# 1999–2000 French Division 2

The Division 2 season 1999/2000, organised by the LNF was won by Lille OSC and saw the promotions of Lille OSC, EA Guingamp and Toulouse FC, whereas Amiens SC, ASOA Valence and CS Louhans-Cuiseaux were relegated to National.

## 20 participating teams

* Ajaccio
* Amiens
* Caen
* Cannes
* Châteauroux
* Créteil
* Gueugnon
* Guingamp
* Laval
* Le Mans
* Lille
* Lorient
* Louhans-Cuiseaux
* Nice
* Nîmes
* Niort
* Sochaux
* Toulouse
* Valence
* Wasquehal

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Lille (C, P) | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 58 | 25 | +33 | 83 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
| 2 | Guingamp (P) | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 67 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
| 3 | Toulouse (P) | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 63 | Promotion to French Division 1 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 62 | |
| 5 | Gueugnon | 38 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 56 | |
| 6 | Caen | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 53 | |
| 7 | Ajaccio | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 53 | |
| 8 | Châteauroux | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 52 | |
| 9 | Le Mans | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 52 | |
| 10 | Laval | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 51 | |
| 11 | Nice | 38 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 50 | |
| 12 | Cannes | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 48 | |
| 13 | Lorient | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 47 | |
| 14 | Nîmes | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 45 | |
| 15 | Niort | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 45 | |
| 16 | Wasquehal | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 44 | |
| 17 | Créteil | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 44 | |
| 18 | Amiens (R) | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 37 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 19 | Valence (R) | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 33 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 20 | Louhans-Cuiseaux (R) | 38 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 67 | −35 | 24 | Relegation to Championnat National |

## Recap

* Promoted to L1: Lille OSC, EA Guingamp, Toulouse FC
* Relegated to L2: AS Nancy, Le Havre AC, Montpellier HSC
* Promoted to L2: AS Beauvais, FC Martigues, Angers SCO
* Relegated to National: Amiens SC, ASOA Valence, CS Louhans-Cuiseaux

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | AMI | CAE | CAN | CHA | CRE | GUE | GUI | MFC | LAV | LIL | LOR | LOU | NIC | NMS | NRT | SOC | TFC | VLN | WAS |
| Ajaccio | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Amiens | 0–1 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Caen | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Cannes | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Châteauroux | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Créteil | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Gueugnon | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Guingamp | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Le Mans | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Laval | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Lille | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Lorient | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Louhans-Cuiseaux | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Nice | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Nîmes | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Niort | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Sochaux | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Toulouse | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Valence | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 |
| Wasquehal | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Amara Traoré | Gueugnon | 17 |
| 2 | Danijel Ljuboja | Sochaux | 16 |
| 2 | Mickaël Pagis | Nîmes | 16 |
| 4 | David Faderne | Ajaccio | 15 |
| 5 | Jean-Claude Darcheville | Lorient | 14 |
| 6 | Jonathan Jäger | Louhans-Cuiseaux | 13 |
| 7 | Fabrice Fiorèse | Guingamp | 12 |
| 7 | Stéphane Samson | Le Mans | 12 |
| 7 | Djezon Boutoille | Lille | 12 |
| 7 | Emmanuel Clément-Demange | Wasquehal | 12 |
| 7 | Stéphane Crucet | Laval | 12 |