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Ligue 2
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French professional league for association football clubs
Key facts
- Organising body
- Ligue de Football, Professionnel (LFP)
- Founded
- 1933 ; 93 years ago ( 1933 ) (officially) , 2002 ; 24 years ago ( 2002 ) (as Ligue 2)
- Country
- France
- Confederation
- UEFA
- Promotion to
- Ligue 1
- Relegation to
- Ligue 3
- Domestic cup
- Coupe de France
- Current champions
- Troyes (3rd title) , ( 2025–26 )
- Most championships
- Le Havre , (6 titles)
- Broadcaster s
- beIN Sports
- Sponsor s
- BKT
- Website
- Ligue2.fr (in French)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ligue 2
- Official website
- www.ligue2.fr
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- native label
- Ligue 2
- Commons category
- Ligue 2
- inception
- 1933-00-00
- event interval
- 1
- number of participants
- 18
- social media followers
- 207000
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Ligue 2 ( French pronunciation: [liɡ dø], League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division. Contested by 18 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with both Ligue 1 and the third division Championnat National. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 34 games each, totalling 306 games in the season. Most games are played on Fridays and Mondays, with a few games played during weekday and weekend evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January.
Ligue 2 was founded a year after the creation of the first division in 1933 under the name Division 2 and has served as the second division of French football ever since. The name lasted until 2002 before switching to its current name. Since the league is a part of the LFP, it allows clubs who are on the brink of professionalism to become so.