1971–72 French Division 2

33rd season of the second-tier football league in France Football league season

Division 2
Season	1971–72
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1971–72 season.

Overview

It was contested by 48 teams, and CS Sedan Ardennes, Valenciennes and RC Strasbourg won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CS Sedan Ardennes	30	22	4	4	85	21	+64	48	Promoted
2	AS Troyes	30	16	12	2	50	24	+26	44
3	Lens	30	18	4	8	48	24	+24	40
4	Rouen	30	11	13	6	44	38	+6	35
5	US Boulogne	30	11	11	8	35	22	+13	33
6	Caen	30	12	9	9	32	36	−4	33
7	Chaumont	30	13	6	11	37	28	+9	32
8	Mulhouse	30	9	12	9	36	26	+10	30
9	Dunkerque	30	9	9	12	41	35	+6	27
10	Besançon	30	11	5	14	37	39	−2	27
11	Amiens	30	10	6	14	34	56	−22	26
12	US Quevilly	30	8	9	13	34	49	−15	25	Relegated
13	Cambrai	30	8	9	13	39	59	−20	25
14	AC Mouzon	30	6	11	13	45	54	−9	23	Relegated
15	Evreux	30	5	9	16	30	49	−19	19
16	Creil	30	3	7	20	22	42	−20	13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Valenciennes	30	19	5	6	48	21	+27	43	Promoted
2	Limoges	30	17	7	6	49	26	+23	41
3	Stade Brest	30	15	7	8	50	33	+17	37
4	Le Mans	30	13	7	10	52	35	+17	33
5	Bourges	30	11	11	8	40	44	−4	33
6	CA Mantes la Ville	30	12	8	10	42	42	0	32	Relegated
7	Montluçon	30	12	8	10	46	49	−3	32
8	Stade Lavallois	30	13	6	11	38	46	−8	32
9	Blois	30	9	10	11	41	40	+1	28
10	Berrichonne Chateauroux	30	10	8	12	31	32	−1	28
11	Lorient	30	9	8	13	54	57	−3	26
12	Stade Poitiers	30	8	10	12	35	39	−4	26
13	Entente BFN	30	9	6	15	31	44	−13	24
14	La Rochelle	30	7	9	14	36	48	−12	23	Relegated
15	Paris Joinville	30	6	10	14	27	42	−15	22
16	Stade Quimpérois	30	7	6	17	24	46	−22	20

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	RC Strasbourg	30	24	4	2	92	19	+73	52	Promoted
2	Avignon	30	13	13	4	51	28	+23	39
3	Toulon	30	15	6	9	48	30	+18	36
4	ES La Ciotat	30	12	9	9	30	33	−3	33
5	Cannes	30	12	9	9	46	26	+20	33
6	Gueugnon	30	11	9	10	34	40	−6	31
7	Arles	30	13	5	12	28	36	−8	31
8	Toulouse	30	11	8	11	37	34	+3	30
9	Montpellier	30	9	10	11	34	40	−6	28
10	Montelimar	30	11	5	14	36	42	−6	27
11	Sète	30	10	7	13	37	45	−8	27
12	Cuiseaux Louhans	30	8	10	12	37	46	−9	26
13	Béziers	30	9	8	13	29	54	−25	26	Relegated
14	Aix-en-Provence	30	9	8	13	26	35	−9	26
15	Martigues	30	6	8	16	39	53	−14	20
16	Gazélec Ajaccio	30	2	11	17	20	59	−39	15

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

v t e Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons
Division 2 (1933–2002)	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
List of French second division champions

Domestic leagues	Division 1 Division 2
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Challenge des Champions [fr]
European	European Cup Men Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Division 1	Ajaccio Angers Angoulême Bastia Bordeaux Lille Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Nancy Nantes Nice Nîmes Paris Saint-Germain Red Star Reims Rennes Saint-Étienne Sochaux

International competition
Men	1971 Mediterranean Games