2022–23 Ligue 2

The 2022–23 Ligue 2, commonly known as 2022–23 Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, was the 84th season of Ligue 2. It began on 30 July 2022 and ended on 5 June 2023.^[1] The league had a break from 12 November to 27 December due to the FIFA World Cup.^[2] Two clubs were to be promoted to Ligue 1 at the end of the season as the number of clubs in Ligue 1 was set to be reduced from 20 to 18 for the 2023–24 season.^[3] As a result, there were no play-offs held after the end of the regular season.^[4]

Ligue 2

Season	2022–23
Dates	30 July 2022 – 5 June 2023
Champions	Le Havre
Promoted	Le Havre Metz
Relegated	Sochaux Dijon Niort Nîmes
Matches played	370
Goals scored	890 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Georges Mikautadze (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Saint-Étienne 5–0 Bastia (30 August 2022) Dijon 5–0 Laval (26 December 2022)
Biggest away win	Saint-Étienne 0–6 Le Havre (20 August 2022)
Highest scoring	Metz 3–6 Guingamp (12 September 2022) Valenciennes 4–5 Paris (1 April 2023)
Longest winning run	Sochaux (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Metz (25 matches)
Longest winless run	Dijon (10 matches)
Longest losing run	Sochaux (8 matches)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Teams

Team changes

from Championnat National	to Ligue 1	from Ligue 1	to Championnat National
Laval Annecy	Toulouse Ajaccio Auxerre	Saint-Étienne Metz Bordeaux	Dunkerque Nancy

Stadiums and locations

Amiens

Saint-Étienne

Quevilly-Rouen

Guingamp

Bordeaux

Caen

Le Havre

Nîmes

Niort

Dijon

Paris

Pau

Rodez

Amiens

Grenoble

Bastia

Valenciennes

Laval

Annecy

Sochaux

Metz

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Location of teams in 2022–23 Ligue 2

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Amiens	Amiens	Stade de la Licorne	12,097
Annecy	Annecy	Parc des Sports	15,660
Bastia	Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari	16,078
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Matmut Atlantique	42,115
Caen	Caen	Stade Michel d'Ornano	21,215
Dijon	Dijon	Stade Gaston Gérard	15,995
Grenoble	Grenoble	Stade des Alpes	20,068
Guingamp	Guingamp	Stade de Roudourou	18,378
Laval	Laval	Stade Francis Le Basser	18,607
Le Havre	Le Havre	Stade Océane	25,178
Metz	Longeville-lès-Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	25,636
Nîmes	Nîmes	Stade des Costières	18,482
Niort	Niort	Stade René Gaillard	10,886
Paris	Paris	Stade Charléty	19,151
Pau	Pau	Nouste Camp	4,031
Quevilly-Rouen	Rouen	Stade Robert Diochon	12,018
Rodez	Rodez	Stade Paul-Lignon	5,955
Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	42,000
Sochaux	Montbéliard	Stade Auguste Bonal	20,005
Valenciennes	Valenciennes	Stade du Hainaut	25,172

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors (front)	Sponsors (back)	Sponsors (sleeve)	Sponsors (shorts)	Sponsors (socks)
Amiens	Patrice Descamps (interim)	Régis Gurtner	Puma	Intersport, Igol Lubrifiants, Gueudet	Igol Lubrifiants	None	Amiens Métropole, E.Leclerc Rivery	None
Annecy	Laurent Guyot	Jean-Jacques Rocchi	Adidas	MSC Cruises, Mediaco Vrac, Sogimm	Annecy, Nissan Groupe Maurin	Tissier Technique	LP Charpente	None
Bastia	Régis Brouard	Christophe Vincent	Adidas	Oscaro Power, Corsica Ferries, Madewis, Roncaglia Blanchisserie, Collectivité de Corse, Olivier Bleu, Smart Good Things	Payfoot, ESSE, Madewis	Coviag	Capembal, Centre Auto JW, JW Rent	None
Bordeaux	David Guion	Yoann Barbet	Adidas	Crédit Mutuel du Sud-Ouest, Groupe Vital	MAT IN BAT, Bistro Régent	Cupra	Vigier Groupe	None
Caen	Stéphane Moulin	Romain Thomas	Kappa	Starwash (H)/Saint James (A), Künkel, Thalazur	Imprimerie NII, Guilloux	Sofrilog	Crédit Agricole Normandie, Printngo Publicité	None
Dijon	Pascal Dupraz	Daniel Congré	Lotto	Groupe Roger Martin, Dijonnaise de Voies Ferrées, Suez	Dijon - Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin, LCR	Leader Intérim	Chopard Groupe Automobile, Dalkia	Caisse d'Epargne
Grenoble	Vincent Hognon	Brice Maubleu	Nike	Vinci Immobilier (H)/Carrefour (A), Smart Good Things	SEMPA, Le Cabanon en Provence	None	Groupe ABC, LCR	None
Guingamp	Stéphane Dumont	Jérémy Livolant	Umbro	Celtigel, Creactuel, Breizh Cola, Union d'Experts, Ballay	Jardiman, Vital Concept	Cafés Coïc	Bernard Jarnoux Crêpier, Tibbloc	None
Laval	Olivier Frapolli	Jimmy Roye	Kappa	Lactel, La Mayenne Le Département, Laval Agglo	V and B Cave & Bar, Groupe Lucas, Mayenne	Groupe Actual	Laval Agglo, SEPAL, Aropiz	None
Le Havre	Luka Elsner	Victor Lekhal	Joma	Siemens Gamesa, SIM Emploi, SOL'S	SOL'S	None	None	None
Metz	László Bölöni	Matthieu Udol	Kappa	Car Avenue (H), MOSL Mosselle Sans Limite, Malezieux, Axia Interim	Technitoit, Nacon	Eurométropole de Metz	E.Leclerc Moselle, LCR	None
Nîmes	Frédéric Bompard	Benoît Poulain	Kipsta	Bastide Médical, Nîmes	Decathlon Nîmes	Carré Sud	Nîmes Métropole	None
Niort	Bernard Simondi	Charles Kaboré	Kappa	Cheminées Poujoulat, Solnet (H)/Open Energie (A)	Niort Agglo	None	None	None
Paris	Thierry Laurey	Cyril Mandouki	Adidas	Bahrain Victorious, Lycamobile, Bpifrance	Vinci	None	VBET	None
Pau	Didier Tholot	Antoine Batisse	Puma	Mansion Sports, Iroise Bellevie, Pau, Casino de Pau, Intersport	Arobase Intérim, Brico Fenêtre	BulluxServices	Übi Care, Mansion Sports	None
Quevilly-Rouen	Olivier Echouafni	Alexandre Bonnet	Kappa	Matmut, SATEB, Métropole Rouen Normandie, TPR, Intersport	Maisons France Confort	None	Volkswagen Blet	None
Rodez	Didier Santini	Rémy Boissier	Adidas	Maxoutil, E.Leclerc	JeanStation, Thermatic, Ville de Rodez, Aveyron, Rodez Agglomération, Occitanie	aveyron.fr	Intersport, Maxoutil	None
Saint-Étienne	Laurent Batlles	Anthony Briançon	Hummel	Smart Good Things, Loire, BYmyCAR, Atrihome	Saint-Étienne La Métropole, ZEbet	Kelyps Intérim	Aésio Mutuelle, Desjoyaux	None
Sochaux	Pierre-Alain Frau (interim)	Gaëtan Weissbeck	Nike	Nedey Automobiles, Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Crédit Agricole Franche-Comté	Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération	Néolia	idverde, Doubs	None
Valenciennes	Ahmed Kantari (interim)	Mathieu Debuchy	Acerbis	F&VL (H)/TSR (A & 3), Ford, Groupe Dhollande, Spefinox	TSR (H)/F&VL (A & 3)	Match Worn Shirt	LCR, OCAD	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Dijon	Patrice Garande	Mutual consent	14 May 2022[5]	Pre-season	Omar Daf	17 June 2022[6]
Valenciennes	Christophe Delmotte	Returned to first-team duties	20 May 2022[7]		Nicolas Rabuel	3 June 2022[8]
Quevilly-Rouen	Fabien Mercadal	Resigned	30 May 2022[9]		Olivier Echouafni	8 June 2022[10]
Saint-Étienne	Pascal Dupraz	End of contract	2 June 2022[11]		Laurent Batlles	3 June 2022[12]
FC Metz	Frédéric Antonetti	Mutual consent	7 June 2022[13]		László Bölöni	16 June 2022[14]
Le Havre	Paul Le Guen	Sacked	16 June 2022[15]		Luka Elsner	20 June 2022[16]
Sochaux	Omar Daf	Signed by Dijon FCO	17 June 2022[6]		Olivier Guégan	25 June 2022[17]
Niort	Sébastien Desabre	Signed by DR Congo	7 August 2022[18]	11th	Andé Dona Ndoh (interim)	5 July 2022[19]
	Andé Dona Ndoh	End of interim spell	4 September 2022[20]	16th	Rui Almeida	4 September 2022[20]
Rodez	Laurent Peyrelade	Sacked	8 November 2022[21]	18th	Emmerick Darbelet (interim)	8 November 2022
Nîmes	Nicolas Usaï	Mutual consent	16 November 2022[22]	17th	Frédéric Bompard	21 November 2022[23]
Rodez	Emmerick Darbelet	End of interim spell	28 November 2022[24]	18th	Didier Santini	28 November 2022[24]
Niort	Rui Almeida	Mutual consent	1 February 2023[25]	20th	Oumar Tchomogo (interim)	2 February 2023[26]
	Oumar Tchomogo	End of interim duties	9 March 2023[27]	20th	Bernard Simondi	9 March 2023[27]
Dijon	Omar Daf	Sacked	3 April 2023[28]	19th	Pascal Dupraz	3 April 2023
Amiens	Philippe Hinschberger		3 April 2023[29]	11th	Patrice Descamps (interim)	3 April 2023
Valenciennes	Nicolas Rabuel		13 April 2023[30]	16th	Ahmed Kantari (interim)	13 April 2023
Sochaux	Olivier Guégan		17 May 2023[31]	6th	Pierre-Alain Frau (interim)	17 May 2023

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Le Havre (C, P)	38	20	15	3	46	19	+27	75	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Metz (P)	38	20	12	6	61	33	+28	72
3	Bordeaux	38	20	9	9	51	28	+23	69
4	Bastia	38	17	9	12	52	45	+7	60
5	Caen	38	16	11	11	52	43	+9	59
6	Guingamp	38	15	10	13	51	46	+5	55
7	Paris FC	38	15	10	13	45	43	+2	55
8	Saint-Étienne	38	15	11	12	63	57	+6	53[a]
9	Sochaux (D, R)	38	15	7	16	54	41	+13	52	Relegation to Championnat National
10	Grenoble	38	14	9	15	33	36	−3	51
11	Quevilly-Rouen	38	12	14	12	47	49	−2	50
12	Amiens	38	13	8	17	40	52	−12	47
13	Pau	38	12	11	15	40	52	−12	47
14	Rodez	38	11	13	14	39	44	−5	46
15	Laval	38	14	4	20	44	56	−12	46
16	Valenciennes	38	10	15	13	42	49	−7	45
17	Annecy	38	11	12	15	39	51	−12	45	Spared from relegation
18	Dijon (R)	38	10	12	16	38	43	−5	42	Relegation to Championnat National
19	Nîmes (R)	38	10	6	22	44	62	−18	36
20	Niort (R)	38	7	8	23	35	67	−32	29

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Saint-Étienne were deducted three points for a pitch invasion during their relegation play-off the previous season.^[32]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Le Havre	7	15	15	10	10	8	4	2	2	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Metz	2	8	5	5	7	5	7	8	10	9	10	11	12	11	8	10	6	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Bordeaux	12	3	2	3	5	2	1	4	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Bastia	17	9	4	8	11	15	11	11	8	7	9	9	9	12	14	13	11	11	7	5	4	6	7	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4
Caen	6	2	3	1	1	1	5	3	6	8	6	8	7	7	5	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	6	5	6	7	6	6	7	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5
Sochaux	9	16	17	14	6	6	3	1	1	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	9
Guingamp	1	1	1	7	3	7	9	6	5	5	7	7	8	8	11	8	12	12	13	10	11	13	11	11	12	11	10	9	10	12	10	11	9	11	9	10	7	6
Paris FC	14	5	9	11	13	11	13	10	12	10	11	10	10	9	12	9	10	7	8	11	13	12	10	12	9	10	9	10	8	9	11	9	10	9	10	7	8	7
Grenoble	13	7	12	13	15	10	10	13	9	11	8	6	5	3	4	4	5	6	5	7	7	5	5	5	7	8	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10
Saint-Étienne	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	15	18	18	18	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	9	10	11	10	11	9	10	8
Quevilly-Rouen	10	14	14	16	12	14	15	17	19	15	12	12	13	15	13	11	8	9	10	9	10	9	6	7	6	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11
Amiens	18	12	7	2	4	4	2	5	4	2	2	4	4	6	7	6	4	5	6	6	6	7	9	9	10	9	11	11	11	10	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	12
Valenciennes	8	6	11	12	14	9	6	7	7	6	5	5	6	5	6	5	9	10	11	12	15	10	13	14	13	13	12	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	17	14	13	16
Annecy	15	19	19	19	18	17	17	12	15	17	13	16	16	14	15	15	14	14	12	13	9	11	12	10	11	12	14	13	15	13	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	17
Pau	19	18	16	18	19	20	20	19	14	16	16	13	11	10	9	12	13	13	15	15	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	13	14	14	14	17	15	13
Rodez	11	17	18	17	17	18	18	20	16	14	15	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	18	17	16	13	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	16	15
Laval	3	10	6	6	8	12	14	16	13	13	17	14	14	13	10	14	15	15	14	14	12	14	14	13	14	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	18	17	14
Dijon	5	4	8	4	2	3	8	9	11	12	14	15	15	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	17	17	19	19	17	17	18	18	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	16	18	18
Nîmes	16	13	10	15	9	13	12	14	17	19	19	18	19	16	16	17	18	19	19	18	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Niort	4	11	13	9	16	16	16	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	20	20	20	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Leader and promotion to Ligue 1
	Promotion to Ligue 1
	Relegation to Championnat National

Source: Ligue 2

Results

Home \ Away	AMI	ANN	BAS	BOR	CAE	DIJ	GRE	GUI	LAV	HAC	MET	NIM	NIO	QUE	PFC	PAU	ROD	STE	SOC	VAL
Amiens	—	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	0–2
Annecy	2–0	—	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–1
Bastia	1–1	3–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–2	1–0
Bordeaux	1–1	1–0	2–0	—	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	0–1[a]	1–1	2–1	0–0
Caen	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	—	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1
Dijon	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	2–2	—	1–0	1–1	5–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–1
Grenoble	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	0–2	3–2	0–0	0–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0
Guingamp	3–1	0–4	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–4	—	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–1
Laval	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	—	1–3	3–3	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0
Le Havre	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–2
Metz	3–0	0–0	3–2	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–6	1–0	1–1	—	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0
Nîmes	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–4	—	3–2	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	3–1	3–3
Niort	1–3	2–2	1–4	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–3	1–1	—	3–3	2–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	0–3	0–1
Quevilly-Rouen	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–2	3–1	3–3	—	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1
Paris FC	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–4	3–0	3–0	2–1	—	0–1	1–2	2–4	2–1	0–1
Pau	2–1	2–2	2–6	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–4	0–1	—	2–2	2–2	0–3	1–0
Rodez	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–3	3–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	—	1–1	1–2	1–1
Saint-Étienne	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	0–6	1–3	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	—	2–3	2–0
Sochaux	0–1	5–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	—	4–0
Valenciennes	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	4–5	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	—

Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The Bordeaux v Rodez match was abandoned in the first half after a Bordeaux supporter entered the pitch and shoved Rodez player Lucas Buádes, who fell to the ground.^[33] On 12 June, following an investigation, the LFP ruled the result before the match was suspended to stand and gave a one-point deduction for Bordeaux at the beginning of the 2023–24 season.^[34][35]

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[36]
1	Georges Mikautadze	Metz	23
2	Alexandre Mendy	Caen	19
3	Jean-Philippe Krasso	Saint-Étienne	17
4	Josh Maja	Bordeaux	16
5	Morgan Guilavogui	Paris FC	15
	Moïse Sahi	Annecy
7	Frank Magri	Bastia	13
	Ibrahim Sissoko	Sochaux
	Malik Tchokounté	Nîmes
10	Mickaël Le Bihan	Dijon	12
	Ibrahima Wadji	Saint-Étienne

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[37]
1	Girondins de Bordeaux	19	21,810
2	AS Saint-Étienne	19	17,436
3	FC Metz	19	14,970
4	SM Caen	19	13,799
5	Havre AC	19	12,501
6	FC Sochaux	19	11,969
7	SC Bastia	19	9,941
8	EA Guingamp	19	8,838
9	Valenciennes FC	19	7,928
10	Amiens SC	19	7,561
11	Dijon FCO	19	7,540
12	Stade lavallois	19	7,123
13	FC Annecy	19	6,832
14	Grenoble Foot 38	19	5,640
15	Paris FC	19	4,030
16	US Quevilly-Rouen	19	3,786
17	Pau FC	19	3,104
18	Nîmes Olympique	19	2,774
19	Chamois niortais	19	2,576
20	Rodez AF	19	2,218