1985–86 French Division 2

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1985–86 season.

Division 2
Season1985–86

Overview edit

It was contested by 36 teams, and Saint-Étienne and Paris won the championship.

League tables edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Saint-Étienne 34 18 10 6 50 29 +21 46 Promoted
2 Olympique Alès 34 16 9 9 33 22 +11 41
3 Olympique Lyonnais 34 14 12 8 47 31 +16 40
4 Sète 34 15 10 9 33 28 +5 40
5 Montpellier 34 15 9 10 61 49 +12 39
6 Nîmes Olympique 34 14 10 10 61 35 +26 38
7 Le Puy 34 14 7 13 52 41 +11 35
8 Béziers 34 13 9 12 43 38 +5 35
9 Tours 33 11 12 10 39 37 +2 34
10 Gueugnon 34 12 9 13 32 39 −7 33
11 Martigues 34 11 10 13 35 45 −10 32
12 Cannes 34 8 15 11 35 41 −6 31
13 Thonon 34 9 13 12 26 35 −9 31
14 Montceau 34 13 4 17 39 44 −5 30
15 Istres 34 8 14 12 39 47 −8 30
16 Red Star Paris 34 8 14 12 30 42 −12 30
17 Chaumont 34 9 8 17 35 58 −23 26 Relegated
18 Grenoble 33 5 9 19 31 62 −31 19
Source: rsssf.com

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 RC Paris 34 24 8 2 78 24 +54 56 Promoted
2 Mulhouse 34 20 10 4 64 32 +32 50
3 En Avant Guingamp 34 17 13 4 68 35 +33 47
4 Stade Reims 34 17 9 8 49 37 +12 43
5 Chamois Niort 34 14 9 11 40 36 +4 37
6 Caen 34 14 9 11 33 31 +2 37
7 Orléans 34 12 9 13 39 42 −3 33
8 Stade Quimpérois 34 11 10 13 38 43 −5 32
9 Abbeville 34 12 6 16 41 60 −19 30
10 Limoges 34 11 7 16 40 43 −3 29
11 Beauvais 34 11 7 16 35 52 −17 29
12 Valenciennes 34 9 10 15 45 50 −5 28
13 Dunkerque 34 9 10 15 31 37 −6 28
14 Besançon 34 10 8 16 39 46 −7 28
15 Angers 34 11 6 17 32 47 −15 28
16 Lorient 34 11 6 17 28 53 −25 28 Relegated
17 Rouen 34 11 5 18 32 43 −11 27
18 CS Sedan Ardennes 34 7 8 19 26 47 −21 22
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-offs edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Racing Paris 4–3 Saint-Étienne 3–2 1–1 (a.e.t.)

Promotion play-offs edit

Quarter-finalSemi-finalFinal
2BMulhouse2
18Nancy303
3ALyon1
2BMulhouse2132BMulhouse022
2AAlès011
2AAlès3
3BGuingamp0

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Club (Grp) Goals
1   Eugène Kabongo Racing Paris (B) 30
2   Andrzej Szarmach Guingamp (B) 26
3   Jean-Marc Valadier Montpellier (A) 22
  Marco Morgante Mulhouse (B)
5   Milan Ćalasan Orléans (B) 17
  Simo Nikolić Béziers (A)
7   Juan Carlos Acosta Le Puy (A) 16
8   Hervé Guégan Guingamp (B) 15
  Dušan Savić Cannes (A)
10   Philippe N'Dioro Limoges (B) 14
  Franck Priou Istres (A)
  Christian Perez Nîmes (A)
  Jean-Pierre Orts Nîmes (A)

References edit