Ajaccio

Angers

Arles

Brest

Bastia

Caen

Châteauroux

Clermont

Dijon

Guingamp

Istres

Laval

Le Havre

Metz

Nantes

Nîmes

Sedan

Strasbourg

Tours

Vannes

Location of teams in Ligue 2 2009–10

The Ligue 2 2009–10 season is the sixty-eighth^[1] edition since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 5 June 2009^[2], and the league began on 7 August and will end on 14 May 2010.^[3]

German sportswear company Puma became the official provider of match balls for the season after agreeing to a long term partnership with the Ligue de Football Professionnel.^[4]

[edit] Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from Ligue 1 2008–09

• 18^th Place: Caen
• 19^th Place: Nantes
• 20^th Place: Le Havre

Teams promoted to Ligue 1 2009–10

• Champions: Lens
• Runners-up: Montpellier
• 3^rd Place: Boulogne

Teams promoted from Championnat National 2008–09

• Champions: Istres
• Runners-up: Laval
• 3^rd Place: Arles-Avignon

Teams relegated to Championnat National 2009–10

• 18^th Place: Amiens
• 19^th Place: Reims
• 20^th Place: Troyes

[edit] DNGC Ruling on Arles-Avignon

All clubs that secured status for Ligue 2 play this season had to be approve by the DNGC before becoming eligible to participate.^[5][6]

On 23 June, the DNGC ruled that AC Arles-Avignon would not be allowed to play in Ligue 2 following their promotion from the Championnat National, due to irregularities in the club's financial accounts and management.^[7] On 3 July, following an appeal, the DNCG reversed its decision reinstating Arles' Ligue 2 status.^[8]

[edit] League table

Updated to games played on 7 December 2009
Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Results

Updated to games played on 7 December
Source: Ligue 2 Results
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

[edit] Stats

[edit] Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Olivier Giroud	France	Tours	13
2	Anthony Modeste	France	Angers	11
3	Nicolas Fauvergue	France	Strasbourg	8
-	Papiss Cissé	Senegal	Metz	8
-	Sebastián Ribas	Uruguay	Dijon	8
6	Nolan Roux	France	Brest	7
-	Jean-Jacques Mandrichi	France	Nîmes	7
-	Steeven Langil	France	Caen	7
-	Jonathan Ayité	Togo	Nîmes	7
10	5 players			6
15	7 players			5
22	12 players			4
34	19 players			3
53	33 players			2
86	79 players			1
Total:				392[9]
Average after 169 games:				2.31

Last updated: 5 December 2009
Source: Ligue 2

[edit] Assists Table

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Assists
1	Benjamin Nivet	France	Caen	7
2	Bruno Grougi	France	Brest	6
3	Benjamin Psaume	France	Arles-Avignon	5
-	Frédéric Sammaritano	France	Vannes	5
-	Djamel Abdoun	Algeria	Nantes	5
-	Romain Grange	France	Châteauroux	5
-	Yacine Bezzaz	Algeria	Strasbourg	5
8	5 players			4
13	6 players			3
19	38 players			2
57	87 players			1
Total:				239
Average after 169 games:				1.41

Last updated: 5 December 2009
Source: Ligue 2

[edit] Season statistics

As of 30 October 2009

[edit] Scoring

• First goal of the season: Magaye Gueye for Strasbourg against Châteauroux, 1 minute and 20 seconds. (7 August 2009).^[10]
• Fastest goal in a match: 8 seconds – Rémi Maréval for Nantes against Nîmes. (26 September 2009).^[11]
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+2 minutes and 36 seconds – Nolan Roux for Brest against Laval (7 August 2009)^[12]
• First own goal of the season: Thomas Mienniel (Angers) for Châteauroux, 38 minutes and 27 seconds (18 August 2009)^[13]
• First penalty kick of the season: 5 minutes and 27 seconds – Jérôme Lebouc (scored) for Laval against Brest (7 August 2009).^[14]
• First hat-trick of the season: Christophe Gaffory for Bastia against Nîmes (18 August 2009);  3',  17',  52'.^[15]
• Most goals scored in a game by one player: 4 goals by Olivier Giroud for Tours against Arles-Avignon (18 September 2009);  7',  44',  65',  90'.^[16]
• Widest winning margin: 5 goals
  • Bastia 6–1 Nîmes (18 August 2009).^[17]
  • Nantes 5–0 Istres (21 August 2009).^[18]
• Most goals in a match: 9 goals
  • Dijon 5–4 Châteauroux (30 October 2009).^[19]
• Most goals in one half: 5 goals
  • Dijon v Châteauroux (30 October 2009); 1–3 at half time, 5–4 final.^[20]
• Most assists in one match: 2 assists
  • Bruno Grougi for Brest against Laval. (7 August 2009).^[21]
  • Frédéric Sammaritano for Vannes against Metz. (7 August 2009).^[22]
  • Fabrice Jau for Bastia against Nîmes. (18 August 2009).^[23]

[edit] Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Yvan Bourgis for Brest against Laval , 5 minutes and 37 seconds (7 August 2009)^[24]
• First red card of the season: Vincent Bessat for Metz against Vannes, 57 minutes and 43 seconds (7 August 2009)^[25]
• Card given at latest point in a game: Wahbi Khazri (yellow) at 90+4 minutes and 9 seconds for Bastia against Caen (14 August 2009)^[26]
• Total cards in a single match: 9
  • Nantes 5–0 Istres – 6 for Nantes (Ibrahim Tall, William Vainqueur (yellow), Tenema N'Diaye, William Vainqueur (red), Ivan Klasnić, & Stefan Babović) and 3 for Istres (Mamadou Doumbia, Faouzi El Brazi, & Adel Chedli) (21 August 2009)^[27]
• Most yellow cards in a single match: 9
  • Ajaccio 0–1 Guingamp – 5 for Ajaccio (Kévin Diaz, Thierry Debès, Jean-Philippe Sabo, Thomas Deruda, & Jonathan Martins) and 4 for Guingamp (Alharbi El-Jadeyaoui, Felipe Saad, Sébastien Grax, & Christian Bassila) (7 August 2009)^[28]
• Most red cards in a single match: 3 – Bastia 6–1 Nîmes – 1 for Bastia (Mehdi Méniri) and 2 for Nîmes (Moussa Sidibé & Miodrag Stošić) (18 August 2009)^[29]

[edit] Team information

Club	Chairman	Manager	Appointed
Ajaccio	Moretti, MichelMichel Moretti	Pantaloni, OlivierOlivier Pantaloni	2009–
Angers	Bernard, WillyWilly Bernard	Garcia, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Garcia	2006–
Arles	Conrad, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Conrad	Estevan, MichelMichel Estevan	2009–
Bastia	Orlanducci, CharlesCharles Orlanducci	Hadžibegić, FarukFaruk Hadžibegić	2009–
Brest	Leroux, DanielDaniel Leroux	Dupont, AlexAlex Dupont	2009–
Caen	Fortin, Jean-FrançoisJean-François Fortin	Dumas, FranckFranck Dumas	2004–
Châteauroux	Le Seyec, PatrickPatrick Le Seyec	Bojitat, DominiqueDominique Bojitat	2008–
Clermont	Michy, ClaudeClaude Michy	Der Zakarian, MichelMichel Der Zakarian	2009–
Dijon	Gnecchi, BernardBernard Gnecchi	Carteron, PatricePatrice Carteron	2009–
Guingamp	Le Graët, NoëlNoël Le Graët	Zvunka, VictorVictor Zvunka	2007–
Istres	Benoît, BertrandBertrand Benoît	Usai, NicolasNicolas Usai	2008–
Laval	Lucas, BrunoBruno Lucas	Hinschberger, PhilippePhilippe Hinschberger	2007–
Le Havre	Louvel, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Louvel	Daury, CédricCédric Daury	2009–
Metz	Serin, BernardBernard Serin	Pouliquen, YvonYvon Pouliquen	2007–
Nantes	Kita, WaldemarWaldemar Kita	Rohr, GernotGernot Rohr	2009–
Nîmes	Gazeau, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Gazeau	Cavalli, Jean-MichelJean-Michel Cavalli	2008–
Sedan	Urano, PascalPascal Urano	Chauvin, LandryLandry Chauvin	2008–
Strasbourg	Ginestet, PhilippePhilippe Ginestet	Janin, PascalPascal Janin	2009–
Tours	Sebag, FrédéricFrédéric Sebag	Sanchez, DanielDaniel Sanchez	2007–
Vannes	Jestin, MichelMichel Jestin	Le Mignan, StéphaneStéphane Le Mignan	2002–

[edit] Stadia

Last updated: 5 December 2009^[30]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• French League Official Site
• Ligue 2 Official Page