Ligue 2 2008–09

The Ligue 2 season 2008/2009 is the sixty-seventh [ [http://www.frenchleague.com/ligue2/historique/palmares.asp French Football League : Ligue 2 Orange, news, results, tables, statistics ] ] edition since its establishment, and began on August 1, 2008 and will end on May 29, 2009. The fixtures were announced on May 23, 2008. [ [http://www.lfp.fr/calendrier_2008_2009/Ligue2_2008_2009.htm Ligue 2 Fixtures 08-09] ]

Promotion and Relegation

Teams relegated to Ligue 2
*FC Metz, relegated after losing to Olympique Marseille on April 12, 2008.
*RC Strasbourg, relegated after losing to SM Caen on May 10, 2008.
*RC Lens, relegated after drawing with FC Girondins de Bordeaux on May 17, 2008.

Teams promoted to Ligue 1
*Le Havre AC, promoted after drawing with CS Sedan on April 22, 2008.
*FC Nantes, promoted after drawing with Montpellier HSC on April 25, 2008.
*Grenoble Foot 38, promoted after drawing with LB Châteauroux on May 12, 2008.

Teams promoted from Championnat National
*Vannes OC, promoted after losing to FC Martigues on April 26, 2008.
*Tours FC, promoted after defeating Stade Laval on May 3, 2008.
*Nimes Olympique, promoted after defeating Stade Laval on May 16, 2008.

Teams relegated to Championnat National
*FC Gueugnon, relegated after losing to AC Ajaccio on April 18, 2008.
*FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, relegated after losing to CS Sedan on May 2, 2008.
*Chamois Niortais FC, relegated after losing to US Boulogne on May 16, 2008.

League table

"Last updated October 10, 2008"Last updated: 3 October 2008
Source: [http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/classementPasseur.asp?affich=ALL Ligue 2]

Managers

References

External links

* [http://www.frenchleague.com/indexSite.asp French League Official Site]
* [http://www.frenchleague.com/ligue2/resultat.asp Ligue 2 Official Page]