1978–79 French Division 2

Division 2
Season1978–79

Statistics of Division 2 in the 1978/1979 season.

Overview

It was contested by 36 teams, and Gueugnon and Stade Brest won the championship.

League tables

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gueugnon 34 18 10 6 68 40 +28 46
2 Avignon 34 19 8 7 47 27 +20 46
3 Béziers 34 19 5 10 55 31 +24 43
4 Auxerre 34 19 4 11 56 38 +18 42
5 Besançon 34 18 6 10 45 28 +17 42
6 Montpellier 34 17 6 11 57 43 +14 40
7 Martigues 34 16 5 13 62 49 +13 37
8 Cannes 34 13 10 11 38 40 −2 36
9 Montluçon 34 10 13 11 36 35 +1 33
10 Chaumont 34 10 13 11 36 49 −13 33
11 Toulouse 34 13 7 14 42 53 −11 33
12 Toulon 34 12 6 16 42 43 −1 30
13 Saint-Dié 34 10 10 14 33 41 −8 30
14 Olympique Alès 34 12 4 18 41 51 −10 28
15 Gazélec Ajaccio 34 11 6 17 36 53 −17 28
16 Épinal 34 9 7 18 40 52 −12 25 Relegated
17 AS Troyes 34 7 10 17 33 44 −11 24
18 Arles 34 5 6 23 34 72 −38 16
Source: rsssf.com

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Stade Brest 34 25 4 5 69 22 +47 54 Promoted
2 Lens 34 21 9 4 74 26 +48 51
3 Dunkerque 34 17 12 5 51 29 +22 46
4 Tours 34 15 13 6 53 39 +14 43
5 Rouen 34 13 11 10 52 44 +8 37
6 Limoges 34 14 9 11 37 32 +5 37
7 En Avant Guingamp 34 12 12 10 35 39 −4 36
8 Stade Rennais 34 13 10 11 43 33 +10 36
9 Orléans 34 13 8 13 35 42 −7 34
10 Berrichonne Chateauroux 34 11 11 12 32 36 −4 33
11 Amicale de Lucé 34 13 6 15 41 45 −4 32
12 Angoulême 34 9 13 12 33 36 −3 31
13 Mulhouse 34 11 7 16 33 43 −10 29
14 Stade Quimpérois 34 11 7 16 46 56 −10 29
15 Blois 34 9 10 15 39 57 −18 28
16 US Boulogne 34 7 7 20 33 53 −20 21 Relegated
17 Melun 34 6 6 22 28 63 −35 18
18 Amiens 34 3 11 20 28 66 −38 17
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-offs

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

Promotion play-offs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Avignon 3–4 Lens 2–0 1–4

Lens was qualified to the play-off against 19th placed team of Division 1, Paris FC.

References