1979–80 French Division 2

41st season of the: second-tier football league in France

Football league season

Division 2
Season	1979–80
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Statistics of Division 2 in the——1979/1980 season.

Overview※

It was contested by, "36 teams." And Tours and Auxerre won the "championship."

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion/relegation
1	Tours	34	22	7	5	59	26	+33	51	Promoted
2	Stade Rennais	34	20	6	8	60	30	+30	46
3	En Avant Guingamp	34	19	8	7	53	36	+17	46
4	Besançon	34	14	11	9	53	39	+14	39
5	Noeux-les-Mines	34	16	7	11	45	35	+10	39
6	Stade Reims	34	13	11	10	41	35	+6	37
7	Le Havre	34	15	8	11	45	32	+13	38
8	Rouen	34	16	6	12	44	36	+8	38
9	Angoulême	34	9	18	7	38	24	+14	36
10	Dunkerque	34	11	9	14	39	38	+1	31
11	Orléans	34	9	12	13	34	44	−10	30
12	Stade Quimpérois	34	11	7	16	38	55	−17	29
13	Blois	34	9	9	16	28	50	−22	27
14	Berrichonne Chateauroux	34	8	10	16	42	55	−13	26
15	Limoges	34	8	10	16	30	44	−14	26
16	Montmorillon	34	8	10	16	37	58	−21	26
17	Amicale de Lucé	34	8	7	19	30	62	−32	23	Relegated
18	Chaumont	34	7	8	19	35	53	−18	22	Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Auxerre	34	16	12	6	54	30	+24	44	Promoted
2	Avignon	34	20	4	10	54	41	+13	44
3	Cannes	34	15	10	9	54	36	+18	40
4	Thonon	34	14	11	9	47	37	+10	39
5	Gueugnon	34	12	13	9	54	37	+17	37
6	Toulouse	34	14	9	11	47	34	+13	37
7	Paris	34	11	15	8	41	34	+7	37
8	Montpellier	34	14	8	12	55	42	+13	36
9	Béziers	34	14	8	12	42	37	+5	36
10	Martigues	34	11	13	10	43	41	+2	35
11	Thionville FC	34	10	11	13	38	49	−11	31
12	Montluçon	34	9	12	13	34	40	−6	30
13	Gazélec Ajaccio	34	9	12	13	36	56	−20	30
14	Tavaux-Damparis	34	11	7	16	38	54	−16	29
15	Saint-Dié	34	9	10	15	40	63	−23	28
16	Mulhouse	34	8	11	15	34	45	−11	27	Relegated
17	Toulon	34	8	11	15	36	48	−12	27
18	Olympique Alès	34	8	9	17	37	60	−23	25

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Auxerre	4–1	Tours	4–0	0–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Avignon	3–2	Rennes	3–2	0–0

Avignon was qualified——to the play-off against 18th placed team of Division 1, Lyon.

v t e Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons
Division 2 (1933–2002)	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
List of French second division champions

Domestic leagues	Division 1 Division 2
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final)
European	European Cup Men Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Division 1	Angers Bastia Bordeaux Brest Laval Lens Lille Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Nancy Nantes Nice Nîmes Paris Saint-Germain Saint-Étienne Sochaux Strasbourg Valenciennes

International competition
Men	1979 Mediterranean Games