2000–01 French Division 2

62nd season of the second-tier football league in France Football league season

Division 2
Season	2000–01
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Sochaux (C, P)	38	21	12	5	67	27	+40	75	Promotion to French Division 1
2	Lorient (P)	38	21	11	6	58	34	+24	74
3	Montpellier (P)	38	18	14	6	52	26	+26	68
4	Niort	38	15	14	9	58	44	+14	59
5	Nancy	38	15	11	12	46	32	+14	56
6	Châteauroux	38	14	14	10	50	38	+12	56
7	Le Havre	38	14	14	10	48	42	+6	56
8	Nîmes	38	14	11	13	53	56	−3	53
9	Laval	38	15	8	15	39	43	−4	53
10	Gueugnon	38	13	11	14	44	50	−6	50
11	Beauvais	38	11	14	13	38	42	−4	47
12	Ajaccio	38	12	10	16	32	40	−8	46
13	Wasquehal	38	11	12	15	37	40	−3	45
14	Le Mans	38	9	18	11	37	45	−8	45
15	Nice	38	13	6	19	39	56	−17	45
16	Créteil	38	10	13	15	37	43	−6	43
17	Caen	38	11	10	17	38	53	−15	43
18	Martigues	38	8	15	15	30	46	−16	39
19	Cannes (R)	38	8	10	20	45	66	−21	34	Relegation to Championnat National
20	Angers (R)	38	7	12	19	35	60	−25	33	Relegation to Championnat National

Source: Ligue 2
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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

Home \ Away	ACA	ANG	BEA	CAE	CAN	CHA	CRE	GUE	LAV	LHA	MFC	LOR	MAR	MHS	NAL	NIC	NMS	NRT	SOC	WAS
Ajaccio		3–1	2–0	1–0	3–3	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0
Angers	1–1		1–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
Beauvais	0–0	1–1		0–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–4	1–2	0–0
Caen	2–0	4–0	1–1		2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–2
Cannes	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–0		2–2	4–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	6–4	2–2	0–0
Châteauroux	2–2	3–2	3–0	0–1	2–0		0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	7–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Créteil	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–2		1–2	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0
Gueugnon	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0		2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–4	1–1	1–2	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–1
Laval	0–0	4–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	2–1		1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–0
Le Havre	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–3	3–1		3–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–3	1–1
Le Mans	1–1	2–1	0–4	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–1		1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0
Lorient	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–4	2–1	1–0	3–1		0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0
Martigues	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–3	3–3	1–1		0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
Montpellier	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–0		1–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–1
Nancy	2–0	0–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–3		3–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–2
Nice	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–4	2–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1		1–2	0–1	2–2	1–0
Nîmes	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	4–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–0		2–1	3–3	1–0
Niort	4–3	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	6–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1		1–0	1–1
Sochaux	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	5–1	4–1	3–0		1–1
Wasquehal	2–0	3–1	0–2	3–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1

Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Francileudo Santos	Sochaux	21
2	Alain Caveglia	Le Havre	16
3	Élie Kroupi	Lorient	15
4	Laurent Dufresne	Châteauroux	14
5	Cyrille Watier	Caen	13
	David Suarez	Cannes
	Lilian Compan	Créteil
	Toifilou Maoulida	Montpellier
9	Réginald Ray	Beauvais	12
	Lionel Rouxel	Laval
	Pierre-Alain Frau	Sochaux

External links

RSSSF archives of results

v t e Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons
Division 2 (1933–2002)	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
List of French second division champions

2000–01 in French football

« 1999–2000 2001–02 »

Domestic leagues	Division 1 Division 2 National
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions
European	Champions League Men UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Division 1	Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux Guingamp Lens Lille Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Nantes Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Sedan Strasbourg Toulouse Troyes
Division 2	Ajaccio Angers Beauvais Caen Cannes Châteauroux Créteil Gueugnon Laval Le Havre Le Mans Lorient Martigues Montpellier Nancy Nice Nîmes Niort Sochaux Wasquehal

International competition
Men	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup final
Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2001

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