The Division 2 season 2000/2001, organised by the LNF was won by FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and saw the promotions of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, FC Lorient and Montpellier HSC, whereas AS Cannes and Angers SCO were relegated to National.
20 participating teams
Ajaccio Angers Beauvais Caen Cannes Châteauroux Créteil Gueugnon Laval Le Havre Le Mans Lorient Martigues Montpellier Nancy Nice Nîmes Niort Sochaux Wasquehal
League table
Recap Promoted to L1 : FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, FC Lorient, Montpellier HSC Relegated to L2 : RC Strasbourg, AS Saint-Étienne Promoted to L2 : Grenoble Foot 38, Amiens SC, FC Istres Relegated to National : AS Cannes, Angers SCO (FC Martigues were not relegated since Toulouse FC were relegated from Division 1 to National)
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Francileudo SantosSochaux212 Alain CavegliaLe Havre163 Élie KroupiLorient154 Laurent DufresneChâteauroux145 Cyrille WatierCaen13 David SuarezCannes Lilian CompanCréteil Toifilou MaoulidaMontpellier9 Réginald RayBeauvais12 Lionel RouxelLaval Pierre-Alain FrauSochaux
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Sochaux 12,951 2 Caen 10,490 3 MHSC 8,819 4 Le Havre 8,485 5 Lorient 6,768 6 La Berrichonne 6,451 7 Nancy 6,238 8 Nîmes 4,925 9 Stade lavallois 4,740 10 Chamois niortais 4,525 11 Le Mans 4,194 12 Angers 3,664 13 Nice 3,438 14 Gueugnon 3,082 15 Beauvais 2,906 16 Cannes 2,730 17 Martigues 1,949 18 Créteil 1,841 19 Wasquehal 1,427 20 Ajaccio 1,295Source:
References
External links RSSSF archives of results