1959–60 French Division 2

21st season of the second-tier football league in France Football league season

Division 2
Season	1959–60
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1959–60 season.

Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and Grenoble won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Grenoble	38	22	7	9	55	33	+22	51	Promoted
2	Nancy	38	19	12	7	61	39	+22	50
3	Rouen	38	21	5	12	77	45	+32	47
4	AS Troyes	38	21	5	12	65	54	+11	47
5	Red Star Paris	38	21	4	13	69	45	+24	46
6	FC Metz	38	18	9	11	58	42	+16	45
7	Montpellier	38	18	8	12	57	48	+9	44
8	Nantes	38	16	9	13	58	48	+10	41
9	Olympique Alès	38	13	14	11	48	42	+6	40
10	Olympique Marseille	38	16	5	17	57	63	−6	37
11	Lille	38	12	12	14	62	62	0	36
12	Béziers	38	12	12	14	51	59	−8	36
13	Besançon	38	14	7	17	50	44	+6	35
14	Sète	38	13	9	16	43	52	−9	35
15	Forbach	38	10	13	15	52	57	−5	33
16	CA Paris	38	14	3	21	61	68	−7	31
17	Cannes	38	11	9	18	45	74	−29	31
18	Roubaix-Tourcoing	38	7	14	17	48	65	−17	28
19	US Boulogne	38	8	11	19	42	73	−31	27
20	Aix-en-Provence	38	6	8	24	33	79	−46	20

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

Domestic leagues	Division 1 Division 2
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe Charles Drago [fr] Challenge des Champions [fr]
European	European Cup Men

International competition
Men	1960 European Nations' Cup quarter-finals 1960 European Nations' Cup final tournament