2002–03 Ligue 2

The Ligue 2 season 2002–03, organised by the LFP was won by Toulouse FC and saw the promotions of Toulouse FC, Le Mans UC72 and FC Metz, whereas AS Beauvais, ES Wasquehal and Stade de Reims were relegated to National.

20 participating teams[]

Amiens
Beauvais
Caen
Châteauroux
Clermont
Créteil
Grenoble
Gueugnon
Istres
Laval
Le Mans
Lorient
Metz
Nancy
Niort
Reims
Saint-Étienne
Toulouse
Valence
Wasquehal

Final table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Toulouse (C, P)	38	21	9	8	50	24	+26	72	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Le Mans (P)	38	18	14	6	49	33	+16	68
3	Metz (P)	38	19	10	9	52	29	+23	67
4	Lorient	38	18	11	9	43	29	+14	65
5	Châteauroux	38	16	12	10	40	35	+5	60
6	Niort	38	14	11	13	44	40	+4	53
7	Caen	38	12	16	10	45	40	+5	52
8	Laval	38	15	7	16	41	42	−1	52
9	Saint-Étienne	38	12	15	11	34	30	+4	51
10	Amiens	38	12	13	13	30	33	−3	49
11	Gueugnon	38	12	13	13	35	42	−7	49
12	Grenoble	38	11	14	13	39	29	+10	47
13	Valence	38	11	13	14	38	42	−4	46
14	Clermont	38	13	7	18	39	51	−12	46
15	Nancy	38	10	13	15	30	47	−17	43
16	Istres	38	10	13	15	32	53	−21	43
17	Créteil	38	8	18	12	39	42	−3	42
18	Beauvais (R)	38	9	10	19	20	32	−12	37	Relegation to Championnat National
19	Wasquehal (R)	38	6	18	14	26	39	−13	36
20	Reims (R)	38	6	17	15	31	45	−14	35

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

Recap[]

Promoted to L1 : Toulouse FC, Le Mans UC72, FC Metz
Relegated to L2 : Le Havre AC, CS Sedan, Troyes AC
Promoted to L2 : Besançon RC, Angers SCO, FC Rouen
Relegated to National : AS Beauvais, ES Wasquehal, Stade de Reims

Top goalscorers[]

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cédric Fauré	Toulouse	20
2	Guillaume Deschamps	Châteauroux	15
-	Daniel Cousin	Le Mans	15
4	Emmanuel Adebayor	Metz	13
5	Robert Malm	Grenoble	12
-	Élie Kroupi	Lorient	12
-	Cédric Liabeuf	Reims	12
8	Sébastien Mazure	Caen	11
-		Valence	11

External links[]

RSSSF archives of results
Official attendance on LFP site^{[permanent dead link]}

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