2023–24 Ligue 2

Ligue 2
Season	2023–24
Dates	5 August 2023 – 1 June 2024
Matches played	199
Goals scored	481 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alexandre Mendy; (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Guingamp 4–0 Pau; (26 August 2023); Auxerre 4–0 Annecy; (26 September 2023)
Biggest away win	Dunkerque 0–5 Bastia; (5 December 2023)
Highest scoring	Rodez 5–3 Caen; (7 October 2023)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Laval
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches; Grenoble
Longest winless run	16 matches; Valenciennes
Longest losing run	5 matches; Saint-Étienne; Dunkerque
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 13 January 2024.

The 2023–24 Ligue 2, commonly known as Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the 85th season of Ligue 2. It began on 5 August 2023 and will conclude on 1 June 2024.

Teams

Changes

US Concarneau (promoted for the first time in history from this season) and USL Dunkerque (promoted return after two years absence). Replacing Dijon FCO and Nîmes Olympique (both relegated after two years in second tier) and Chamois Niortais FC (relegated after eleven years in second tier). Later, Sochaux was administratively relegated after nine years in second tier and replaced by Annecy, that was originally relegated to National.

from Championnat National	to Ligue 1	from Ligue 1	to Championnat National
Concarneau Dunkerque	Le Havre Metz	Ajaccio Angers Auxerre Troyes	Dijon Nîmes Niort Sochaux (administrative relegation)

Promotion and Relegation

Due to the restructuring of the French football leagues, this season will be the last with 20 teams as its number will be reduced to 18 teams the following season.^[1] The top two teams will be promoted to 2024–25 Ligue 1, while teams from 3rd to 5th will be playing with the 16th-placed team from 2023–24 Ligue 1 in the promotion play-offs. The four last teams will be relegated to 2024–25 Championnat National.

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in 2023–24 Ligue 2

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Ajaccio	Ajaccio	Stade François Coty	10,446
Amiens	Amiens	Stade de la Licorne	12,097
Angers	Angers	Stade Raymond Kopa	18,752
Annecy	Annecy	Parc des Sports	15,660
Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	21,379
Bastia	Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari	16,078
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Matmut Atlantique	42,115
Caen	Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	21,215
Concarneau	Concarneau	Stade Francis-Le Blé Stade du Moustoir¹	15,931 18,110
Dunkerque	Dunkerque	Stade Marcel-Tribut	4,933
Grenoble	Grenoble	Stade des Alpes	20,068
Guingamp	Guingamp	Stade de Roudourou	18,378
Laval	Laval	Stade Francis Le Basser	18,607
Paris FC	Paris	Stade Sébastien Charléty	19,151
Pau	Pau	Nouste Camp	4,031
Quevilly-Rouen	Rouen	Stade Robert Diochon	12,018
Rodez	Rodez	Stade Paul-Lignon	5,955
Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	42,000
Troyes	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	21,684
Valenciennes	Valenciennes	Stade du Hainaut	25,172

^ Since the Stade Guy Piriou is not suitable for Ligue 2 regulations, Concarneau will be playing at both the Stade Francis-Le Blé in Brest and the Stade du Moustoir in Lorient.^[2]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors (front)	Sponsors (back)	Sponsors (sleeve)	Sponsors (shorts)	Sponsors (socks)
Ajaccio	Olivier Pantaloni	Vincent Marchetti	Adidas	Cullettività di Corsica-Collectivité de Corse, Gamm Vert	Madewis	Air Corsica, AZ Habitat	Ajaccio, Europcar	None
Amiens	Omar Daf	Régis Gurtner	Puma	Intersport, Igol Lubrifiants, Gueudet	Igol Lubrifiants	None	Amiens Métropole, E.Leclerc Rivery	None
Angers	Alexandre Dujeux	Pierrick Capelle	Nike	École Noir&Blanc, Maison de l'Atoll, Angers	None	None	Système U	None
Annecy	Laurent Guyot	Jean-Jacques Rocchi	Adidas	MSC Cruises, Mediaco Vrac, TeamWork	Stgenergy, Nissan Groupe Maurin	Tissier Technique	LP Charpente, Burger King	None
Auxerre	Christophe Pélissier	Jubal	Macron	Acadomia, X1, SPPE, Servistores	LCR, X1	Groupama	Auxerre, Actis Location	None
Bastia	Régis Brouard	Christophe Vincent	Adidas	Oscaro Power, Corsica Ferries, Capembal, Roncaglia Blanchisserie, Collectivité de Corse, Coviag, Olivier Bleu, Smart Good Things, Casa di e Lingue	Payfoot, ESSE, Madewis	Groupe Actual, Asco6Tem	Burger King, Garage Corsa, CORSECARLOC	None
Bordeaux	Albert Riera	Yoann Barbet	Adidas	Crédit Mutuel du Sud-Ouest, Groupe Vital	MAT IN BAT, Bistro Régent	Cupra	Vigier Groupe	None
Caen	Jean-Marc Furlan	Romain Thomas	Kappa	Starwash (H)/Saint James Clothing (A), Künkel, Thalazur	Imprimerie NII, Guilloux	Carrefour Ouistreham	Crédit Agricole Normandie, Printngo Publicité	None
Concarneau	Stéphane Le Mignan	Guillaume Jannez	Hummel	GUYOT Environment (H)/AR Collection Hôtels (A), Tanguy Materiaux (H), Piriou	Charnel (H)	Concarneau	Barillec (H), Groupe SOFT (H)/Triangle Intérim	None
Dunkerque	Luís Castro	Demba Thiam	Adidas	Intersport, Dunkerque Communauté Urbaine, Topensi	DS Levage	2024 Vivre les JO #dunkerqueagglo Tous en bleu, blanc, rouge	Hauts-de-France, Onet	None
Grenoble	Vincent Hognon	Brice Maubleu	Nike	Vinci Immobilier (H)/Carrefour Market (A), Carrefour (H)/Vinci Immobilier (A), Smart Good Things, Grenoble Alpes Métropole	Chamrousse, Le Cabanon en Provence	None	LCR	None
Guingamp	Stéphane Dumont	Jérémy Livolant	Umbro	Celtigel, Creactuel, Breizh Cola, Ballay	Jardiman, Vital Concept	Cafés Coïc	Bernard Jarnoux Crêpier, Tibbloc	None
Laval	Olivier Frapolli	Jimmy Roye	Kappa	Lactel, La Mayenne Le Département, Laval Agglo	V and B Cave & Bar, Groupe Lucas, Mayenne	Groupe Actual	Laval Agglo, SEPAL, Aropiz	None
Paris	Stéphane Gilli	Cyril Mandouki	Adidas	Bahrain Victorious, Lycamobile	Vinci	None	None	None
Pau	Nicolas Usaï	Antoine Batisse	Puma	Bullux Services, Pau, Casino de Pau, Intersport	Arobase Intérim, Brico Fenêtre, Iroise Bellevie	Bullux Services	Übi Care	None
Quevilly-Rouen	Olivier Echouafni	Alexandre Bonnet	Kappa	Matmut, Métropole Rouen Normandie, TPR, Intersport	SATEB	None	Vikings Auto	None
Rodez	Didier Santini	Rémy Boissier	Adidas	Maxoutil, E.Leclerc	JeanStation, Thermatic, Ville de Rodez, Aveyron, Rodez Agglomération, Occitanie	aveyron.fr	Intersport, Maxoutil, Andrieu Construction	None
Saint-Étienne	Olivier Dall'Oglio	Anthony Briançon	Hummel	Smart Good Things, Loire, BYmyCAR, Terroir Halles	Saint-Étienne La Métropole, ZEbet	Kelyps Intérim	Aésio Mutuelle, Desjoyaux	None
Troyes	David Guion	Xavier Chevalerin	Le Coq Sportif	LCR (H), Troyes, norelem, Festilight	Sinfin, Amplitude Groupe Automobile	Century 21 Groupe Martinot	Huguier Frères	None
Valenciennes	Jorge Maciel	TBD	Acerbis	Tonsser, Groupe Dhollande, Spefinox	TSR	None	LCR, OCAD	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Caen	Stéphane Moulin	Resigned	17 May 2023^[3]	Pre-season	Jean-Marc Furlan	1 July 2023^[4]
Paris FC	Thierry Laurey	Resigned	3 June 2023^[5]		Stéphane Gilli	1 July 2023
Pau	Didier Tholot	Sacked	9 June 2023^[6]		Nicolas Usaï	1 July 2023^[7]
Amiens	Patrice Descamps	End of tenure as caretaker	30 June 2023		Omar Daf	1 July 2023^[8]
Valenciennes	Ahmed Kantari	End of tenure as caretaker	30 June 2023		Jorge Maciel	5 July 2023^[9]
Dunkerque	Mathieu Chabert	Sacked	24 September 2023^[10]	17th	Luís Castro	26 September 2023^[11]
Bordeaux	David Guion	Sacked	7 October 2023^[12]	13th	Albert Riera	11 October 2023^[13]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Angers	20	12	4	4	33	18	+15	40	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Auxerre	19	11	5	3	40	20	+20	38	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	Grenoble	20	9	8	3	27	19	+8	35	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Laval	20	10	5	5	21	17	+4	35
5	Pau	20	8	7	5	34	32	+2	31
6	Guingamp	20	8	6	6	25	17	+8	30
7	Rodez	20	8	6	6	32	29	+3	30
8	Paris FC	20	9	3	8	25	23	+2	30
9	Ajaccio	20	8	6	6	21	21	0	30
10	Caen	20	8	5	7	28	25	+3	29
11	Saint-Étienne	20	8	5	7	20	20	0	29
12	Amiens	20	7	7	6	17	20	−3	28
13	Bastia	20	6	6	8	23	23	0	24
14	Troyes	20	5	8	7	24	25	−1	23
15	Bordeaux	19	6	5	8	20	25	−5	22^{[lower-alpha 1]}
16	Concarneau	20	6	4	10	18	27	−9	22
17	Annecy	20	4	7	9	22	29	−7	19	Relegation to National
18	Quevilly-Rouen	20	3	8	9	25	30	−5	17
19	Dunkerque	20	3	5	12	15	34	−19	14
20	Valenciennes	20	1	8	11	11	27	−16	11

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
Notes:

↑ Bordeaux were deducted 1 point due to federation decision.^[14]

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	AMI	ANG	ANN	AUX	BAS	BOR	CAE	CON	DUN	GRE	GUI	LAV	QUE	PFC	PAU	ROD	STE	TRO	VAL
Ajaccio	—		1–1			2–0	0–0		27 Jan	2–2		10 Feb	2–0		2–1	2–0	1–1		1–0	2–1
Amiens	0–0	—	1–4	23 Jan		2–1		0–0	1–1		1–2	4–1	0–0	1–0	3 Feb			1–0		0–0
Angers			—	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0		1–0	1–0		23 Jan	2–0		3 Feb			2–0
Annecy	2–0	1–1		—				1–2	10 Feb	3–0		1–4	1–3		2–2	27 Jan	1–2	1–1	0–0
Auxerre	2–0	0–1	10 Feb	4–0	—		15 Jan			0–1	0–0	27 Jan		3–2	2–2		3–1	5–2
Bastia	5 Feb		2–0	2–1	0–0	—	3–1	23 Jan				0–0	0–3	0–0		1–4			3–2	3–0
Bordeaux		2–0	29 Jan	3–1	2–4		—	1–1	1–0		10 Feb		0–1				2–2	0–0	0–1	23 Jan
Caen	3–0	10 Feb			1–1	1–0		—	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1		3–3		2–0		1–2	27 Jan
Concarneau	2–1			1–1	1–2	0–0		0–2	—	4–3	0–3					1–2		0–1	23 Jan	3 Feb
Dunkerque	23 Jan	0–1	0–1			0–5	0–2			—	0–0		0–2	0–1	1–3		1–2	3 Feb	2–2
Grenoble	0–3			1–0	23 Jan	0–0	2–0	3 Feb		2–2	—			2–1	2–0		2–1		0–0	3–3
Guingamp	3–0			3 Feb	2–1		0–0		0–1	0–1	2–2	—		2–2	0–1	4–0	23 Jan
Laval			1–0		1–3			2–1	0–3		1–1	2–1	—	3 Feb	23 Jan	1–1	1–0	0–1		1–0
Quevilly-Rouen	0–1		0–1	1–2		10 Feb	3–2		2–3		27 Jan	0–1	0–0	—		2–2	3–1			0–0
Paris FC		3–0		2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	27 Jan			0–1	2–2	—	10 Feb	2–0		3–2
Pau		1–0	4–4	0–3	3 Feb		3–0			1–1	3–2				2–0	—	2–2	23 Jan	1–1	3–1
Rodez		2–2	4–1			1–1		5–3	2–0	10 Feb		0–0	27 Jan			2–1	—	2–1	2–1	0–1
Saint-Étienne	0–0	27 Jan	2–0			3–2				2–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–2		—	12 Feb	0–0
Troyes	3–1	2–0	1–4		1–2		3 Feb	2–1	0–0			0–1	3–1	2–2				0–1	—
Valenciennes		0–1		0–0	1–4	27 Jan	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–1		0–0	10 Feb		0–1				1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 13 January 2024^[15]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alexandre Mendy	Caen	13
2	Loïs Diony	Angers	10
3	Gauthier Hein	Auxerre	9
	Moussa Sylla	Pau
	Sambou Soumano	Quevilly-Rouen
6	Ibrahim Sissoko	Saint-Étienne	8
6	Pierre-Yves Hamel	Paris FC	8
8	Gaëtan Perrin	Auxerre	7
	Pape Meïssa Ba	Grenoble
	Mons Bassouamina	Pau
	Ado Onaiwu	Auxerre

Number of teams by regions

Teams	Region	Team(s)
3	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Annecy, Grenoble and Saint-Étienne
3	Hauts-de-France	Amiens, Dunkerque and Valenciennes
2	Brittany	Concarneau and Guingamp
	Corsica	Ajaccio and Bastia
	Normandy	Caen and Quevilly-Rouen
	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Bordeaux and Pau
	Pays de la Loire	Angers and Laval
1	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	Auxerre
	Grand Est	Troyes
	Île-de-France	Paris FC
	Occitanie	Rodez

References

↑ "Foot: la Ligue 2 à 18 clubs à partir de 2024-2025". Le Figaro. Agence France-Presse. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
↑ "Ligue 2. Concarneau devrait bien jouer à Lorient et Brest la saison prochaine". Ouest-France (in French). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
↑ "Ligue 2 : Caen annonce le départ de son entraîneur Stéphane Moulin". Le Figaro. 17 May 2023.
↑ "Ligue 2 : Jean-Marc Furlan nouvel entraîneur de Caen". Le Figaro. 14 June 2023.
↑ "Ligue 2 : Thierry Laurey quitte le Paris FC, remplacé par Stéphane Gilli". Le Figaro. 3 June 2023.
↑ "Ligue 2 : Pau se sépare de Didier Tholot". Le Figaro. 9 June 2023.
↑ "Ligue 2 : Nicolas Usaï nouvel entraîneur de Pau". Le Figaro. 20 June 2023.
↑ "Ligue 2 : Omar Daf nommé entraîneur d'Amiens". Le Figaro. 13 June 2023.
↑ "Ligue 2 : Omar Daf nommé entraîneur d'Amiens". Le Figaro. 13 June 2023.
↑ "Ligue 2 : l'entraîneur de Dunkerque Mathieu Chabert suspendu de ses fonctions". Le Figaro. 24 September 2023.
↑ "Football (Ligue 2) : Dunkerque se tourne vers le Portugais Luis castro". La Voix du Nord. 26 September 2023.
↑ "Ligue 2 : l'entraîneur des Girondins de Bordeaux David Guion mis à pied". Le Figaro. 7 October 2023.
↑ "Ligue 2 : Bordeaux nomme officiellement Albert Riera sur son banc". Le Figaro. 11 October 2023.
↑ "Bordeaux to remain in Ligue 2 after fan attacks Rodez player". Fox Sports. 12 June 2023.
↑ "Classement buteurs - Ligue 2 BKT - LFP". Ligue 2.

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[table_hth_BOR0.20944570107825-15] Bordeaux were deducted 1 point due to federation decision.^[14]

[1] "Foot: la Ligue 2 à 18 clubs à partir de 2024-2025". Le Figaro. Agence France-Presse. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.

[2] "Ligue 2. Concarneau devrait bien jouer à Lorient et Brest la saison prochaine". Ouest-France (in French). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

[3] "Ligue 2 : Caen annonce le départ de son entraîneur Stéphane Moulin". Le Figaro. 17 May 2023.

[4] "Ligue 2 : Jean-Marc Furlan nouvel entraîneur de Caen". Le Figaro. 14 June 2023.

[5] "Ligue 2 : Thierry Laurey quitte le Paris FC, remplacé par Stéphane Gilli". Le Figaro. 3 June 2023.

[6] "Ligue 2 : Pau se sépare de Didier Tholot". Le Figaro. 9 June 2023.

[7] "Ligue 2 : Nicolas Usaï nouvel entraîneur de Pau". Le Figaro. 20 June 2023.

[8] "Ligue 2 : Omar Daf nommé entraîneur d'Amiens". Le Figaro. 13 June 2023.

[9] "Ligue 2 : Omar Daf nommé entraîneur d'Amiens". Le Figaro. 13 June 2023.

[10] "Ligue 2 : l'entraîneur de Dunkerque Mathieu Chabert suspendu de ses fonctions". Le Figaro. 24 September 2023.

[11] "Football (Ligue 2) : Dunkerque se tourne vers le Portugais Luis castro". La Voix du Nord. 26 September 2023.

[12] "Ligue 2 : l'entraîneur des Girondins de Bordeaux David Guion mis à pied". Le Figaro. 7 October 2023.

[13] "Ligue 2 : Bordeaux nomme officiellement Albert Riera sur son banc". Le Figaro. 11 October 2023.

[14] "Bordeaux to remain in Ligue 2 after fan attacks Rodez player". Fox Sports. 12 June 2023.

[topscorers-16] "Classement buteurs - Ligue 2 BKT - LFP". Ligue 2.

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