2013–14 Ligue 2

75th season of the second-tier football league in France

Football league season

Ligue 2Season| 2013–14

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Champions| Metz
Promoted| Metz
Lens
Caen
Relegated| CA Bastia
Istres
Matches played| 380
Goals scored| 939 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer| Andy Delort and Mathieu Duhamel
(24 goals)[1]
Biggest home win| Troyes 6–1 CA Bastia
(4 October 2013)[2]
Biggest away win| Châteauroux 0–4 Tours
(16 August 2013)[3]
CA Bastia 1–5 Caen
(13 December 2013)[4]
Highest scoring| Le Havre 6–2 Lens
(14 September 2013)[5]
Longest winning run| 7 matches:
Metz[6]
Longest unbeaten run| 12 matches:
Caen[6]
Longest winless run| 13 matches:
CA Bastia[6]
Highest attendance| 40,740
Lens 0–1 Brest
(9 May 2014)[7]
Lowest attendance| 1,021
CA Bastia 2–2 Le Havre
(24 January 2014)[8]
Average attendance| 7,915[7]

← 2012–13

2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Ligue 2 was the 75th season of second-tier football in France. The season began on 2 August 2013 and ended on 16 May 2014, with the winter break in effect between 20 December and 10 January.[9]

## Teams

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### Stadia and locations

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Angers

Arles

Auxerre

Brest

CA Bastia

Caen

Châteauroux

Clermont

Créteil

Dijon

Istres

Laval

Le Havre

Lens

Metz

Nancy

Nîmes

Niort

Tours

Troyes

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Location of teams in 2013–14 Ligue 2

Club  | Location  | Venue  | Capacity[10] | Av. Att.[10]

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Angers | Angers | Stade Jean Bouin | 17,835  | 8,358
Arles-Avignon | Avignon | Parc des Sports | 17,518  | 2,012
Auxerre | Auxerre | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | 21,379  | 4,571
CA Bastia | Bastia | Stade Armand Cesari[a] | 16,078  | 1,742
Brest | Brest | Stade Francis-Le Blé | 15,583  | 7,397
Caen | Caen | Stade Michel d'Ornano | 21,215  | 10,794
Châteauroux | Châteauroux | Stade Gaston Petit | 17,072  | 4,859
Clermont | Clermont-Ferrand | Stade Gabriel Montpied | 11,980  | 3,710
Créteil | Créteil | Stade Dominique Duvauchelle | 12,150  | 2,373
Dijon | Dijon | Stade Gaston Gérard | 16,098  | 8,272
Istres | Istres | Stade Parsemain | 17,559  | 2,300
Laval | Laval | Stade Francis Le Basser | 18,467  | 4,867
Le Havre | Le Havre | Stade Océane | 25,278  | 7,249
Lens | Lens | Stade Félix-Bollaert | 41,233  | 31,016
Metz | Metz | Stade Saint-Symphorien | 26,661  | 13,919
Nancy | Tomblaine | Stade Marcel Picot | 20,087  | 14,678
Nîmes | Nîmes | Stade des Costières | 18,482  | 4,961
Niort | Niort | Stade René Gaillard | 10,406  | 4,384
Tours | Tours | Stade de la Vallée du Cher | 16,327  | 5,678
Troyes | Troyes | Stade de l'Aube | 20,842  | 10,029

1. ^ CA Bastia played their home matches at the Stade Armand Cesari, the home of SC Bastia, since their own stadium, Stade Erbajolo, did not meet the required standards to host Ligue 2 football.

### Personnel and kits

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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

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Angers |  Stéphane Moulin |  Grégory Malicki | Kappa | Scania
Arles-Avignon |  Noël Tosi |  Ludovic Butelle | Legea | Groupe Nicollin
Auxerre |  Jean-Luc Vannuchi |  Adama Coulibaly | Airness | Maisons Pierre
Brest |  Alex Dupont |  Ahmed Kantari | Nike | Quéguiner
CA Bastia |  Stéphane Rossi |  Rémy Arnoux | Erreà | Corsicatour
Caen |  Patrice Garande |  Jérémy Sorbon | Nike  | GDE Recyclage
Châteauroux |  Jean-Louis Garcia |  Massamba Sambou | Nike  | Le Seyec
Clermont |  Régis Brouard |  Jean-François Rivière | Patrick Sport | Crédit Mutuel
Créteil |  Jean-Luc Vasseur |  Sebastien Gondouin | Nike  | SFB Béton
Dijon |  Olivier Dall'Oglio |  Cédric Varrault | Kappa  | Doras
Istres |  Frédéric Arpinon |  Nassim Akrour | Duarig | Kertel
Laval |  Denis Zanko |  Fabrice Levrat | Duarig  | Lactel
Le Havre |  Erick Mombaerts |  Yohann Rivière | Nike  | System U
Lens |  Antoine Kombouaré |  Yohan Demont | adidas | Invicta
Metz |  Albert Cartier |  Gregory Proment | Nike  | Moselle
Nancy |  Pablo Correa |  André Luiz  | Nike  | Odalys Vacances
Nîmes |  René Marsiglia |  Benoît Poulain | Erreà  | Mac Dan
Niort |  Pascal Gastien |  Mouhamadou Diaw | Puma | Restaurant Le Billon (home), Cheminées Poujoulat (away)
Tours |  Olivier Pantaloni |  Julien Cardy | Duarig  | Invicta
Troyes |  Jean-Marc Furlan |  Eloge Enza Yamissi | Duarig  | Afflelou

1Subject to change during the season.

### Managerial changes

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Team  | Outgoing head coach  | Manner of
departure  | Date of
vacancy  | Position
in table  | Incoming head coach  | Date of
appointment  | Position
in table

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Brest |  Corentin Martins | End of tenure as caretaker  | 31 May 2013 | Off-season  |  Alex Dupont | 31 May 2013[11] | Off-season
Tours |  Bernard Blaquart | Resigned  | 23 June 2013[12] | Off-season  |  Olivier Pantaloni | 25 June 2013 | Off-season
Lens |  Éric Sikora | Sacked  | 25 June 2013 | Off-season  |  Antoine Kombouaré | 25 June 2013[13] | Off-season
Nancy |  Patrick Gabriel | Sacked  | 12 October 2013 | 15th  |  Pablo Correa | 12 October 2013[14] | 15th
Châteauroux |  Didier Tholot | Sacked  | 28 October 2013[15] | 17th  |  Jean-Louis Garcia | 28 October 2013[16] | 17th
Nîmes |  Victor Zvunka | Sacked  | 19 December 2013[17] | 19th  |  René Marsiglia | 26 December 2013[17] | 19th
Laval |  Philippe Hinschberger | Sacked  | 24 February 2014 | 19th  |  Denis Zanko | 24 February 2014[18] | 19th
Auxerre |  Bernard Casoni | Sacked  | 17 March 2014[19] | 15th  |  Jean-Luc Vannuchi | 17 March 2014[20] | 15th
Istres |  José Pasqualetti | Sacked  | 24 March 2014 | 17th  |  Frédéric Arpinon | 24 March 2014[21] | 17th

## League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation

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1  | Metz (C, P) | 38  | 22  | 10  | 6  | 55  | 28  | +27  | 76  | Promotion to Ligue 1
2  | Lens (P) | 38  | 17  | 14  | 7  | 58  | 40  | +18  | 65  | Promoted officially but with some conditions.[22]
3  | Caen (P) | 38  | 18  | 10  | 10  | 65  | 44  | +21  | 64  | Promotion to Ligue 1
4  | Nancy | 38  | 16  | 13  | 9  | 47  | 37  | +10  | 61  |
5  | Niort | 38  | 15  | 13  | 10  | 51  | 47  | +4  | 58
6  | Dijon | 38  | 14  | 15  | 9  | 53  | 42  | +11  | 57
7  | Brest | 38  | 15  | 11  | 12  | 38  | 32  | +6  | 56
8  | Tours | 38  | 15  | 10  | 13  | 63  | 56  | +7  | 55
9  | Angers | 38  | 14  | 13  | 11  | 46  | 45  | +1  | 55
10  | Troyes | 38  | 15  | 7  | 16  | 56  | 44  | +12  | 52
11  | Créteil | 38  | 12  | 14  | 12  | 57  | 58  | −1  | 50
12  | Le Havre | 38  | 11  | 15  | 12  | 43  | 43  | 0  | 48
13  | Arles-Avignon | 38  | 10  | 16  | 12  | 36  | 38  | −2  | 46
14  | Clermont | 38  | 10  | 15  | 13  | 31  | 38  | −7  | 45
15  | Nîmes | 38  | 10  | 14  | 14  | 49  | 54  | −5  | 44
16  | Auxerre | 38  | 10  | 13  | 15  | 35  | 45  | −10  | 43
17  | Laval | 38  | 10  | 12  | 16  | 44  | 52  | −8  | 42
18  | Châteauroux | 38  | 10  | 10  | 18  | 43  | 59  | −16  | 40  | Spared due to the DNCG’s rulings.
19  | Istres (R) | 38  | 9  | 9  | 20  | 48  | 74  | −26  | 36  | Relegated, but later readmitted and later relegated.
20  | CA Bastia (R) | 38  | 4  | 12  | 22  | 21  | 63  | −42  | 24  | Relegation to Championnat National

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

## Results

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Home \ Away  | ANG | ACAA | AUX | CAB | BRS | CAE | CHA | CLR | CRE | DIJ | IST | LVL | LHA | RCL | MET | NAL | NMS | NRT | TOU | TRO

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Angers |  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–1
Arles-Avignon | 3–0  |  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 3–0
Auxerre | 1–2  | 1–1  |  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 4–0  | 0–0
CA Bastia | 1–1  | 2–2  | 0–0  |  | 0–1  | 1–5  | 1–4  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 1–0
Brest | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  |  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 1–1
Caen | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 6–1  | 0–0  |  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 4–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–3  | 1–1
Châteauroux | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 3–3  | 0–2  |  | 3–0  | 0–2  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 0–4  | 2–1
Clermont | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  |  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 0–3
Créteil | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 3–2  | 2–0  |  | 1–3  | 2–2  | 4–0  | 2–0  | 2–3  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–3
Dijon | 1–3  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–2  |  | 4–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 5–1  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 2–1
Istres | 2–4  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 2–3  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 2–4  |  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 1–6  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 4–2  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 0–2
Laval | 4–1  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 5–1  | 0–0  | 3–4  |  | 2–2  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 2–4  | 1–0  | 2–1
Le Havre | 1–2  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 3–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  |  | 6–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 2–1
Lens | 0–0  | 3–0  | 4–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 1–1  |  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 1–0
Metz | 1–0  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 0–1  |  | 3–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–0
Nancy | 3–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 3–2  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 0–1  |  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 2–1
Nîmes | 0–2  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 3–3  | 0–0  | 0–1  |  | 4–1  | 3–0  | 3–2
Niort | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 4–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  |  | 3–2  | 1–1
Tours | 2–0  | 2–2  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 5–2  | 3–0  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 4–2  | 1–3  | 3–1  | 1–1  |  | 1–2
Troyes | 3–3  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 6–1  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 2–2  | 0–3  | 2–0  | 4–1  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 4–1  | 1–2  |

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

## Statistics

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### Top goalscorers

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Andy Delort | Tours | 24
Mathieu Duhamel | Caen
3  |  Diafra Sakho | Metz | 20
4  |  Christian Bekamenga | Laval | 18
Emiliano Sala | Niort
6  |  Ghislain Gimbert | Troyes | 14
Yeni Ngbakoto | Metz
8  |  Jeff Louis | Nancy | 12
Yoann Touzghar | Lens

Source: Official Goalscorers' Standings

## References

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2. ^ "10ème journée - ESTAC Troyes / CA Bastia". LFP.fr. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
3. ^ "3ème journée - Châteauroux / Tours FC". LFP.fr. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
4. ^ "17ème journée - CA Bastia / SM Caen". LFP.fr. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
5. ^ "6ème journée - Havre AC / RC Lens". LFP.fr. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
6. ^ a b c "LFP Stats - Records 2013/2014". LFP.fr. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
7. ^ a b "Affluences par journée". LFP.fr. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
8. ^ "21ème journée - CA Bastia / FC Istres". LFP.fr. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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13. ^ "Philippe Montanier entraînera Rennes" (in French). Le Figaro. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
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21. ^ "Pasqualetti limogé !" (in French). Le Figaro. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
22. ^ RC Lens barred from Ligue 1 entry getfootballnewsfrance.com, 15 July 2014

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