List of French second division champions
The French second division Champions are the winners of the second highest league of football in France, Ligue 2.
The winner also earns promotion to the first division Ligue 1, as do the second-place and third-place finisher. Ligue 2 was inaugurated in the 1933–34 season under the authority of the French Football Federation. Following World War II, the league assumed its identity under the Ligue de Football Professionnel.
Ligue 2 champions
Notes:
- In Bold are the teams who won the Championship play–offs.
- †In 1948–49, 1. FC Saarbrücken won the division under the name FC Sarrebruck, but as a German team, their points were ignored in the final standings.
Club
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Winners
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Runners-up
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Winning years
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Runner-up years
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Le Havre
|
6
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1
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1937–38, 1958–59, 1984–85, 1990–91, 2007–08, 2022–23
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1949–50
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Nancy
|
5
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1
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1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2015–16
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1969–70
|
Metz
|
4
|
4
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1934–35, 2006–07, 2013–14, 2018–19
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1950–51, 1960–61, 1966–67, 2022–23
|
Lens
|
4
|
2
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1936–37, 1948–49, 1972–73, 2008–09
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2013–14, 2019–20
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Nice
|
4
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1
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1947–48, 1964–65, 1969–70, 1993–94
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1984–85
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Lille
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4
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1
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1963–64, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1999–2000
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1970–71
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Montpellier
|
3
|
3
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1945–46, 1960–61, 1986–87
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1951–52, 1980–81, 2008–09
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Saint-Étienne
|
3
|
3
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1962–63, 1998–99, 2003–04
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1933–34, 1937–38, 1985–86
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Strasbourg
|
3
|
2
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1976–77, 1987–88, 2016–17
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1971–72, 2001–02
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Toulouse
|
3
|
1
|
1981–82, 2002–03, 2021–22
|
1996–97
|
Lyon
|
3
|
–
|
1950–51, 1953–54, 1988–89
|
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Rennes
|
2
|
5
|
1955–56, 1982–83
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1938–39, 1957–58, 1975–76, 1989–90, 1993–94
|
Valenciennes
|
2
|
5
|
1971–72, 2005–06
|
1934–35, 1936–37, 1961–62, 1974–75, 1991–92
|
Angers
|
2
|
4
|
1968–69, 1975–76
|
1955–56, 1977–78, 1992–93, 2023–24
|
Red Star
|
2
|
3
|
1933–34, 1938–39
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1954–55, 1964–65, 1973–74
|
Sochaux
|
2
|
2
|
1946–47, 2000–01
|
1963–64, 1987–88
|
Ajaccio
|
2
|
2
|
1966–67, 2001–02
|
2010–11, 2021–22
|
Caen
|
2
|
2
|
1995–96, 2009–10
|
2003–04, 2006–07
|
Troyes
|
2
|
2
|
2014–15, 2020–21
|
1953–54, 1972–73
|
Alès
|
2
|
1
|
1933–34, 1956–57
|
1946–47
|
FC Nancy
|
2
|
1
|
1945–46, 1957–58
|
1959–60
|
Reims
|
2
|
1
|
1965–66, 2017–18
|
2011–12
|
Grenoble
|
2
|
–
|
1959–60, 1961–62
|
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Bastia
|
2
|
–
|
1967–68, 2011–12
|
|
Auxerre
|
2
|
–
|
1979–80, 2023–24
|
|
Nîmes
|
1
|
3
|
1949–50
|
1967–68, 1990–91, 2017–18
|
Sedan
|
1
|
3
|
1954–55
|
1971–72, 1998–99, 2005–06
|
Brest
|
1
|
3
|
1980–81
|
1978–79, 2009–10, 2018–19
|
Marseille
|
1
|
3
|
1994–95
|
1965–66, 1983–84, 1995–96
|
Monaco
|
1
|
3
|
2012–13
|
1952–53, 1970–71, 1976–77
|
Rouen
|
1
|
2
|
1935–36
|
1933–34, 1981–82
|
Stade Français
|
1
|
2
|
1951–52
|
1945–46, 1958–59
|
Lorient
|
1
|
2
|
2019–20
|
1997–98, 2000–01
|
Toulouse (1937)
|
1
|
1
|
1952–53
|
1945–46
|
Tours
|
1
|
1
|
1983–84
|
1979–80
|
Bordeaux
|
1
|
1
|
1991–92
|
1948–49
|
Paris Saint-Germain
|
1
|
–
|
1970–71
|
|
Gueugnon
|
1
|
–
|
1978–79
|
|
RCF Paris
|
1
|
–
|
1985–86
|
|
Martigues
|
1
|
–
|
1992–93
|
|
Châteauroux
|
1
|
–
|
1996–97
|
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Evian
|
1
|
–
|
2010–11
|
|
Guingamp
|
–
|
3
|
|
1994–95, 1999–2000, 2012–13
|
Nantes
|
–
|
2
|
|
1962–63, 2007–08
|
Le Mans
|
–
|
2
|
|
2002–03, 2004–05
|
RC Roubaix
|
–
|
1
|
|
1935–36
|
Colmar
|
–
|
1
|
|
1947–48
|
Béziers
|
–
|
1
|
|
1956–57
|
Angoulême
|
–
|
1
|
|
1968–69
|
Toulon
|
–
|
1
|
|
1982–83
|
Niort
|
–
|
1
|
|
1986–87
|
Mulhouse
|
–
|
1
|
|
1988–89
|
Gazélec Ajaccio
|
–
|
1
|
|
2014–15
|
Dijon
|
–
|
1
|
|
2015–16
|
Amiens
|
–
|
1
|
|
2016–17
|
Clermont
|
–
|
1
|
|
2020–21
|
Notes:
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