1996–97 French Division 2 Explained

The 1996–97 Division 2 season, organised by the LNF was won by LB Châteauroux and saw the promotions of LB Châteauroux and Toulouse FC, whereas FC Perpignan, FCO Charleville, SAS Épinal and Stade Briochin were relegated to National.

22 participating teams

• Amiens
• Beauvais
• Charleville
• Châteauroux
• Épinal
• Gueugnon
• Laval
• Le Mans
• Lorient
• Louhans-Cuiseaux
• Martigues
• Mulhouse
• Niort
• Perpignan
• Red Star
• Saint-Brieuc
• Saint-Étienne
• Sochaux
• Toulon
• Toulouse
• Troyes
• Valence

League table

Recap

• • Promoted to L1 : LB Châteauroux, Toulouse FC Relegated to L2 : SM Caen, AS Nancy, Lille OSC, OGC Nice
  • Promoted to L2 : Nîmes Olympique, ES Wasquehal Relegated to National : FCO Charleville, SAS Épinal
• Relegated to lower divisions : FC Perpignan, Stade Briochin (Banned during the season)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Samuel Michel	Sochaux	23
2	Samba N'Diaye	Saint-Étienne	19
3	Bernard Bouger	Lorient	18
4	Jean-Marc Ferreri	Toulon	17
5	Yannick Le Saux	Red Star/Saint-Brieuc	14
	Régis Brouard	Red Star
7	Lakhdar Adjali	Amiens	13
	Olivier Pickeu	Amiens
	Laurent Dufresne	Châteauroux
	David Rincon	Mulhouse

External links

• RSSSF archives of results