2016–17 Ligue 2

Ligue 2 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Strasbourg
Promoted	Strasbourg Amiens Troyes
Relegated	Red Star Laval
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	903
Top goalscorer	23 goals Adama Niane, Troyes
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons) season is the 78th season since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 6 June 2016.

Teams

There are 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Championnat National replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 2 following the 2015–16 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.

As of 30 May 2016, the following teams have mathematically achieved qualification for the 2016–17 season. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

• Ajaccio
• Amiens
• Auxerre
• Bourg-en-Bresse
• Brest
• Clermont
• Gazélec Ajaccio
• Laval
• Le Havre
• Lens
• Nîmes
• Niort
• Orléans
• Red Star
• Reims
• Sochaux
• Strasbourg
• Tours
• Troyes
• Valenciennes

Team changes

To Ligue 2 Promoted from National Strasbourg Orléans Amiens Relegated from Ligue 1 Troyes Gazélec Ajaccio Reims

From Ligue 2 Relegated to National Evian TG Paris FC Créteil Promoted to Ligue 1 Nancy Dijon Metz

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Ajaccio !Ajaccio	Ajaccio	Stade François Coty	10,660
Amiens !Amiens	Amiens	Stade de la Licorne	12,097
Auxerre !Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	21,379
Bourg-en-Bresse !Bourg-en-Bresse	Bourg-en-Bresse	Stade Marcel-Verchère	11,400
Brest !Brest	Brest	Stade Francis-Le Blé	15,097
Clermont !Clermont Foot	Clermont-Ferrand	Stade Gabriel Montpied	11,980
Gazélec !Gazélec Ajaccio	Ajaccio	Stade Ange Casanova	6,000
Laval !Laval	Laval	Stade Francis Le Basser	18,607
Le Havre !Le Havre	Le Havre	Stade Océane	25,000
Lens !Lens	Lens	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	38,223
Nîmes !Nîmes	Nîmes	Stade des Costières	18,482
Niort !Niort	Niort	Stade René Gaillard	10,886
Orléans !Orléans	Orléans	Stade de la Source	7,000
Red Star !Red Star	Saint-Ouen	Stade Jean-Bouin 1	20,000
Reims !Reims	Reims	Stade Auguste Delaune	21,684
Sochaux !Sochaux	Montbéliard	Stade Auguste Bonal	20,000
Strasbourg !Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,230
Tours !Tours	Tours	Stade de la Vallée du Cher	16,247
Troyes !Troyes	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	21,684
Valenciennes !Valenciennes	Valenciennes	Stade du Hainaut	25,172

• ¹ Red Star original stadium, Stade Bauer, is not permitted to host professional matches. The club are playing their home games at Stade Jean-Bouin.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager1	Captain1	Kit Manufacturer1	Main Sponsor1
Ajaccio	Pantaloni, OlivierOlivier Pantaloni	Cavalli, JohanJohan Cavalli	adidas	Suite Home
Amiens	Pélissier, ChristopheChristophe Pélissier	Monconduit, ThomasThomas Monconduit	adidas	Intersport
Auxerre	Daury, CédricCédric Daury	Mathis, LionelLionel Mathis	Airness	Remorques LOUALT, Vitrans
Bourg-en-Bresse	Della Maggiore, HervéHervé Della Maggiore	Nirlo, JimmyJimmy Nirlo	adidas	BestDrive
Brest	Furlan, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Furlan	Grougi, BrunoBruno Grougi	Nike	Quéguiner
Clermont	Diacre, CorinneCorinne Diacre	Avinel, CédricCédric Avinel	Patrick	Crédit Mutuel
Gazélec Ajaccio	Vannuchi, Jean-LucJean-Luc Vannuchi	Louis Poggi	Macron	Carrefour, Casino D'Ajaccio
Laval	Goudet, ThierryThierry Goudet	Alla, HassaneHassane Alla	Kappa	Lactel
Le Havre	Tanchot, OswaldOswald Tanchot	Bonnet, AlexandreAlexandre Bonnet	Joma	Api
Lens	Casanova, AlainAlain Casanova	Landre, LoïckLoïck Landre	Umbro	Azerbaijan: Land of Fire
Nîmes	Blaquart, BernardBernard Blaquart	Michel, MathieuMathieu Michel	Puma	Marie Blachère
Niort	Renaud, DenisDenis Renaud	Dembélé, AlliouAlliou Dembélé	Puma	Restaurant Le Billon (home), Cheminées Poujoulat (away)
Orléans	Ollé-Nicolle, DidierDidier Ollé-Nicolle	Sami, JoëlJoël Sami	Kappa	CTVL
Red Star	Robin, ClaudeClaude Robin	Palun, LloydLloyd Palun	adidas
Reims	Der Zakarian, MichelMichel Der Zakarian	Tacalfred, MickaëlMickaël Tacalfred	Hungaria	Sanei Ascenseurs
Sochaux	Cartier, AlbertAlbert Cartier	Ramaré, JohannJohann Ramaré	Lotto	Peugeot
Strasbourg	Laurey, ThierryThierry Laurey	Seka, ErnestErnest Seka	Hummel	es energies
Tours	Zoonekynd, GilbertGilbert Zoonekynd	Bergougnoux, BryanBryan Bergougnoux	Hungaria	Corsicatours
Troyes	Garcia, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Garcia	Nivet, BenjaminBenjamin Nivet	Kappa	Babeau Seguin
Valenciennes	Hadžibegić, FarukFaruk Hadžibegić	Roudet, SébastienSébastien Roudet	Kipsta	Mutuelle Just

¹Subject to change during the season.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Reims	David Guion	End of tenure as caretaker	23 May 2016	Pre-season	Michel Der Zakarian	23 May 2016
Gazélec Ajaccio	name !Thierry Laurey	Mutual consent	25 May 2016		Jean-Luc Vannuchi	27 May 2016
Auxerre	name !Jean-Luc Vannuchi	End of contract	26 May 2016		Viorel Moldovan	26 May 2016
Brest	name !Alex Dupont	End of contract	30 May 2016		Jean-Marc Furlan	30 May 2016
Strasbourg	Jacky Duguépéroux	Sacked	30 May 2016		Thierry Laurey	31 May 2016
Lens	Antoine Kombouaré	Signed by EA Guingamp	30 May 2016		Alain Casanova	12 June 2016
Tours	Marco Simone	Sacked	14 June 2016		Fabien Mercadal	17 July 2016
Troyes	Mohamed Bradja	End of tenuer as caretaker	30 June 2016		Jean-Louis Garcia	1 July 2016
Auxerre	Viorel Moldovan	Sacked	26 September 2016	19th	Cédric Daury	7 October 2016
Le Havre	Bob Bradley	Signed by Swansea City	3 October 2016	5th	Oswald Tanchot	3 October 2016
Laval	Denis Zanko	Sacked	5 November 2016	14th	Marco Simone	7 November 2016
Red Star	Rui Almeida	Sacked	12 December 2016	20th	Claude Robin	10 January 2017
Orléans	Olivier Frapolli	Sacked	28 December 2016	20th	Didier Ollé-Nicolle	28 December 2016
Tours	Fabien Mercadal	Sacked	18 February 2017	20th	Gilbert Zoonekynd	27 March 2017
Laval	Marco Simone	Sacked	11 April 2017	20th	Thierry Goudet	12 April 2017

League table

Template:2016–17 Ligue 2 table

Results

Home \ Away

Gazélec Ajaccio

Ajaccio

AMI

Auxerre

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Brest

Clermont

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Le Havre

Lens

NMS

Niort

Orléans

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REI

Sochaux

STR

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Troyes

Valenciennes

Gazélec Ajaccio

4–1

1–1

2–0

2–3

0–0

4–4

1–1

1–1

0–4

0–2

1–0

2–0

2–1

1–1

0–1

1–1

2–2

3–1

1–0

Ajaccio

1–0

1–1

2–0

3–1

1–1

2–1

1–3

0–0

3–6

1–2

3–1

1–0

1–2

1–0

0–0

2–0

3–2

2–1

3–2

Amiens

4–0

2–1

0–0

2–1

3–0

0–1

3–0

2–0

2–1

1–2

2–0

0–2

0–0

1–1

0–1

4–3

3–1

0–1

0–0

Auxerre

1–2

1–0

1–0

0–2

3–1

0–1

2–0

0–1

1–1

2–0

0–4

0–2

1–0

1–2

0–0

0–2

1–1

2–3

1–1

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1–0

3–2

2–4

2–4

1–2

1–1

0–0

2–1

0–0

0–1

2–2

0–0

4–1

1–0

0–1

0–0

3–2

2–4

0–2

Brest

6–2

1–2

2–3

1–0

0–0

0–2

3–0

2–0

1–2

2–3

2–3

2–1

0–1

2–1

2–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

3–2

Clermont

3–1

2–1

1–0

0–1

2–3

1–1

1–1

1–3

1–1

2–3

0–1

3–0

0–0

0–1

1–2

0–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

Template:Fb team Laval

0–1

1–1

2–2

0–0

2–4

0–1

1–1

0–2

0–1

1–2

1–1

3–1

1–1

5–2

1–1

1–2

1–3

1–0

0–0

Le Havre

1–2

2–0

0–0

1–0

3–0

1–1

0–1

2–0

1–0

1–0

0–0

4–1

1–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

0–2

1–3

2–2

Lens

2–1

1–1

0–1

0–1

1–1

0–2

3–1

2–0

1–0

1–3

3–1

4–2

2–0

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–2

0–0

2–0

Nîmes

1–1

3–1

2–3

0–1

0–0

1–2

1–1

0–0

0–0

0–2

3–0

2–0

2–0

3–0

0–0

2–2

1–1

2–2

1–0

Niort

0–0

1–1

2–1

1–0

3–2

0–3

2–1

2–2

1–1

0–0

1–3

1–0

2–3

0–3

2–0

2–2

1–4

3–2

2–1

Orléans

1–1

2–0

1–2

0–0

1–0

0–1

2–2

2–1

0–1

2–1

2–1

1–1

4–0

2–2

1–0

3–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

Template:Fb team Red Star

0–3

2–0

0–1

0–0

4–1

0–3

1–3

1–0

0–0

2–3

3–3

0–1

1–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

1–2

2–2

Reims

2–0

3–0

1–2

3–0

1–0

1–1

2–1

0–2

1–0

0–2

1–1

1–0

0–2

2–1

0–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

0–0

Sochaux

1–2

1–0

1–2

0–1

1–1

2–2

3–3

1–1

0–1

1–0

2–1

2–2

0–0

2–0

1–1

1–2

2–1

2–3

0–0

Strasbourg

2–0

4–2

1–0

2–1

2–1

4–1

0–2

1–0

2–0

3–1

1–1

3–0

3–2

0–0

1–2

2–0

4–2

2–0

2–4

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0–3

0–0

0–3

2–1

0–2

0–1

3–0

1–1

0–4

2–3

1–3

0–0

3–1

3–1

1–1

3–1

1–3

0–0

4–1

Troyes

1–0

1–2

4–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

4–2

3–2

2–0

1–3

4–0

3–1

2–0

Valenciennes

0–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

3–3

0–1

2–0

2–0

0–0

1–2

2–3

3–1

4–0

0–0

0–0

2–1

2–1

0–4

2–0

Updated to games played on 19 May 2017
Source: Ligue 2
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of end of seaon

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adama Niane	Troyes	23
2	Khalid Boutaïb	Strasbourg	20
3	Denis Bouanga	Tours	16
	Cristian López	Lens
5	Faneva Imà Andriatsima	Sochaux	14
	Andé Dona Ndoh	Niort
7	Rachid Alioui	Nîmes	13
	Rémy Dugimont	Clermont
9	Neal Maupay	Brest	11
	Riad Nouri	Ajaccio

Play-offs

The 2016–17 season will see the return of a relegation play-off between the 18th placed Ligue 1 team and the 3rd placed team in the Ligue 2 in a two-legged confrontation. The Ligue 2 team will host the first game. Another relegation play-off involves the 18th placed Ligue 2 team and the 3rd placed National team also in two legs.

23 May 2017 20:45	Paris FC	0–1	Orléans	Stade Charléty Referee: Clément Turpin
		Report	Sami  49'

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28 May 2017 18:00	Orléans	1–0	Paris FC	Stade de la Source Referee: Frank Schneider
	Nabab  75'	Report

Orléans won 2–0 on aggregate.

2016–17 in French football
Domestic leagues
Ligue 1 · Ligue 2 · National · CFA (Group A, B, C, D) · CFA 2 (Group A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)
Domestic cups
Coupe de France (Final) · Coupe de la Ligue (Final) · Trophée des Champions
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group A)
2015-16                                                        2017-18