The Ligue 2 2009–10 season was the sixty-ninth edition since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 5 June 2009, and the league began on 7 August and ended on 14 May 2010.

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sportswear company Puma became the official provider of match balls for the season after agreeing to a long term

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with the

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Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from

2008–09 Ligue 1 The 2008–09 Ligue 1 season was the 71st since its establishment. Bordeaux became champions for the sixth time on the last weekend of the season. The fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008. The season began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 30 May ...

* 18th Place:

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* 19th Place:

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

* 20th Place:

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Teams promoted to

2009–10 Ligue 1 The 2009–10 Ligue 1 season was the 72nd since its establishment. Bordeaux were the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 5 June 2009, and play commenced on 8 August and ended on 15 May 2010. There were three promoted teams from L ...

* Champions:

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* Runners-up:

Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

* 3rd Place:

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; ; ; or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Hauts-de-France, Northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Pas-de-Calais. Boul ...

Teams promoted from

2008–09 Championnat National The 2008–09 Championnat National was the 16th edition of the 3rd division league. Play commenced on 1 August 2008 and ended on 29 May 2009. Vannes OC, Tours FC, and Nîmes Olympique were promoted to Ligue 2, replacing Chamois Niortais, FC Lib ...

* Champions:

Istres Istres (; Occitan: Istre) is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture. Location I ...

* Runners-up: Laval * 3rd Place: Arles-Avignon Teams relegated to 2009–10 Championnat National * 18th Place:

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* 19th Place:

Reims Reims ( ; ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 12th most populous city in Fran ...

* 20th Place:

Troyes Troyes () is a Communes of France, commune and the capital of the Departments of France, department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within ...

DNCG Ruling on Arles-Avignon

All clubs that secured status for Ligue 2 play this season had to be approve by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.The DNGC is responsible for overseeing the legal and financial accounts of professional and amateur football clubs in France. If clubs operating in the football leagues of France don't meet the DNGC's expectations, they can face sanctions, such as relegation. On 23 June, the DNCG ruled that AC Arles-Avignon would not be allowed to play in Ligue 2 following their promotion from the

Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

, due to irregularities in the club's financial accounts and management. On 3 July, following an appeal, the DNCG reversed its decision reinstating Arles' Ligue 2 status.

League table

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Last updated: 3 June 2010
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Assists table

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Scoring

*First goal of the season: Magaye Gueye for

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against

Châteauroux Châteauroux ( ; ; ) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French. Climate Châteauroux te ...

, 1 minute and 20 seconds. (7 August 2009). *Fastest goal in a match: 8 seconds – Rémi Maréval for

against

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Located between the Med ...

. (26 September 2009). *Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+2 minutes and 36 seconds – Nolan Roux for Brest against Laval (7 August 2009) *First own goal of the season: Thomas Mienniel (

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) for

, 38 minutes and 27 seconds (18 August 2009) *First penalty kick of the season: 5 minutes and 27 seconds – Jérôme Lebouc (scored) for Laval against Brest (7 August 2009). *First hat-trick of the season: Christophe Gaffory for

Bastia Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest popu ...

against

(18 August 2009); , , . *Most goals scored in a game by one player: 4 goals by

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for

Tours Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabita ...

against Arles-Avignon (18 September 2009); , , , . *Widest winning margin: 5 goals **

6–1

(18 August 2009). **

5–0

(21 August 2009). *Most goals in a match: 9 goals **

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

5–4

(30 October 2009). *Most goals in one half: 5 goals **

(30 October 2009); 1–3 at half time, 5–4 final.

Discipline

*First yellow card of the season: Yvan Bourgis for Brest against Laval, 5 minutes and 37 seconds (7 August 2009) *First red card of the season:

Vincent Bessat Vincent Bessat (born 8 November 1985) is a French footballer who plays as a left-back for Apollon Limassol. Career Born in Lyon, Bessat began his career with Toulouse where he was promoted to the reserve team in summer 2004. After 32 games and 4 ...

for

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against

Vannes Vannes (; , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Morbihan, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern mainland France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic ...

, 57 minutes and 43 seconds (7 August 2009) *Card given at latest point in a game:

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(yellow) at 90+4 minutes and 9 seconds for

against

(14 August 2009) *Total cards in a single match: 9 **

5–0

– 6 for Nantes ( Ibrahim Tall,

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(yellow), Tenema N'Diaye,

(red),

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, &

Stefan Babović Stefan Babović ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Бабовић; born 7 January 1987) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a deep-lying playmaker. He is the current chief operations officer (COO) of Victoria Group. During his foo ...

) and 3 for Istres ( Mamadou Doumbia, Faouzi El Brazi, &

Adel Chedli Adel Ben-Bechir Chedli (, born 16 September 1976) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in France, he represented Tunisia at international level. Club career Born in La Ricamarie, Loire, France, Chedli joined AS ...

) (21 August 2009) *Most yellow cards in a single match: 9 **

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0–1

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

– 5 for Ajaccio ( Kévin Diaz,

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, Jean-Philippe Sabo,

Thomas Deruda Thomas Deruda (born 13 July 1986) is a French association football, footballer who played as a midfielder in Ligue 1 for Olympique de Marseille and in Ligue 2 for FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, Amiens SC, Montpellier HSC, AC Ajaccio and AC Arles-Avig ...

, & Jonathan Martins) and 4 for Guingamp ( Alharbi El-Jadeyaoui, Felipe Saad,

Sébastien Grax Sébastien Grax (born 23 June 1984) is a French former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. Career Grax started his career at Monaco in 2001 where he played four matches in three ...

, &

Christian Bassila Christian Armel Bassila (born 5 October 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back. He is the director of INF Clairefontaine. Club career Born in Paris, Basilla started his career with th ...

) (7 August 2009) *Most red cards in a single match: 3 –

6–1

– 1 for Bastia (

Mehdi Méniri Mehdi Méniri (; born 29 June 1977) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Born in France, he represented Algeria national football team, Algeria at international level ...

) and 2 for Nîmes (

Moussa Sidibé Moussa Sidibé (born 22 August 1981) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back or left midfielder and current manager of Noisy-le-Grand. He is the cousin of Mamady Sidibé. Originally, Sidibé was a striker like his b ...

Miodrag Stošić Miodrag Stošić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Стошић; born 25 February 1981) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender. Career Stošić represented Loznica, Radnički Obrenovac and Vojvodina in his homeland, befo ...

) (18 August 2009)

Awards

The nominees for the Player of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, and Manager of the Year in

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

. The winner was determined at the annual UNFP Awards, which was held on 9 May. The winners are displayed in bold.

Player of the Year

Goalkeeper of the Year

Manager of the Year

Team of the Year

Team information

Stadiums

''Last updated: 15 May 2010''

References

External links

French League Official SiteLigue 2 Official Page
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