| Season | 2013–14 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Metz |
| Promoted | Metz Lens Caen |
| Relegated | CA Bastia Istres |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 939 (2.47 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Andy Delort andMathieu Duhamel (24 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Troyes 6–1CA Bastia (4 October 2013)[2] |
| Biggest away win | Châteauroux 0–4Tours (16 August 2013)[3] CA Bastia 1–5Caen (13 December 2013)[4] |
| Highest scoring | Le Havre 6–2Lens (14 September 2013)[5] |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches: Metz[6] |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches: Caen[6] |
| Longest winless run | 13 matches: CA Bastia[6] |
| Highest attendance | 40,740 Lens 0–1Brest (9 May 2014)[7] |
| Lowest attendance | 1,021 CA Bastia 2–2Le Havre (24 January 2014)[8] |
| Average attendance | 7,915[7] |
2014–15 → | |
The2013–14 Ligue 2 was the 75th season of second-tier football in France. The season began on 2 August 2013 and ended on 16 May 2014, with the winter break in effect between 20 December and 10 January.[9]
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity[10] | Av. Att.[10] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angers | Angers | Stade Jean Bouin | 17,835 | 8,358 |
| Arles-Avignon | Avignon | Parc des Sports | 17,518 | 2,012 |
| Auxerre | Auxerre | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | 21,379 | 4,571 |
| CA Bastia | Bastia | Stade Armand Cesari[a] | 16,078 | 1,742 |
| Brest | Brest | Stade Francis-Le Blé | 15,583 | 7,397 |
| Caen | Caen | Stade Michel d'Ornano | 21,215 | 10,794 |
| Châteauroux | Châteauroux | Stade Gaston Petit | 17,072 | 4,859 |
| Clermont | Clermont-Ferrand | Stade Gabriel Montpied | 11,980 | 3,710 |
| Créteil | Créteil | Stade Dominique Duvauchelle | 12,150 | 2,373 |
| Dijon | Dijon | Stade Gaston Gérard | 16,098 | 8,272 |
| Istres | Istres | Stade Parsemain | 17,559 | 2,300 |
| Laval | Laval | Stade Francis Le Basser | 18,467 | 4,867 |
| Le Havre | Le Havre | Stade Océane | 25,278 | 7,249 |
| Lens | Lens | Stade Félix-Bollaert | 41,233 | 31,016 |
| Metz | Metz | Stade Saint-Symphorien | 26,661 | 13,919 |
| Nancy | Tomblaine | Stade Marcel Picot | 20,087 | 14,678 |
| Nîmes | Nîmes | Stade des Costières | 18,482 | 4,961 |
| Niort | Niort | Stade René Gaillard | 10,406 | 4,384 |
| Tours | Tours | Stade de la Vallée du Cher | 16,327 | 5,678 |
| Troyes | Troyes | Stade de l'Aube | 20,842 | 10,029 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
1Subject to change during the season.
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brest | End of tenure as caretaker | 31 May 2013 | Off-season | 31 May 2013[11] | Off-season | ||
| Tours | Resigned | 23 June 2013[12] | Off-season | 25 June 2013 | Off-season | ||
| Lens | Sacked | 25 June 2013 | Off-season | 25 June 2013[13] | Off-season | ||
| Nancy | Sacked | 12 October 2013 | 15th | 12 October 2013[14] | 15th | ||
| Châteauroux | Sacked | 28 October 2013[15] | 17th | 28 October 2013[16] | 17th | ||
| Nîmes | Sacked | 19 December 2013[17] | 19th | 26 December 2013[17] | 19th | ||
| Laval | Sacked | 24 February 2014 | 19th | 24 February 2014[18] | 19th | ||
| Auxerre | Sacked | 17 March 2014[19] | 15th | 17 March 2014[20] | 15th | ||
| Istres | Sacked | 24 March 2014 | 17th | 24 March 2014[21] | 17th |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metz(C, P) | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 76 | Promotion toLigue 1 |
| 2 | Lens(P) | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 65 | Promoted officially but with some conditions.[22] |
| 3 | Caen(P) | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 64 | Promotion toLigue 1 |
| 4 | Nancy | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 61 | |
| 5 | Niort | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 58 | |
| 6 | Dijon | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 57 | |
| 7 | Brest | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 56 | |
| 8 | Tours | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 55 | |
| 9 | Angers | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 55 | |
| 10 | Troyes | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 52 | |
| 11 | Créteil | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 50 | |
| 12 | Le Havre | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 48 | |
| 13 | Arles-Avignon | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 46 | |
| 14 | Clermont | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 45 | |
| 15 | Nîmes | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 44 | |
| 16 | Auxerre | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 43 | |
| 17 | Laval | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 42 | |
| 18 | Châteauroux | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 40 | Spared due to the DNCG’s rulings. |
| 19 | Istres(R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 48 | 74 | −26 | 36 | Relegated, but later readmitted and later relegated. |
| 20 | CA Bastia(R) | 38 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 63 | −42 | 24 | Relegation toChampionnat National |
| Home \ Away | ANG | ACAA | AUX | CAB | BRS | CAE | CHA | CLR | CRE | DIJ | IST | LVL | LHA | RCL | MET | NAL | NMS | NRT | TOU | TRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angers | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Arles-Avignon | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Auxerre | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | |
| CA Bastia | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Brest | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Caen | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| Châteauroux | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | |
| Clermont | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |
| Créteil | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |
| Dijon | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Istres | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Laval | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Le Havre | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| Lens | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Metz | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Nancy | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
| Nîmes | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | |
| Niort | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Tours | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Troyes | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tours | 24 | |
| Caen | |||
| 3 | Metz | 20 | |
| 4 | Laval | 18 | |
| Niort | |||
| 6 | Troyes | 14 | |
| Metz | |||
| 8 | Nancy | 12 | |
| Lens |
Source:Official Goalscorers' Standings