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French second division football league

Football league season

Ligue 2

Season	2025–26
Dates	9 August 2025 – 8 May 2026
Matches	107
Goals	277 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tawfik Bentayeb (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Saint-Étienne 6–0Pau (28 October 2025)
Biggest away win	Guingamp 0–4Red Star (23 August 2025)
Highest scoring	Boulogne 2–6Reims (28 October 2025) Dunkerque 6–2Amiens (27 September 2025)
Longest winning run	Troyes Red Star Pau (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Troyes (8 matches)
Longest winless run	Bastia (11 matches)
Longest losing run	Boulogne (5 matches)
Highest attendance	35,729
Lowest attendance	442
Average attendance	8,247
←2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 31 October 2025.

The2025–26 Ligue 2, commonly known asLigue 2BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the 87th season ofLigue 2. The season began on 9 August 2025 and is set to conclude on 8 May 2026.^[1]

Overview

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Promoted and relegation teams (pre-season)

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FC Lorient andParis FC were promoted toLigue 1 after one and seven years in Ligue 2, respectively.^[2]^[3]

Metz was promoted to Ligue 1 after defeatingReims in the Ligue 1 promotion/relegation play-offs after one year in the second tier. Reims will be relegated to a lower division after a 7-year tenure in the top flight.^[4]

Montpellier andSaint-Étienne will return to Ligue 2 after sixteen years and one year being in Ligue 1, respectively.^[5]^[6]

Nancy,Le Mans andBoulogne will return to Ligue 2 from theChampionnat National after three and five and thirteen years absence, respectively, with Boulogne's promotion being back-to-back from theChampionnat National 2 two seasons ago.

Caen were relegated to Championnat National after 6 years in the second tier and will play in the 3rd tier for the first time since 1984 and after a 41 year absence.^[7]

Administratively relegated team

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Martigues were excluded toRégional 1, the 6th tier of French football, and will play in regional football for the first time in 55 years.^[8]

AC Ajaccio were relegated due to financial problems. They will return to theChampionnat National after 27 years.^[9] On 16 July 2025, the club relegation administratively is confirmed.

Lyon had been administratively relegated to the league from highest tier on 23 June 2025, meaning Reims were due to be kept in the Ligue 1. The decision was later overturned on appeal from Lyon on 9 July, meaning both clubs competitively incurred places remain unchanged.^[10]

Teams

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Changes

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To Ligue 2

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Promoted fromNational

Relegated fromLigue 1

From Ligue 2

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Promoted toLigue 1

Relegated toNational

Caen^[16]

Administratively relegated toRégional 2

Ajaccio

Administratively relegated toDépartemental 3

Martigues

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Ligue 2.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2024–25 season
Amiens	Amiens	Stade de la Licorne	12,097	11th in Ligue 2
Annecy	Annecy	Parc des Sports	15,660	6th in Ligue 2
Bastia	Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari	16,078	8th in Ligue 2
Boulogne^↑	Boulogne-sur-Mer	Stade de la Libération	9,534	3rd in National
Clermont	Clermont-Ferrand	Stade Gabriel Montpied	11,980	16th in Ligue 2
Dunkerque	Dunkirk	Stade Marcel Tribut	4,933	4th in Ligue 2
Grenoble	Grenoble	Stade des Alpes	20,068	9th in Ligue 2
Guingamp	Guingamp	Stade de Roudourou	18,378	5th in Ligue 2
Laval	Laval	Stade Francis Le Basser	18,607	7th in Ligue 2
Le Mans^↑	Le Mans	Stade Marie-Marvingt	25,000	2nd in National
Montpellier^↓	Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,900	18th in Ligue 1
Nancy^↑	Nancy	Stade Marcel Picot	20,087	1st in National
Pau	Pau	Nouste Camp	4,031	13th in Ligue 2
Red Star	Paris(Saint-Ouen)	Stade Bauer	10,000	15th in Ligue 2
Reims^↓	Reims	Stade Auguste-Delaune	21,029	16th in Ligue 1
Rodez	Rodez	Stade Paul Lignon	5,955	14th in Ligue 2
Saint-Étienne^↓	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy Guichard	41,965	17th in Ligue 1
Troyes	Troyes	Stade de l'Aube	21,684	10th in Ligue 2

^↓	Relegated from theLigue 1
^↑	Promoted from theNational

Personnel and kits

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main kit sponsor	Other kit sponsor(s)
Amiens	Omar Daf	Victor Lobry	Puma	Intersport	List Front: Igol Lubrifiants,Gueudet Back: Igol Lubrifiants Sleeves:None Shorts:Amiens Métropole,E.Leclerc Rivery
Annecy	Laurent Guyot	Ahmed Kashi	Adidas	MSC Cruises	List Front: Mediaco Vrac, TeamWork Back: Stgenergy, Nissan Groupe Maurin Sleeves: Tissier Technique Shorts: LP Charpente,Burger King
Bastia	Réginald Ray	Christophe Vincent	Adidas	Corsica Ferries	List Front: Oscaro Power, Capembal, Roncaglia Blanchisserie,Collectivité de Corse, Coviag, Olivier Bleu, Smart Good Things, Casa di e Lingue Back: Payfoot, ESSE, Madewis Sleeves: Groupe Actual, Asco6Tem Shorts:Burger King, Garage Corsa, CORSECARLOC
Boulogne	Fabien Dagneaux	Nathan Zohoré	Jako		List Front:None Back:None Sleeves:None Shorts:None
Clermont	Grégory Proment	Yoann Salmier	Kappa		List Front:None Back:None Sleeves:None Shorts:None
Dunkerque	Albert Sánchez	Opa Sanganté	Hummel	Intersport	List Front:Dunkerque Communauté Urbaine, Topensi Back: DS Levage Sleeves:2024 Vivre les JO #dunkerqueagglo Tous en bleu, blanc, rouge Shorts:Hauts-de-France, Onet
Grenoble	Franck Rizzetto	Gaëtan Paquiez	Nike	List Home:Vinci Immobilier Away:Carrefour Market	List Front:Carrefour³,Vinci Immobilier⁴, Smart Good Things,Grenoble Alpes Métropole Back:Chamrousse, Le Cabanon en Provence Sleeves:None Shorts: LCR
Guingamp	Sylvain Ripoll	Dylan Louiserre	Kappa	Breizh Cola	List Front: Celtigel, Creactuel, Ballay Back: Jardiman, Vital Concept Sleeves: Cafés Coïc Shorts: Bernard Jarnoux Crêpier, Tibbloc
Laval	Olivier Frapolli	Sam Sanna	Kappa	Lactel	List Front:La Mayenne Le Département,Laval Agglo Back: V and B Cave & Bar, Groupe Lucas,Mayenne Sleeves: Groupe Actual Shorts:Laval Agglo, SEPAL, Aropiz
Le Mans	Patrick Videira	Edwin Quarshie	Kappa	Le Mans	List Front: Groupe EJ, Legrand Back:E.Leclerc Sleeves:None Shorts:None
Montpellier	Zoumana Camara	Becir Omeragic	Nike	Swile	List Front:None Back: FAUN-Environnement,Montpellier Métropole, Big M Burger Sleeves: FAUN-Environnement, Kaporal Jeans Shorts: Loxam, Viwone
Nancy	Pablo Correa	Nicolas Saint-Ruf	Decathlon	Hyundai	List Front:None Back:None Sleeves:None Shorts:None
Pau	Nicolas Usaï	Jean Ruiz	Joma	Pau	List Front: Bullux Services, Casino de Pau,Intersport Back: Arobase Intérim, Brico Fenêtre, Iroise Bellevie Sleeves: Bullux Services Shorts: Übi Care
Red Star	Grégory Poirier	Ryad Hachem	Kappa	TRUST'iT	List Front:None Back:None Sleeves:None Shorts:None
Reims	Karel Geraerts	Teddy Teuma	Puma	Yasuda	List Front:None Back:None Sleeves:None Shorts:None
Rodez	Didier Santini	Raphaël Lipinski	Adidas	E.Leclerc	List Front: Maxoutil Back: JeanStation, Thermatic,Ville de Rodez,Aveyron,Rodez Agglomération,Occitanie Sleeves:aveyron.fr Shorts:Intersport, Maxoutil, Andrieu Construction
Saint-Étienne	Eirik Horneland	Gautier Larsonneur	Hummel	Loire	List Front: Kelyps Intérim, BYmyCAR, Terroir Halles Back: Siléane Sleeves:None Shorts: Kapriol, Desjoyaux
Troyes	Stéphane Dumont	Adrien Monfray	Puma	Troyes	List Front: LCR³, norelem, Festilight Back: Sinfin, Amplitude Groupe Automobile Sleeves:Century 21 Groupe Martinot Shorts: Huguier Frères

^ Interim.
^ Apparel made by club.
^ Applied on home shirt
^ Applied on away shirt
^ Applied on third shirt

Managerial changes

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Team	Outgoing manager	Manner	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Reims	Samba Diawara	Resigned	18 June 2025	Pre season	Karel Geraerts	19 June 2025
Dunkerque	Gonçalo Feio	End of contract	30 June 2025		Albert Sánchez	30 July 2025^[17]
Clermont	Sébastien Mazeyrat	End of interim spell	23 June 2025		Grégory Proment	23 June 2025

Standings

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League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Troyes	22	12	5	5	34	22	+12	41	Promotion toLigue 1
2	Reims	23	11	7	5	37	23	+14	40	Promotion toLigue 1
3	Saint-Étienne	23	12	4	7	39	28	+11	40	Qualification forpromotion play-off semi-final
4	Red Star	23	11	7	5	32	23	+9	40	Qualification forpromotion play-off quarter-final
5	Le Mans	23	10	9	4	29	23	+6	39	Qualification forpromotion play-off quarter-final
6	Dunkerque	23	10	7	6	39	24	+15	37
7	Montpellier	23	10	4	9	28	24	+4	34
8	Pau	23	9	7	7	34	35	−1	34
9	Annecy	23	9	6	8	30	24	+6	33
10	Guingamp	23	9	6	8	34	35	−1	33
11	Rodez	23	8	9	6	30	31	−1	33
12	Grenoble	23	6	9	8	24	29	−5	27
13	Boulogne	23	7	5	11	25	34	−9	26
14	Nancy	23	7	4	12	21	32	−11	25
15	Clermont	23	5	7	11	25	32	−7	22
16	Amiens	23	6	4	13	28	39	−11	22	Qualification forrelegation play-off
17	Laval	23	3	9	11	17	32	−15	18	Relegation toLigue 3
18	Bastia	22	3	7	12	11	27	−16	16	Relegation toLigue 3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2026. Source:Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points

Position by round

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Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Team ╲ Round
Amiens	8	2	7	8	10	5	9	12	13	10	9	12	12	14	15	16	14	15	16	16
Annecy	18	17	11	14	15	8	11	14	15	12	8	11	10	12	10	10	10	10	9	8
Bastia	17	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Boulogne	3	8	13	16	17	17	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	17	16	14	16	16	15	15
Clermont	9	11	5	7	11	6	10	10	12	16	13	14	15	11	11	11	13	11	12	12
Dunkerque	11	9	14	9	12	14	15	11	10	13	11	8	7	8	9	7	6	6	4	6
Grenoble	16	14	16	17	13	16	17	16	14	14	15	15	14	10	12	13	11	13	13	13
Guingamp	5	13	18	15	9	13	8	6	6	6	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	8	7	7
Laval	7	10	12	12	8	12	14	15	17	17	17	17	17	16	14	17	17	17	17	17
Le Mans	6	12	8	13	16	15	12	13	11	8	7	7	6	7	5	5	4	5	6	4
Montpellier	12	4	9	10	14	7	13	7	9	7	5	6	5	4	6	8	8	9	10	9
Nancy	15	7	3	3	5	10	6	8	7	11	14	13	13	15	17	15	15	14	14	14
Pau	1	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	5	8	6	7	7	8	10
Red Star	13	16	6	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2
Reims	10	5	10	5	6	9	5	5	5	5	6	5	8	6	4	3	5	2	5	3
Rodez	14	18	15	11	7	11	7	9	8	9	12	9	11	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Saint-Étienne	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	5
Troyes	2	6	4	6	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Promotion to theLigue 1
	Qualification for thePromotion play-off semi-final
	Qualification for thePromotion play-off quarter-final
	Qualification for theRelegation play-off
	Relegation to theLigue 3

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2026. Source:Ligue 2

Results

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Fixture and results

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Home \ Away	AMI	ANN	BAS	BOU	CLE	DUN	GRE	GUI	LAV	LMA	MON	NAN	PAU	RED	REI	ROD	STE	TRO
Amiens		0–1	0–0	0–1	4–3	1–4	2–3	1–2	0–0			1–2			2–2	2–1	0–1
Annecy	2–0		1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1		0–0	1–2		1–2			1–1		4–0
Bastia					1–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–2		0–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–3	2–3
Boulogne			1–0				3–1	2–2	1–2		1–0		0–3	1–2	2–6	1–2	0–1	1–2
Clermont	2–1	0–1		1–1			2–1		4–1	1–1	1–1				0–1	1–2	1–2	0–0
Dunkerque	6–2	0–1		1–1	2–2			0–0		2–2	0–1	1–3	3–1	3–0			1–0	2–0
Grenoble	2–1	1–3	0–0			1–0		0–0	1–1		1–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	2–1
Guingamp		0–3		3–0	0–1	2–1			2–0	3–3	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–4			1–2	1–0
Laval	0–3	2–2	0–2		0–0	1–2				1–1	0–1		0–1	0–1			3–3	0–1
Le Mans	1–0		1–0	1–0		1–0	1–0		1–1		1–2	1–0		0–0		0–1	0–0	2–2
Montpellier	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–3		1–3		3–1		4–2		4–1	0–1	1–1		2–0	0–2
Nancy	0–1		2–0	1–0	1–0			0–3	0–2				2–2	0–1	0–1	1–3		2–1
Pau	1–2	2–0		1–2	3–1	0–3	2–2		1–0	1–2				0–3	2–0	3–3		1–1
Red Star	1–3	1–0		2–2	2–2		1–0					2–1	0–3		0–0	1–1	2–1	1–3
Reims		2–1	0–0		4–1	1–2	2–4	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–0						1–0	0–0
Rodez		2–1		1–0	0–1	1–1		2–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2
Saint-Étienne			2–2	0–1	1–0		1–1	2–3		2–3	1–0	2–1	6–0		3–2	4–0
Troyes	3–1	3–1	1–0				2–1	5–2		0–2	1–0	3–0		1–0	2–1	1–1	2–3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2026. Source:Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

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Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Team ╲ Round
Amiens	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D
Annecy	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W
Bastia	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	L
Boulogne	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	D
Clermont	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	L
Dunkerque	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L
Grenoble	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	D
Guingamp	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W
Laval	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D
Le Mans	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W
Montpellier	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W
Nancy	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L
Pau	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	D
Red Star	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D
Reims	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W
Rodez	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	W
Saint-Étienne	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L
Troyes	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2026. Source:Ligue 2

Notes:

Rescheduled matches

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Round	Home team	Away team	Original Date	New Date	Reason
1	Boulogne	Bastia	9 August 2025	16 September 2025	Match was rescheduled due to uncertainty regardingAC Ajaccio's professional licence, which was stripped before the start of the season and automatically promoted Boulogne.^[18]
11	Bastia	Laval	24 October 2025	25 November 2025	Match was postponed after Stade Lavallois was not able to travel to Corsica due to heavy winds.^[19]

Promotion & relegation play-off

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Promotion play-offs

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A promotion play-off competition is held at the end of the season, involving the 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed teams in 2024–25 Ligue 2, and the 16th-placed team inLigue 1.

Bracket

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Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

3 L2

3rd-placed of Ligue 2

Winner of quarter-final

4 L2

4th-placed of Ligue 2

5 L2

5th-placed of Ligue 2

Winner of semi-final

16 L1

16th-placed of Ligue 1

Matches

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Quarter-final

4th-placed of Ligue 2 v 5th-placed of Ligue 2

2026	4th-placed of Ligue 2	v	5th-placed of Ligue 2
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Semi-final

3rd-placed of Ligue 2 v Winner of quarter-final

2026	3rd-placed of Ligue 2	v	Winner of quarter-final
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Final

Winner of semi-final v 16th-placed of Ligue 1

2026	Winner of semi-final	v	16th-placed of Ligue 1
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16th-placed of Ligue 1 v Winner of semi-final

2026	16th-placed of Ligue 1	v	Winner of semi-final
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Relegation play-offs

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The 16th-placed teams of the Ligue 2 faces the 3rd-placed team of theNational.

Summary

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
16th-placed of Ligue 2	PO	3rd-placed of National	TBD	TBD

Matches

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First leg

3rd-placed of National v 16th-placed of Ligue 2

2026	3rd-placed of National	v	16th-placed of Ligue 2
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Second leg

16th-placed of Ligue 2 v 3rd-placed of National

2026	16th-placed of Ligue 2	v	3rd-placed of National
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Season statistics

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Top Goalscorers

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As of 26 January 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[20]
1	Louis Mafouta	Guingamp	10
2	Tawfik Bentayeb	Troyes	9
	Damien Durand	Red Star
	Thomas Robinet	USL Dunkerque
5	Zuriko Davitashvili	AS Saint-Étienne	8
5	Keito Nakamura	Stade Reims	8
7	Enzo Bardeli	USL Dunkerque	7
	Kader Bamba	Clermont Foot
	Ibrahima Baldé	Rodez AF
10	Anto Sekongo	USL Dunkerque	6
	Alexandre Mendy	Montpellier
	Giovani Versini	Pau

Top Assists

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As of 26 January 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[21]
1	Jean Lambert Evans	Rodez AF	7
2	Gessime Yassine	USL Dunkerque	6
2	Clément Billemaz	FC Annecy	6
4	Augustine Boakye	AS Saint-Étienne	5
4	Amine Hemia	Guingamp	5
6	Teddy Teuma	Stade Reims	4
	Martin Adeline	Troyes
	Geoffrey Kondo	USL Dunkerque
7	16 players tied		3

Hat-trick

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Clean sheets

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As of 8 January 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Gaëtan Poussin	Red Star	9
2	Ewen Jaouen	Reims	7
2	Nicolas Kocik	Le Mans	7
4	Gautier Larsonneur	AS Saint-Étienne	6
5	Simon Ngapandouetnbu	Montpellier	5
5	Noah Raveyre	Pau	5
7	Théo Guivarch	Clermont Foot	4
	Nicolas Lemaître	Troyes
	Mamadou Samassa	Laval
	Mamadou Diop	Grenoble
	Florian Escales	Annecy
	Mathys Niflore	USL Dunkerque
	Enzo Basilio	Nancy
	Hillel Konaté	Troyes
	Johny Placide	Bastia
16	Paul Bernardoni	Amiens	3
	Teddy Bartouche	Guingamp
	Quentin Braat	Rodez AF

Discipline

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Attendances

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Overall

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Pos	Team	Change
1	Amiens	n/a^†
2	Annecy	n/a^†
3	Bastia	n/a^†
4	Boulogne	n/a^‡
5	Clermont	n/a^†
6	Dunkerque	n/a^†
7	Grenoble	n/a^†
8	Guingamp	n/a^†
9	Laval	n/a^†
10	Le Mans	n/a^‡
11	Montpellier	n/a^†
12	Nancy	n/a^‡
13	Pau	n/a^†
14	Red Star	n/a^†
15	Reims	n/a^†
16	Rodez	n/a^†
17	Saint-Étienne	n/a^†
18	Troyes	n/a^†
	League total	n/a^†

Source:Ligue 2
Notes:
^†Teams played previous season inLigue 1
^‡ Teams played previous season inNational

Home match played

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As of future

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
Amiens
Annecy
Bastia
Boulogne
Clermont
Dunkerque
Grenoble
Guingamp
Laval
Le Mans
Montpellier
Nancy
Pau
Red Star
Reims
Rodez
Saint-Étienne
Troyes
League total																		0

Source:Ligue 2

References

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