1956–57 French Division 2

Division 2
Season	1956–57
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1956–57 season.

Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and Olympique Alès won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Olympique Alès	38	24	8	6	58	36	+22	56	Promoted
2	Béziers	38	20	13	5	58	38	+20	53
3	Lille	38	21	10	7	99	51	+48	52
4	AS Troyes	38	17	11	10	71	46	+25	45
5	Girondins Bordeaux	38	15	13	10	67	48	+19	43
6	Grenoble	38	16	9	13	63	49	+14	41
7	Toulon	38	18	5	15	70	56	+14	41
8	Le Havre	38	15	11	12	62	55	+7	41
9	Rouen	38	16	8	14	64	48	+16	40
10	Stade Français	38	14	11	13	53	51	+2	39
11	Montpellier	38	16	6	16	56	71	−15	38
12	Sète	38	14	9	15	47	53	−6	37
13	Nantes	38	13	10	15	56	64	−8	36
14	Perpignan	38	12	12	14	35	44	−9	36
15	Roubaix-Tourcoing	38	14	4	20	49	55	−6	32
16	Besançon	38	13	6	19	46	60	−14	32
17	Aix-en-Provence	37	12	5	20	41	58	−17	29
18	Cannes	38	7	13	18	39	60	−21	27
19	CA Paris	38	6	11	21	41	82	−41	23
20	Red Star Paris	38	7	7	24	42	88	−46	21

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