1997–98 French Division 2

The Division 2 season 1997/1998, organised by the LFP was won by AS Nancy and saw the promotions of AS Nancy, FC Lorient and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, whereas CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, Sporting Toulon Var, FC Martigues and FC Mulhouse were relegated to National.

22 participating teams[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	AS Nancy (C, P)	42	20	16	6	64	37	+27	76	Promotion to French Division 1
2	FC Lorient (P)	42	21	12	9	68	38	+30	75
3	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (P)	42	18	12	12	56	37	+19	66
4	Lille OSC	42	17	14	11	62	44	+18	65
5	Troyes AC	42	16	15	11	48	38	+10	63
6	Le Mans UC72	42	16	14	12	54	48	+6	62
7	ASOA Valence	42	12	22	8	51	45	+6	58
8	Red Star Saint-Ouen	42	15	12	15	51	61	−10	57
9	SM Caen	42	15	11	16	61	55	+6	56
10	Chamois Niortais FC	42	12	19	11	42	38	+4	55
11	FC Gueugnon	42	16	7	19	47	54	−7	55
12	Amiens SC	42	14	13	15	40	49	−9	55
13	Stade Lavallois	42	14	12	16	50	48	+2	54
14	OGC Nice	42	11	19	12	40	40	0	52
15	Nîmes Olympique	42	13	13	16	41	51	−10	52
16	AS Beauvais	42	11	18	13	40	47	−7	51
17	AS Saint-Étienne	42	12	15	15	47	60	−13	51
18	ES Wasquehal	42	14	9	19	49	63	−14	51
19	CS Louhans-Cuiseaux (R)	42	13	10	19	41	51	−10	49	Relegation to Championnat National
20	Sporting Toulon Var (R)	42	12	10	20	43	62	−19	46
21	FC Martigues (R)	42	10	15	17	37	63	−26	45
22	FC Mulhouse (R)	42	9	14	19	51	56	−5	41

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

Promoted to L1 : AS Nancy, FC Lorient, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Relegated to L2 : EA Guingamp, LB Châteauroux, AS Cannes
Promoted to L2 : AC Ajaccio, CS Sedan Ardennes
Relegated to National : CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, Sporting Toulon Var, FC Martigues, FC Mulhouse

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Réginald Ray	Le Mans	20
2	Samuel Lobé	Lille	19
-	Didier Thimothée	Saint-Étienne	19
4		Sochaux	18
5		Amiens	17
-	Sladjan Djukić	Troyes	17
7	Robert Malm	Lorient	16
8	Ali Bouafia	Lorient	15
-		Beauvais	15
-	William Loko	Wasquehal	15
11	Étienne Mendy	Caen	14
-	Pablo Correa	Nancy	14
13	Stéphane Pédron	Lorient	13
-	Frédéric Née	Caen	13
-	Emmanuel Desgeorges	Gueugnon	13

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