| Competition: | Ligue 2 |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Dates: | 26 July 2019 – 30 April 2020 |
| Winners: | Lorient |
| Promoted: | Lorient Lens |
| Relegated: | Orléans Le Mans |
| League Topscorer: | 20 goals Tino Kadewere, Le Havre |
| Biggest Home Win: | Sochaux 4–0 Clermont Round 10, 5 October 2019 Lens 4–0 Sochaux Round 15, 23 November 2019 Le Havre 4–0 Guingamp Round 15, 25 November 2019 |
| Biggest Away Win: | Chambly 1–5 Guingamp Round 13, 1 November 2019 Troyes 0–4 Chambly Round 15, 22 November 2019 Orléans 0–4 Lorient Round 17, 3 December 2019 Châteauroux 1–5 Guingamp Round 19, 20 December 2019 Sochaux 0–4 Lorient Round 22, 1 February 2020 |
| Highest Scoring: | 8 goals Niort 4–4 Paris FC Round 22, 31 January 2020 |
| Matches: | 280 |
| Total Goals: | 610 |
| Longest Wins: | 5 (Lorient) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 12 (Clermont) |
| Longest Winless: | 9 (Paris FC Auxerre Sochaux) |
| Longest Losses: | 5 (Le Mans Rodez Niort) |
| Highest Attendance: | 32,011 Lens 1–0 Lorient Round 13, 2 November 2019 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 391 Chambly 3–2 Niort Round 18, 13 December 2019 |
| Average Attendance: | 6,768[1] |
| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
The 2019–20 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons[2]) season was the 81st season since its establishment. The season was suspended indefinitely on 12 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
On 28 April 2020, the French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced that there would be no sporting events, even behind closed doors, before September 2020, thus in effect ending the season. On 30 April 2020, the LFP declared Lorient as champions of Ligue 2, and that the top two clubs would be promoted to Ligue 1, meaning Lens were promoted as well.[4] The decision on relegations was deferred to the general assembly of the FFF on 20 May 2020.[5]
On 27 May 2020, the executive committee of the FFF rejected a proposal by the LFP to have 22 clubs in the 2020–21 competition, which would have seen Orléans and Le Mans remain in the competition.[6]
The following were team changes with respect to the 2018–19 Ligue 2 season.Promoted from 2018–19 Championnat National
Relegated from 2018–19 Ligue 1
Promoted to 2019–20 Ligue 1
Relegated to 2019–20 Championnat National
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajaccio | Stade François Coty | style=text-align:center; | 10,446 | ||
| Auxerre | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps | style=text-align:center; | 21,379 | ||
| Caen | Stade Michel d'Ornano | style=text-align:center; | 21,215 | ||
| Chambly | Stade Pierre Brisson[7] | style=text-align:center; | 10,178 | ||
| Châteauroux | Stade Gaston Petit | style=text-align:center; | 17,173 | ||
| Clermont-Ferrand | Stade Gabriel Montpied | style=text-align:center; | 11,980 | ||
| Grenoble | Stade des Alpes | style=text-align:center; | 20,068 | ||
| Guingamp | Stade de Roudourou | style=text-align:center; | 18,378 | ||
| Le Havre | Stade Océane | style=text-align:center; | 25,178 | ||
| Le Mans | MMArena | style=text-align:center; | 25,064 | ||
| Lens | Stade Bollaert-Delelis | style=text-align:center; | 37,705 | ||
| Lorient | Stade du Moustoir | style=text-align:center; | 18,890 | ||
| Tomblaine | Stade Marcel Picot | style=text-align:center; | 20,087 | ||
| Niort | Stade René Gaillard | style=text-align:center; | 10,886 | ||
| Orléans | Stade de la Source | style=text-align:center; | 7,000 | ||
| Stade Charléty | style=text-align:center; | 20,000 | |||
| Rodez | Stade Paul-Lignon | style=text-align:center; | 5,955 | ||
| Montbéliard | Stade Auguste Bonal | style=text-align:center; | 20,005 | ||
| Troyes | Stade de l'Aube | style=text-align:center; | 21,684 | ||
| Valenciennes | Stade du Hainaut | style=text-align:center; | 25,172 |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajaccio |  | | Adidas | Auchan Atrium | |
| Auxerre | |  | Macron | Remorques LOUALT | |
| Caen | | Umbro | Maisons France Confort (H), Campagne de France (A & 3) | ||
| Châteauroux | |  | Nike | Monin | |
| Chambly | | | Umbro | Flint | |
| Clermont | | Patrick | Crédit Mutuel | ||
| Grenoble | | | Nike | Carrefour, Sempa, BONTAZ | |
| Guingamp | | | Umbro | Servagroupe (H), Aroma Celte (A) | |
| Le Havre | | | Joma | Filiassur, SEAFRIGO Group | |
| Le Mans | | | Kappa | Veolia | |
| Lens | | Macron | Auchan Retail | ||
| Lorient | | | Kappa | B&B Hotels, Jean Floc'h | |
| Nancy | | Nike | Sempa | ||
| Niort | | | Erima | Restaurant Le Billon (H), Cheminées Poujoulat (A) | |
| Orléans | | | Kappa | CTVL | |
| Paris FC | | | Nike | Vinci | |
| Rodez | | | Adidas | Max Outil | |
| Sochaux |  | | Lotto | Nedey Automobiles | |
| Troyes | | | Le Coq Sportif | Babeau Seguin | |
| Valenciennes | | | Acerbis | Mutuelle Just |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy | | End of interim | 14 May 2019[8] | Pre-season | | 30 May 2019 | |
| Auxerre | | 17 May 2019 | | 17 May 2019 | |||
| Lorient | | Mutual consent | 18 May 2019[9] | | 29 May 2019[10] | ||
| Guingamp | | 24 May 2019[11] | | 29 May 2019[12] | |||
| Caen | | 25 May 2019 | 9 June 2019 | ||||
| Le Havre | | 28 May 2019 | | 29 May 2019 | |||
| Valenciennes | | End of contract | 6 June 2019 | | 6 June 2019 | ||
| Troyes | Signed by Caen | 9 June 2019 | | 14 June 2019 | |||
| Guingamp | | Sacked | 23 September 2019[13] | 14th | | 24 September 2019 (caretaker)[14] 7 October 2019 (permanent)[15] | |
| Caen | 28 September 2019[16] | 17th | | 1 October 2019[17] | |||
| Paris FC |  | 30 December 2019[18] | 19th | | 2 January 2020[19] | ||
| Niort | | 5 January 2020[20] | 18th | | 13 January 2020[21] | ||
| Orléans | | 16 January 2020[22] | 20th | | 17 January 2020 (interim)[23] | ||
| Le Mans | | 23 February 2020[24] | 19th | | 2 March 2020[25] | ||
| Lens | | Sacked | 25 February 2020[26] | 2nd | | 25 February 2020[27] |
A promotion play-off competition was originally to be held at the end of the season, involving the third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in 2019–20 Ligue 2, and the 18th-placed team in 2019–20 Ligue 1. However, the matches were cancelled and the 18th-placed Ligue 1 team remained in the same division.
A relegation play-off was originally to be held at the end of the season between the 18th-placed Ligue 2 team and the third-placed team of the 2019–20 Championnat National. However, the matches were cancelled and both teams remained in their respective divisions.[28]
