Guilherme Mauricio | Laval | 17 |
| 3 | Nassim Akrour | Istres | 16 |
| 3 | Christophe Meslin | Nice | 16 |
| 5 | Xavier Gravelaine | Caen | 15 |
| 5 | Danijel Ljuboja | Strasbourg | 15 |
| 7 | Lilian Compan | Châteauroux | 14 |
| 7 | Alain Caveglia | Le Havre | 14 |
| 9 | Cyrille Watier | Caen | 13 |
| 10 | Daniel Cousin | Le Mans | 12 |