1995–96 French Division 2

French Division 2
Season	1995–96
Champions	SM Caen
Promoted	SM Caen; Olympique de Marseille; AS Nancy
Relegated	Stade Poitevin; USL Dunkerque; Angers SCO ; Olympique Alès
Matches played	462
Top goalscorer	Tony Cascarino (30 goals)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The Division 2 season 1995/1996, organised by the LFP was won by SM Caen and saw the promotions of SM Caen, Olympique de Marseille and AS Nancy, whereas Stade Poitevin, USL Dunkerque, Angers SCO and Olympique Alès were relegated to National.

22 participating teams[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	SM Caen (C, P)	42	24	9	9	59	34	+25	81	Promotion to French Division 1
2	Olympique de Marseille (P)	42	23	11	8	69	35	+34	80
3	AS Nancy (P)	42	20	16	6	56	23	+33	76
4	Stade Lavallois	42	21	9	12	52	46	+6	72
5	Toulouse FC	42	18	9	15	40	34	+6	63
6	Le Mans UC72	42	15	17	10	37	36	+1	62
7	Red Star 93	42	16	13	13	56	38	+18	61
8	Perpignan FC	42	17	10	15	44	53	−9	61
9	LB Châteauroux	42	16	12	14	40	35	+5	60
10	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	42	15	14	13	49	40	+9	59
11	CS Louhans-Cuiseaux	42	16	10	16	57	49	+8	58
12	FC Lorient	42	16	10	16	44	46	−2	58
13	Amiens SC	42	13	15	14	43	49	−6	54
14	FC Mulhouse	42	13	12	17	44	45	−1	51
15	ASOA Valence	42	11	18	13	34	42	−8	51
16	Chamois Niortais FC	42	13	11	18	48	50	−2	50
17	FCO Charleville	42	11	15	16	34	54	−20	48
18	SAS Épinal	42	9	18	15	41	46	−5	45
19	Stade Poitevin (R)	42	9	18	15	36	50	−14	45	Relegation to Championnat National
20	USL Dunkerque (R)	42	9	16	17	30	43	−13	43
21	Angers SCO (R)	42	7	16	19	31	53	−22	37
22	Olympique Alès (R)	42	4	13	25	29	72	−43	25

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promoted to L1 : SM Caen, Olympique de Marseille, AS Nancy
Relegated to L2 : FC Gueugnon, AS Saint-Étienne, FC Martigues
Promoted to L2 : Stade Briochin, Troyes AC, Sporting Toulon Var, AS Beauvais
Relegated to National : Stade Poitevin, USL Dunkerque, Angers SCO, Olympique Alès

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tony Cascarino	Marseille	30
2	Franck Priou	Caen	24
3	Samuel Lobé	Laval	20

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List of French second division champions