2025–26 Ligue 2

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The 2025–26 Ligue 2, commonly known as Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the 87th season of Ligue 2. The season began on 9 August 2025 and is set to conclude on 8 May 2026.[1]

Season2025–26
Dates9 August 2025 – 8 May 2026
PromotedTroyes
RelegatedAmiens
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Ligue 2
Season2025–26
Dates9 August 2025 – 8 May 2026
PromotedTroyes
RelegatedAmiens
Matches287
Goals715 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorerTawfik Bentayeb
(18 goals)
Biggest home winSaint-Étienne 6–0 Pau
(28 October 2025)
Biggest away winGuingamp 0–4 Red Star (23 August 2025)
Nancy 1–5 Annecy (17 April 2026)
Highest scoringBoulogne 2–6 Reims
(28 October 2025)
Dunkerque 6–2 Amiens
(27 September 2025)
Longest winning runSaint-Étienne
(5 matches)
Longest unbeaten runRodez
(18 matches)
Longest winless runLaval
(12 matches)
Longest losing runBoulogne
Clermont
(5 matches)
Highest attendance36,588
Lowest attendance434
Average attendance2,154,388
2026–27
All statistics correct as of 25 April 2026.
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Overview

FC Lorient and Paris FC were promoted to Ligue 1 after one and seven years in Ligue 2, respectively.[2][3]

Metz was promoted to Ligue 1 after defeating Reims in the Ligue 1 promotion/relegation play-offs after one year in the second tier. Reims will be relegated to a lower division after a 7-year tenure in the top flight.[4]

Montpellier and Saint-Étienne will return to Ligue 2 after sixteen years and one year being in Ligue 1, respectively.[5][6]

Nancy, Le Mans and Boulogne will return to Ligue 2 from the Championnat National after three and five and thirteen years absence, respectively, with Boulogne's promotion being back-to-back from the Championnat National 2 two seasons ago.

Caen were relegated to Championnat National after 6 years in the second tier and will play in the 3rd tier for the first time since 1984 and after a 41 year absence.[7]

Administratively relegated team

Martigues were excluded to Régional 1, the 6th tier of French football, and will play in regional football for the first time in 55 years.[8]

AC Ajaccio were relegated due to financial problems. They will return to the Championnat National after 27 years.[9] On 16 July 2025, the club relegation administratively is confirmed.

Lyon had been administratively relegated to the league from highest tier on 23 June 2025, meaning Reims were due to be kept in the Ligue 1. The decision was later overturned on appeal from Lyon on 9 July, meaning both clubs competitively incurred places remain unchanged.[10]

Teams

Changes

Stadiums and locations

Relegated from the Ligue 1
Promoted from the National

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsor Other kit sponsor(s)
Amiens Senegal national football team Omar Daf France national football team Victor Lobry Germany Puma Intersport
List
Annecy France national football team Laurent Guyot Algeria national football team Ahmed Kashi Germany Adidas MSC Cruises
List
    • Front: Mediaco Vrac, TeamWork
    • Back: Stgenergy, Nissan Groupe Maurin
    • Sleeves: Tissier Technique
    • Shorts: LP Charpente, Burger King
Bastia France national football team Réginald Ray France national football team Christophe Vincent Germany Adidas Corsica Ferries
List
    • Front: Oscaro Power, Capembal, Roncaglia Blanchisserie, Collectivité de Corse, Coviag, Olivier Bleu, Smart Good Things, Casa di e Lingue
    • Back: Payfoot, ESSE, Madewis
    • Sleeves: Groupe Actual, Asco6Tem
    • Shorts: Burger King, Garage Corsa, CORSECARLOC
Boulogne France national football team Fabien Dagneaux France national football team Nathan Zohoré Germany Jako
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Clermont France national football team Grégory Proment French Guiana national football team Yoann Salmier Italy Kappa
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Dunkerque Spain national football team Albert Sánchez Guinea-Bissau national football team Opa Sanganté Denmark Hummel Intersport
Grenoble France national football team Franck Rizzetto France national football team Gaëtan Paquiez United States Nike
List
Guingamp France national football team Sylvain Ripoll France national football team Dylan Louiserre Italy Kappa Breizh Cola
List
    • Front: Celtigel, Creactuel, Ballay
    • Back: Jardiman, Vital Concept
    • Sleeves: Cafés Coïc
    • Shorts: Bernard Jarnoux Crêpier, Tibbloc
Laval France national football team Olivier Frapolli France national football team Sam Sanna Italy Kappa Lactel
List
Le Mans France national football team Patrick Videira France national football team Edwin Quarshie Italy Kappa Le Mans
List
    • Front: Groupe EJ, Legrand
    • Back: E.Leclerc
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Montpellier France national football team Zoumana Camara Switzerland national football team Becir Omeragic United States Nike Swile
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: FAUN-Environnement, Montpellier Métropole, Big M Burger
    • Sleeves: FAUN-Environnement, Kaporal Jeans
    • Shorts: Loxam, Viwone
Nancy Uruguay national football team Pablo Correa Guadeloupe national football team Nicolas Saint-Ruf France Decathlon Hyundai
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Pau France national football team Nicolas Usaï France national football team Jean Ruiz Spain Joma Pau
List
    • Front: Bullux Services, Casino de Pau, Intersport
    • Back: Arobase Intérim, Brico Fenêtre, Iroise Bellevie
    • Sleeves: Bullux Services
    • Shorts: Übi Care
Red Star France national football team Grégory Poirier France national football team Ryad Hachem Italy Kappa TRUST'iT
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Reims Belgium national football team Karel Geraerts Malta national football team Teddy Teuma Germany Puma Yasuda
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Rodez France national football team Didier Santini France national football team Raphaël Lipinski Germany Adidas E.Leclerc
List
Saint-Étienne Norway national football team Eirik Horneland France national football team Gautier Larsonneur Denmark Hummel Loire
List
    • Front: Kelyps Intérim, BYmyCAR, Terroir Halles
    • Back: Siléane
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: Kapriol, Desjoyaux
Troyes France national football team Stéphane Dumont France national football team Adrien Monfray Germany Puma Troyes
List
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  1. ^Interim.
  2. ^Apparel made by club.
  3. ^Applied on home shirt
  4. ^Applied on away shirt
  5. ^Applied on third shirt

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Reims France Samba Diawara Resigned 18 June 2025 Pre season Belgium national football team Karel Geraerts 19 June 2025
Dunkerque Portugal Gonçalo Feio End of contract 30 June 2025 Spain Albert Sánchez 30 July 2025[17]
Clermont France Sébastien Mazeyrat End of interim spell 23 June 2025 France national football team Grégory Proment 23 June 2025
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Standings

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Troyes (C, P) 34 20 7 7 60 33 +27 67 Promotion to Ligue 1
2 Le Mans (P) 34 16 14 4 48 31 +17 62
3 Saint-Étienne 34 18 6 10 59 38 +21 60 Qualification for promotion play-off semi-final
4 Red Star 34 16 10 8 48 37 +11 58 Qualification for promotion play-off quarter-final
5 Rodez 34 15 13 6 45 39 +6 58
6 Reims 34 14 14 6 53 35 +18 56
7 Annecy 34 15 7 12 49 39 +10 52
8 Montpellier 34 14 9 11 41 31 +10 51
9 Pau 34 12 9 13 48 62 14 45
10 Dunkerque 34 11 10 13 53 45 +8 43
11 Guingamp 34 10 10 14 42 49 7 40
12 Grenoble 34 8 15 11 33 39 6 39
13 Clermont 34 9 10 15 38 44 6 37
14 Nancy 34 9 10 15 35 52 17 37
15 Boulogne 34 9 9 16 34 49 15 36
16 Laval 34 6 14 14 30 48 18 32 Qualification for relegation play-off
17 Bastia (R) 34 5 13 16 23 40 17 28 Relegation to Ligue 3
18 Amiens (R) 34 6 6 22 37 65 28 24
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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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Position by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Amiens ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Amiens82781059121310912121415161415161616161616161616161617181818
Annecy1817111415811141512811101210101010988997689988887
Bastia171517181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818171717
Boulogne3813161717161716151616161716141616151513141313141212121212121213
Clermont91157116101012161314151111111311121214151515131414141414141414
Dunkerque1191491214151110131187897664666667788910101010
Grenoble161416171316171614141515141012131113131312121212121313131313131312
Guingamp51318159138666101099799877781010101010101011111111
Laval7101212812141517171717171614171717171717171717171717171716161616
Le Mans6128131615121311877675545643355533333322
Montpellier124910147137975654688910991079997777778
Nancy15733510687111413131517151514141415131414151515151515151515
Pau13224433323445867781010781111111111119999
Red Star13166422444423223323224544454444544
Reims10510569555565864352532223345555456
Rodez14181511711798912911131312121211111111118866666665
Saint-Étienne411111122342332234355432222222233
Troyes264633211111111111111111111111111
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Promotion to the Ligue 1
Qualification for the Promotion play-off semi-final
Qualification for the Promotion play-off quarter-final
Qualification for the Relegation play-off
Relegation to the Ligue 3
Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2026. Source: Ligue 2

Results

Fixture and results

More information Home \ Away, AMI ...
Home \ Away AMI ANN BAS BOU CLE DUN GRE GUI LAV LMA MON NAN PAU RED REI ROD STE TRO
Amiens 0–1 0–0 0–1 4–3 1–4 2–3 1–2 0–0 3–4 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–2
Annecy 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–2
Bastia 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–2 [a] 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–3 2–3 2–0 0–0
Boulogne 4–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–6 3–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 2–6 1–2 0–1 1–2
Clermont 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0
Dunkerque 6–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
Grenoble 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Guingamp 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–4 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–0
Laval 0–3 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–3 0–1
Le Mans 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2
Montpellier 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 4–2 4–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–2
Nancy 0–1 1–5 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–3 0–2 2–4 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–1
Pau 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–3 2–0 3–3 0–3 1–1
Red Star 1–3 1–0 4–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–3
Reims 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–2 2–4 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 5–3 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–0
Rodez 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1
Saint-Étienne 5–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 6–0 2–0 3–2 4–0 0–3
Troyes 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 5–2 4–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 4–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–3
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Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Amiens ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
AmiensDWLDDWLLLWWLLLLLWLLD
AnnecyLDWLDWLLDWWLDLWWLLWW
BastiaLDLLDLLDDLLLWLLLDWWL
BoulogneWLLLLLWLWDLLDDWDLLWD
ClermontDDWDLWLDLLWDLWDDLWLL
DunkerqueDDLWLDLWDLWWWDDWWWWL
GrenobleLDLDWLLDWDLDWWLWDLLD
GuingampDLLWWLWWDDLDWDWLLWWW
LavalDDDDWLLLDLWDLWLLLLLD
Le MansDLWLLDWDDWWDWDWWWDDW
MontpellierDWLDLWLWLWWDWWLLDLLW
NancyDWWDLLWLDLDWLLLLWWLL
PauWDWDLWWWWDLLDDLWLDLD
Red StarDLWWWWLWDWWLWDDWDLWD
ReimsDWLWDLWWLDDWLWWWDWLW
RodezDLDWWLWLDDDWLLDDWDDW
Saint-ÉtienneDWWDWWWLWLDWLWWLDDWL
TroyesWDWLWWWWDWDWDLWDWWWL
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Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2026. Source: Ligue 2

Notes:

Rescheduled matches

More information Round, Home team ...
RoundHome teamAway teamOriginal DateNew DateReason
1 Boulogne Bastia 9 August 2025 16 September 2025 Match was rescheduled due to uncertainty regarding AC Ajaccio's professional licence, which was stripped before the start of the season and automatically promoted Boulogne.[19]
11 Bastia Laval 24 October 2025 25 November 2025 Match was postponed after Stade Lavallois was not able to travel to Corsica due to heavy winds.[20]
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Promotion & relegation play-off

Promotion play-offs

A promotion play-off competition is held at the end of the season, involving the 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed teams in 2024–25 Ligue 2, and the 16th-placed team in Ligue 1.

Bracket

Quarter-final Semi-final Final
           
3 L2 3rd-placed of Ligue 2
Winner of quarter-final
4 L2 4th-placed of Ligue 2
5 L2 5th-placed of Ligue 2
Winner of semi-final
16 L1 16th-placed of Ligue 1

Matches

Quarter-final

2026 4th-placed of Ligue 2 v 5th-placed of Ligue 2
--:-- UTC+1

Semi-final

2026 3rd-placed of Ligue 2 v Winner of quarter-final
--:-- UTC+1

Final

2026 Winner of semi-final v 16th-placed of Ligue 1
--:-- UTC+1
2026 16th-placed of Ligue 1 v Winner of semi-final
--:-- UTC+1

Relegation play-offs

The 16th-placed teams of the Ligue 2 faces the 3rd-placed team of the National.

Summary

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
16th-placed of Ligue 2 PO 3rd-placed of National TBD TBD
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Matches

First leg

2026 3rd-placed of National v 16th-placed of Ligue 2
--:-- UTC+1

Second leg

2026 16th-placed of Ligue 2 v 3rd-placed of National
--:-- UTC+1

Season statistics

Attendances

Overall

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Amiens 0 0 0 0 n/a
2 Annecy 0 0 0 0 n/a
3 Bastia 0 0 0 0 n/a
4 Boulogne 0 0 0 0 n/a
5 Clermont 0 0 0 0 n/a
6 Dunkerque 0 0 0 0 n/a
7 Grenoble 0 0 0 0 n/a
8 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 n/a
9 Laval 0 0 0 0 n/a
10 Le Mans 0 0 0 0 n/a
11 Montpellier 0 0 0 0 n/a
12 Nancy 0 0 0 0 n/a
13 Pau 0 0 0 0 n/a
14 Red Star 0 0 0 0 n/a
15 Reims 0 0 0 0 n/a
16 Rodez 0 0 0 0 n/a
17 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 n/a
18 Troyes 0 0 0 0 n/a
League total 0 0 0 0 n/a
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Source: Ligue 2
Notes:
Teams played previous season in Ligue 1
Teams played previous season in National

Home match played

As of future
More information Team \ Match played, Total ...
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Source: Ligue 2

See also

Notes

  1. Match suspended at 2–0 to Le Mans; halted during stoppage time after Bastia supporters threw smoke bombs onto the pitch.[18]

References

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