The Ligue 2 season 2007–08 was the sixty-sixth[1] since its establishment, and started in August 2007. The fixtures were announced in June 2007.

Ligue 2
Season2007–08
ChampionsLe Havre
PromotedNantes
Grenoble
RelegatedNiort
Libourne-Saint-Seurin
Gueugnon
Top goalscorerFrance Guillaume Hoarau (28)

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

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Le Havre (C, P) 38 22 12 4 66 30 +36 78 Promotion to Ligue 1
2 Nantes (P) 38 19 13 6 58 34 +24 70
3 Grenoble (P) 38 17 12 9 44 30 +14 63
4 Sedan 38 15 13 10 46 40 +6 58
5 Clermont 38 14 15 9 50 41 +9 57
6 Troyes 38 15 12 11 46 44 +2 57
7 Brest 38 15 12 11 38 38 0 57
8 Montpellier 38 14 12 12 43 32 +11 54
9 Ajaccio 38 14 12 12 37 41 −4 54
10 Angers 38 13 14 11 39 35 +4 53
11 SC Bastia 38 14 9 15 45 46 −1 49[a]
12 Guingamp 38 11 15 12 41 37 +4 48
13 Stade Reims 38 12 10 16 44 52 −8 46
14 Amiens 38 11 12 15 49 51 −2 45
15 Châteauroux 38 11 12 15 34 42 −8 45
16 Boulogne 38 12 7 19 37 54 −17 43
17 Dijon 38 9 15 14 32 51 −19 42
18 Niort (R) 38 11 8 19 38 48 −10 41 Relegation to Championnat National
19 Libourne-Saint-Seurin (R) 38 7 11 20 41 62 −21 32
20 Gueugnon (R) 38 5 12 21 39 59 −20 27
Source: Ligue 2
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bastia have been deducted two points by the Discipline Commission following an incident away to Libourne-Saint-Seurin on September 14, 2007.

Results

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Home \ Away AJA AMI ANG BAS BOU BRS CHA CLR DIJ GRE GUE GUI LHA LIB MHS NAN NRT REI SED TRO
Ajaccio 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0
Amiens 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 4–4 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0
Angers 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1
Bastia 0–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 4–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–0
Boulogne 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2
Brest 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–0
Châteauroux 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–3
Clermont 2–0 4–2 2–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–2
Dijon 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–2
Grenoble 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–3 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0
Gueugnon 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–4 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–1
Guingamp 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 4–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 5–0
Le Havre 2–0 2–2 3–2 6–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0
Libourne-St-Seurin 1–2 2–5 1–1 2–4 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–3 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0
Montpellier 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0
Nantes 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 2–0
Niort 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–3 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0
Reims 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 4–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–4 2–1 3–2 3–3 2–1 2–1 3–3 3–1 3–1 0–1
Sedan 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1
Troyes 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 4–2 0–1
Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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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.

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Guillaume Hoarau Le Havre 28
2   Grégory Thil Boulogne 16
  Cédric Fauré Reims
4   Titi Buengo Amiens 14
5   Nassim Akrour Grenoble 13
6   Paul Alo'o Angers 12
  Xavier Pentecôte Bastia
  Stéphane Noro Troyes
9   Souleymane Camara Montpellier 11
  Claudiu Keșerü Libourne-Saint-Seurin

Managers

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Club Head coach
Ajaccio   Gernot Rohr
Amiens   Ludovic Batelli
Angers   Jean-Louis Garcia
Bastia   Bernard Casoni
Boulogne   Philippe Montanier
Brest   Pascal Janin
Châteauroux   Cédric Daury then Christian Sarramagna
Clermont   Didier Ollé-Nicolle
Dijon   Serge Romano then   Faruk Hadžibegić
Grenoble   Mehmed Baždarević
Gueugnon   Alain Ravera then Alex Dupont
Guingamp   Patrick Rémy then Victor Zvunka
Le Havre   Jean Marc Nobilo
Libourne-Saint-Seurin   Didier Tholot
Montpellier   Rolland Courbis
Nantes   Michel Der Zakarian
Niort   Jacky Bonnevay then Samuel Michel
Stade Reims   Thierry Froger
Sedan   José Pasqualetti
Troyes   Denis Troch

Stadia

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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

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  1. ^ "The Ligue 2 season". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
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