Division 21997/1998

Season

Tier : 2

Type of clubs : A

Country : France

Games played : 462

Goals scored : 1083 (2.34 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 475

Red cards : 117

49%
Home victories

33%
Draws

18%
Away victories

Players age average : 26.3 years

Number of players participating : 558

Promoted : Wasquehal, Nîmes

Relegated to lower tier : Épinal

Promoted to higher tier : Toulouse FC, Châteauroux

Relegated from higher tier : Lille, Nice, Nancy, Caen

Division 2 1997/1998's fixtures and results

Round 42

May 08, 1998

Nancy

1 1

ATAC

90'Alain Durand (o.g)

31'Christophe Le Grix

61'Pape Sarr

84'J.-M. Stephanopoli (o.g)

71'Jean-Jacques Allais

General rankingLast updated on 08/05/1998

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Nancy	76	42	20	16	6	64	37	+27
2	Lorient	75	42	21	12	9	68	38	+30
3	Sochaux	66	42	18	12	12	56	37	+19
4	Lille	65	42	17	14	11	62	44	+18
5	ATAC	63	42	16	15	11	48	38	+10
6	Le Mans	62	42	16	14	12	54	46	+8
7	ASOA Valence	58	42	12	22	8	51	45	+6
8	Red Star 93	57	42	15	12	15	51	61	-10
9	Caen	56	42	15	11	16	61	55	+6
10	Niort	55	42	12	19	11	42	38	+4
11	Gueugnon	55	42	16	7	19	47	54	-7
12	Amiens	55	42	14	13	15	40	49	-9
13	Laval	54	42	14	12	16	50	48	+2
14	Nice	52	42	11	19	12	40	40	0
15	Nîmes	52	42	13	13	16	41	51	-10
16	Beauvais	51	42	11	18	13	40	47	-7
17	Saint-Étienne	51	42	12	15	15	47	60	-13
18	Wasquehal	51	42	14	9	19	49	63	-14
19	Louhans-Cuiseaux	49	42	13	10	19	41	51	-10
20	Toulon	46	42	12	10	20	43	62	-19
21	Martigues	45	42	10	15	17	37	63	-26
22	Mulhouse	41	42	9	14	19	51	56	-5

Latest transfers

April 01, 1998
Lamine N'Diaye mana.		Mulhouse

March 01, 1998
Nicolas Holveck C. E.		Nancy

February 01, 1998
Georges da Silva ( Thouars)		Louhans-Csx
Faride Soudani ( Auxerre B)		Laval

January 21, 1998
Christophe Robert ( Nancy)		Saint-Étienne

January 20, 1998
Hervé Schreiner ( Sochaux)		Niort

January 15, 1998
Frédéric Darras ( Swindon Town)		Red Star

January 08, 1998
Dominique Aulanier ( Nice)		Nîmes

January 05, 1998
S. Van der Heyden ( Roda JC)		Lille

January 01, 1998
Frédéric Rouzo m. d. s.		Lorient
Marc Collat S. D. ( Free)		Amiens
Abdelkrim Jinani ( Rennes)		Laval

All transfers

One match scorers

Bruno Rouxhas scored 3 goals during the match Beauvais 5-3 Nîmes (02/08/1997)

Samuel Lobéhas scored 3 goals during the match Lille 7-3 Martigues (09/08/1997)

Sladjan Djukichas scored 3 goals during the match Wasquehal 0-4 ATAC (16/08/1997)

Koffi Fiawoohas scored 3 goals during the match Sochaux 4-0 ATAC (04/10/1997)

Étienne Mendyhas scored 3 goals during the match Caen 5-0 Martigues (08/10/1997)

Didier Thimothéehas scored 3 goals during the match Saint-Étienne 3-2 Nice (25/10/1997)

Réginald Rayhas scored 3 goals during the match Le Mans 5-0 Toulon (08/11/1997)

Hervé Milazzohas scored 3 goals during the match Mulhouse 3-3 Louhans-Cuiseaux (21/01/1998)

Ulrich Le Penhas scored 3 goals during the match Laval 3-1 Red Star 93 (24/04/1998)

Victor Agalihas scored 3 goals during the match Toulon 6-1 Le Mans (24/04/1998)

Bernard Bougerhas scored 3 goals during the match Sochaux 4-0 Saint-Étienne (29/04/1998)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 02/04/2026 at 11:42

Scorers

Assists

Games

clean sheets

Fair play

Scorers as subs

Scorers + Assists

Newcomers

Player	Goals	pen.	eff.	Min.p.	M.p.	Start	Home	Away	1H	2H	Team %	Last goal
Réginald Ray	20	7	171	3412	40	39	13	7	11	9	39%	08/05/1998
Bernard Bouger	19	2	139	2646	36	31	14	5	9	10		29/04/1998
Samuel Lobé	19	6	173	3287	41	36	14	5	10	9	31%	29/04/1998
Didier Thimothée	19	6	145	2760	36	34	13	6	7	12	41%	05/05/1998
Sladjan Djukic	17	2	186	3163	37	35	10	7	6	11	35%	05/05/1998
Olivier Pickeu	17	2	196	3328	38	38	12	5	13	4	43%	08/05/1998
Robert Malm	16	0	188	3015	39	37	11	5	7	9	25%	29/04/1998
Ali Bouafia	15	1	155	2331	35	26	9	6	7	8	23%	18/04/1998
William Loko	15	0	221	3314	42	36	11	4	5	10	31%	05/05/1998
Bruno Roux	15	4	193	2901	38	37	14	1	5	10	38%	05/05/1998
Victor Agali	15	0	199	2981	38	33	10	5	4	11	35%	08/05/1998
Étienne Mendy	14	3	130	1816	32	19	9	5	2	12	23%	07/03/1998
Pablo Correa	14	0	216	3028	40	38	9	5	2	12	23%	28/03/1998
Patrick Revelles	14	1	240	3357	40	39	7	7	5	9	33%	08/05/1998
Emmanuel Desgeorges	13	1	247	3216	39	36	9	4	7	6	28%	24/03/1998

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Red Star 93	VWasquehal 2-4 07/04/1998	V 1-0 Caen18/04/1998	LLaval 3-1 24/04/1998	D 1-1 Niort29/04/1998	VToulon 2-3 05/05/1998	V 1-0 Nice08/05/1998
2	Le Mans	VLaval 2-3 07/04/1998	V 1-0 Niort18/04/1998	LToulon 6-1 24/04/1998	V 2-0 Nice29/04/1998	DNancy 1-1 05/05/1998	V 1-0 Louhans-Cuiseaux08/05/1998
3	Sochaux	VAmiens 0-2 07/04/1998	V 2-0 Beauvais18/04/1998	DMulhouse 2-2 24/04/1998	V 4-0 Saint-Étienne29/04/1998	LNice 2-1 05/05/1998	VMartigues 1-2 08/05/1998
4	ATAC	L 0-2 Lorient07/04/1998	VASOA Valence 0-1 18/04/1998	V 3-0 Gueugnon24/04/1998	VAmiens 0-2 29/04/1998	D 1-1 Mulhouse05/05/1998	DNancy 1-1 08/05/1998
5	Gueugnon	VMulhouse 1-2 07/04/1998	D 2-2 Nancy18/04/1998	LATAC 3-0 24/04/1998	V 2-1 Wasquehal29/04/1998	LCaen 4-0 05/05/1998	V 2-1 Laval08/05/1998
6	Nice	V 2-0 Saint-Étienne07/04/1998	DMartigues 0-0 18/04/1998	V 2-1 Lille23/04/1998	LLe Mans 2-0 29/04/1998	V 2-1 Sochaux05/05/1998	LRed Star 93 1-0 08/05/1998
-	Louhans-Cuiseaux	V 1-0 Beauvais07/04/1998	DSaint-Étienne 2-2 18/04/1998	V 3-0 Martigues24/04/1998	LLille 3-1 29/04/1998	V 2-0 Nîmes05/05/1998	LLe Mans 1-0 08/05/1998
8	Toulon	L 1-2 Martigues07/04/1998	VLille 0-1 18/04/1998	V 6-1 Le Mans24/04/1998	LNîmes 2-0 29/04/1998	L 2-3 Red Star 9305/05/1998	VLorient 1-3 08/05/1998
9	Caen	V 3-1 Nîmes07/04/1998	LRed Star 93 1-0 18/04/1998	D 1-1 Lorient24/04/1998	DASOA Valence 2-2 29/04/1998	V 4-0 Gueugnon05/05/1998	DAmiens 1-1 08/05/1998
10	Niort	V 2-0 Lille07/04/1998	LLe Mans 1-0 18/04/1998	V 1-0 Nîmes24/04/1998	DRed Star 93 1-1 29/04/1998	D 0-0 Lorient05/05/1998	DASOA Valence 2-2 08/05/1998
11	Lorient	VATAC 0-2 07/04/1998	V 1-0 Wasquehal18/04/1998	DCaen 1-1 24/04/1998	D 1-1 Laval29/04/1998	DNiort 0-0 05/05/1998	L 1-3 Toulon08/05/1998
12	Wasquehal	L 2-4 Red Star 9307/04/1998	LLorient 1-0 18/04/1998	D 1-1 ASOA Valence24/04/1998	LGueugnon 2-1 29/04/1998	V 2-0 Amiens05/05/1998	VMulhouse 1-2 08/05/1998
13	Nancy	L 2-4 ASOA Valence05/04/1998	DGueugnon 2-2 18/04/1998	V 2-0 Amiens24/04/1998	DMulhouse 2-2 29/04/1998	D 1-1 Le Mans05/05/1998	D 1-1 ATAC08/05/1998
14	ASOA Valence	VNancy 2-4 05/04/1998	L 0-1 ATAC18/04/1998	DWasquehal 1-1 24/04/1998	D 2-2 Caen29/04/1998	DLaval 2-2 05/05/1998	D 2-2 Niort08/05/1998
15	Lille	LNiort 2-0 07/04/1998	L 0-1 Toulon18/04/1998	LNice 2-1 23/04/1998	V 3-1 Louhans-Cuiseaux29/04/1998	LBeauvais 2-1 05/05/1998	V 2-1 Saint-Étienne08/05/1998
16	Beauvais	LLouhans-Cuiseaux 1-0 07/04/1998	LSochaux 2-0 18/04/1998	D 0-0 Saint-Étienne24/04/1998	DMartigues 0-0 29/04/1998	V 2-1 Lille05/05/1998	DNîmes 0-0 08/05/1998
17	Laval	L 2-3 Le Mans07/04/1998	DNîmes 1-1 18/04/1998	V 3-1 Red Star 9324/04/1998	DLorient 1-1 29/04/1998	D 2-2 ASOA Valence05/05/1998	LGueugnon 2-1 08/05/1998
18	Martigues	VToulon 1-2 07/04/1998	D 0-0 Nice18/04/1998	LLouhans-Cuiseaux 3-0 24/04/1998	D 0-0 Beauvais29/04/1998	DSaint-Étienne 1-1 05/05/1998	L 1-2 Sochaux08/05/1998
19	Nîmes	LCaen 3-1 07/04/1998	D 1-1 Laval18/04/1998	LNiort 1-0 24/04/1998	V 2-0 Toulon29/04/1998	LLouhans-Cuiseaux 2-0 05/05/1998	D 0-0 Beauvais08/05/1998
20	Amiens	L 0-2 Sochaux07/04/1998	V 1-0 Mulhouse18/04/1998	LNancy 2-0 24/04/1998	L 0-2 ATAC29/04/1998	LWasquehal 2-0 05/05/1998	D 1-1 Caen08/05/1998
21	Mulhouse	L 1-2 Gueugnon07/04/1998	LAmiens 1-0 18/04/1998	D 2-2 Sochaux24/04/1998	D 2-2 Nancy29/04/1998	DATAC 1-1 05/05/1998	L 1-2 Wasquehal08/05/1998
22	Saint-Étienne	LNice 2-0 07/04/1998	D 2-2 Louhans-Cuiseaux18/04/1998	DBeauvais 0-0 24/04/1998	LSochaux 4-0 29/04/1998	D 1-1 Martigues05/05/1998	LLille 2-1 08/05/1998

Longest streaksLast updated on 03/04/2026 at 01:35

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Lorient	5
Gueugnon	5
Le Mans	5
Caen	5
ATAC	4
Nancy	4
Amiens	3
Sochaux	3
Mulhouse	3
Lille	3
Nice	3
ASOA Valence	3
Saint-Étienne	3
Wasquehal	2	2
Louhans-Cuiseaux	2
Beauvais	2
Red Star 93	2	2
Nîmes	2
Laval	2
Niort	2
Toulon	2
Martigues	1

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 03/04/2026 at 01:35

Team \ Rd	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	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Nancy	20	12	12	6	9	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Lorient	6	6	5	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	6	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Sochaux	1	1	2	4	3	7	8	6	7	8	6	6	5	7	5	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Lille	8	4	6	8	4	4	3	5	3	5	7	7	7	10	7	5	3	4	4	5	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
ATAC	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	4	2	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5
Le Mans	17	17	10	15	18	19	16	17	18	19	20	20	22	21	19	20	21	21	21	20	17	15	13	13	14	14	14	11	12	12	9	8	9	8	8	6	5	7	6	6	6
ASOA Valence	10	16	18	14	6	3	6	7	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	5	5	8	8	8	6	7	6	6	5	7	6	7	7	7
Red Star 93	10	6	10	7	12	12	13	7	9	11	13	15	12	14	14	15	16	17	14	17	14	17	16	18	16	19	20	20	20	19	16	15	13	17	17	15	10	13	14	12	8
Caen	21	21	19	20	20	13	7	9	12	12	8	12	14	12	13	13	13	13	16	18	19	18	18	16	19	20	19	19	17	15	12	11	6	11	11	9	9	11	11	8	9
Niort	10	14	14	18	14	17	14	12	15	15	16	13	16	16	16	14	18	14	15	13	15	14	15	14	15	12	12	14	14	11	7	10	11	13	13	10	11	9	9	9	10
Gueugnon	14	15	7	13	17	16	19	14	11	7	5	5	6	4	6	10	7	10	10	11	7	9	8	10	8	10	7	8	10	10	14	14	15	14	14	12	13	15	12	14	11
Amiens	4	2	3	3	5	5	4	3	6	6	9	8	10	8	11	9	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	9	10	11	11	12	6	6	6	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	11	12
Laval	14	18	9	16	10	8	9	13	10	10	12	10	11	9	10	12	9	8	9	10	12	7	7	7	7	6	8	7	7	7	10	9	10	9	9	11	12	10	10	10	13
Nice	10	13	13	10	8	11	12	11	8	9	11	14	15	13	12	7	10	11	11	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	13	14	17	18	18	18	18	16	16	14	16	13	14
Nîmes	19	8	8	12	16	10	11	16	17	18	15	17	17	18	20	17	14	16	18	16	16	16	17	19	17	17	17	17	11	13	11	12	12	12	12	14	15	16	13	15	15
Beauvais	2	5	4	5	7	9	10	10	13	14	10	9	9	11	9	11	8	9	7	7	9	10	12	12	11	8	9	9	9	9	13	13	14	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	16
Saint-Étienne	8	19	20	21	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	21	19	20	17	15	18	19	19	17	20	16	15	16	18	16	15	17	16	10	10	13	14	12	15	16	17
Wasquehal	5	10	17	11	15	18	20	20	21	17	19	16	13	15	15	16	17	19	20	19	20	20	20	20	18	18	18	18	19	18	19	16	17	16	16	18	18	19	19	19	18
Louhans-Cuiseaux	6	11	16	17	11	15	17	18	19	20	21	21	19	19	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19
Toulon	17	20	22	22	21	22	22	22	20	21	18	19	18	17	17	19	20	18	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	21	21	20
Martigues	22	22	21	19	19	20	18	19	14	16	17	18	20	20	18	18	15	15	13	14	13	13	11	11	12	15	16	13	15	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	21
Mulhouse	16	9	15	9	13	14	15	15	16	13	14	11	8	6	8	8	11	7	8	9	10	11	14	15	13	13	13	15	16	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22

Goals per quarterLast updated on 03/04/2026 at 01:35

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	146
Best scorer : Olivier Pickeu - 5 Goals
16 - 30	143
Best scorer : Samuel Lobé - 7 Goals
31 - 45+	187
Best scorer : Stéphane Pédron - 5 Goals
46 - 60	182
Best scorer : Franck Bonora - 5 Goals
61 - 75	198
Best scorer : Bernard Bouger - 7 Goals
76 - 90+	227
Best scorer : Victor Agali - 6 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 03/04/2026 at 01:35

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	54 times
1 - 0	82 times
1 - 1	79 times
2 - 0	62 times
2 - 1	65 times
2 - 2	17 times
3 - 0	28 times
3 - 1	21 times
3 - 2	18 times
3 - 3	1 times
4 - 0	10 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 1	6 times
4 - 2	7 times
5 - 0	4 times
5 - 1	1 times
5 - 2	2 times
5 - 3	1 times
6 - 0	1 times
6 - 1	1 times
6 - 3	1 times
7 - 3	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 03/04/2026 at 01:35

General statistics by teamLast updated on 02/04/2026 at 11:42

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Toulon	36	39	11	Victor Agali (15 goals)
Nice	32	42	16	Franck Vandecasteele (8 goals)
Saint-Étienne	31	40	17	Didier Thimothée (19 goals)
Louhans-Cuiseaux	28	39	13	Jérôme Lempereur (9 goals)
Nîmes	27	40	14	Franck Bonora (12 goals)
Le Mans	27	34	11	Réginald Ray (20 goals)
Lille	26	39	15	Samuel Lobé (19 goals)
ASOA Valence	26	37	12	Philippe Celdran (12 goals)
Caen	26	38	16	Étienne Mendy (14 goals)
Beauvais	25	38	14	Bruno Roux (15 goals)
Niort	25	35	12	Joël Bossis (10 goals)
ATAC	24	41	8	Sladjan Djukic (17 goals)
Martigues	24	40	12	Lakhdar Adjali (7 goals)
Mulhouse	24	39	15	Zico Tumba (11 goals)
Amiens	24	36	10	Olivier Pickeu (17 goals)
Laval	24	37	14	Ulrich Le Pen (12 goals)
Sochaux	23	41	14	Bernard Bouger (18 goals)
Gueugnon	23	33	11	Emmanuel Desgeorges (13 goals)
Wasquehal	23	39	10	William Loko (15 goals)
Lorient	22	27	11	Robert Malm (16 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 01/01/1970 at 01:00

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Martigues	22.3	Didier Dubois (29 years)	Jean-Daniel Padovani (16 years)
Saint-Étienne	23.5	Christophe Robert (32 years)	Julien Sablé (16 years)
Nancy	24.3	Tony Cascarino (34 years)	Nicolas Florentin (18 years)
Louhans-Cuiseaux	24.7	Eric Assadourian (30 years)	Raphaël Chiefari (18 years)
Nîmes	24.8	Mécha Bazdarevic (36 years)	Brahim Zaidan (17 years)
Caen	25	Luc Borrelli (31 years)	Kamel Ouejdide (16 years)
Lille	25.1	Bob Senoussi (30 years)	David Coulibaly (18 years)
Lorient	25.1	Ali Bouafia (32 years)	Arnaud Le Lan (18 years)
ASOA Valence	25.4	Yves Mangione (32 years)	Cyril Ramond (16 years)
Niort	25.4	Joël Bossis (31 years)	Ousmane Bangoura (17 years)
Mulhouse	25.4	Jean-François Szklarek (30 years)	Régis Dorn (17 years)
Sochaux	25.5	Christophe Chaintreuil (32 years)	Pierre-Alain Frau (16 years)
Le Mans	25.5	Christian Penaud (33 years)	Miguel Mussard (19 years)
Amiens	25.6	Richard Lecomte (32 years)	Emmanuel Duchemin (17 years)
Gueugnon	25.6	Jean Acédo (32 years)	Fabrice Correia (17 years)
Red Star 93	25.6	Yannick Le Saux (31 years)	Stéphane Lucas (18 years)
Toulon	25.7	Jean-Marc Ferreri (34 years)	John Mendy (15 years)
Laval	25.9	Christophe Gardié (32 years)	Djimi Traoré (16 years)
Nice	26.3	Piet Verschelde (32 years)	Jérôme Cucchietti (18 years)
ATAC	26.4	Thierry Rabat (34 years)	Alexandre Jeannin (19 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 01/04/2026 at 16:18

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
France	10095	445	801
Algeria	329	15	45
Morocco	158	9	16
Cameroon	127	6	7
Belgium	123	7	12
Senegal	120	6	7
Togo	115	4	32
Ivory Coast	109	5	11
Portugal	103	4	8
Serbia	103	5	19
Guinea	89	5	2
DR Congo	85	4	12
Gabon	78	3	7
Guadeloupe	66	2	3
Martinica	65	2	1
Brazil	58	2	8
Hungary	46	2	3
Uruguay	40	1	14
Nigeria	38	1	15
Ghana	37	1	0