1984–85 French Division 2

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Football league season

Division 2
Season	1984–85
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1984/1985 season.

Overview

It was contested by 36 teams, and Le Havre and Nice won the championship.

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Le Havre	34	24	4	6	69	20	+49	52	Promoted
2	Mulhouse	34	22	6	6	62	25	+37	50
3	Stade Rennais	34	20	6	8	51	21	+30	46	Promoted
4	Orléans	34	15	13	6	34	19	+15	43
5	En Avant Guingamp	34	17	8	9	47	33	+14	42
6	Valenciennes	34	15	10	9	46	36	+10	40
7	Besançon	34	12	12	10	47	36	+11	36
8	CS Sedan Ardennes	34	12	12	10	36	36	0	36
9	Stade Quimpérois	34	11	11	12	40	43	−3	33
10	Red Star Paris	34	12	9	13	32	37	−5	33
11	Caen	34	11	11	12	33	40	−7	33
12	Stade Reims	34	10	12	12	31	44	−13	32
13	Stade Français	34	9	11	14	37	43	−6	29
14	Dunkerque	34	9	7	18	33	46	−13	25
15	Abbeville	34	6	13	15	35	56	−21	25
16	Angers	34	8	6	20	37	60	−23	22
17	Amiens	34	6	8	20	23	51	−28	20	Relegated
18	Berrichonne Chateauroux	34	3	9	22	25	72	−47	15	Relegated

Source: rsssf.com

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nice	34	20	10	4	73	29	+44	50	Promoted
2	Saint-Étienne	34	20	8	6	66	22	+44	48
3	Nîmes Olympique	34	15	12	7	64	37	+27	42
4	Montpellier	34	15	11	8	59	37	+22	41
5	Thonon	34	15	8	11	48	39	+9	38
6	Olympique Alès	34	12	11	11	33	28	+5	35
7	Olympique Lyonnais	34	13	9	12	41	39	+2	35
8	Cannes	34	12	10	12	41	41	0	34
9	Gueugnon	34	11	11	12	39	50	−11	33
10	Sète	34	12	8	14	48	59	−11	32
11	Grenoble	34	14	4	16	35	52	−17	32
12	Martigues	34	10	11	13	42	43	−1	31
13	Limoges	34	9	13	12	37	48	−11	31
14	Le Puy	34	12	7	15	34	45	−11	31
15	Béziers	34	11	8	15	45	56	−11	30
16	Cuiseaux Louhans	34	10	9	15	39	45	−6	29	Relegated
17	La Roche sur Yon	34	9	11	14	39	60	−21	29
18	FC Valence	34	3	5	26	28	81	−53	11

Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nice	2–5	Le Havre	2–2	0–3

Promotion play-offs


Quarter-final			Semi-final					Final



2B	Saint-Étienne	0
								3A	Rennes (p)	0	1	1 (7)
3A	Rennes	2
			3A	Rennes	1	4	5	18	Rouen	1	0	1 (6)

			2A	Mulhouse	0	2	2
2A	Mulhouse	2

3B	Nîmes	0

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club (Grp)	Goals
1	Jorge Dominguez	Nice (B)	28
2	John Eriksen	Mulhouse (A)	27
2	Patrick Cubaynes	Nîmes (B)	27
4	Mario Relmy	Rennes (A)	21
5	Roger Milla	Saint-Étienne (B)	20
5	Milan Ćalasan	Béziers (B)	20
7	Jean-Pierre Orts	Montpellier (B)	18
	Paco Bandera	Gueugnon (B)
	Pascal Mariini	Besançon (A)
10	Jean-Pierre Papin	Valenciennes (A)	15

References

France - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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

1984–85 in French football

« 1983–84 1985–86 »

Domestic leagues	Division 1 Division 2
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final)
European	European Cup Men Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Division 1	Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux Brest Laval Lens Lille Marseille Metz Monaco Nancy Nantes Paris Saint-Germain Racing Paris Rouen Sochaux Strasbourg Toulon Toulouse Tours

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