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The Ligue 2 trophy. Ligue 2 (French pronunciation: [liɡ dø], League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division.
Since Ligue 2 reduced in size, 4 teams were relegated and only 2 promoted, [1] so Troyes, Quevilly-Rouen, Concarneau, and Valenciennes were relegated [2] (after 1, 3, 1, and 10 seasons in the second division respectively). Troyes has now been relegated in two consecutive seasons and Valenciennes had last been in the third division since 2004–05.
Due to the restructuring of the French football leagues, this season was the last with 20 teams as its number was reduced to 18 teams the following season. [1] The top two teams were promoted to 2024–25 Ligue 1, while teams from 3rd to 5th played with the 16th-placed team from 2023–24 Ligue 1 in the promotion play-offs.
The 2022–23 Ligue 2, commonly known as 2022–23 Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, was the 84th season of Ligue 2. It began on 30 July 2022 and ended on 5 June 2023. [ 1 ] The league had a break from 12 November to 27 December due to the FIFA World Cup . [ 2 ]
The French football league system, also known as the French football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in France and Monaco, and includes one Spanish side. [ note 1 ] At the top two levels of the system is the Ligue de Football Professionnel , which consists of two professional national divisions, Ligue 1 , Ligue 2 .
The French second division Champions are the winners of the second highest league of football in France, Ligue 2. The winner also earns promotion to the first division Ligue 1, as do the second-place and third-place finisher. Ligue 2 was inaugurated in the 1933–34 season under the authority of the French Football Federation.
The Ligue de Football Professionnel (French pronunciation: [liɡ də futbol pʁɔfɛsjɔnɛl], Professional Football League), commonly known as the LFP, is a French governing body that runs the major professional football leagues in France and Monaco. [3]
Ligue 1 was inaugurated on 11 September 1932 under the name National before switching to Division 1 after a year of existence. The name lasted until 2002 before switching to its current name. The current champions of France are Paris Saint-Germain, who won a record twelfth title in 2024. Ligue 2 is the second division of French football.