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===Title run-in=== |
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All matches were at the same time. The matches were [[Racing Club de Strasbourg|Strasbourg]] vs [[Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01|Bourg Péronnas]] (home), [[Amiens SC|Amiens]] vs [[Stade de Reims|Reims]] (away), [[Stade Lavallois|Stade Lavallois Mayenne]] vs [[Nimes Olympique|Nimes]] (away), [[Racing Club de Lens|Lens]] vs [[Chamois Niortais|Niort]] (home), [[Stade Brestois|Brest]] vs [[Gazélec Ajaccio|GFC Ajaccio]] (home), and [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard]] vs [[ESTAC Troyes|Troyes]] (away). |
All matches were at the same time. The matches were [[Racing Club de Strasbourg|Strasbourg]] vs [[Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01|Bourg Péronnas]] (home), [[Amiens SC|Amiens]] vs [[Stade de Reims|Reims]] (away), [[Stade Lavallois|Stade Lavallois Mayenne]] vs [[Nimes Olympique|Nimes]] (away), [[Racing Club de Lens|Lens]] vs [[Chamois Niortais|Niort]] (home), [[Stade Brestois|Brest]] vs [[Gazélec Ajaccio|GFC Ajaccio]] (home), and [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard]] vs [[ESTAC Troyes|Troyes]] (away). |
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===The teams last season in Ligue 1=== |
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Strasbourg last played in the 2007-08, Nimes in 1992-93, Lens in 2014-15, ESTAC Troyes in 2015-16, Brest in 2012-13, but Amiens never played in Ligue 1 in their history. |
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===First Half=== |
===First Half=== |
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[[Aboubakar Kamara]] opened the scoring for Amiens very early into the game, but 2 minutes later, [[Kader Mangane]] opened the scoring for Strasbourg. Later, there was an own goal from [[Kévin Hoggas]] for Bourg en Bresse. Earlier, [[Kermit Erasmus]] opened the scoring against [[Chamois Niortais|Niort]] in the 7th minute. Soon after, [[Florent Ogier]] scored for [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]] to make it 1-0. Later, [[Yoane Wissa]] scored for [[Stade Lavallois]] to make it 1-0. Earlier, [[Steeven Joseph-Monrose]] and [[Habib Diallo]] scored for Brest not too early. Later, [[Florian Tardieu]] scored for Sochaux to make it 2-0, followed by a penalty goal by [[Bruno Grougi]]. But earlier, [[Cristian López]] scored for Lens. |
[[Aboubakar Kamara]] opened the scoring for Amiens very early into the game, but 2 minutes later, [[Kader Mangane]] opened the scoring for Strasbourg. Later, there was an own goal from [[Kévin Hoggas]] for Bourg en Bresse. Earlier, [[Kermit Erasmus]] opened the scoring against [[Chamois Niortais|Niort]] in the 7th minute. Soon after, [[Florent Ogier]] scored for [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]] to make it 1-0. Later, [[Yoane Wissa]] scored for [[Stade Lavallois]] to make it 1-0. Earlier, [[Steeven Joseph-Monrose]] and [[Habib Diallo]] scored for Brest not too early. Later, [[Florian Tardieu]] scored for Sochaux to make it 2-0, followed by a penalty goal by [[Bruno Grougi]]. But earlier, [[Cristian López]] scored for Lens. |
Revision as of 14:31, 7 August 2023
Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Strasbourg |
Promoted | Strasbourg Amiens Troyes |
Relegated | Red Star Laval |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 903 (2.38 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 23 goals Adama Niane, Troyes |
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 12:59, 25 May 2017 (UTC). |
The 2016–17 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons[1]) season is the 78th season since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 6 June 2016.[2]
Teams
There are 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Championnat National replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 2 following the 2015–16 season. All clubs that secured Ligue 2 status for the season were subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.
As of 30 May 2016, the following teams have mathematically achieved qualification for the 2016–17 season. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
Teams average home attendances
RC Lens drew the highest average home league attendance (28,996), followed by RC Strasbourg (17,013) and Stade de Reims (10,403).[3]
Title & Promotion race
Going into the final day of the season, 6 teams had a chance of getting promoted and winning the title. Strasbourg, Brest, Troyes, Lens, Nîmes and Amiens all had a chance at winning the league and gaining promotion.
Title run-in
All matches were at the same time. The matches were Strasbourg vs Bourg Péronnas (home), Amiens vs Reims (away), Stade Lavallois Mayenne vs Nimes (away), Lens vs Niort (home), Brest vs GFC Ajaccio (home), and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard vs Troyes (away).
The teams last season in Ligue 1
Strasbourg last played in the 2007-08, Nimes in 1992-93, Lens in 2014-15, ESTAC Troyes in 2015-16, Brest in 2012-13, but Amiens never played in Ligue 1 in their history.
First Half
Aboubakar Kamara opened the scoring for Amiens very early into the game, but 2 minutes later, Kader Mangane opened the scoring for Strasbourg. Later, there was an own goal from Kévin Hoggas for Bourg en Bresse. Earlier, Kermit Erasmus opened the scoring against Niort in the 7th minute. Soon after, Florent Ogier scored for Sochaux to make it 1-0. Later, Yoane Wissa scored for Stade Lavallois to make it 1-0. Earlier, Steeven Joseph-Monrose and Habib Diallo scored for Brest not too early. Later, Florian Tardieu scored for Sochaux to make it 2-0, followed by a penalty goal by Bruno Grougi. But earlier, Cristian López scored for Lens.
Second Half
Olivier Kemen scored for GFC Ajaccio, followed by a goal from Sada Thioub and a goal from Andé Dona Ndoh. And later, Stéphane Darbion scored. Reims player Diego Rigonato scored for Reims. Habib Diallo scored earlier early into the second half. Cristian Battocchio scored in the 72nd minute which was the penultimate goal for Brest that season. Right after, Loïc Damour scored in the. 75th minute. But Benjamin Nivet and Robert Maah scored in the 77th and 78th minute respectively. Later, Cristian Battocchio scored to make it 6-2 which was Brest’s last goal of 2016/17. Later, Téji Tedy Savanier scored from a spot kick late into the game. And, in the same minute, Samuel Grandsir scored a vital goal for Troyes that could secure promotion. But Cristian López scored a late goal for Lens. and in the 89th minute, Grégory Berthier was sent off for Reims. But in the 96th minute, Emmanuel Bourgaud scored with the last kick of the season to secure promotion for Amiens for the first time in their history.
Outcome
After the final matchday, Strasbourg won the title and were promoted alongside Amiens and later, Troyes joined them by beating Lorient. They replaced the latter, AS Nancy Lorraine & SC Bastia.
Reviews
It was the closest title race ever according to a FourFourTwo.
Aftermath
On 2023, French channel Remontada uploaded a video about that title race.
Team changes
To Ligue 2Promoted from National Relegated from Ligue 1 |
From Ligue 2Relegated to National Promoted to Ligue 1
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Stadia and locations
Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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Ajaccio | Ajaccio | Stade François Coty | 10,660 |
Amiens | Amiens | Stade de la Licorne | 12,097 |
Auxerre | Auxerre | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | 21,379 |
Bourg-en-Bresse | Bourg-en-Bresse | Stade Marcel-Verchère | 11,400 |
Brest | Brest | Stade Francis-Le Blé | 15,097 |
Clermont Foot | Clermont-Ferrand | Stade Gabriel Montpied | 11,980 |
Gazélec Ajaccio | Ajaccio | Stade Ange Casanova | 6,000 |
Laval | Laval | Stade Francis Le Basser | 18,607 |
Le Havre | Le Havre | Stade Océane | 25,000 |
Lens | Lens | Stade Bollaert-Delelis | 38,223 |
Nîmes | Nîmes | Stade des Costières | 18,482 |
Niort | Niort | Stade René Gaillard | 10,886 |
Orléans | Orléans | Stade de la Source | 7,000 |
Red Star | Saint-Ouen | Stade Jean-Bouin 1 | 20,000 |
Reims | Reims | Stade Auguste Delaune | 21,684 |
Sochaux | Montbéliard | Stade Auguste Bonal | 20,000 |
Strasbourg | Strasbourg | Stade de la Meinau | 29,230 |
Tours | Tours | Stade de la Vallée du Cher | 16,247 |
Troyes | Troyes | Stade de l'Aube | 21,684 |
Valenciennes | Valenciennes | Stade du Hainaut | 25,172 |
- 1 Red Star original stadium, Stade Bauer, is not permitted to host professional matches. The club are playing their home games at Stade Jean-Bouin.[4]
Personnel and kits
1Subject to change during the season.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Reims | David Guion | End of tenure as caretaker | 23 May 2016 | Pre-season | Michel Der Zakarian | 23 May 2016[5] |
Gazélec Ajaccio | Thierry Laurey | Mutual consent | 25 May 2016[6] | Jean-Luc Vannuchi | 27 May 2016[7] | |
Auxerre | Jean-Luc Vannuchi | End of contract | 26 May 2016 | Viorel Moldovan | 26 May 2016[8] | |
Brest | Alex Dupont | End of contract | 30 May 2016 | Jean-Marc Furlan | 30 May 2016[9] | |
Strasbourg | Jacky Duguépéroux | Sacked | 30 May 2016[10] | Thierry Laurey | 31 May 2016[11] | |
Lens | Antoine Kombouaré | Signed by EA Guingamp | 30 May 2016[12] | Alain Casanova | 12 June 2016[13] | |
Tours | Marco Simone | Sacked | 14 June 2016[14] | Fabien Mercadal | 17 July 2016[15] | |
Troyes | Mohamed Bradja | End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2016 | Jean-Louis Garcia | 1 July 2016[16] | |
Auxerre | Viorel Moldovan | Sacked | 26 September 2016[17] | 19th | Cédric Daury | 7 October 2016[18] |
Le Havre | Bob Bradley | Signed by Swansea City | 3 October 2016[19] | 5th [20] | Oswald Tanchot | 3 October 2016[21] |
Laval | Denis Zanko | Sacked | 5 November 2016[22] | 14th | Marco Simone | 7 November 2016[23] |
Red Star | Rui Almeida | Sacked | 12 December 2016[24] | 20th | Claude Robin | 10 January 2017[25] |
Orléans | Olivier Frapolli | Sacked | 28 December 2016[26] | 20th | Didier Ollé-Nicolle | 28 December 2016 |
Tours | Fabien Mercadal | Sacked | 18 February 2017[27] | 20th | Gilbert Zoonekynd | 27 March 2017[28] |
Laval | Marco Simone | Sacked | 11 April 2017[29] | 20th | Thierry Goudet | 12 April 2017[30] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
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1 | Strasbourg (C, P) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 67 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
2 | Amiens (P) | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 66 | |
3 | Troyes (O, P) | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 66 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
4 | Lens | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 65 | |
5 | Brest | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 65 | |
6 | Nîmes | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 64 | |
7 | Reims | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 55 | |
8 | Le Havre | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 54 | |
9 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 51 | |
10 | Niort | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 49 | |
11 | Ajaccio | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 48 | |
12 | Clermont Foot | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 46 | |
13 | Sochaux | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 46 | |
14 | Valenciennes | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 45 | |
15 | Bourg-Péronnas | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 44 | |
16 | Tours | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 43 | |
17 | Auxerre | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 43 | |
18 | Orléans[a] (O) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 38 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
19 | Red Star (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 36 | Relegation to Championnat National |
20 | Laval (R) | 38 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 30 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Top scorers
- As of end of season [32]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Adama Niane | Troyes | 23 |
2 | Khalid Boutaïb | Strasbourg | 20 |
3 | Denis Bouanga | Tours | 16 |
Cristian López | Lens | ||
5 | Faneva Imà Andriatsima | Sochaux | 14 |
Andé Dona Ndoh | Niort | ||
7 | Rachid Alioui | Nîmes | 13 |
Rémy Dugimont | Clermont | ||
9 | Neal Maupay | Brest | 11 |
Riad Nouri | Ajaccio |
Play-offs
The 2016–17 season will see the return of a relegation play-off between the 18th placed Ligue 1 team and the 3rd placed team in the Ligue 2 in a two-legged confrontation. The Ligue 2 team will host the first game.[33] Another relegation play-off involves the 18th placed Ligue 2 team and the 3rd placed National team also in two legs.
Paris FC | 0–1 | Orléans |
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Report | Sami 49' |
Orléans won 2–0 on aggregate.
Attendances
Team | Total attendance | Home average |
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RC Lens | 550,918 | 28,996 |
RC Strasbourg | 323,247 | 17,013 |
Stade de Reims | 197,654 | 10,403 |
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