# 1984–85 French Division 2

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1984/1985 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 36 teams, and Le Havre and Nice won the championship.

## League tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Le Havre | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 20 | +49 | 52 | Promoted |
| 2 | Mulhouse | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 62 | 25 | +37 | 50 | |
| 3 | Stade Rennais | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 21 | +30 | 46 | Promoted |
| 4 | Orléans | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 43 | |
| 5 | En Avant Guingamp | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 42 | |
| 6 | Valenciennes | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 40 | |
| 7 | Besançon | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 36 | |
| 8 | CS Sedan Ardennes | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 36 | |
| 9 | Stade Quimpérois | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 33 | |
| 10 | Red Star Paris | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 33 | |
| 11 | Caen | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 33 | |
| 12 | Stade Reims | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 32 | |
| 13 | Stade Français | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 29 | |
| 14 | Dunkerque | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 25 | |
| 15 | Abbeville | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 25 | |
| 16 | Angers | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 22 | |
| 17 | Amiens | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 51 | −28 | 20 | Relegated |
| 18 | Berrichonne Chateauroux | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 72 | −47 | 15 | Relegated |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Nice | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 73 | 29 | +44 | 50 | Promoted |
| 2 | Saint-Étienne | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 22 | +44 | 48 | |
| 3 | Nîmes Olympique | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 42 | |
| 4 | Montpellier | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 41 | |
| 5 | Thonon | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 38 | |
| 6 | Olympique Alès | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 35 | |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 35 | |
| 8 | Cannes | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 34 | |
| 9 | Gueugnon | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 33 | |
| 10 | Sète | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 32 | |
| 11 | Grenoble | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 32 | |
| 12 | Martigues | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 31 | |
| 13 | Limoges | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 31 | |
| 14 | Le Puy | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 31 | |
| 15 | Béziers | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 30 | |
| 16 | Cuiseaux Louhans | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 29 | Relegated |
| 17 | La Roche sur Yon | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 60 | −21 | 29 | Relegated |
| 18 | FC Valence | 34 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 81 | −53 | 11 | Relegated |

## Championship play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Nice | 2–5 | Le Havre | 2–2 | 0–3 |

## 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 | Saint-Étienne | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2B | Saint-Étienne | 0 | | | | | | 3A | Rennes (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (7) |
| 3A | Rennes | 2 | | | | | | 3A | Rennes (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (7) |
| 3A | Rennes | 2 | 3A | Rennes | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | Rouen | 1 | 0 | 1 (6) |
| | | | 2A | Mulhouse | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2A | Mulhouse | 2 | 2A | Mulhouse | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3B | Nîmes | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club (Grp) | Goals |
| 1 | Jorge Dominguez | Nice (B) | 28 |
| 2 | John Eriksen | Mulhouse (A) | 27 |
| 2 | Patrick Cubaynes | Nîmes (B) | 27 |
| 4 | Mario Relmy | Rennes (A) | 21 |
| 5 | Roger Milla | Saint-Étienne (B) | 20 |
| 5 | Milan Ćalasan | Béziers (B) | 20 |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Orts | Montpellier (B) | 18 |
| 7 | Paco Bandera | Gueugnon (B) | 18 |
| 7 | Pascal Mariini | Besançon (A) | 18 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Papin | Valenciennes (A) | 15 |