2011–12 Ligue 2

Ligue 2
Season	2011–12
Champions	Bastia
Promoted	Bastia; Reims; Troyes
Relegated	Metz; Amiens; Boulogne
Matches played	380
Goals scored	872 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cédric Fauré (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Nantes 5–0 Amiens (27 April 2012)
Biggest away win	Arles-Avignon 1–5 Istres (20 December 2011)
Highest scoring	Metz 2–5 Guingamp (4 May 2012)
Longest winning run	4 games ; Reims ; (30 July – 19 August) ; Bastia ; (16 December – 18 January)
Longest unbeaten run	7 games ; Clermont ; (30 September – 2 December)
Longest winless run	10 games ; AS Monaco ; (23 September – 20 December)
Longest losing run	4 games ; Arles-Avignon ; (21 October – 25 November) ; Amiens ; (16 December – 18 January)
Highest attendance	30,961 – Lens 2–0 Châteauroux (20 December 2011)
Lowest attendance	1,777 – Istres 3–1 Châteauroux (20 September 2011)
Average attendance	7,999
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Ligue 2 season was the 73rd since its establishment.^[7] The previous season's champions was Evian. The league schedule was announced on 31 March 2011 and the fixtures were determined on 10 June.^[8]^[9] The season began on 29 July and ended on 18 May 2012.^[10] The winter break was in effect from 21 December to 14 January.

Bastia clinched the second division title on 1 May 2012 with three matches to spare after defeating Metz 3–0 at the Stade Armand Cesari.^[11] The title is the club's second overall in the division having won the league previously in the 1967–68 season. Bastia will be making its return to the first division after a seven-year absence and will be entering Ligue 1 on a run of two consecutive promotions.^[12] The club had earned promotion to Ligue 2 after winning the 2010–11 edition of the Championnat National.

Reims and Troyes became the second and third club, respectively, to earn promotion to Ligue 1 alongside the champions Bastia.^[13] Both clubs achieved promotion with one game to spare following league victories on 11 May 2012, which positioned each club in second and third place permanently. Reims, which is a six-time Ligue 1 champion, will be returning to the first division after over 33 years playing in the lower divisions.^[14] During those 33 years, the club underwent liquidation and had all aspects of the club (its records, trophies, etc.) auctioned off. Troyes will be returning to Ligue 1 after a four-year stint in Ligue 2.^[15]

Teams

Location of teams in 2011–12 Ligue 2

There were three promoted teams from the Championnat National, the third division of French football, replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 2 following the 2010–11 season. A total of 20 teams competed in the league with three clubs suffering relegation to the Championnat National. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.^[16]

Arles-Avignon was the first club to suffer relegation from the first division to Ligue 2. The club's impending drop occurred on 17 April 2011 following the team's 2–0 defeat to AS Monaco. The negative result made it mathematically impossible for Arles to seize the 17th position in the table, which would have allowed the club to remain in Ligue 1. Arles-Avignon made its return to Ligue 2 after only a year's spell in the top division of French football.^[17] On 15 May, Lens were relegated from the first division to Ligue 2 after its 1–1 draw with Monaco. Lens returned to Ligue 2 for the first time since the 2008–09 season when the club finished as champions of the league.^[18] On the final day of the Ligue 1 season, Monaco suffered relegation to the second division after losing 2–0 to Lyon. The club's appearance in Ligue 2 was its first since 1976.^[19]

Bastia became the first team to achieve promotion to Ligue 2 from the Championnat National after drawing 1–1 with Fréjus Saint-Raphaël on 22 April. Coupled with fourth-place Strasbourg's draw with Luzenac on the same day, the results made it mathematically impossible for the Alsatians to catch Bastia in the standings.^[20]^[21] Amiens achieved promotion from National to Ligue 2 on 13 May following its 2–1 home win against Guingamp. Amiens made its return to the second division after spending two seasons in the Championnat National.^[22] Guingamp became the final club to earn promotion to National after its 2–0 away win over Rouen. Similar to Bastia, Guingamp made its return to Ligue 2 after only one season in the third division.^[23]

Teams relegated to Ligue 2

Teams promoted to Ligue 2

DNCG rulings

On 1 July 2011, following a preliminary review of each club's administrative and financial accounts in Ligue 2, the DNCG ruled that Tours would be relegated to the Championnat National.^[24] Tours president, Frédéric Sebag, confirmed the demotion was as a result of the club's failure to "balance its books". Sebag also confirmed that the club would be appealing the ruling.^[25] On 13 July, Tours successfully appealed to the DNCG and was subsequently reinstated into Ligue 2.^[26]

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	Average Attendance^[6]
Amiens	Amiens	Stade de la Licorne	12,097	9,411
Angers	Angers	Stade Jean Bouin	17,100	5,345
Arles-Avignon	Avignon	Parc des Sports	17,518	2,678
Bastia	Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari	10,460	10,406
Boulogne	Boulogne-sur-Mer	Stade de la Libération	15,004	8,168
Châteauroux	Châteauroux	Stade Gaston Petit	17,173	5,300
Clermont	Clermont-Ferrand	Stade Gabriel Montpied	10,363	4,726
Guingamp	Guingamp	Stade du Roudourou	18,126	7,311
Istres	Istres	Stade Parsemain	17,468	2,106
Laval	Laval	Stade Francis Le Basser	18,739	5,748
Le Havre	Le Havre	Stade Jules Deschaseaux	16,454	6,987
Le Mans	Le Mans	MMArena	25,000	6,973
Lens	Lens	Stade Félix-Bollaert	41,233	22,519
Metz	Metz	Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien	26,700	9,158
AS Monaco	Fontvieille	Stade Louis II	18,500	4,936
Nantes	Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	38,285	12,506
Reims	Reims	Stade Auguste-Delaune II	22,000	11,084
Sedan	Sedan	Stade Louis Dugauguez	23,189	8,183
Tours	Tours	Stade de la Vallée du Cher	13,500	5,478
Troyes	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	21,877	7,613

Personnel and kits

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

Team	Manager¹	Captain¹	Kit Manufacturer¹	Main Sponsor¹
Amiens	Ludovic Batelli	Thomas Mienniel	Kappa	Intersport\|
Angers	Stéphane Moulin	Grégory Malicki	Umbro	Next Generation
Arles-Avignon	Thierry Laurey	Fabien Laurenti	Uhlsport	Groupe Nicollin
Bastia	Frédéric Hantz	Yannick Cahuzac	Kappa	Oscaro
Boulogne	Michel Estevan	Bakary Soumare	Uhlsport	Boostyle
Châteauroux	Didier Tholot	Romain Reynaud	Nike	Le Seyec
Clermont	Michel Der Zakarian	Damien Perrinelle	Kappa	Clermont-Ferrand
Guingamp	Jocelyn Gourvennec	Lionel Mathis	adidas	Groupe Stalaven
Istres	José Pasqualetti	Amor Kehiha	Duarig	Kertel
Laval	Philippe Hinschberger	Fabrice Levrat	Duarig	Lactel
Le Havre	Cédric Daury	Julien François	Airness	System U
Le Mans	Denis Zanko	Frédéric Thomas	Macron	LOUÉ
Lens	Jean-Louis Garcia	Yohan Demont	adidas	Invicta
Metz	Dominique Bijotat	Ludovic Guerriero	Nike	Moselle
AS Monaco	Marco Simone	Ludovic Giuly	Macron	Fedcom
Nantes	Landry Chauvin	Matheus Vivian	Erreà	offset 5
Reims	Hubert Fournier	Mickaël Tacalfred	Kappa	Sanei
Sedan	Laurent Guyot	Jérôme Lemoigne	Nike	Invicta
Tours	Peter Zeidler	Julien Cardy	Duarig	Invicta
Troyes	Jean-Marc Furlan	Eloge Enza Yamissi	Duarig	Urbanéo

¹Subject to change during the season.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Position in table
Sedan	Landry Chauvin	End of contract	26 May 2011	Off-season	Laurent Guyot	26 May 2011^[27]	Off-season
Lens	László Bölöni	Mutual consent	1 June 2011		Jean-Louis Garcia	1 June 2011^[28]
Nantes	Philippe Anziani	Mutual consent	26 May 2011		Landry Chauvin	1 June 2011^[29]
Angers	Jean-Louis Garcia	Joined Lens	1 June 2011		Stéphane Moulin	2 June 2011^[30]
Tours	Daniel Sanchez	Joined Valenciennes	8 June 2011^[31]		Peter Zeidler	14 June 2011^[32]
AS Monaco	Laurent Banide	Fired	12 September 2011^[33]	17th	Marco Simone	12 September 2011^[34]	17th
Arles-Avignon	Faruk Hadžibegić		23 November 2011^[35]	19th	Thierry Laurey	28 November 2011^[36]	19th
Le Mans	Arnaud Cormier		22 December 2011^[37]	17th	Denis Zanko	28 December 2011^[38]	17th

Ownership changes

Club	New owner	Previous owner	Date
AS Monaco	Monaco Sports Invest	AS Monaco^[39]	23 December 2011^[40]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Bastia (C, P)	38	21	8	9	61	36	+25	71	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Reims (P)	38	18	11	9	54	37	+17	65
3	Troyes (P)	38	17	13	8	45	35	+10	64
4	Sedan	38	15	14	9	56	45	+11	59
5	Clermont	38	15	13	10	48	39	+9	58
6	Tours	38	15	11	12	44	43	+1	56
7	Guingamp	38	15	10	13	46	43	+3	55
8	Monaco	38	13	13	12	41	48	−7	52
9	Nantes	38	14	9	15	51	42	+9	51
10	Istres	38	13	12	13	46	44	+2	51
11	Angers	38	13	12	13	44	45	−1	51
12	Lens	38	12	12	14	42	48	−6	48
13	Arles-Avignon	38	10	18	10	34	41	−7	48
14	Châteauroux	38	14	6	18	38	54	−16	48
15	Le Havre	38	11	14	13	38	34	+4	47
16	Laval	38	12	11	15	46	50	−4	47
17	Le Mans	38	11	12	15	39	40	−1	45
18	Metz (R)	38	10	12	16	30	44	−14	42	Relegation to Championnat National
19	Boulogne (R)	38	7	15	16	40	47	−7	36
20	Amiens (R)	38	4	14	20	29	57	−28	26

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AMI	ANG	ACAA	BAS	BOU	CHA	CLR	GUI	IST	LVL	LHA	MFC	RCL	MET	ASM	NAN	REI	SED	TOU	TRO
Amiens		2–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–1
Angers	0–0		2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–3
Arles-Avignon	1–1	2–2		0–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–5	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–0
Bastia	2–1	3–1	3–0		2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	5–1
Boulogne	0–1	3–3	1–1	1–3		0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0
Châteauroux	4–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1		2–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–0
Clermont	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–1		0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1
Guingamp	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–3	1–3	0–0	0–0
Istres	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–1		1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0
Laval	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–1		0–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	5–1	1–2	0–0
Le Havre	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–0
Le Mans	3–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–1		0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1
Lens	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–3	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–3		0–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	4–2	3–0	2–1
Metz	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–5	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–1	2–0		0–2	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–2
Monaco	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–2		2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–2
Nantes	5–0	2–1	3–0	0–2	3–3	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0		2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1
Reims	1–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1		1–2	2–3	1–0
Sedan	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–4	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0		3–0	1–2
Tours	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	5–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		0–2
Troyes	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1

Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cédric Fauré	Reims	15
2	Kamel Ghilas	Reims	14
3	Toifilou Maoulida	Bastia	13
3	Ryan Mendes	Le Havre	13
4	Nicolas Fauvergue	Sedan	12
	Alexis Allart	Boulogne
	Gaëtan Charbonnier	Angers
	Marcos	Troyes
9	Anthony Knockaert	Guingamp	11
9	Jean-François Rivière	Clermont	11

Last updated: 18 May 2012
Source: Official Goalscorers' Standings

Assists table

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Akim Orinel	Châteauroux	11
1	Diego Gómez	Angers	11
3	Julien Faussurier	Troyes	8
4	Odaïr Fortes	Reims	7
	Wahbi Khazri	Bastia
	Thibault Giresse	Guingamp
	Chaouki Ben Saada	Lens
	Mounir Obbadi	Troyes
	Diego Rigonato	Tours
	Jérôme Rothen	Bastia

Last updated: 18 May 2012
Source: Official Assists' Table

Scoring

First goal of the season: Yoann Tougzhar for Amiens against Troyes (29 July 2011)
First own goal of the season: Nicolas Pallois for Clermont against Laval (29 July 2011)
Highest scoring game: 7 goals
- Metz 2–5 Guingamp (4 May 2012)
Widest winning margin: 5 goals
- Nantes 5–0 Amiens (27 April 2012)
Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
- Tours 5–1 Guingamp (16 December 2011)
- Arles-Avignon 1–5 Istres (20 December 2011)
- Bastia 5–1 Troyes (4 February 2012)
- Laval 5–1 Sedan (6 April 2012)
- Nantes 5–0 Amiens (27 April 2012)
- Metz 2–5 Guingamp (4 May 2012)

Discipline

Worst overall disciplinary record (1 pt per yellow card, 3 pts per red card):
- Arles-Avignon – 59 points (44 yellow & 5 red cards)^[41]
Best overall disciplinary record: 33 points^[41]
- Boulogne (30 yellow & 1 red cards)
Most yellow cards (club): 46^[41]
- Amiens
Most red cards (club): 7^[41]
- Istres

Awards

Annual awards

UNFP Player of the Year

The nominees for the UNFP Ligue 2 Player of the Year award was awarded to Bastia midfielder Jérôme Rothen.^[42]

UNFP Goalkeeper of the Year

The UNFP Goalkeeper of the Year award was awarded to Macedo Novaes of Bastia.^[42]

UNFP Manager of the Year

The UNFP Manager of the Year award went to Frédéric Hantz of Bastia.^[42]

UNFP Team of the Year

The UNFP selected the following 11 players for the Ligue 2 Team of the Year:^[43]

Goalkeeper

Macedo Novaes (Bastia)

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Ryan Mendes (Le Havre)
Kamel Ghilas (Reims)

List of 2011–12 transfers

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External links

Official site

[1] "Nantes v. Amiens Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 27 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

[arles_istres-2] "Arles-Avignon v. Istres Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 20 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.

[3] "Metz v. Guingamp Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[4] "Lens v. Châteauroux Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.

[5] "Istres v. Châteauroux Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 20 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

[ligue2_attendances-6] "Affluences". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.

[7] "Palmarès: Les champions de France depuis 1934/1935". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

[8] "Le calendrier dévoilé le 10 juin". L'Equipe (in French). 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.

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[10] "Le calendrier général 2011-2012 validé" (PDF). Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 31 March 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.

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Ligue 2	Amiens Angers Arles-Avignon Bastia Boulogne Châteauroux Clermont Guingamp Istres Laval Le Havre Le Mans Lens Metz Monaco Nantes Reims Sedan Tours Troyes
Championnat National	Niort
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