2005–06 Ligue 2

Ligue 2
Season	2005–06
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The Ligue 2 season 2005–06, organised by the LFP was won by Valenciennes FC and saw the promotions of Valenciennes FC, CS Sedan Ardennes and FC Lorient, whereas AC Ajaccio, RC Strasbourg and FC Metz were relegated from Ligue 1.^{[citation needed]}

20 participating teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Valenciennes (C, P)	38	21	11	6	51	28	+23	74	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Sedan (P)	38	19	14	5	50	32	+18	71
3	Lorient (P)	38	18	12	8	49	26	+23	66
4	Caen	38	18	12	8	56	35	+21	66
5	Dijon	38	16	12	10	47	32	+15	60
6	Bastia	38	16	10	12	47	40	+7	58
7	Le Havre	38	13	16	9	48	41	+7	55
8	Créteil	38	13	15	10	46	33	+13	54
9	Guingamp	38	12	14	12	36	32	+4	50
10	Grenoble	38	12	12	14	42	45	−3	48
11	FC Gueugnon	38	11	15	12	29	37	−8	48
12	Montpellier	38	12	11	15	34	43	−9	47
13	Istres	38	12	11	15	33	45	−12	47
14	Reims	38	10	15	13	32	31	+1	45
15	Châteauroux	38	10	14	14	48	48	0	44
16	Amiens	38	9	16	13	32	44	−12	43
17	Brest	38	9	15	14	34	48	−14	42
18	Clermont (R)	38	10	8	20	35	59	−24	38	Relegation to Championnat National [fr]
19	Laval (R)	38	9	8	21	38	59	−21	35
20	Sète (R)	38	4	11	23	31	60	−29	23

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

Results

Home \ Away	AMI	BAS	BRS	CAE	CHA	CLE	CRE	DIJ	GRE	GUE	GUI	IST	LAV	LHA	LOR	MHS	REI	SED	SÈT	VAL
Amiens		1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2
Bastia	2–0		4–1	0–2	1–4	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Brest	0–1	0–2		2–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–4	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1
Caen	3–0	4–1	3–1		2–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–2
Châteauroux	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1		3–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–3	2–3	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1
Clermont	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–3	0–2		2–0	3–3	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2
Créteil	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	3–1		1–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	1–1
Dijon	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–0
Grenoble	3–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–2		3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–3
Gueugnon	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–3	2–0
Guingamp	6–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0		2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2
Istres	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0		2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–4
Laval	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1		0–0	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–2
Le Havre	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–0		0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0
Lorient	1–1	1–0	5–0	1–3	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0		3–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–1
Montpellier	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–3		0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0
Reims	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	1–2	0–1		1–2	2–0	0–0
Sedan	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1		2–1	0–3
Sète	4–4	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	1–2	3–2	0–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–1		1–2
Valenciennes	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jean-Michel Lesage	Le Havre	16
1	Steve Savidan	Valenciennes	16
3	David Papys M'Bodji	Créteil	15
4	Kandia Traoré	Le Havre	14
5	Frédéric Fouret	Clermont	13
5	Guilherme Mauricio	Laval	13
7	Pierre-Yves André	Bastia	12
	Nassim Akrour	Grenoble
	Mansour Boutabout	Sedan
10	Stéphane Samson	Caen	11

External links

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List of French second division champions

v t e 2005–06 in French football
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Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 National
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions
European	Champions League Men Women UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Ligue 1	Ajaccio Auxerre Bordeaux Le Mans Lens Lille Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Nancy Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Sochaux Strasbourg Toulouse Troyes
Ligue 2	Amiens Bastia Brest Caen Châteauroux Clermont Créteil Dijon Grenoble Gueugnon Guingamp Istres Laval Le Havre Lorient Montpellier Reims Sedan Sète Valenciennes
International competition
Men	2005 Jeux de la Francophonie 2006 Toulon Tournament 2006 FIFA World Cup Group G 2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage 2006 FIFA World Cup final
Women	2006 Four Nations Tournament