1986–87 French Division 2

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1986–87 season.

Division 2

Season	1986–87
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Overview

It was contested by 36 teams, and Chamois Niort and Montpellier won the championship.

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Niort	34	24	7	3	48	15	+33	55	Promoted
2	Caen	34	21	6	7	62	30	+32	48
3	Mulhouse	34	16	14	4	54	29	+25	46
4	Reims	34	18	7	9	53	34	+19	43
5	Stade Quimpérois	34	14	13	7	48	36	+12	41
6	Beauvais	34	15	8	11	47	39	+8	38
7	Tours	34	11	13	10	37	36	+1	35
8	Dunkerque	34	12	9	13	33	41	−8	33
9	Strasbourg	34	12	8	14	42	40	+2	32
10	Guingamp	34	10	12	12	48	47	+1	32
11	Orléans	34	11	10	13	33	35	−2	32
12	Angers	34	9	14	11	34	41	−7	32
13	Valenciennes	34	10	11	13	37	39	−2	31
14	La Roche sur Yon	34	9	11	14	34	40	−6	29
15	Abbeville	34	8	10	16	28	44	−16	26
16	St Dizier	34	6	12	16	34	52	−18	24
17	Amiens	34	5	13	16	25	56	−31	23	Relegated
18	Red Star	34	4	4	26	25	68	−43	12

Source: rsssf.com

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Montpellier	34	22	8	4	73	25	+48	52	Promoted
2	Lyon	34	19	10	5	71	28	+43	48
3	Cannes	34	20	5	9	57	24	+33	45	Promoted
4	Alès	34	16	11	7	47	24	+23	43
5	Bastia	34	17	7	10	62	49	+13	41
6	Nîmes	34	13	12	9	62	45	+17	38
7	Limoges	34	13	10	11	35	34	+1	36	Relegated
8	Sète	34	13	9	12	40	41	−1	35
9	Montceau	34	12	10	12	41	38	+3	34
10	Cuiseaux Louhans	34	11	12	11	41	44	−3	34
11	Gueugnon	34	10	13	11	31	42	−11	33
12	Le Puy	34	10	10	14	36	40	−4	30
13	Gazélec Ajaccio	34	10	9	15	38	51	−13	29
14	Istres	34	9	11	14	33	47	−14	29
15	Martigues	34	9	9	16	29	41	−12	27
16	Thonon	34	7	10	17	27	45	−18	24	Relegated
17	Bourges	34	7	8	19	32	60	−28	22
18	Béziers	34	2	8	24	18	95	−77	12

Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Niort	1–4	Montpellier	0–1	1–3

Promotion play-offs

	Quarter-final					Semi-final							Final
	2A	Caen	1
													18	Sochaux	1	0	1
	3B	Cannes	2
						3B	Cannes	1	0	2			3B	Brest	0	2	2
						2B	Lyon	1	1	1
	2B	Lyon	4
	3A	Mulhouse	3

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club (Grp)	Goals
1	Tony Kurbos	Mulhouse (A)	21
2	Gaspard N'Gouete	Bastia (B)	20
	Jean-Pierre Orts	Lyon (B)
4	Roger Milla	Montpellier (B)	19
5	Laurent Blanc	Montpellier (B)	18
6	François Calderaro	Reims (A)	17
	Alain Zemb	Louhans-Cuiseaux (B)
8	Philippe Prieur	Caen (A)	16
	Bruno Roux	Beauvais (A)
10	Christian Perez	Nîmes (B)	14
	Didier Monczuk	Alès (B)
	Milan Ćalasan	Orléans (A)
	Abedi Pelé	Niort (A)

References

• France - List of final tables (RSSSF)