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The Ligue 2 trophy. Ligue 2 (French pronunciation: [liÉ¡ 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.
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.
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.
The 2020–21 Ligue 2 season, also known as Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, was the 82nd season of second-division football in France, and the 19th season since the division was rebranded as Ligue 2 from Division 2.
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 ]
A promotion play-off competition was originally to be held at the end of the season, involving the third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in 2019–20 Ligue 2, and the 18th-placed team in 2019–20 Ligue 1. However, the matches were cancelled and the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team remained in the same division. Cancelled bracket
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.
Amiens played in Ligue 2 between 2001 and 2009. The team made a return to the second tier of French football for the 2016–17 season, after finishing 3rd in the Championnat National. Their first season back in Ligue 2 was the most successful ever, as they finished runners-up and were promoted to top-tier Ligue 1 for the first time ever.