The Ligue 2 season 2007–08 was the sixty-sixth since its establishment, and started in August 2007. The fixtures were announced in June 2007.
FC Metz, the champions of Ligue 2, SM Caen, and RC Strasbourg were promoted to France's top division Ligue 1. Whereas, Troyes AC, CS Sedan, and FC Nantes were relegated to Ligue 2. The first matches of the season were played on 27 July 2007, and the season ended on 16 May 2008. The new Ligue 2 champions were crowned on 2 May 2008 when Le Havre AC drew with Montpellier HSC following FC Nantes's loss to Amiens SC that same day. As champions, Le Havre will be promoted to France's highest football division Ligue 1 for the upcoming 2008-09 season. For finishing in 2nd place and 3rd, both FC Nantes and Grenoble Foot 38 achieved promotion as well.
The relegation places were filled by FC Gueugnon, who were relegated after losing to AC Ajaccio on 18 April 2008. FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, who were relegated after to CS Sedan on 2 May 2008 and Chamois Niortais FC, who were relegated on the final day after losing to US Boulogne who were occupying the last relegation place coming into the final day.
20 participating teams
AC Ajaccio Amiens SC Angers SCO US Boulogne SC Bastia Stade Brestois LB Châteauroux Clermont Foot Dijon FCO Grenoble Foot 38 FC Gueugnon En Avant Guingamp Le Havre AC FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin Montpellier HSC FC Nantes Atlantique Chamois Niortais FC Stade de Reims CS Sedan Ardennes Troyes AC
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Last updated May 16, 2008
The top goalscorer was awarded to Le Havre AC's Guillaume Hoarau finishing with a stunning 28 goals averaging a goal per 118 minutes.
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Guillaume HoarauLe Havre282 Grégory ThilBoulogne16 Cédric FauréReims4 Titi BuengoAmiens145 Nassim AkrourGrenoble136 Paul Alo'oAngers12 Xavier PentecôteBastia Stéphane NoroTroyes9 Souleymane CamaraMontpellier11 Claudiu KeșerüLibourne-Saint-Seurin
Managers ClubHead coachAjaccio Amiens Angers Bastia Boulogne Brest Châteauroux then Clermont Dijon then Grenoble Gueugnon then Guingamp Patrick Rémy then Le Havre Libourne-Saint-Seurin Montpellier Nantes Niort then Stade Reims Sedan Troyes
Stadia Last updated August 8, 2008 Team Stadium Capacity Avg. attendance AC Ajaccio Stade François Coty 12,000 2,218 Amiens SC Stade de la Licorne 12,097 9,427 Angers SCO Stade Jean Bouin 17,000 6,973 SC Bastia Stade Armand Cesari 12,000 2,685 US Boulogne Stade de la Libération 7,300 5,180 Stade Brest 29 Stade Francis-Le Blé 10,189 5,730 LB Châteauroux Stade Gaston Petit 17,173 6,520 Clermont Foot Stade Gabriel Montpied 10,363 5,368 Dijon FCO Stade Gaston Gérard 7,900 4,890 Grenoble Foot 38 Stade des Alpes 20,000 9,999 FC Gueugnon Stade Jean Laville 13,827 2,830 En Avant Guingamp Stade du Roudourou 18,126 9,043 Le Havre AC Stade Jules Deschaseaux 16,454 11,632 FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix 8,000 2,608 Montpellier HSC Stade de la Mosson 32,900 7,247 FC Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 32,285 22,771 Chamois Niortais FC Stade René Gaillard 10,988 5,358 Stade Reims Stade Auguste Delaune 25,000 6,861 CS Sedan Ardennes Stade Louis Dugauguez 23,189 9,590 Troyes AC Stade de l'Aube 21,877 10,110
References
External links French League official website