1999–2000 French Division 2

61st season of the second-tier football league in France Football league season

Division 2
Season	1999–2000
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The Division 2 season 1999/2000, organised by the LNF was won by Lille OSC and saw the promotions of Lille OSC, EA Guingamp and Toulouse FC, whereas Amiens SC, ASOA Valence and CS Louhans-Cuiseaux were relegated to National.

20 participating teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Lille (C, P)	38	25	8	5	58	25	+33	83	Promotion to French Division 1
2	Guingamp (P)	38	18	13	7	62	41	+21	67
3	Toulouse (P)	38	18	9	11	52	31	+21	63
4	Sochaux	38	18	8	12	53	41	+12	62
5	Gueugnon	38	13	17	8	47	34	+13	56
6	Caen	38	12	17	9	50	37	+13	53
7	Ajaccio	38	15	8	15	37	41	−4	53
8	Châteauroux	38	13	13	12	44	44	0	52
9	Le Mans	38	12	16	10	44	44	0	52
10	Laval	38	12	15	11	41	40	+1	51
11	Nice	38	10	20	8	34	33	+1	50
12	Cannes	38	12	12	14	33	38	−5	48
13	Lorient	38	12	11	15	32	39	−7	47
14	Nîmes	38	11	12	15	39	44	−5	45
15	Niort	38	10	15	13	42	49	−7	45
16	Wasquehal	38	9	17	12	33	39	−6	44
17	Créteil	38	11	11	16	36	52	−16	44
18	Amiens (R)	38	7	16	15	30	43	−13	37	Relegation to Championnat National
19	Valence (R)	38	6	15	17	37	54	−17	33
20	Louhans-Cuiseaux (R)	38	5	9	24	32	67	−35	24

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

Recap

Promoted to L1: Lille OSC, EA Guingamp, Toulouse FC
Relegated to L2: AS Nancy, Le Havre AC, Montpellier HSC
Promoted to L2: AS Beauvais, FC Martigues, Angers SCO
Relegated to National: Amiens SC, ASOA Valence, CS Louhans-Cuiseaux

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	AMI	CAE	CAN	CHA	CRE	GUE	GUI	MFC	LAV	LIL	LOR	LOU	NIC	NMS	NRT	SOC	TFC	VLN	WAS
Ajaccio		1–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–1
Amiens	0–1		0–4	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	4–1
Caen	1–1	4–1		1–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	6–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0
Cannes	2–0	1–0	1–0		0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–0
Châteauroux	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0		0–0	0–1	2–3	3–2	3–1	2–3	1–0	3–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	3–3	1–1
Créteil	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1		1–4	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1
Gueugnon	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–0		1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	0–4	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1
Guingamp	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–1	3–2	0–2	0–2		3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	5–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–1
Le Mans	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1		0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	4–0	0–0
Laval	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–1		0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–3	3–2	0–1
Lille	4–2	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	5–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–0
Lorient	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0		5–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–0
Louhans-Cuiseaux	1–1	0–0	0–4	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–1		0–0	1–0	2–3	2–2	1–2	3–2	2–1
Nice	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–0		1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1
Nîmes	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–3	1–2	2–1	1–1		1–4	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–2
Niort	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	3–3	4–3	3–2	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1		2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0
Sochaux	1–2	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	5–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0		0–2	2–0	2–1
Toulouse	4–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	0–2	0–2	5–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–0		2–0	2–0
Valence	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–2		1–0
Wasquehal	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–3

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Amara Traoré	Gueugnon	17
2	Danijel Ljuboja	Sochaux	16
2	Mickaël Pagis	Nîmes	16
4	David Faderne	Ajaccio	15
5	Jean-Claude Darcheville	Lorient	14
6	Jonathan Jäger	Louhans-Cuiseaux	13
7	Fabrice Fiorèse	Guingamp	12
	Stéphane Samson	Le Mans
	Djezon Boutoille	Lille
	Emmanuel Clément-Demange	Wasquehal
	Stéphane Crucet	Laval

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

1999–2000 in French football

« 1998–99 2000–01 »

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 Le Havre Lens Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Montpellier Nancy Nantes Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Sedan Strasbourg Troyes
Division 2	Ajaccio Amiens Caen Cannes Châteauroux Créteil Gueugnon Guingamp Laval Le Mans Lille Lorient Louhans-Cuiseaux Nice Nîmes Niort Sochaux Toulouse Valence Wasquehal

International competition
Men	2000 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament UEFA Euro 2000 Group D UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage UEFA Euro 2000 final

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