# 1989–90 French Division 2

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1989/1990 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 36 teams, and Nancy and Stade Rennais won the championship.

## League tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Nancy | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 62 | 24 | +38 | 50 | Promoted |
| 2 | RC Strasbourg | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 70 | 39 | +31 | 43 | |
| 3 | Nîmes Olympique | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 43 | |
| 4 | Olympique Alès | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 43 | |
| 5 | Martigues | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 40 | |
| 6 | Bastia | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 39 | |
| 7 | Stade Reims | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 35 | |
| 8 | Avignon | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 34 | |
| 9 | Istres | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 31 | |
| 10 | Dijon | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 31 | |
| 11 | Gueugnon | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 30 | |
| 12 | Orléans | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 30 | |
| 13 | Cuiseaux Louhans | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 30 | |
| 14 | Annecy | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 30 | |
| 15 | Chaumont | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 29 | |
| 16 | Grenoble | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 28 | Relegated |
| 17 | Red Star Paris | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 28 | |
| 18 | Montceau | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 18 | Relegated |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Stade Rennais | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 44 | Promoted |
| 2 | Valenciennes | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 44 | |
| 3 | Rouen | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 41 | |
| 4 | Stade Lavallois | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 41 | |
| 5 | Le Havre | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 40 | |
| 6 | Beauvais | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 38 | |
| 7 | Chamois Niort | 34 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 35 | |
| 8 | Lens | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 34 | |
| 9 | US Créteil | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 33 | |
| 10 | Angers | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 33 | |
| 11 | Dunkerque | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 33 | |
| 12 | St Seurin | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 31 | |
| 13 | En Avant Guingamp | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 31 | |
| 14 | Tours | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 30 | |
| 15 | La Roche sur Yon | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 28 | |
| 16 | Lorient | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 27 | Relegated |
| 17 | Abbeville | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 27 | Relegated |
| 18 | Stade Quimpérois | 34 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 22 | Relegated |

## Championship play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rennes | 0–2 | Nancy | 0–1 | 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 | Strasbourg | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2A | Strasbourg | 2 | | | | | | 2A | Strasbourg | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3B | Rouen | 0 | | | | | | 2A | Strasbourg | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3B | Rouen | 0 | 2A | Strasbourg | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | Nice | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| | | | 2B | Valenciennes | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2B | Valenciennes | 3 | 2B | Valenciennes | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3A | Nîmes | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club (Grp) | Goals |
| 1 | Didier Monczuk | Strasbourg (A) | 26 |
| 2 | Alain Caveglia | Gueugnon (A) | 24 |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Orts | Rouen (B) | 21 |
| 3 | Youri Djorkaeff | Strasbourg (A) | 21 |
| 5 | José Morales | Bastia (A) | 20 |
| 6 | Christophe Lagrange | Angers (B) | 19 |
| 7 | Jorge Domínguez | Tours (B) | 18 |
| 7 | Patrick Cubaynes | Avignon (A) | 18 |
| 7 | Ray Stephen | Nancy (A) | 18 |
| 10 | Roger Boli | Lens (B) | 16 |