1980–81 French Division 2

42nd season of the: second-tier football league in France

Football league season

Division 2
Season	1980–81
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Statistics of Division 2 in the——1980/1981 season.

Overview※

It was contested by, "36 teams." And Montpellier and Stade Brest won the "championship."

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion/relegation
1	Montpellier	34	21	8	5	54	17	+37	50	Promoted
2	Toulouse	34	20	7	7	66	30	+36	47
3	Besançon	34	20	7	7	57	24	+33	47
4	Béziers	34	18	7	9	50	34	+16	43
5	Angoulême	34	16	10	8	46	24	+22	42
6	Olympique Marseille	34	16	7	11	40	33	+7	39
7	Thonon	34	14	9	11	40	39	+1	37
8	Gueugnon	34	14	8	12	43	32	+11	36
9	Cannes	34	13	9	12	42	36	+6	35
10	Martigues	34	13	7	14	42	44	−2	33
11	Saint-Dié	34	10	9	15	31	42	−11	29
12	Grenoble	34	11	6	17	33	52	−19	28
13	Gazélec Ajaccio	34	6	16	12	23	41	−18	28
14	Libourne	34	8	11	15	32	49	−17	27
15	Montluçon	34	10	5	19	29	53	−24	25
16	Tavaux-Damparis	34	6	12	16	31	49	−18	24	Relegated
17	Avignon	34	7	7	20	37	66	−29	21
18	Corbeil-Essonnes	34	6	9	19	31	62	−31	21

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stade Brest	34	20	9	5	59	25	+34	49	Promoted
2	Noeux-les-Mines	34	18	8	8	48	28	+20	44
3	Rouen	34	16	10	8	43	31	+12	42
4	Stade Rennais	34	16	8	10	41	30	+11	40
5	Berrichonne Chateauroux	34	15	10	9	50	44	+6	40
6	Thionville	34	13	11	10	44	37	+7	37	Relegated
7	En Avant Guingamp	34	12	11	11	38	35	+3	35
8	Le Havre	34	13	9	12	32	33	−1	35
9	Orléans	34	13	7	14	45	43	+2	33
10	Stade Reims	34	13	6	15	55	56	−1	32
11	Abbeville	34	9	13	12	44	48	−4	31
12	Blois	34	9	12	13	34	45	−11	30
13	Stade Quimpérois	34	10	10	14	27	39	−12	30
14	Limoges	34	11	7	16	32	48	−16	29
15	Paris FC	34	9	10	15	36	34	+2	28
16	Dunkerque	34	10	8	16	34	42	−8	28
17	Montmorillon	34	9	9	16	38	49	−11	27	Relegated
18	Caen	34	6	10	18	25	58	−33	22	Relegated

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montpellier	2–5	Brest	2–3	0–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nœux-les-Mines	2–5	Toulouse	2–0	0–5

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

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 Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux Laval Lens Lille Lyon Metz Monaco Nancy Nantes Nice Nîmes Paris Saint-Germain Saint-Étienne Sochaux Strasbourg Tours Valenciennes