1955–56 French Division 2

Division 2
Season	1955–56
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1955–56 season.

Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and Stade Rennais won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stade Rennais	38	23	8	7	69	38	+31	54	Promoted
2	Angers	38	25	3	10	90	42	+48	53
3	Valenciennes	38	22	7	9	80	39	+41	51
4	Béziers	38	20	11	7	69	43	+26	51
5	Stade Français	38	17	12	9	75	56	+19	46
6	Olympique Alès	38	17	11	10	64	51	+13	45
7	Red Star Paris	38	16	10	12	76	69	+7	42
8	Grenoble	38	12	15	11	46	41	+5	39
9	Besançon	38	14	11	13	54	54	0	39
10	Roubaix-Tourcoing	38	16	4	18	63	64	−1	36
11	Cannes	38	13	9	16	48	69	−21	35
12	Le Havre	38	12	10	16	45	47	−2	34
13	Toulon	38	10	13	15	54	62	−8	33
14	Aix-en-Provence	38	11	10	17	56	69	−13	32
15	Perpignan	38	10	12	16	36	57	−21	32
16	Rouen	38	12	7	19	47	56	−9	31
17	Nantes	38	10	10	18	54	84	−30	30
18	Sète	38	10	7	21	42	74	−32	27
19	CA Paris	38	8	10	20	45	66	−21	26
20	Montpellier	38	7	10	21	48	80	−32	24

v t e Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons
Division 2 (1933–2002)	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
List of French second division champions

Domestic leagues	Division 1 Division 2
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe Charles Drago [fr] Challenge des Champions [fr]
European	European Cup Men