The French second division Champions are the winners of the second highest league of football in France, Ligue 2. The winner also earns promotion to the first division Ligue 1, as do the second-place and third-place finisher. Ligue 2 was inaugurated in the 1933–34 season under the authority of the French Football Federation. Following

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, the league assumed its identity under the

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Ligue 2 champions

*List of Ligue 2 winners and runners-up: Notes: *In Bold are the teams who won the Championship play–offs. *In 1948–49,

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won the division under the name ''FC Sarrebruck'', but as a German team, their points were ignored in the final standings.

Performances

Performances by club

Notes: *Bold indicates clubs currently playing in Ligue 2. * AS Béziers (2007) is the successor to

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. *

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is not the successor to

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. * Toulouse FC is not the successor to

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References

External links

* {{Football in France Ligue 2 records and statistics Association football in France lists

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