# 1998–99 French Division 2

The Division 2 season 1998/1999, organised by the LNF was won by AS Saint-Étienne and saw the promotions of AS Saint-Étienne, CS Sedan Ardennes and Troyes AC, whereas Red Star Saint-Ouen and AS Beauvais were relegated to National.

## 20 participating teams

* Ajaccio
* Amiens
* Beauvais
* Caen
* Cannes
* Châteauroux
* Gueugnon
* Guingamp
* Laval
* Le Mans
* Lille
* Nice
* Nîmes
* Niort
* Red Star
* Saint-Étienne
* Sedan
* Troyes
* Valence
* Wasquehal

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Saint-Étienne (C, P) | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 68 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
| 2 | Sedan (P) | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 66 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
| 3 | Troyes (P) | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 64 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
| 4 | Lille | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 64 | |
| 5 | Caen | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 59 | |
| 6 | Gueugnon | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 57 | |
| 7 | Guingamp | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 53 | |
| 8 | Châteauroux | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 51 | |
| 9 | Ajaccio | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 51 | |
| 10 | Laval | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 50 | |
| 11 | Niort | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 48 | |
| 12 | Cannes | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 47 | |
| 13 | Nîmes | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 46 | |
| 14 | Nice | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 46 | |
| 15 | Wasquehal | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 45 | |
| 16 | Amiens | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 44 | |
| 17 | Le Mans | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 42 | |
| 18 | Valence | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 40 | |
| 19 | Red Star (R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 72 | −20 | 39 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 20 | Beauvais (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 38 | Relegation to Championnat National |

## Recap

* Promoted to L1 : AS Saint-Étienne, CS Sedan Ardennes, Troyes AC
* Relegated to L2 : FC Lorient, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Toulouse FC
* Promoted to L2 : CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, US Créteil
* Relegated to National : Red Star Saint-Ouen, AS Beauvais (ASOA Valence were not relegated because Gazélec Ajaccio was not allowed to compete in Division 2)

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | AMI | BEA | CAE | CAN | CHA | GUE | GUI | LAV | MFC | LIL | NIC | NMS | NRT | RS | STE | SED | TRO | VLN | WAS |
| Ajaccio | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Amiens | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–5 |
| Beauvais | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–0 |
| Caen | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Cannes | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Châteauroux | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| Gueugnon | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Guingamp | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Laval | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Le Mans | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 |
| Lille | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Nice | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Nîmes | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Niort | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Red Star | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Sedan | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Troyes | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Valence | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 2–0 |
| Wasquehal | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hamed Diallo | Laval | 20 |
| 2 | Lamine Sakho | Nîmes | 18 |
| 3 | Cédric Mionnet | Sedan | 16 |
| 3 | Samuel Boutal | Caen | 16 |
| 5 | Laurent Peyrelade | Lille | 15 |
| 6 | David Faderne | Ajaccio | 13 |
| 6 | Dado Pršo | Ajaccio | 13 |
| 6 | Patrick Revelles | Saint-Étienne | 13 |
| 6 | Joël Bossis | Niort | 13 |
| 6 | Éric Assadourian | Beauvais | 13 |