2025–26 Ligue 2

2025–26 Ligue 2

The 2025–26 Ligue 2, commonly known as Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the 87th season of Ligue 2. The season began on 9 August 2025 and is set to conclude on 8 May 2026.

Overview

Promoted and relegation teams (pre-season)

FC Lorient and Paris FC were promoted to Ligue 1 after one and seven years in Ligue 2, respectively.

Metz was promoted to Ligue 1 after defeating Reims 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.

Montpellier and Saint-Étienne will return to Ligue 2 after sixteen years and one year being in Ligue 1, respectively.

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

Administratively relegated team

Martigues were excluded to Régional 1, the 6th tier of French football, and will play in regional football for the first time in 55 years.

AC Ajaccio were relegated due to financial problems. They will return to the Championnat National after 27 years. 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.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

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

↓	Relegated from the Ligue 1
↑	Promoted from the National

Personnel and kits

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Main kit sponsor</th><th>Other kit sponsor(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Amiens</td><td>Omar Daf</td><td>Victor Lobry</td><td>Puma</td><td>Intersport</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Annecy</td><td>Laurent Guyot</td><td>Ahmed Kashi</td><td>Adidas</td><td>MSC Cruises</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Bastia</td><td>Réginald Ray</td><td>Christophe Vincent</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Corsica Ferries</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Boulogne</td><td>Fabien Dagneaux</td><td>Nathan Zohoré</td><td>Jako</td><td></td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Clermont</td><td>Grégory Proment</td><td>Yoann Salmier</td><td>Kappa</td><td></td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Dunkerque</td><td>Albert Sánchez</td><td>Opa Sanganté</td><td>Hummel</td><td>Intersport</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Grenoble</td><td>Franck Rizzetto</td><td>Gaëtan Paquiez</td><td>Nike</td><td>List</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Guingamp</td><td>Sylvain Ripoll</td><td>Dylan Louiserre</td><td>Kappa</td><td>Breizh Cola</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Laval</td><td>Olivier Frapolli</td><td>Sam Sanna</td><td>Kappa</td><td>Lactel</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Le Mans</td><td>Patrick Videira</td><td>Edwin Quarshie</td><td>Kappa</td><td>Le Mans</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Montpellier</td><td>Zoumana Camara</td><td>Becir Omeragic</td><td>Nike</td><td>Swile</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Nancy</td><td>Pablo Correa</td><td>Nicolas Saint-Ruf</td><td>Decathlon</td><td>Hyundai</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Pau</td><td>Nicolas Usaï</td><td>Jean Ruiz</td><td>Joma</td><td>Pau</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Red Star</td><td>Grégory Poirier</td><td>Ryad Hachem</td><td>Kappa</td><td>TRUST'iT</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Reims</td><td>Karel Geraerts</td><td>Teddy Teuma</td><td>Puma</td><td>Yasuda</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Rodez</td><td>Didier Santini</td><td>Raphaël Lipinski</td><td>Adidas</td><td>E.Leclerc</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Saint-Étienne</td><td>Eirik Horneland</td><td>Gautier Larsonneur</td><td>Hummel</td><td>Loire</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Troyes</td><td>Stéphane Dumont</td><td>Adrien Monfray</td><td>Puma</td><td>Troyes</td><td>List</td></tr></tbody></table>

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

Managerial changes

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
Clermont	Sébastien Mazeyrat	End of interim spell	23 June 2025	Grégory Proment	23 June 2025

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Troyes	28	17	6	5	49	28	+21	57	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Saint-Étienne	28	16	5	7	50	29	+21	53
3	Le Mans	28	13	11	4	41	29	+12	50	Qualification for promotion play-off semi-final
4	Red Star	28	13	8	7	35	27	+8	47	Qualification for promotion play-off quarter-final
5	Reims	28	12	10	6	41	26	+15	46
6	Rodez	28	11	11	6	35	33	+2	44
7	Montpellier	28	12	6	10	33	25	+8	42
8	Dunkerque	28	10	9	9	43	34	+9	39
9	Annecy	28	11	6	11	35	34	+1	39
10	Guingamp	28	10	9	9	38	40	−2	39
11	Pau	28	10	9	9	40	44	−4	39
12	Boulogne	28	9	7	12	30	38	−8	34
13	Grenoble	28	6	12	10	26	33	−7	30
14	Clermont	28	7	7	14	30	37	−7	28
15	Nancy	28	7	7	14	24	40	−16	28
16	Amiens	28	6	5	17	33	50	−17	23	Qualification for relegation play-off
17	Laval	28	4	11	13	24	41	−17	23	Relegation to Ligue 3
18	Bastia	28	3	11	14	15	34	−19	20

Position by round

	Promotion to the Ligue 1
	Qualification for the Promotion play-off semi-final
	Qualification for the Promotion play-off quarter-final
	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
	Relegation to the Ligue 3

Results

Rescheduled matches

<table><thead><tr><th>Round</th><th>Home team</th><th>Away team</th><th>Original Date</th><th>New Date</th><th>Reason</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Boulogne</td><td>Bastia</td><td>9 August 2025</td><td>16 September 2025</td><td>Match was rescheduled due to uncertainty regarding AC Ajaccio's professional licence, which was stripped before the start of the season and automatically promoted Boulogne.</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Bastia</td><td>Laval</td><td>24 October 2025</td><td>25 November 2025</td><td>Match was postponed after Stade Lavallois was not able to travel to Corsica due to heavy winds.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Promotion & relegation play-off

Promotion play-offs

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 in Ligue 1.

Bracket

	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

Relegation play-offs

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

Summary

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

Season statistics

Top Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
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
Keito Nakamura	Stade Reims
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

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

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Gaëtan Poussin	Red Star	9
2	Ewen Jaouen	Reims	7
Nicolas Kocik	Le Mans
4	Gautier Larsonneur	AS Saint-Étienne	6
5	Simon Ngapandouetnbu	Montpellier	5
Noah Raveyre	Pau
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

Attendances

Overall

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Amiens	0	0	0	0	n/a†
2	Annecy	0	0	0	0	n/a†
3	Bastia	0	0	0	0	n/a†
4	Boulogne	0	0	0	0	n/a‡
5	Clermont	0	0	0	0	n/a†
6	Dunkerque	0	0	0	0	n/a†
7	Grenoble	0	0	0	0	n/a†
8	Guingamp	0	0	0	0	n/a†
9	Laval	0	0	0	0	n/a†
10	Le Mans	0	0	0	0	n/a‡
11	Montpellier	0	0	0	0	n/a†
12	Nancy	0	0	0	0	n/a‡
13	Pau	0	0	0	0	n/a†
14	Red Star	0	0	0	0	n/a†
15	Reims	0	0	0	0	n/a†
16	Rodez	0	0	0	0	n/a†
17	Saint-Étienne	0	0	0	0	n/a†
18	Troyes	0	0	0	0	n/a†
	League total	0	0	0	0	n/a†

Home match played

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