2007–08 Ligue 2
# 2007–08 Ligue 2

The Ligue 2 season 2007–08 was the sixty-sixth since its establishment, and started in August 2007. The fixtures were announced in June 2007.

FC Metz, the champions of Ligue 2, SM Caen, and RC Strasbourg were promoted to France's top division Ligue 1. Whereas, Troyes AC, CS Sedan, and FC Nantes were relegated to Ligue 2. The first matches of the season were played on 27 July 2007, and the season ended on 16 May 2008. The new Ligue 2 champions were crowned on 2 May 2008 when Le Havre AC drew with Montpellier HSC following FC Nantes's loss to Amiens SC that same day. As champions, Le Havre will be promoted to France's highest football division Ligue 1 for the upcoming 2008-09 season. For finishing in 2nd place and 3rd, both FC Nantes and Grenoble Foot 38 achieved promotion as well.

The relegation places were filled by FC Gueugnon, who were relegated after losing to AC Ajaccio on 18 April 2008. FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, who were relegated after to CS Sedan on 2 May 2008 and Chamois Niortais FC, who were relegated on the final day after losing to US Boulogne who were occupying the last relegation place coming into the final day.

## 20 participating teams

* AC Ajaccio
* Amiens SC
* Angers SCO
* US Boulogne
* SC Bastia
* Stade Brestois
* LB Châteauroux
* Clermont Foot
* Dijon FCO
* Grenoble Foot 38
* FC Gueugnon
* En Avant Guingamp
* Le Havre AC
* FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin
* Montpellier HSC
* FC Nantes Atlantique
* Chamois Niortais FC
* Stade de Reims
* CS Sedan Ardennes
* Troyes AC

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Le Havre (C, P) | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 66 | 30 | +36 | 78 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Nantes (P) | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 70 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Grenoble (P) | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 63 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 4 | Sedan | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 58 | |
| 5 | Clermont | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 57 | |
| 6 | Troyes | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 57 | |
| 7 | Brest | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 57 | |
| 8 | Montpellier | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 54 | |
| 9 | Ajaccio | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 54 | |
| 10 | Angers | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 53 | |
| 11 | SC Bastia | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 49 | |
| 12 | Guingamp | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 48 | |
| 13 | Stade Reims | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 46 | |
| 14 | Amiens | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 45 | |
| 15 | Châteauroux | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 45 | |
| 16 | Boulogne | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 43 | |
| 17 | Dijon | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 42 | |
| 18 | Niort (R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 41 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 19 | Libourne-Saint-Seurin (R) | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 32 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 20 | Gueugnon (R) | 38 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 27 | Relegation to Championnat National |

* ↑ Bastia have been deducted two points by the Discipline Commission following an incident away to Libourne-Saint-Seurin on September 14, 2007.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJA | AMI | ANG | BAS | BOU | BRS | CHA | CLR | DIJ | GRE | GUE | GUI | LHA | LIB | MHS | NAN | NRT | REI | SED | TRO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ajaccio | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Amiens | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Angers | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Bastia | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Boulogne | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Brest | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Châteauroux | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Clermont | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Dijon | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Grenoble | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Gueugnon | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Guingamp | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Le Havre | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Libourne-St-Seurin | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Montpellier | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Nantes | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Niort | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Reims | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Sedan | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 |
| Troyes | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

Last updated May 16, 2008

The top goalscorer was awarded to Le Havre AC's Guillaume Hoarau finishing with a stunning 28 goals averaging a goal per 118 minutes.

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Guillaume Hoarau | Le Havre | 28 |
| 2 | Grégory Thil | Boulogne | 16 |
| 2 | Cédric Fauré | Reims | 16 |
| 4 | Titi Buengo | Amiens | 14 |
| 5 | Nassim Akrour | Grenoble | 13 |
| 6 | Paul Alo'o | Angers | 12 |
| 6 | Xavier Pentecôte | Bastia | 12 |
| 6 | Stéphane Noro | Troyes | 12 |
| 9 | Souleymane Camara | Montpellier | 11 |
| 9 | Claudiu Keșerü | Libourne-Saint-Seurin | 11 |

## Managers

| Club | Head coach |
| - | - |
| Ajaccio | Gernot Rohr |
| Amiens | Ludovic Batelli |
| Angers | Jean-Louis Garcia |
| Bastia | Bernard Casoni |
| Boulogne | Philippe Montanier |
| Brest | Pascal Janin |
| Châteauroux | Cédric Daury then Christian Sarramagna |
| Clermont | Didier Ollé-Nicolle |
| Dijon | Serge Romano then Faruk Hadžibegić |
| Grenoble | Mehmed Baždarević |
| Gueugnon | Alain Ravera then Alex Dupont |
| Guingamp | Patrick Rémy then Victor Zvunka |
| Le Havre | Jean Marc Nobilo |
| Libourne-Saint-Seurin | Didier Tholot |
| Montpellier | Rolland Courbis |
| Nantes | Michel Der Zakarian |
| Niort | Jacky Bonnevay then Samuel Michel |
| Stade Reims | Thierry Froger |
| Sedan | José Pasqualetti |
| Troyes | Denis Troch |

## Stadia

Last updated August 8, 2008

| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Avg. attendance |
| - | - | - | - |
| AC Ajaccio | Stade François Coty | 12,000 | 2,218 |
| Amiens SC | Stade de la Licorne | 12,097 | 9,427 |
| Angers SCO | Stade Jean Bouin | 17,000 | 6,973 |
| SC Bastia | Stade Armand Cesari | 12,000 | 2,685 |
| US Boulogne | Stade de la Libération | 7,300 | 5,180 |
| Stade Brest 29 | Stade Francis-Le Blé | 10,189 | 5,730 |
| LB Châteauroux | Stade Gaston Petit | 17,173 | 6,520 |
| Clermont Foot | Stade Gabriel Montpied | 10,363 | 5,368 |
| Dijon FCO | Stade Gaston Gérard | 7,900 | 4,890 |
| Grenoble Foot 38 | Stade des Alpes | 20,000 | 9,999 |
| FC Gueugnon | Stade Jean Laville | 13,827 | 2,830 |
| En Avant Guingamp | Stade du Roudourou | 18,126 | 9,043 |
| Le Havre AC | Stade Jules Deschaseaux | 16,454 | 11,632 |
| FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin | Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix | 8,000 | 2,608 |
| Montpellier HSC | Stade de la Mosson | 32,900 | 7,247 |
| FC Nantes | Stade de la Beaujoire | 32,285 | 22,771 |
| Chamois Niortais FC | Stade René Gaillard | 10,988 | 5,358 |
| Stade Reims | Stade Auguste Delaune | 25,000 | 6,861 |
| CS Sedan Ardennes | Stade Louis Dugauguez | 23,189 | 9,590 |
| Troyes AC | Stade de l'Aube | 21,877 | 10,110 |
