Division 21996/1997

Season

Tier : 2

Type of clubs : A

Country : France

Games played : 462

Goals scored : 1010 (2.19 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 252

Red cards : 108

46%
Home victories

33%
Draws

21%
Away victories

Players age average : 26.24 years

Number of players participating : 528

Promoted : ATAC, Beauvais, Toulon, Stade briochin

Relegated to lower tier : Alès, Angers, Dunkerque, SC Poitevin PEPP

Promoted to higher tier : Marseille, Nancy, Caen

Relegated from higher tier : Saint-Étienne, Gueugnon, Martigues

Division 2 1996/1997's fixtures and results

Round 42

May 24, 1997

42'Laurent Strzelczak

34'Christophe Branlard

6'Éric Colling (o.g)

28'Henricus Groeleken

37'Henricus Groeleken

55'Sylvain Poinçon

58'Laurent David

73'Jérôme Vareille (p)

58'Guilherme Mauricio

1 0Stade briochin forfeit

83'Arnar Gunnlaugsson

General rankingLast updated on 24/05/1997

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Châteauroux	76	42	20	16	6	54	27	+27
2	Toulouse FC	75	42	22	9	11	61	32	+29
3	Martigues	67	42	17	16	9	54	33	+21
4	Gueugnon	67	42	19	10	13	54	47	+7
5	Niort	65	42	16	17	9	44	36	+8
6	Le Mans	62	42	15	17	10	49	41	+8
7	Beauvais	61	42	15	16	11	43	43	0
8	Laval	58	42	14	16	12	48	39	+9
9	Lorient	58	42	15	13	14	50	50	0
10	ASOA Valence	58	42	17	7	18	48	53	-5
11	Sochaux	57	42	14	15	13	54	47	+7
12	Mulhouse	54	42	14	12	16	51	49	+2
13	Red Star 93	54	42	12	18	12	50	48	+2
14	Toulon	54	42	14	12	16	50	57	-7
15	Amiens	52	42	13	13	16	44	47	-3
16	Perpignan	51	42	11	18	13	38	42	-4
17	Saint-Étienne	51	42	12	15	15	48	56	-8
18	Louhans-Cuiseaux	51	42	13	12	17	39	52	-13
19	Charleville	49	42	10	19	13	37	48	-11
20	ATAC	48	42	10	18	14	36	42	-6
21	Épinal	26	42	6	8	28	26	75	-49
22	Stade briochin	0	42	9	11	22	32	46	-14

Latest transfers

April 08, 1997
Carlos Pinho ( Stade briochin)		Amiens

April 01, 1997
Yannick Le Saux ( Stade briochin)		Red Star
Jean-Philippe Foret ( Gueugnon)		Red Star
Loïc Druon ( Stade briochin)		Châteauroux

March 01, 1997
Jean-Luc Girard a. m.		Red Star

January 17, 1997
Bruno Roux ( Red Star)		Beauvais
Laurent Djaffo ( Niort)		Red Star
Jean-Luc Sassus ( Lyon)		Saint-Étienne

January 01, 1997
Stéphane Demol ( Lugano)		Toulon

December 01, 1996
Henricus Groeleken ( FC Linz)		Gueugnon

November 24, 1996
François Bracci mana.( Lyon)		Toulon

August 22, 1996
Ahmed Maharzi ( Châteauroux)		Toulouse

All transfers

One match scorers

Samuel Michelhas scored 3 goals during the match Sochaux 4-1 Saint-Étienne (20/08/1996)

Régis Brouardhas scored 3 goals during the match Red Star 93 7-2 Sochaux (02/10/1996)

Igor Pamichas scored 4 goals during the match Sochaux 7-2 Toulon (19/10/1996)

Ahmed Maharzihas scored 3 goals during the match Toulouse FC 4-1 Gueugnon (03/05/1997)

Henricus Groelekenhas scored 3 goals during the match Gueugnon 4-2 Amiens (09/05/1997)

Bernard Bougerhas scored 3 goals during the match Lorient 4-0 Louhans-Cuiseaux (09/05/1997)

Guilherme Mauriciohas scored 3 goals during the match Red Star 93 3-1 Niort (17/05/1997)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 10/04/2025 at 09:04

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
Samuel Michel	23	4	135	3094	38	36	14	9	10	13	43%	09/05/1997
Samba N'Diaye	19	1	169	3220	41	37	12	7	11	8	41%	09/05/1997
Bernard Bouger	18	2	195	3510	39	39	12	6	9	9	37%	09/05/1997
Jean-Marc Ferreri	17	6	156	2644	31	30	12	5	9	8	35%	08/05/1997
Yannick Le Saux	14	1	168	2352	30	30	5	9	5	9		09/05/1997
Régis Brouard	14	4	207	2894	33	33	9	5	3	11	29%	24/05/1997
Lakhdar Adjali	13	0	236	3073	38	34	7	6	7	6	30%	09/05/1997
Olivier Pickeu	13	1	258	3350	42	38	10	3	5	8	30%	17/05/1997
Laurent Dufresne	13	0	226	2932	42	34	9	4	6	7	25%	17/05/1997
David Rincon	13	1	240	3115	39	34	7	6	6	7	25%	17/05/1997
Lionel Prat	12	0	243	2910	36	32	4	8	2	10	24%	22/02/1997
Franck Priou	12	3	200	2405	31	28	10	2	6	6	24%	09/05/1997
Marc Maufroy	12	1	259	3110	38	35	8	4	4	8	32%	17/05/1997
Flavio Cuca	12	1	213	2553	32	30	11	1	5	7	24%	17/05/1997
Arthur Moses	11	0	204	2247	28	24	7	4	6	5	23%	01/04/1997

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Châteauroux	V 1-0 Gueugnon26/04/1997	VToulon 0-1 30/04/1997	V 1-0 Martigues03/05/1997	VÉpinal 0-3 09/05/1997	V 4-0 Lorient17/05/1997	D 1-1 Le Mans24/05/1997
2	Toulouse FC	V 3-0 Niort25/04/1997	VPerpignan 0-1 30/04/1997	V 4-1 Gueugnon03/05/1997	VToulon 1-3 08/05/1997	L 1-2 Martigues17/05/1997	VÉpinal 1-2 24/05/1997
3	Gueugnon	LChâteauroux 1-0 26/04/1997	V 3-1 Le Mans30/04/1997	LToulouse FC 4-1 03/05/1997	V 4-2 Amiens09/05/1997	VStade briochin 0-1 17/05/1997	V 4-3 Mulhouse24/05/1997
4	Beauvais	DAmiens 0-0 26/04/1997	V 1-0 Stade briochin30/04/1997	VMulhouse 1-2 03/05/1997	V 3-2 Red Star 9309/05/1997	DCharleville 2-2 17/05/1997	D 0-0 ASOA Valence24/05/1997
5	Louhans-Cuiseaux	D 1-1 ATAC26/04/1997	DLaval 0-0 30/04/1997	V 3-0 Saint-Étienne03/05/1997	LLorient 4-0 09/05/1997	V 2-0 Sochaux17/05/1997	VNiort 1-2 24/05/1997
6	Laval	DRed Star 93 0-0 26/04/1997	D 0-0 Louhans-Cuiseaux30/04/1997	VCharleville 0-1 03/05/1997	V 4-1 ASOA Valence09/05/1997	LATAC 2-0 17/05/1997	V 4-1 Sochaux24/05/1997
7	ASOA Valence	LCharleville 1-0 26/04/1997	VSochaux 0-1 30/04/1997	V 3-1 ATAC03/05/1997	LLaval 4-1 09/05/1997	V 3-1 Saint-Étienne17/05/1997	DBeauvais 0-0 24/05/1997
8	Martigues	L 0-1 Sochaux26/04/1997	V 4-0 Épinal30/04/1997	LChâteauroux 1-0 03/05/1997	L 1-3 Le Mans09/05/1997	VToulouse FC 1-2 17/05/1997	V 2-0 Amiens24/05/1997
9	Charleville	V 1-0 ASOA Valence26/04/1997	DATAC 1-1 30/04/1997	L 0-1 Laval03/05/1997	DSaint-Étienne 1-1 09/05/1997	D 2-2 Beauvais17/05/1997	VLorient 0-2 24/05/1997
10	Le Mans	D 0-0 Perpignan26/04/1997	LGueugnon 3-1 30/04/1997	D 1-1 Toulon03/05/1997	VMartigues 1-3 09/05/1997	V 5-1 Épinal17/05/1997	DChâteauroux 1-1 24/05/1997
11	Red Star 93	D 0-0 Laval26/04/1997	DSaint-Étienne 3-3 30/04/1997	V 2-1 Lorient03/05/1997	LBeauvais 3-2 09/05/1997	V 3-1 Niort17/05/1997	DPerpignan 2-2 24/05/1997
12	Sochaux	VMartigues 0-1 26/04/1997	L 0-1 ASOA Valence30/04/1997	VÉpinal 0-1 03/05/1997	V 2-1 ATAC09/05/1997	LLouhans-Cuiseaux 2-0 17/05/1997	LLaval 4-1 24/05/1997
13	Toulon	VÉpinal 0-1 26/04/1997	L 0-1 Châteauroux30/04/1997	DLe Mans 1-1 03/05/1997	L 1-3 Toulouse FC08/05/1997	LAmiens 1-0 17/05/1997	V 1-0 Stade briochin24/05/1997
14	Lorient	VStade briochin 0-1 26/04/1997	D 0-0 Mulhouse30/04/1997	LRed Star 93 2-1 03/05/1997	V 4-0 Louhans-Cuiseaux09/05/1997	LChâteauroux 4-0 17/05/1997	L 0-2 Charleville24/05/1997
15	Niort	LToulouse FC 3-0 25/04/1997	V 1-0 Amiens30/04/1997	VStade briochin 0-1 03/05/1997	D 1-1 Mulhouse09/05/1997	LRed Star 93 3-1 17/05/1997	L 1-2 Louhans-Cuiseaux24/05/1997
16	ATAC	DLouhans-Cuiseaux 1-1 26/04/1997	D 1-1 Charleville30/04/1997	LASOA Valence 3-1 03/05/1997	LSochaux 2-1 09/05/1997	V 2-0 Laval17/05/1997	DSaint-Étienne 0-0 24/05/1997
17	Perpignan	DLe Mans 0-0 26/04/1997	L 0-1 Toulouse FC30/04/1997	DAmiens 2-2 03/05/1997	V 1-0 Stade briochin09/05/1997	LMulhouse 6-1 17/05/1997	D 2-2 Red Star 9324/05/1997
18	Mulhouse	D 1-1 Saint-Étienne26/04/1997	DLorient 0-0 30/04/1997	L 1-2 Beauvais03/05/1997	DNiort 1-1 09/05/1997	V 6-1 Perpignan17/05/1997	LGueugnon 4-3 24/05/1997
19	Amiens	D 0-0 Beauvais26/04/1997	LNiort 1-0 30/04/1997	D 2-2 Perpignan03/05/1997	LGueugnon 4-2 09/05/1997	V 1-0 Toulon17/05/1997	LMartigues 2-0 24/05/1997
20	Saint-Étienne	DMulhouse 1-1 26/04/1997	D 3-3 Red Star 9330/04/1997	LLouhans-Cuiseaux 3-0 03/05/1997	D 1-1 Charleville09/05/1997	LASOA Valence 3-1 17/05/1997	D 0-0 ATAC24/05/1997
21	Épinal	L 0-1 Toulon26/04/1997	LMartigues 4-0 30/04/1997	L 0-1 Sochaux03/05/1997	L 0-3 Châteauroux09/05/1997	LLe Mans 5-1 17/05/1997	L 1-2 Toulouse FC24/05/1997
-	Stade briochin	L 0-1 Lorient26/04/1997	LBeauvais 1-0 30/04/1997	L 0-1 Niort03/05/1997	LPerpignan 1-0 09/05/1997	L 0-1 Gueugnon17/05/1997	LToulon 1-0 24/05/1997

Longest streaksLast updated on 12/04/2025 at 08:59

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Châteauroux	5
Toulouse FC	4
Perpignan	3
Gueugnon	3	3
ASOA Valence	3
Amiens	3
Niort	3
Martigues	3	2
Beauvais	3
Le Mans	3
Sochaux	2
Toulon	2
Saint-Étienne	2
Lorient	2
Red Star 93	2
Mulhouse	2
Stade briochin	2
Laval	2
ATAC	2
Louhans-Cuiseaux	2	2
Charleville	1
Épinal	1

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 12/04/2025 at 08:59

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	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Châteauroux	9	7	2	2	7	6	3	3	4	4	7	5	5	4	3	3	3	1	4	3	4	7	5	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Toulouse FC	7	10	7	4	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	6	3	2	4	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Martigues	11	8	11	8	10	10	11	6	5	5	5	2	1	1	4	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Gueugnon	4	3	4	5	3	4	6	10	13	10	10	9	11	13	11	6	7	10	11	15	13	12	13	13	10	8	9	8	9	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Niort	11	6	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	2	1	2	5	6	7	6	5	5	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	5
Le Mans	9	16	21	11	13	11	14	16	16	13	9	7	9	9	7	9	10	5	3	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	7	8	8	6	6
Beauvais	18	12	13	13	18	19	22	22	20	20	19	21	21	21	21	20	19	20	20	20	18	19	19	20	17	18	19	19	17	17	12	13	10	11	8	9	8	6	6	7	7
Laval	20	22	19	15	15	12	9	12	15	15	17	17	15	17	16	17	14	14	15	17	14	15	15	15	19	14	17	15	11	13	14	15	13	9	12	12	13	11	10	11	8
Lorient	15	10	17	14	14	13	10	13	13	16	14	14	14	12	14	14	15	16	14	14	12	14	10	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	9
ASOA Valence	7	12	13	20	21	19	16	19	17	18	18	18	19	18	17	18	18	18	17	11	15	13	14	14	14	17	14	16	13	16	15	12	9	13	11	15	10	10	11	10	10
Sochaux	1	9	5	6	4	1	4	4	3	3	4	8	10	11	6	7	8	11	9	10	9	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	12	9	8	9	9	9	9	11
Mulhouse	15	19	13	16	11	17	18	20	21	21	20	19	17	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	20	18	20	19	20	16	12	13	16	11	10	9	12	8	10	11	11	14	12	12	12
Red Star 93	20	15	9	10	8	7	7	9	10	11	12	10	7	6	8	5	9	9	10	13	16	16	17	18	18	19	15	17	14	19	16	19	19	17	17	17	16	13	15	13	13
Toulon	4	3	7	9	6	5	8	5	9	9	11	13	13	10	15	16	13	15	18	18	19	20	18	17	16	12	10	9	10	9	11	11	14	10	15	10	12	12	13	15	14
Amiens	11	5	10	12	16	18	20	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	13	13	16	13	13	9	8	4	7	8	9	10	13	11	12	12	13	14	17	15	13	13	15	15	17	14	15
Perpignan	1	1	1	1	5	8	12	7	8	6	8	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	12	12	13	20	14	18	18	18	18	16	14	16	16	17	17	14	16	16
Saint-Étienne	1	1	6	7	9	9	5	8	6	7	3	6	3	7	9	10	6	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	9	8	10	8	10	9	10	11	16	14	14	14	16	16	17	17
Louhans-Cuiseaux	11	17	20	21	19	16	17	15	12	14	15	15	18	16	18	15	17	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	20	18	20	19	20	19	16	18	20	20	20	20	18	19	18	18
Charleville	4	14	18	22	22	21	19	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	18	20	19
ATAC	20	20	13	16	12	14	15	11	7	8	6	3	2	5	5	8	4	4	6	8	11	11	12	11	11	11	16	18	20	14	17	17	15	18	18	18	18	19	20	19	20
Épinal	18	21	22	16	20	22	20	17	19	19	21	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Stade briochin	15	18	12	16	17	15	13	14	11	12	13	11	8	8	10	11	11	8	5	5	7	9	9	10	13	15	11	12	15	15	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

Goals per quarterLast updated on 12/04/2025 at 08:59

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	135
Best scorer : Lakhdar Adjali - 5 Goals
16 - 30	139
Best scorer : Samba N'Diaye - 5 Goals
31 - 45+	148
Best scorer : Samuel Michel - 6 Goals
46 - 60	185
Best scorer : Samuel Michel - 5 Goals
61 - 75	184
Best scorer : Dagui Bakari - 5 Goals
76 - 90+	210
Best scorer : Jean-Marc Ferreri - 5 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 12/04/2025 at 08:59

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	64 times
1 - 0	101 times
1 - 1	62 times
2 - 0	64 times
2 - 1	60 times
2 - 2	26 times
3 - 0	22 times
3 - 1	22 times
3 - 2	3 times
3 - 3	2 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 0	12 times
4 - 1	12 times
4 - 2	2 times
4 - 3	2 times
5 - 0	1 times
5 - 1	1 times
5 - 3	1 times
6 - 1	2 times
7 - 0	1 times
7 - 2	2 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 12/04/2025 at 08:59

General statistics by teamLast updated on 10/04/2025 at 09:04

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Toulon	29	35	11	Jean-Marc Ferreri (17 goals)
ASOA Valence	28	38	13	Didier Martel (7 goals)
Épinal	27	40	10	Christophe Cottet (5 goals)
Martigues	26	37	14	Franck Priou (12 goals)
Gueugnon	26	38	14	Henricus Groeleken (10 goals)
Beauvais	25	38	11	Jérôme Lempereur (9 goals)
Red Star 93	25	40	14	Régis Brouard (14 goals)
Le Mans	25	33	10	Dagui Bakari (11 goals)
Saint-Étienne	25	39	10	Samba N'Diaye (19 goals)
Châteauroux	25	35	12	Laurent Dufresne (13 goals)
Sochaux	24	37	13	Samuel Michel (23 goals)
ATAC	24	34	9	Marc Maufroy (12 goals)
Toulouse FC	23	34	13	Ahmed Maharzi (8 goals)
Mulhouse	23	37	12	David Rincon (13 goals)
Lorient	23	33	10	Bernard Bouger (18 goals)
Perpignan	23	34	12	Philippe Chanlot (10 goals)
Amiens	23	38	10	Olivier Pickeu (13 goals)
Charleville	23	33	9	Pierre Gabzdyl (9 goals)
Laval	23	32	13	Lilian Nalis (8 goals)
Louhans-Cuiseaux	22	34	9	David François (9 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 24/03/2025 at 08:20

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Saint-Étienne	23.7	Jean-Luc Sassus (33 years)	Zoumana Camara (16 years)
Martigues	24.3	Franck Priou (32 years)	Franck Matingou (16 years)
Châteauroux	24.3	Pascal Gastien (32 years)	Florent Malouda (15 years)
Charleville	24.8	Miguel Andry (32 years)	Sébastien Dailly (19 years)
ATAC	24.8	Éric Gagneux (28 years)	David Merdy (20 years)
Épinal	24.8	Chérif Oudjani (31 years)	Pierre Clavier (15 years)
Laval	24.9	Christophe Gardié (31 years)	Aziz El Khanchaf (18 years)
Niort	24.9	Joël Bossis (30 years)	Mickaël James (19 years)
Beauvais	25.1	Bruno Roux (32 years)	Yohan Démont (17 years)
ASOA Valence	25.1	Michel Terzian (32 years)	Cyril Ramond (15 years)
Amiens	25.2	Geert Deferm (32 years)	Oscar Ewolo (17 years)
Sochaux	25.2	Jean-Marc Diringer (32 years)	Anthony Sirufo (17 years)
Louhans-Cuiseaux	25.2	Laurent Hochart (29 years)	Cédric De Cicco (17 years)
Mulhouse	25.2	Alain Ravera (30 years)	Samir Bourouina (17 years)
Stade briochin	25.6	Yannick Le Saux (30 years)	Guillaume Allanou (18 years)
Toulouse FC	25.6	François Calderaro (31 years)	Loïc Andraud (18 years)
Gueugnon	25.6	Jean Acédo (31 years)	Fabrice Correia (16 years)
Le Mans	25.8	Christian Penaud (32 years)	Jérôme Drouin (18 years)
Toulon	26	Jean-Marc Ferreri (33 years)	Nicolas Istace (18 years)
Red Star 93	26.1	Bruno Roux (32 years)	Franck Emery (17 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 12/04/2025 at 08:59

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
France	10199	440	783
Algeria	223	10	26
Ivory Coast	191	10	17
Cameroon	159	6	9
Togo	109	6	13
Portugal	106	4	11
Senegal	103	7	4
Belgium	86	4	14
DR Congo	83	5	14
Brazil	78	3	20
Tunisia	78	3	4
Guinea	74	4	3
Serbia	67	3	5
Croatia	48	2	10
Hungary	41	1	1
Argentina	35	1	8
Martinica	35	2	0
Congo	31	3	0
Morocco	30	2	0
Ghana	28	1	11